Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond

- Cleo -

The screams increase...their desperate cries becoming more frantic...and my heart breaks when I hear children crying out.

No matter what has happened between Than and my family, the pack members were the innocent ones and I refused to let them be punished for accepting me.

"Alpha?" Beta Zane storms out of the beta house, alone. My eyes flash up to the top level window, where was Freya...was she still alive.

"We are under attack, protect the borders..."

"Yes Alpha!"

"And report back to me who the fuck is attacking. Although I could have a guess..."

He grips me by my elbow pulling me closely to him, his lips by my ear as he seethes out...

"Looks like lover boy has come for his prize." His heated breath tickles at my ear, anger radiating off him.

Warriors descend upon the front of the alpha house, my family moving into action to fight them off.

I move towards them, needing to help but Than pulls me with him, back into the alpha house, back into his alpha office where it is just the two of us.

My mind is moving at a thousand thoughts per second... trying to think of a way to get them out of this, to stop them from getting hurt.

He moves to his desk, ripping the painting off the wall before tearing open the safe and pulling out a gun.

My eyes widen...watching his every move as he places a small box out on his desk...pulling out silver bullets... flinching as they burn on the tip of his fingers.

"Let me talk to him, I'll get him to stand down." Panic rages through me, my eyes staring coldly at the gun held tightly in his hand.

you will." His eyes look at me coldly,

are you going to do with

glaze over into

out, Luna Medea entering into his office...Kaia's aunt

growl out as Medea forcibly pushes the woman

movement causing the frail female

her." I seethe out, rushing to her side...her hands

cupped to her face to make sure she

points the dagger at me,

them, bringing trouble on our doorstep." Her face distorts with

sought out me." I argue pack, my eyes carefully

Mum's fearful voice pushes into my

fine.." I try to push her back out, not wanting to lose focus on the

Dad's angry voice bellows through the link,

"I'm inside...what's going on?"

it is Jace, Jaxon and Josie... Cleo, listen

"Dad?"

"Trust me."

was married to Kaia, that both of

everything Cleo, he used Kaia...he groomed her for her organs. Alora was dying...he needed

mind-link bringing me back into the alpha office, but Mum's voice was trying to reconnect.

try to refuse the connection, but Mum uses her Luna aura

He raped her..." Her voice ploughs into

"What?"

The words