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

- Cleo -

I move his hands off my face...I can't look him in the eyes. My mind was spiralling

and I couldn't stop it.

Freya.

Borders.

Alora....

Supplies.

My mind was making lists of things that need sorting...things that would keep me going right now. If I stopped for a second I fear I would crumble under the heavy burden of guilt.

The hospital.

The injured.

The dead.

No...Alora...

My legs were trembling as I try to remain upright...but she was dead...Alora was dead.

How will they ever forgive me.

There must be something...something in these drawers, in this safe...on this desk that tells me where Medea has escaped to.

I want to kill her myself...I don't think I've ever felt such deadly anger coursing through my body.

She needed to die, and now.

"Cleo...I need you to look at me." His voice is like a beacon calling me home during a terrifying storm at sea. He was guiding me to him, all I had to do was listen...to open up to him.

"I can't.." I shake my head, refusing to give in. If I give in...the guilt takes over, the pain takes me..I will be surrendering myself to it.

against the wall and him, holding my hands behind my lower back with one hand... the other trailing up

chance to fight it. That gravitational pull

I didn't expect those words to leave his lips.

like this, I look up into his green eyes, eyes that look down at me with

for vengeance but I see

"we" wasn't lost

you tell

of stayed that

his hand moves from

leave me when he slowly lifts the hem of my

the way my eyes roll into the back of my head from his touch, from the way he kneels down and places a trail

second hand moves on to my stomach as he greets his baby, the experience forcing

force themselves out

through his hair,

can feel my eyes glistening with silent

edges upon his

emotions become too

"Jace, I'm sorry..."

your fault. None of

takes a step up, his eyes following me as he leans in closer

his hands gripping at my hips before yet again trailing up my curves, locking me

mine Cleo.

save, I tried to live without you. It was a stupid notion, I can see that now. It's

life of my

life. I knew you were my mate...I got scared. The thought of Josing you because of the threat

with you, you know that." I respond, his forehead now pressing against mine

you just too damn much, more than reason...more than sanity." His words break down the walls I had placed around my heart. Walls

"Jace..."

finish. I don't expect you to forgive

of my fate, of my destiny

"But you're birth right..."

wherever you are Cleo, if that is being the alpha of this pack

of this pack. You are my destiny...not land...not