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

"I love your optimism, don't ever lose it." He pulls me into his arms, before placing

a lingering kiss upon my lips...one that he is hesitant to pull away from.

So I do it for him.

We needed to face the music.

I open the front door, almost tripping over luggage left in the centre of the hallway. Jace is quick, taking a hold of my elbow to stop me from toppling over.

He twists himself in front of me, kicking the luggage to the side not caring who it belonged to...but I already had a sneaky suspicion of who was leaving tonight.

Now ahead of me, he doesn't wait...he moves into the living area where our families stood together...with a very clear divide between Callie and her parents.

Jace's annoyance hits me through the mate bond.

"This is outrageous, I demand to know what has happened for our daughter to be so cruelly casted aside." Alpha Bill growls out, Luna Louise scowling out at everyone within the room.

Her eyes coldly holding even Josie's before they lock onto mine.

Her arms were crossed in front of her, Alpha Bill's finger pointing out as our families as they stood over Callie in a single arm chair...her head in her hands, her eyes slammed shut.

tension in their shoulders...all but

parents were not only still here, but why they seemed insistent on refusing to leave his family alone to

we have been waiting for you to come here and explain yourself?" All eyes remain on Jace and myself, the eyes of our loved ones moving to our necks...smiles erupting out onto their faces when they notice

body preparing to attack as her shoulders

placing me in between Jaxon and Knox, before taking a step forward.

for your loss but.." I'm shocked at Alpha Bill's blasé mention of Alora's death. How he even waves his hand out as

be swept

"But?" Jace seethes out.

"We deserve an explanataion."

my child, I have receded my title of the Clear Waters and have taken on the Amber Desert pack. I have marked another, my

passes when they stare between Jace and then myself, their

my stomach...something that makes even Jaxon shift at

his brother's

back

of vision. He takes a deep breath in through his

to us." Callie's mother snarls

"Yes." Callie bluntly responds.

"Why?"