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

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Kaia POV

"That he killed your Mother?"

His words hit me square on in the chest, forcing all the air from my lungs.

"What are you talking about?" I crawl along the bed as best as I can and on my knees by the headrest, the length of the bed acting as a deterrent between him and me. It, for now, was my only level of defence. "My Mother died in childbirth..."

"No Kaia, that's what he told you. That's what he commanded the pack to let you believe. She died when you were young, yet too young to remember."

"Lies!" I roar out, my wolf coming forward. I can feel her burning rage through my own eyes..the blueness bleeding out and suffocating my green eyes. What new lies were these.

"No... No lies Kaia. You saw the pack...you saw the bodies. My parents finally decided to call him out, as the beta couple they were well respected. They, as well as the pack, had enough of his manipulating character of him harnessing your power for himself. For his own benefits.

The Crystal Waters was your mother's pack, your birth right...but he abused his position as her mate. You were nearly of age, the time was right for you to take your place as the rightful alpha."

"My mother died in childbirth." I repeat.

It is what Alora told me, it is what Hector has told me.

1 search my mind, frustration hitting me as I bang my head trying to jolt some level of memory back. I was still shooting in the dark, still trying to guess my way through my future based on a past I didn't remember, Fast, he was fast. He had moved around the bed as my hands pull through my hair.

"Kaia, you saw the skeletons. I was watching you...there was no attack."

No attack...but that's why I fled. That's why I had to leave, wasn't it...

"What are you saying?" I look at him, searching into his eyes for the truth.

"He ordered you to leave, I didn't know...otherwise I would never have left. I came back to find Beckett killing your pack members, the greatest sin of all...an alpha killing his own."

"I don't believe you." Toxic lies, his soul is twisted.

"I don't blame you, none of it was your fault." He seethes out.

"Don't blame me for what?"

"I witnessed him kill my parents! I watched from the shadows as he snapped both their necks." He screams at me, his wolf only just beneath the surface.

He was close to the edge, close to breaking out. I would have to shift, I'd have to break through these restraints, no matter how much it hurt....

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"The white wolf... he killed the pack to keep his secret. That he had killed your mother, then he was controlling you. The pack went against him, my parents refused to go along with his lies, but he was a monster.."

"Then why did you come back to him?" My mind was still hazy from the drug he had given me, none of this made sense. If what he said was true, then why did he find me and try to be the beta to my father, to

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"Kaia, you used to shift in front of me...I had known for a very long time that you were different...special. I've known all along that you were a white wolf, even though he didn't let you shift in front of others, didn't let you attend the pack runs...you shifted in front of me from a young age.

So when the pack was scattered after his fake attack...those that were off pack lands during the attack he ordered to scatter until he could secure the future of our pack again...he promised to bring us all back together. To reunite.

As soon as I knew you had joined him at the Nightshade Reformed pack I was ready to play my part. Ready to return as the beta... ready to put on that façade to watch his demise."

Even my wolf was trying to push on my memory, trying to break the amnesia.

The pain it created was piercing...I clench my fists again to hit my head to try and help her..hit where my wound was but his hand grips my throat preventing me from doing so.

His face is in front of mine now, I can feel his breath on me. His hands continue to grip me to stop me from hurting myself.

"Believe me...not once have I ever blamed you for my parent's death. For the pack's death. You are in no way responsible for what happened to them." There is a softness within his tone.

My mind flickers to the image of all those skeletons on the floor, all killed...all slained where they stood from what was meant to be a mass pack attack. But did only one man do this...an alpha killing his own to protect a lie...to protect his lie about my mother...about me. My eyes flash to the window, before he follows my line of sight.Exclusive content © by Nô(v)el/Dr/ama.Org.

"I can't let you leave." His lips whisper just above mine

"I have no place being here... let me go. Let Hector go!" tense my jaw, pulling on the rope that was burning at my flesh.

"Ssshh..your place is with me, you have returned to us Kaia. You have returned to the White Moon pack, to the pack that houses the children of the moon. The original pack, where all other packs started from."

It is impossible for him to get any closer.

My back is pressed against the headboard. His eyes drop down and I follow his gaze to his pocket as he pulls out the syringe.

"No..please.." I try to plead, but he just hushes me again. His hand caresses my jaw before holding it steady in his tight vice-like grip.

I fight against him, but I was weak from the sedative. His knees press me down against the head of the bed, keeping me in place.

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"Hector..." My mind goes to my mate as I try to move out of Samson's hold, the needle stinging at my

neck.

I hate it, the pain, the feel of it...I can already feel it coursing through my blood stream. Immobilsing my muscles.

"Let him go, I'll come with you, just let him go." I try to plead, if my time was up, at least I could try and negotiate for Hector, try and save Hector.

I can't think of a world that he doesn't live in. As long as he survives...

I watch on, with no control over my body...an out of body experience as he picks me up gently in his arms and cradles me to his chest.

My head bobbles until he places it firmly against his chest, nausea rising in my throat as he kisses the top of my head.

He carries me down the stairs as I watch on in horror, unable to move, when Zederick is pouring petrol along the hallway. They were setting the place on fire.

"Hector!" I try to scream through a mind-link as if he were a pack member, as if he could hear me..as if we were mates.

"Hector.." My mouth slurs out as I look up at Samson, his eyes hold some sort of empathy...some sort of compassion.

"Don't worry...where we are going you will have a new mate anyway. Death can remove a mate mark Kaia." Zederick chuckles out before he lights a match and throws it on the ground. Flames ignite as if from nowhere, spreading across the hallway.

My eyes dart to a door that must lead down to the dungeons, something tells me it does. The fire hasn't made its way there yet, he still has time.

"Follow me in the car." Zederick orders at Samson before he exits the front door, leaving samson cradling

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Samson's eyes look back down at me again before flickering to the dungeon door.

"It will hurt Kaia, his passing. A mate's death hurts. He was selfish in marking you, in not waiting. His selfishness will forever be your pain. But I will help you recover, I will be that mate for you." Ebony Woods