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

Chapter 0046 Hector POV

Riley had mind-linked me to say he had walked Kaia back to the alpha house, that she had worked some kind of magic on Rosa today.

It's not magic, that's just Kaia. She's special... .and I'm just understanding how much. Only a Luna would take the time to visit pack members and Than is a bl***dy i**cile for letting her slip through his fingers. "Alpha, pack security has now been lowered a level and I think the plan to reopen the borders should go ahead." Ezra is walking back with me from a brief security meeting. With With the

!

Amber Desert warriors gone and no evidence of foul play, I wanted to discuss reducing the numbers on border patrol with my heads of departments before the immediate implementation of my orders. They all agreed that the timing seemed right and were happy for us to reopen the borders for free movement.

I am mindlessly chuckling with Ezra as we enter the house, my mood lighthearted as the threat of attack has now disappeared. Walking past the kitchen I can hear Aubrey huffing as she searches in the fridge for something. I would only need 1 guess to know where those leftovers are...and the culprit is standing in my office as we speak.

But something seems wrong, I can feel a strong level of anger bubbling through the pack link from Kaia.

My role as alpha meaning I can sense each pack members emotions at any given time. Kaia is usually calm, very good at concealing her emotions. But something has changed, something that my wolf is also now on alert for. Whatever has happened, it's enough to freeze her usually warm exterior, her body not even turning to greet Ezra who I know she is fond of. "Kaia?"

"All this time..." Her tone is as cold as her exterior.

"Excuse me?" She doesn't even sound like herself, my eyes glancing backwards to Ezra who seems just as perplexed.

"You've lied to me all this time..."

My chest tightens as she turns, a photo in her hand. A photo that captured a moment a lifetime ago.

My lighthearted mood flips, completely changing in the space of a few seconds.

"Who sent you that?" My immediate reaction is to reach for the photo and letter in her hand, checking both items..his scrawny handwriting... is HIS truth. Come home to me." It reads.

"This is!

+25

"Ezra,

leave us!" I command at my beta, who swiftly closes the office door behind him.

beCcontent © exclusive by Nô/vel(D)ra/ma.Org.

"Don't bother, nothing you can say will change my mind..." "Change your mind?

"I'm leaving, I can't stay. Not any longer."

"Why because of this? A photograph taken years ago?"

"Because of what the photo represents. I want the truth...who is she to you?"

Her eyes are starting to bleed out into blue, her wolf trying to come forward. The blue rim that circulates her green eyes battling to take control. Her body is shaking, her anger overwhelming her.

"An old friend..." I curse myself the moment I say it. I know she won't believe that but I try anyway. 1

Even in this moment, where I can see the hurt in her eyes and it pains me to know I am the root cause for once and not him, she holds herself with strength.

She scoffs as she walks around her desk and types something into her laptop. She has shut down on me, I can tell. It's as if she's already miles away from the pack grounds.

It's like she's a

s a completely different person.

This isn't my Kaia.

She walks past me, not a word uttered and blind panic takes over me.

Would she really leave?

"Kaia wait..."

.." I move quicker than her, blocking her path to the door.

t wait and let me explain."

"Wait...just wait

"Explain what? I feel so st**id. Did you know, did you come looking for me?"

"No of course not. I didn't know who you were. I didn't even know a person like her existed but when I saw you, I knew instantly that he would have played you, that whatever you were to him was a lie."

"You've been lying to me. You're just like him." She raises her voice to me, as she clenches her hands in to fists.

"What...no Kaia..."

She takes the opportunity to move me aside, to brush past me and open the office door. I follow closely behind before she stops and turns to face me.

"I bet you couldn't believe your luck when a rogue ran into your coffee shop, right into your lap. A rogue from the enemy pack. Ha, no wonder you came that day... wanted to pick up the rogue yourself. Learn new things from Than's pack. You must have thought it was her, that Alora had escaped him... left him to run into your arms." She's hysterical and I'm starting to become concerned for the baby. The mother being in such a state can't be good for the the unborn child.

Both Aubrey and Ezra are standing by the kitchen, watching our guest act differently to who we thought

+25

she was.

"Kaía, listen to me...yes I couldn't believe my luck when it was you in the coffee shop, but I knew instantly it wasn't her. You are so different, you hold yourself differently...even yours eyes are different...of course you aren't her." Chapter 0047