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

"No...no...I wasn't willing." Her voice is firm yet quiet in volume. I wish I had misheard, I wish I had this wrong...is she saying what I think she is saying.

"You mean?"

"It was a long time ago.."

"Mum..." Josie starts to sob out, as she tries to take a step closer to Mum.

"You knew about this?" So much rage is laced in Jaxon's voice as he turns on Auntie Alora.

"Yes.."

"Not at the time no, she was in a coma. It isn't Alora's fault any more than it is mine. We were both victims..'

"He attacked you? He forced himself on you?" I can already feel my chest stretching out, my spine elongating to my full height as pure red molten anger boils through my veins.

I wanted blood, I wanted his death. I could feel Jaxon next to me reacting in the same way, feel his wolf on the verge of hunting this alpha down and ripping his head off.

Because that's what I am going to do. He hurt our mother...

"Yes!"

"And he's still breathing?"

"He has lived with a severed mate bond, that is a punishment worse than death. Why give him the easy option.." Mum responds, her eyes glued to both Jaxon and me.

"Because now he has taken Cleo, to act out revenge on." I was shaking, I couldn't contain my

wolf any longer. He needed out, he needed to find her. What if he was hurting her as we stand here talking about the past.

"This is my fault." I seethe out.

"How?" Mum's brow furrow in confusion.

"I've forced her into his arms."

"No, Jace...you weren't to know." Callie stands on the fringe of my family crisis, her eyes glistening with pained tears.

"I'm just to blame..." Her hands move to her face as she tries to hold back her sobs.

"We need to get to her." Jaxon states out next to me. Everything

second we waste here she could be in pain...just the thought of her in

pain makes unbearable nausea grip me at the core of my stomach

"It's not as simple as that." Dad shakes his head, his hands still gripping Mum closely to him. "Why?"

"Entering onto those lands would be an act of war, something I'm sure he is relying on us to do." "He has taken her." I roar out impatiently. I don't care about war, he won't live long enough to even summon any warriors he may have.

"Not if she has entered willingly. He's been waiting for this.."

"Then you take the lands back." Mum turns to Dad, her hand moving to touch him by the side of his face

"I gave up those lands decades ago." He says as he leans into her touch.

"You were a pack member?" Josie is pulled back towards Knox, his hands tightly wrapping around her. What I would give to have Cleo safely in my arms, to make sure she was safe, to protect her.

I'm a fool, I've been such a fool. Trying to fight against our mate bond, thinking I was keeping her safe when all it has done is pushed her towards a danger I didn't know even existed.

"I was the future alpha until his mother decided to push me aside for my brother."

"Brother..." All three of us respond, Dad has never mentioned to us siblings that he has a brother. "We share the same father."

"You need to do something Hector, please." Auntie Rosa sobs out, Ares now holding her to him. I can see the anger radiating off him, his own sister was in peril.

"I can't, I no longer have any claims on those lands. I would be unlawfully taking the alliance to war." "What if you do have a reason to invade those lands." All eyes turn to Jaxon.

"I don't but if I'do...then nothing

would get in my way from destroying him once and for all." Dad's eyes bleed out into an orangey red, gone are the grey ash

sw neve

pupils...now replaced with balls of fire. noveldrama

"How about your grandchild?"