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

Why not just leave.

"Yes I could have." He holds my glare with a challenging manner.

"I can't believe this."

"Don't think that your Father, that Hector hasn't done similar things...they just dress it different. As an alpha you do what you must to protect your pack."

No, I'm not buying that. My father and Hector might do things but nothing like this...they would kill rather than inflict this kind of pain upon somebody. No matter who or what they've done. Sometimes death was the mercy...something that Than knew would have been an easy option for Freya.

So instead he has kept her in this imprisoned mental state....which is why she was so desperate to leave me this morning. She had started talking about Kaia...about Alora.

"She has a mate bond with your own beta, you do realise that it is affecting him too. That you weaken him too."

"If my beta chooses to keep the mate bond then that is on him. He's had plenty of chances to reject it, that's not on me...I don't give much thought anymore to the mate bond..."

"Only because yours didn't work out for you."noveldrama

"Careful." He warns me, his body slightly lifting up off his office chair. I don't stop, he doesn't scare me. "But you can't punish others for what has happened to you. The mate bond is there for a reason, you have to..."

"You are right Cleo, the mate bond doesn't work for everyone...for some it tricks...it kills." He interrupts, his voice cold.

"I shouldn't be here." I take a step backwards, needing to be out of this room. Off this pack.

"Too bad, you've signed an unbreakable agreement. Remember whatever happens to me you and your

child are the future of this pack. I will protect this pack from every possible threat, even

one from inside." His fist slams down on the desk, my body flinching from the loud bang.

"And what of the old woman, how is she a threat? You're keeping her a prisoner here.." "She will serve a purpose."

"A purpose, you mean with the White Moon pack?"

"Any alpha is wise to keep options to protect his pack. As my luna I would expect..." "I can't be your luna...not now."

"Why? Because someone inside of the pack does something you don't agree with. I'm sure there are things in your pack that are kept quiet, things that others wouldn't agree with His eyes narrow in on me, a menacing scowl aimed at me.

"Like what?"

"How about a mother that isn't fit to be a luna..."

"Don't talk about my mother." I roar out, my hands fisting into tight balls by my side. I won't have anyone talking about Mum...questioning her as a Luna.

"It's true isn't it though." He stands up, moving around the office desk, taking a step closer to me. "No..."

"Cleo, I have spies, as does your father, as does the dark phantom pack. You forget that Hector is my brother, I know how his mind works."

"Is that what I am...a spy?"

"No, you are my luna...your child is my heir. Don't let this one thing destroy the week we have shared. My people have taken to you, and you to them."

A vibration comes from his desk, his ringing phone forcing us both to break eye contact.

With a sigh he rejects the call, his eyes returning back to me.

"Cleo...a pack like this isn't part of the grand alliance, isn't looked after. I have therefore been

required to put measures in place to protect these lands, my people."

"And with me being here you know

the alliance won't come after you...because they won't want to hurt megasp out, suddenly understanding what I was doing here How stupid I had been, how

easily manipulated.

"Just the cherry on top..." He shrugs out, a smug smirk creeping onto his lips before groaning out

as his phone vibrates again.

"Yes, what...I said I didn't what to be disturbed?" He roars down his phone, only for his eyes to fall back

on me...a smile forming upon his lips.

"Well it would seem we have guests."

"Guests?"

"At the gate...let's put my theory to the test shall we?"