Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 225

Hector POV

“I’ll take it…” Kaia tries to snatch the cup from my hand but I place it high, out of her reach.

“You’ve only just got poison out of your system. You think I can stand by and let you drink this.”

“Oh because it’s easy for me.” She retorts back at me.

“She can sense my wolf is ready to bring this hut down into splinters. Just keep her talking.” I whisper into her ear, with her wolf this female wont hear my words only meant for Kaia.

“Hector..” Fear for me pushes through the mate bond…the incomplete mate bond.

“Trust me my love, do you trust me?”

“Yes. Of course I do.” She sighs out, rolling her eyes at me.

I place the cup to my mouth, my lips already burning from the liquid I was about to consume…willingly.

Fuck me.

I swallow it on one go.

There’s no point stringing this out. The liquid burns at my mouth, at the back of my throat, down through into my stomach.

I can feel its journey as it burns like I’ve swallowed the fire itself.

It takes my breath away and my hands involuntarily go to my throat, my wolf trying to claw at the pain.

It works immediately, my wolf starts to recede into the darkest depths of my mind…his unsatisfactory growl becoming quieter and quieter the more he is pushed away. Until silence.

“Hector?” Kaia’s hand touches my arm as I try to shake the feeling of dread out of my system.

“I’m fine.”

“Are you sure?”

I open my eyes to find my vision is slightly blurry. As if a shadow has covered my eyes.

The thing that bothers me the most is I have temporarily lost my tie to Kaia, as if she doesn’t bear my mark upon her neck. Whatever was in the water was more than wolfsbane.

It had the ability to fully block a mate bond. If she’s been taking this for years, which I assume she has, no wonder she looks like something that has just walked out of a nightmare.

“I’ve proved myself, proved we can be trusted. Now keep your end of the bargain.” I seethe out as I spit out some saliva coated in blood.

“You are good on your word. So I will be on mine. Ask away.” She places her hands out in a welcoming gesture.

“How old are you?” I ask out first, keen to know if my theory is correct.

“I’m 38.”

I cough out at her answer, I knew she was younger than her external image claimed her to be. But 38? She looked at least 80.

“It’s the concoction. It’s the prize to pay for invisibility.” She slowly nods as if understanding my reaction.

“Why take it?” Kaia asks as she moves to stand in front of me. She was creating a block between this female and me, it was unnecessary.

With or without my wolf I would move heaven and earth to get Kaia out of here un-harmed.

“I would have been dead long ago. To me every day is an extra blessing on this world before I return to the Moon Goddess.”