Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 239

Kaia POV

By the time I leave the hospital the moon was shining brightly in the sky. Her ethereal beauty glowing across my pack lands, making it look like the most innocent of places.

You wouldn’t have thought a deathly battle had erupted only a few hours ago. It’s astonishing that we were able to keep them away from the central buildings, away from those who wouldn’t be able to fight back.

Hector and I had extracted some information from Marc, but it appears he wasn’t entrusted with that much information on the White Moon pack. Not as much as we thought he would have been anyway.

And what he did tell us, we already knew.

He planned to forcibly mark me, Hector having done so completely ruined his initial plans.

He was going to claim the lands back for himself and use it to take over the adjoining packs...he wanted power.

Once I had given him an heir, he would have killed me and sacrificed me back to the moon, he would have let the White Moon pack carry out their wishes with me.

He was unconscious in the cells by the time we had finished with him, Hector wanted to snap his neck but I needed the council to hear what had happened, I needed them to know of the threat we still face. And, how they had been so blinded by his actions…a few on the council even helping him.

The head doctor checked me over and was satisfied once my wolf healing was kicking in to let me help with minor injuries. Not that he could refuse me really, I was his alpha after all.

Exhausted, I head back to a quiet alpha house. I expected to find Alora sobbing on the sofa but when I walk upstairs to find her asleep in her bed, a level of relief washes over me. I thought she would have gone after him…I thought she would have regretted her choice.

Maybe I was cruel in making her decide, making her choose between us. But he had been the one to put the wheels in motion long before I had even set eyes on him.

I can’t witness her with him, I just can’t be part of that. If she had chosen him, I think I would have let her go. But I wouldn’t have seen her again, I couldn’t condone what she would have gone back to. Which would have broken my heart. I had gone from envying her when I was Than’s wife, to loving her and wanting to keep her safe.

Closing her door quietly, I move towards my room finding Hector on the bed working on his laptop.

As soon as I walk in that pull to him heightens and I can’t let my anger overrule it, not again. I let it take me, succumb to the pull to him. Because this male won’t let me down, this male won’t use me for his own gain.

“I thought you’d be asleep.” I murmur as soon as my head hits the pillow. I really needed to shower but I was just too exhausted.

“Not a chance, my wolf wouldn’t let me sleep knowing you were at the hospital.” He places his laptop down and pulls me into him.

“The borders are secure, the pack is safe…” I had played every detail out in my head but there was one thing I have tried to understand, how did Than know we were in trouble.

“How did Than know, how did he get to us in time?”