Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 589

I appreciate her words, but she doesn’t know the story behind us, how for the last year I hadn’t even seen him.

I hadn’t seen him since turning eighteen years old, I wouldn’t have recognised the mate bond without not seeing him.

Just like I wouldn’t have done if my mate was a stranger to me.

It wasn’t about not being worthy of him, it was just not thinking I was that lucky in life.

“I had to abandon my mate…” She offers the words freely, but her eyes slam shut in pain.

“Excuse me?”

“My mate is back at my parent’s pack, I was forced to abandon her in order for her to remain alive.”

Wait…

“Her?”

“When I say Jace and I aren’t sexual, I mean it.”

“I don’t understand.”

“What has Jace told you.”

“Honestly nothing, he’s even blocked any conversations between the two of you out of the mate bond. Whatever he is shielding, it’s to protect you.”

She slowly nods, before moving more to face me.

“The plan was simple, Jace would return to claim Clear Waters and I would be his Luna to then regain my parent’s trust, and take on my family pack in time. I had been exiled…”

“Exiled?”

“They wouldn’t kill me, not as the lone surviving heir, not after the death of my borther. He was meant to be the heir. When they found out that my mate was a female, it went against their beliefs… ” I couldn’t imagine losing Ares, but to then lose your mate and pack…

“You didn’t fight hard enough.”

“It wasn’t so much a fight, than a torture. Forcing me to reject her.”

“They punished you for being in love with someone of the same sex?”

“Punished me, and made me reject her.”

I could see the sadness in her eyes, the memories flooding back to her as her hands clench into tiny balls.