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

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.noveldrama

"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.

"No...where is she?" Alpha Bill and Luna Louise...they made her to that? They tortured their own child...

"At the pack, I left so she could remain. I left everything I knew, to keep her alive. That's how much I loved her."

"Loved?" It sounds like a love like theirs would never fade.

"You're right, li still love her. I may have rejected her but I will always love her. "

"That's why your parents turned on you last night" Everyone has their own issues, everyone is battling something in silence. I didn't think it was possible but my love for Jace has just doubled, he was willing to help her, willing to protect her.

“If everything had gone to plan, you would have taken her back?"

"That's if she's still unmated, if she's moved on..."

"You don't know?"

"I've not stepped one foot in my old pack, not had any communication with my parents until I returned with Jace to the Dark Phantom pack. It Kaia that reached out to

them."

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"That's a little manipulative to involve the Varon's like that." I raise an eyebrow at her, letting her know I didn't like that.

"Yes, but that was Jace's idea. He knew his parents would want to vet their son's in-laws."

"What are you going to do now?"

"I have the beach club, I can run it with Colt, keep Jace's share in it safe."

"You would be without a pack?"

"I'm without a pack now Cleo."

"Why don't you just take the pack from your parent's, take your birth right."

"Because it isn't my birth right, it was

my

rother's. I'm not trained to b

alpha,

I wouldn't know the first an

about running a pack..."

"But I do, and I would help you, as would Jace."

"It's too late." She shakes her head, defeatedly.

"It's never too late Callie, not if you truly want something." I push off the desk, letting my stature grow to my full height.

"I can see why he loves you. Why he thought a life without you would be better for

you."

"Jace underestimated how strong I am, how much I will fight for what I want. If you want my help, I will fight with you."