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



- Cleo ~

Jace has found his mate?

The words that leave Mum's lips are like a thousand knives being stabbed into my heart.noveldrama

My heart...not bleeding out, no that would be far too easy.

Instead it feels as if my heart has been torn into a million tiny pieces...then set on fire...just to really make sure I was feeling the pain of those words.

He has a mate...and it is not me.

My wolf seems to retreat even more, her lack of energy from the pregnancy making her tired...but I could feel her slipping into a state of depression. She loved Jace, just as much as I did...do.

I keep reliving the same pain again and again. Just when I think the pain is just manageable, that I can live with it...it grows out of control again... taking my breath away with it.

Questioning whether I can survive it.

It must be the woman that was in his room, of course it was. She was in nothing but lingerie...of course that was his mate.

She was stunning, how could it not be his mate.

My hand automatically moves to my lower belly, a protective stroke of my thumb; wanting to reassure my unborn child.

Daddy had already moved on...his mate wouldn't

want a child around that wasn't hers.

She would want to have their own children.

I couldn't do that to him. Not when he has just found his fated mate...could I destroy his happiness.

The Varon's finally had him back. I couldn't do that to them, to Josie or Jaxon.

I can't stop my mind from spiralling into a never-ending abyss of overthinking and mixed emotions. I needed to be strong, if I ever had any chance of enduring this.

I needed to think, to be smart about this.

Lost in my own thoughts I forget where I am, Mum talking to me as if I was listening...but I'm not. I'm in my own world.

I'm thrown out of my emotional deteriorating state when Ares walks into the office, his hand tapping me on the tip of my shoulder.

"Hey, are you okay? You look pale." I was extremely close to my brother, and can sense his concern radiating off him.

I've never, ever, given him cause for concern...until now.

"Cleo?" He presses.

"Yeah, I erm..." I try to find the words to respond to him.

"Cleo has some important news, close the door Ares."

"What's going on?" My brother looks to me after closing the door and moving back to my side. Being the first born I had always been taller than him, stronger than him...but not anymore.

He towers over me, his alpha frame growing by the day.

Not one tattoo was present on his skin, he is exactly how I expect Dad to have looked in his youth. Dark brown hair and sharp blue eyes that were a shade darker than mine.

In two years he will be ready to take on the alpha title, he will be a great alpha...like Dad.

I'll be here to support Ares for as long as he needs me but I can't put him in a position that would tarnish his alpha-ship...he deserves to have our friends by his side.

I won't have his name forced into pack gossip, and the news of a human baby will be gossip for some time.

Until the real truth comes out, by which point, I might have to be miles away. It would sadden me to put distance between my brother and I, but it would be a necessary measure to protect him.

I can't stay here and raise a child of an alpha, without the truth coming out.

If the baby really was half human, then things would be a whole lot easier, we could stay...I know Ares will support me in raising the child.