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



But as soon as Jace finds out he is the father, then all hell will break loose. The relationship between the Varon's and us will become strained. Which will isolate my brother as alpha.

That is a risk I cannot take.

"Cleo?" Concern is edged upon my brother's face, his brows furrowing as he moves closer to me once again.

"I'm..." As soon as I tell him, it will change the motions of his future. I will put him in a position that he wouldn't have asked to be put in...yet he wouldn't complain. That's how close we are.

"Your sister is having a baby." I inhale sharply as the words leave Mum's lips on my behalf.

"What? Really?" Ares beams out, complete happiness at the news, as he wraps his arms around me.

"Yep.."

"Wow that's great news, I'm going to be an Uncle. Who's the Dad?" As soon as he pulls away from me, his intrigue begins.

"He's Human." I hold his eyes, knowing that I had to start practicing these words more.

I had to sound convincing because everybody will ask this.

I wasn't the type to go sleeping around with strangers...everyone will expect me to have found my mate by the pregnancy news.

I was going to have to get used to their responses because it certainly wasn't usual for an alpha born daughter to have a human hybrid pregnancy.

"You have a human mate?" He looks at me in surprise, his eyes darting behind to Dad.

"No...It was just a one time thing."

"So the baby is half human?"

"Yes." I swallow a lump that has formed in the back of my throat, my body trying to reject my own lie.

I had his inquistivie stare, even as he sniffs the air around me...I hold my poker face even as a smirk forms upon the corner of his lips.

Perhaps convincing my own brother will be a lot harder than my parents.

"Is that so?" He quirks an eyebrow at me. Shit, he isn't buying this. I need to do better.

"Also, Jace is back...with his mate. They've invited us to meet her." Mum's words give me a moment's respite from Ares' intense stare, his eyes turning to our parents.noveldrama

"Great, when?"

"Tonight."

"No Mum." I panic, my voice sounding too shrill for me. I need to remember to keep my emotions in check.

"I mean, can't we wait a little longer?" I clear my throat, trying to sound more convincing. Ares' eyes back on me, his arms folding across his chest. "Whatever for?" Mum stands up from her desk chair.

“I'm not ready for my own news to be public yet. I need more time...please don't make me go. Just give me some more time before we tell people. You can go.." I'm talking to Mum but my eyes do not dare to leave Ares'.

He may have two years yet until he can take on the alpha title but his alpha aura was already strong, one that is giving him red flags about my story. Mum considers me for a moment, her eyes scanning the length of me before she sighs out and sits back down at her desk.

The Dark Phantom pack is her home pack, her own brother... my uncle Riley being the beta to Hector.

I can't believe I've been so foolish, so selfish to give into my desires.

My lust.

Mum will never forgive me if she is banished from her own family pack, from her parents and brother.

What have I done...

“No, either we all go, or none of us go." Mum states out as I start reaching for the door handle, desperate for some fresh air to help me breathe through my rising anxiety.