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

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Kala POV

1 week later.

All things considered, | had settled in well at the Dark Phantom pack. It's odd to think anyone would struggle

here.

The only thing was they calledLuna...all the time. | was hearing it more than my actual name, which only

Hector calledby.

Ezra's brother Edmund had remained for the last week and he is due back to his pack tomorrow. According to

Hector he has been supporting the pack in his absence and was throwing a thank you party tonight for him.

A bit of a farewell pack party for keeping things ticking over, whilst Hector and Ezra were at my pack.

My pack...sounds weird to say.

Especially when | hold no emotional attachment to the land or pack people. | have since learnt that it isn't my

birth pack, that | cfrom another pack.

Alora had been callingdaily, she calls just before bed tand we either talk for hours,mainly asking

questions, or we video call and just sit keeping each other company as we read.

It was nice to be building a sisterly bond with her.

When not in my bedroom, Hector insists | remain with him

1 can feel a buzz between us and he informsit is the mate bond, that it works by pulling us together. | can

feel it working its magic, and | often have to hold my breath around him. He had a scent about him that no other

male had... Dark chocolate and oranges. Every morning the pack doctor insisted on seeing me, to the point it

was get laborious.

The lump on the back of my head had gone, no swelling remained yet the doctor insisted on seeingevery

morning for check ups. | think he expectedto wake up after a night's sleep with a miracle... Nothing had

changed, nothing was going to change. If | didn't remember now, | don't think it will come

back to me.

| open the doctor's door to find Hector standing outside waiting foras he does for every appointment. I'm

certain he can listen in, | would be able to..so having the door between us was pointless.

But it was a small win forwhen everything else was going his way. And why should he have his way all the

time.

His usual broody eyes don't greetas they have been each week when | exit the doctor's room, this the

looks slightly troubled as he looks down at is mobile phone.

"Everything alright?"

"Yes, ready?" His eyes trail the length of me, stopping at my belly button. | was wearing jeans and a crop top

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wanted to go, but Hector was reluctant to letleave the pack grounds at the moment.

"Do | have a choice?" | smirk back at him, his command had stoppedfrom walking out of the pack borders

quite a few times this week.

"Oh good Alpha, I'm glad to catch you. I'm happy to sigh Luna off for training." The doctor walks out behind me,

my records in his hand.

"Training?" Excitement rises withinfrom my wolf. She was desperate to shift but it had been advised by the

doctor to wait until he was certain there would be no repercussions. "You are sure?"

"Yes Alpha." A tense eye battle seems to occur between the alpha and the doctor before Hector nods, pocketing

his phone and placing his arm around my lower waist.

He took as many opportunities as he could to touch me, to be near me.

my movement.

| move out of his hold, his eyebrow rising in a challenge at my

"So can we train, now?" | ask with the sexcitement as we walk down the hospital corridor together. The

alpha house was starting to feel like a cage anda canary. "Eager huh?"

"You could say that, my wolf is clawing at my skin to be released." She really was, she was drivinginsane at

night twanting to stare at the moon,

She would be reluctant to sleep, stating that if she can't shift then she will enjoy the moon's glow.

"Then let's release her..." He states much to my surprise, | expected him to find another reason to prevent me

from training with his pack.

Each morning | would walk towards the training grounds and watch Hector train with his warriors.

If anything for the sight of him with his chest out, sweating. But also, | wanted to see what | could do, to see if |

could remember any training from before getting amnesia. To see whether it would ctonaturally.

As we exit the hospital by the main reception area, his hand grasps into mine, as he starts to walk and pulls me

gently into the sdirection of him. He usually tried to hold my hand but | often pulled it away, ignoring the

warm sparks that erupted on my palm. Denying the bond between us.

"Hector...what are we to one another?" | ask in earnest which forces him to turn and pick up on my change in

tone.

"We are mates Kaia."

"Yes, but if we were together before...why weren't we together?" This had been playing on my mind and each

t| broached the subject with Alora she would change the topic quickly or claim something urgent had been

reported through the pack-link.

If I had already lived in this pack, his people welcomingback with open arms...why had he only just marked

me. Was it only because | was on the brink of death that he felt that | was worthy enough to mark

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"Because | was a fool and | need to earn your forgivendes." He closes the small gap between us, his eyes now

looking down at mine from his great height, his shoes touching mine.

"Forgive what Hector, | don't remember anything."

"No, but I do."