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

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Kala POV

A crowd forms, even though it is the middle of the night. Word has gotten around, plus they must feel my

presence through the pack bond,

Even now, more pack members cout of their front doors to my return for themselves.

| wasn't prepared for what greeted me...

They are like the walking dead.

| can hear their whispers...

The Alpha has returned.

Will she accept us now, will she help us.

My heart breaks for them. | didn't once thinknot accepting the alpha position would make them feel rejected,

make them feel unwanted. It wasn't like that. | didn't even know who | was, where | was | just needed time.

Hector remains stuck by my side as | see her slowly arriving in the distance, down the gradient path..... flanked

by a group of warriors. Warriors | couldn't feel through the pack link.

"Who are they?" | ask Hector.

"Warriors sent by the Amber Desert pack."

What, sent by his estranged brother's pack. This was my pack and | knew nothing of the real risk it was under or

the latest addition of warriors.

"You knew?" | seethe through a false smile as pack members look atexpectantly.

Again...his silence speaks volumes.

As she walks towards us, down the path that leads to the alpha house. It's like there is an invisible strain upon

her shoulders, something weighing her down...her eyes looking downcast she hasn't looked up atat all. Yet |

can see how tired she is, the dark circles under her eyes.

She Halts in front of Hector and myself, the Amber Desert warriors standing just behind her like body guards.

"Alphas this is a surprise."

"Is it?" Hector growls but | throw my arm out, stopping him from continuing...I would handle this.

"Alora..." Any anger | had at her has melted almost away. | couldn't be angry at her, she looked awful...she was

skinny, pale and exhausted..

"What are you doing here?" She looks athalf excited, half worried.

"| received word that you were planning to attack a neighbouring pack?"

"You did?" Her eyes dart to Ezra.

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"Not by Ezra." | correct her, he wasn't the leak.

"Is it true?" Hector's words rattle from his chest, his eyes staring at the Amber desert warriors. These would have

been his warriors, had he been allowed.

"Maybe we should discuss this inside." She responds with a tick to her tone at Hector, she wasn't afraid to stand

her ground with him.

I look to the pack members that have congregated outside, their eyes looking between my sister and myself.

"You, what has been happening?" | ask a middle aged male who was covered in fading bruising. He looked as if

he had been in a fight but it was days ago. The bruising fading into a yellow before the skin adopts back to its

original colouring. He, like the rest, looking like they were half zombie, half alive.

"Alpha?" His voice croaks under my rising aura.

"Speak truthfully!" I command at him.

"We have been bombarded with attacks, constant attacks. We have lost so many. Those of us that still stand we

continue to fight but we know it will not be long..." "Long?"

"Before we join the moon Goddess."

"How many attacks?" | growl out my eyes looking back to Alora, my alpha aura starting to press forward even

more, overruling any attempt of her trying to out rule me. This was it, | could feel it.

This was my defining moment. | couldn't go back to before, to not knowing now.

"Every day since you left, even twice a day...until.."

"Until?"

"Until the other day when Alpha Marc was on the border." Her eyes finally look up to mine, guilt heavy on

them.

"Please don't tellyou made a deal?" Hector steps forward, his aura was overlapping mine, he was the

notorious Dark Phantom Alpha...and moments like this could see why. The Amber Desert warriors close in around

Alora, protecting her.

"No of course not. She's my sister..| would never." She gasps.

"Never what?" He growls back.

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"Alpha Marc has paused the attacks whilst |

template his proposal but Kaia, please believe me!

would never trade you in. | only agreed to think about it to buy us valuable time, tto rebuild our defences,

tto get medical supply in...to burry the dead." The dead.

Her words sit heavy on my heart. | had been frolicking around at banquets, trying to remember if | could

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swim...when | was needed here.

"I'm keen to meet this Alpha Marc...set up the meeting. | demand at Ezra.

steps a

"Luna, | must protest." He moves down the Hector's command lifts off him.

"lI want to discuss a peace treaty." | defiantly state.

"Not a chance." Hector growls possessively in my ear.

"The deadline was this morning, I've missed it. That's why | was going to attack." Alora adds.

"Then we attack." | declare loudly.

"Kaia?" Hector pullsto him but | unravel his arms. His disapproving growl makes the other pack members

shake with fear, but not me. I could feel the change within me.

| ignore Hector, taking a step closer to Alora and cupping my hands to her face. | pull her into me, wrapping my

arms around her, before placing a kiss on the top of her head. "You've donewell Beta. Prepare for the attack,

showeverything you have..."

"What are you saying." She looks up at me, eyes only for me.

"l, Kaia Glace, Daughter of Alpha Beckett Glace accept my position as the rightful Alpha of the Nightshade

Reformed pack."

| feel the pack bond strengthen, each pack member's position within the pack...within the bond grow within my

chest...l had accepted the position, | was now their Alpha.

| feel their welcofthrough the mind-link, their relief, their celebration.

I turn to them, the ones that had cout to see me.

"Thank you for protecting the pack in my absence. | am here now, spread the word. Tomorrow we attack. We

defend the lands my Father sought out to claim. These are your lands, these are our lands and we will not be

pushed aside. We will not be silenced, tomorrow we make our stand. Whoever comes for us, they will understand

a female alpha's wrath."

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