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

"Why would her sister get in between your mate bond.." I've known Kaia all my life, she wasn't manipulative, she 's been nothing but supportive to my family.

"Alora was raised by her adoptive parents in this pack, nobody knew at the time that she was a twin. "He stands, turning to the painting before his desk which he pulls away from the wall to reveal a hidden safe. After keying in the code, he pulls something out...a

photograph that he holds in his hands.

It's not framed, not like the one of him and Alora. He's angry at her still, even after all this time...but he continues to treasure the picture of them both. It is on pride of place on his desk.

"When I left for college Alora was in a coma. I was told I couldn't wait, that she would die...against my better judgement I did what my parents wanted me to do. I wish I had waited.

You have know idea how much I regret not waiting. Then I saw her...walking down the college corridor, then sitting by herself...I couldn't not talk to her.

I couldn't believe what I was seeing.

My mate, that was in a coma, was at college with me. Except it wasn't her..." He places the photograph out to me, expecting me to take it.

What I see before me, is completely unbelievable.

It's a picture of Alpha Than in a suit...standing next to Kaia..in a wedding dress.

I'm speechless...Kaia was already married.

"But that would make her..."

"The Luna of the Amber Desert pack. Technically yes, but I never marked her...I couldn't."

My index finger runs across Kaia's young face, except for her hair colour she looks like a young Josie.

"Why are you telling me all this?" My eyes flicker up to his, the picture held tightly in my finger tips.

"I want you to understand that just because I no longer speak to your father, that you can trust me Cleo. That I still look out for family, even if he doesn't."

"My father is a good man, I won't have you saying otherwise." I snap out, I was fiercely defensive of Dad. I always will be.

"I'm not, I know he is. He's just been manipulated...just like Alora to be against me. I'm not an idiot, I know she pretends to be in love with Hector's ex beta...but the mate bond is created for a reason."

I'm struggling to understand why Kaia of all people married Alpha Than, and why I have never heard about this.

I don't even think the triplets know...nothing, has ever been mentioned about Kaia being married before.

But then again, she always said no to Hector every time he proposed over a span of nineteen years.

Is the alpha before me the reason behind it.

"Why did Kaia make Alora reject you?" I demand to know.

"She was also my mate."

"Kaia, Kaia was also your mate?"

"Yes, the connection with her was nothing compared to Alora, but for some reason the moon goddess paired me with her too...so I brought her back here and married her."

Alora was mated to Than, Kaia was mated to Than, Kaia was married to Than, Hector was mated to Alora, Hector is mated and married to

Kaia.. My head is spinning as I try to

digest the bombshell of informationnoveldrama

being shared to me.

I can feel my hands moving to the desk as I slowly sit myself down on the chair, using the desk to support my weight as my knees weaken.

"I think me being here is a mistake." This was just too complicated.

"Why?"

"Because if this is some kind of revenge.."

"No Cleo, it's not. It's a simple business deal, I need a luna...you are pregnant and can provide me with the heir that my pack needs."

"There must be hundreds of females within this pack that would be willing to be your luna. Why don't you just choose one of them?" "Because...I need an heir and I can't produce one myself."