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

"I'm not using her."

"Then what are you doing, because you can't have them both."

"I don't expect to have them both, she left last night, I didn't go after her." My lack of action in chasing after Cleo has sealed our fate. With that and ghosting her after the hotel night, I'll be the last person she'll ever want to see.noveldrama

"Then you leave her alone, because I'm telling you this now. That girl won't survive you Jace, if

you have no intentions in rejecting Callie for her, then you need to leave her alone.

Now come on...you need a shower before the house wakes up."

"How did you where I was?"

"I knew you didn't come back last night, I checked the alpha office...so I knew you must be outside. You have some crawling to do with Callie, and her parents...that's one thing I can tell you for certain." She stands back up, dusting at the back of her legs before placing her hand out, extending it to me to help me get up.

I grab it, leaning on her strength until I am back at my full height.

The world spins slightly, the consumption of alcohol last night now a regretful decision of mine.

I just needed to feel numb, I needed to take the pain away. The wolfsbane hadn't worked as well

as I thought it would, after Cleo left... alcohol at the time seemed like the better option.

"Come on, if we make it back now, Callie won't know you spent the night passed out on the ground."

....

Josie was right, the entire alpha household was still asleep...well except for Knox.

He was standing by the front door, arms crossed with a grumpy scowl upon his face, practically ripping Josie away from me.

The mate bond is a funny thing at times.

"Where have you been?"

"Someone had to send out the search party." She melts into him, her fingers dancing upon his neck as she lets him inhale her hair.

"Party is usually plural, more than one...when woke I up alone I was worried."

"Well, I'm here now." She coos back at him, his hands roaming over her body and I have to walk

away as the taste of whiskey starts to repeat on the back of my throat.

I'm beyond happy that their mate bond is a source of happiness for them, but it doesn't mean I can watch someone be hands-on with my sister.

I creep up the staircase, heading towards my bedroom slight disorientation washing over me at

times.

I needed an ice-cold shower to wake me up.

As I open the bedroom door, I find Callie sitting up on bed, her eyes snapping directly to me.

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"I've been calling you all night."

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find forty missed calls.

Forty!

"Callie, I'm.."

"I don't want to hear it. Were you with Cleo?"

"What, no...I was at the border."

"Okay...good. Because my parents are growing suspicious Jace, you haven't been exactly the

most welcoming mate to them."

"You are kidding me? After what they did to you, what mate would be welcoming to them."

"They seem sorry." She shrugs out, placing a pillow on her lap.

"Do they? Have they actually apologised?"

"Well...no."

"Then they aren't sorry Callie, they

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face in front of parents." I bite back before

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"Our union will soar their pack's reputation..." I adopt a calmer tone.

"Cocky much." She quirks an eyebrow as a smirk curls at the corner of her lip.

"It's true though Callie."

"Are you sure about this?" She asks after studying me for a moment.

""About what?"

"About you and me...and not Cleo."

"Yes...in fact, I think we should get to the Clear Waters as soon as possible."

"You don't want to wait.."

"No, Callie. That's the whole point, the sooner the better."