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

Alora POV

My eyes open focusing on the white ceiling of the hospital room. I would recognise those beeps from anywhere...I'm back.

Everything was upside down in my life. The argument with Than had taken all my strength, the amount I had left. I was growing weak.

Now that I understand why I haven't been the same since reawakening, a sense of calmness has now embraced me. And that's okay.

I made that choice as a foolish 16 year old and I am now paying the price. For whatever reason, the Moon Goddess didn't take me then. I'll forever wonder if it was to make me live with the regret before finally reaching out to take me home to her. I'll have a chance to say goodbye to Than.

Not like before.

I'll also have the small window to find out what Kaia is to me. Than can't hide me now, he can't keep the

outside world from me.

"Alora?" I turn my head slightly to see Freya looking at me, a small sad smile on her face.

"How are you feg?" She tilts her head, placing a hand on my upper arm.Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

"Sore, but I'm okay. Where is Than?" I blink, looking around the room to find it empty, except for Freya.

"He's gone off pack grounds, he was desperate to find something to help you."

Perhaps it was time for Than to realise nothing can save me, and going off pack grounds was wasting the little time we had left together.

"What happened?" Freya asks as I slowly sitting up. I felt as I did before. I think I just grew weary from the same argument, from trying to fight Than's command.

"I don't know. I just got so angry at him. For hiding this from me, then we argued and I think the stress overwhelmed me."

"Luna Medea has been informed and is on her way back..."

"She is?"

"Once she is here, you won't have the freedom you do at this very moment in time. Except for you there is no Alpha family member on pack grounds...do you understand what I am saying."

I look to her, yes I fully understood what she was saying. This would be the only time for the rest of my life that I will have the option to choose for myself, to make my own decision.

""You've heard?" I ask in a low murmur.

"I've had a text. I've been given a possible location...if you want to act we need to do it now."

Planning a pack escape from a hospital bed was the last thing I needed right now, but Freya was right.

The moment Medea arrives, I won't be able to leave.

If Than is off site, as well as Zane...then I need to act fast.

"Zane's going to kill me." Freya bites down on her lower lip.

I refuse to let my actions cause more issues between her and her mate. Freya was the female beta and when I am gone, she'll still have to support Than and Zane. Her life will be hugely impacted by the decisions I make today. "I can go alone..."

"No, I'm too deep in this now. If we can get back what she took, then at least I might be able to remain at this pack with a shred of dignity still in tack."

I check myself out of the hospital, informing the doctor that I am fully aware of my illness and that I want to rest at home, from the comfort of my own bed.

As soon as we get back to the house, Freya helps me pack clothes before racing home and packing for herself.

I go downstairs into Than's office, the mess I had created was now gone. Tidied up as if nothing had ever happened.

I grab a piece of paper and write Than a note. I know what I was about to do would break Than's heart all over again but I had to find Kaia. I had to find out once and for all what she was to me, what she took from Than. So when my time on this earth was done, I could go to the Moon Goddess finally feg at peace.

"Ready?" Freya's soft voice calls out to me from the office door as she holds both holdalls in her hand.

"We will need cash!" She adds, her head gesturing to the safe behind the painting on the office wall. I nod in confirmation before folding the note and leaving it on his computer keyboard.

I head to the safe, knowing that the code would be my birthday...I don't officially know, but I know Than. I only take a few notes to keep us going until we reach the Nightshade Reformed Pack.

With one last glance at the alpha house, the house that became my home after my parent's died, I enter the car's passenger side. Freya turns on the car's engine, before turning to me. "Are you certain you want to do this?"

"Yes, I am certain."