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

Kaia POV

Thank the goddess for Jude, because without him, I truly believe we would be dead. It was him that managed to calm Hector down enough for the soldiers to take me away in their vehicle.

I could feel Hector's angry aura trying to suffocate the air around us, even until I entered the back of the council van. Jude followed the vehicle almost touching the bumper as I was in transit. "Say nothing Kaia, I'll find out who has done this. I'll get you out." Hector whispers in my ear as I exit the vehicle and was being led into an office building within the city.

A council soldier pushes Hector aside, a tremendous growl threatening around me until my pointed look was able to calm Hector down.NôvelDrama.Org © 2024.

We didn't know what was going on just yet, let's not cause a war just yet.

I was walked into a building that looks nothing like a prison, it was a glassed towerblock more in keeping with a human office design, the last place you would expect a shifter council to be based.

Entering a lift, a soldier chooses a floor button and catches me watching him, his eyes narrowing at my calmness.

Were they used to people screaming...they wouldn't get any screams out of me. I would happily cooperate...for now.

I am taken directly into some kind of board room where a group of men already sit at a higher level on a built stage.

Not one face I recognise.

Was this the werewolf council, were these the men that kept the shifter community hidden from humans yet thriving in the shadows.

A male smiles at me before his eyes dart to the door, a chuckle escaping him. The commotion Hector makes as he demands entry into the room can be heard by all inside.

"For goddess sake let him in." The male on the council orders at a guard standing by a door, a different door to the one I was led through. He opens the door only for Hector to barge in, his aura already threatening to eat up the entire room. "What is the meaning of this?"

"Alpha Hector, you are granted permission to watch but I must demand that you sit down and be quiet." A male sitting in the middle stands up and orders at him.

I have to bite down my tongue to stop my own growl from escaping me at the way this male talks to Hector.

How dare he. Not once have they explained what is going on.

"You must understand that I have only recently been kidnapped, my mate and I are curious as to why I am here." My own anger is starting to rise up within me. This can't be coincidence, not after Alpha Marc got away. "If someone could just explain the reason why I am here..."

"Name please?" The one in the middle hoots like an owl as his body recoils back down into his chair.

""Kaia Glace."

"Title?" Really? They have brought me here..

"Alpha of the Nightshade Reformed pack and Luna of the Dark Phantom pack."

"Birth place?"

"What has that got to do with anything?" Hector shouts out.

"Alpha Hector if you insist on staying then I must insist that you refrain from interrupting." The middle council member slams his fist on the long rectangular desk that he is sharing. Hector was right though, what has that got to do with anything.

"Clear Waters Pack from what I've been told."

"What you've been told?"

"I have amnesia." I quirk an eyebrow at the five males staring back at me. Why are they all males and no females.

"Yes, I have it here on your medical records." The middle one, who seems to be the one in charge, or he thinks he is in charge pulls a file out.

""Excuse me?"

"What the fuck?" Hector's voice growls out, earning a tut from the row of figures in front of me, all but one.

"Kaia, what is going on?" Alora enters into the room, her voice entering my head as she is accompanied by Ezra.

"I'm not sure, just stay with Ezra.

Can you do that, just stay with him."

The mind-link with Alora would have forced my eyes to glaze over because as soon as I cut it off, find a cup has been placed in front of me.

The soldier moves back to the wall he is positioned on, all eyes on the room now looking at the cup before me.

"Oh yes that reminds me. For your mate and sister to remain you will need to consume the tonic."

"What is it?" I ask.

"It will temporarily pause the ability to use your mind-link."

"Why can't I use my mind-link...."

"For one thing, so you can't check your story with another.."

"Another?"

"Your sister, Beta of the Nightshade Reformed pack...she has just mind-linked you."

"If you don't want me to use the mind-link, then just say. I'm not drinking that."

"Good girl." Hector's voice isn't loud but is enough for me to hear.

"Drink it or your beta and mate will need to leave." The leading councillor growls.

"Then they need to leave the

room,

but I will still have access to the mate link with Alora. My mind-link

I

with my mate isn't in place yet, so I

don't see why he can't stay

"Kaia." The middle man starts to

growl at me but I cut him off. He

was barking out a lot of orders, but not giving me any information on why thad been summoned here.

"I don't understand what you want from me, why I am here. You haven't explained one thing to me, let alone why you have my medical records on file."

Pushed, I have had enough of being pushed around by these power hungry wolves.

"Kaia..." My eyes flash as I can feel my wolf pushing forward, feel the blue rims of my eyes bleed into the more dominant green.

She wasn't happy, she was an alpha wolf and would be addressed as such.

"Would you address another alpha wolf by their name or would you use their title first?"

"Alpha Kaia.."

"Better." I seethe out.

"You are accused of murder."

"Of whose murder?" I scoff back out, yet my eyes involuntarily dart to Hector. They must have found out about Samson.

"Of Alpha Beckett Glace's murder."