Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 217

Kaia POV

“Glace is your family name, Varon your mate’s, but obviously you two aren’t married yet, and Sable…. Sable is your married name…although I can’t see a change of name being applied for…did you never change it?” He busies himself by flicking through my paperwork before he looks back up at me.

“Change it?”

“From when you married Alpha Than Sable of the Amber Desert pack?” He looks at me as if I have no idea what is going on.

Because I don’t and deep down I know he knows that. I can see the glint in his eye, he was enjoying my current confusion. To him knowledge is power, and he is powerful right now.

Married…

I feel as if the entire room’s flooring has collapsed beneath me.

That the carpeted floor has melted away leaving a black hole that I am currently dropping through, my stomach can feel the drop even though I am not even moving.

“I was married, married to Than Sable?” My eyes dart to Hector, whose eyes aren’t denying the claim, in fact, he seems to be pained by the news. My eyes travel along those I considered my friends…Jude, Edmund…Ezra…finally landing on Alora.

My own sister’s, my twin, my beta…her eyes are down unable to look me in the eye. They all knew, they all kept this from me. Even Alora, he was her mate…I was married to her mate…

“Yes, you were until recently. You applied for a divorce and it has been granted. I can see both sides have signed. Do you not remember signing this, the date seems to be after your...incident.”

The way he says incident makes my eyes snap back to him.

“I’m going to...” Hector seethes and for the first time since entering this room I can actually see Jude trying to calm him down.

He hasn’t once gotten involved with Hector’s previous outbursts but this was different.

“You’re going to what, Alpha Hector?” The council man smirks, his voice loud as it bounces off the walls.

Is that why he and Alora aren’t together, because of me?

I needed answers, answers only Hector and Alora can give me. I need to get out of here. I need to find out what exactly has happened, how I was married to Alora’s mate.

My world was collapsing again, yet four council male’s seem to be enjoying my world imploding. In fact, they all, except one, seem rather smug.

“My name is Kaia Glace, for the record.” I confirm, my head held high. He might want to play games with me and my mate, a mate that I am furious at right now.

Furious at him, furious at my sister but I will not let that fury rule me, I will not let them see how much it has hurt me.

I will not fall into council’s trap and judging by how quickly their smirks drop off their faces, they are starting to understand my strength.

“Then you are released from questioning…until we conclude our investigation.” He grunts not hiding his disappointment.

“Like I said before, my pack is not part of your alliance and what happens within pack lands is my business…”

“Hmm…we shall see.”

I didn’t want to ask what he meant by that, I wanted to get out of this room, get my wolf back and find out what the hell my mate hasn’t been telling me.

…

Knowing the car journey from the city to the Dark Phantom pack was short, I waited until we were in the secure walls of the Alpha home before demanding Hector tell me what exactly I seem to have forgotten.

He knew I was ready for an argument because I was in our office alone, whilst he was talking to Jude outside in the courtyard.

With my wolf now slowly coming back to me, if I strain hard enough, I can hear snippets of their conversation.

“Just remain calm.” My wolf tries to calm me, her desire to accept the bond still there.

“Calm? All this time I have actually been married to somebody else and he failed to tell me.”

“I’m sure he didn’t tell us for a reason, just hear him out.”

Typical, my wolf wasn’t even in the courtroom when I heard this bombshell, yet she is already defending him.

The mate bond always working its magic, always trying to keep that pull going.

His footsteps snap me out of my thoughts as I hear him entering into the hallway, he stops to ask Aubrey to make us some drinks…delaying the inevitable if you ask me.

“Hector…” I growl as soon as he walks through the door.

“Before you say anything…let me explain.” He holds his hands up in surrender.

“Please, go ahead. Explain to me how you failed to tell me something so important that it not only affects me but also my sister.” My anger, the betrayal I felt knew no bounds right now.

Alora had left to go back to the Nightshade Reformed pack with Ezra, I was angry at her too. Angry that she would keep something like this from me. Something that has fundamentally impacted her life.