Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 218

Hector POV

I could see the hurt in her eyes and I want to take the pain from her. Want to burn in hell for an eternity if it means she felt no pain, that she was safe.

I thought in not telling her, I was keeping her safe, but I’ve allowed ourselves, our mate bond, to be attacked by others.

A mistake I won’t make again.

“I should have told you, but I thought in not telling you, I was keeping you protected. Keeping you safe. Protecting you from the past.”

“I can’t believe this…everything is so…” Her confusion was clear on her face, if I could not already feel it through our bond. Our bond had been growing stronger since the Red Thorn pack. I could feel she was close to finally accepting, that pull to claim her was increasingly difficult to deny.

“Fucked up?” I finish her sentence.

“So I did kill him…I must have found out that he killed my mother.” Her eyes hold a sadness, she was questioning herself…questioning the foundations of the person she is, the person I have completely fallen in love with.

My love for her was universal, unconditional and nothing I had ever felt before for anyone.

For anyone, no matter what I might have thought as a younger person…this love I have with Kaia…this is what the Moon Goddess had planned for me.

I don’t respond to her, not even when she turns to look up at me.

What can I say.

To me she was innocent, she was the purest of souls…so for her to take his life. It must have been for something so unthinkable, so sickening…that it forced her to take action.

“I wish I could remember.” She looks away, biting down on her lower lip.

“No, it’s best that you don’t.” I let my touch calm her.

“How can you…” She scoffs at me.

“What?”

“Still want to be with me, after what I did.”

No, I wouldn’t let her question our mate bond, question what the moon goddess has gifted us with.

I bend my height, making sure my eyes are aligned with hers, making sure she can see the seriousness first hand.

“You don’t think I haven’t done worse, you don’t think I haven’t killed? I am an alpha, as are you.”

“There’s killing to protect the pack and then there’s killing your own family.” She mouths out, her eyes darting to the door.