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



"You knew what?"

"That you had hooked up with someone...was it him..."

"Who?" I panic.

"...the barman?" She pauses, her brows furrowing.

Did she not see him? Did she not notice Jace...how could she not.

He was easily the hottest guy at the pool and his entrance hadn't been discreet.

He has an alpha energy that was hard to miss, but then she was drinking back the shots long after I had decided to slow down.

No matter how pissed off I am at Jace, I had made him a promise not to reveal his location.

"A lady never kisses and tells." I play coy, which wasn't difficult for me.

"Damn girl, I hope he got more than a kiss out of you. So did you get it stamped?"

"Get what stamped?" I move further into the hotel room, careful to maintain a distance in case Jace's scent remains upon me.

"Your V card..."

"Maya." I moan out as I move to the bathroom, turning the shower on and letting the water heat up.

"You did, didn't you?" Her hands grip onto my shoulders as she turns me, suspenseful eyes shining back at me as she is dying for an answer.

"I did..." I smile out, trying to downplay my news.

"Yes!" She claps out before punching her fists into the air.

"So we are applauded sex now?" I chuckle at her as I check the water temperature with my fingers.

"No, we are applauding you becoming a woman. So how was he?"

"Maya, I'm going to have a shower, then we are leaving as soon as possible..."

"I get it...don't want to run into him at the breakfast buffet. He's already scrambled your eggs."

"Maya." I playfully bat the side of her arm.

"Ten minutes and we will be checking out, I promise."

Two months have passed since my weekend away with Maya and I've received no word from Jace...nothing.

Not even a text to explain why he ran out the next morning...not even a poorly made up excuse.

It's not made visiting the Dark Phantom pack with my parents and brother particularly easy. Sitting in front of them, listening to their updates on where he could be, of possible locations.

Whereas I know exactly where he is, I can see the location on the map Hector keeps pointing at.noveldrama

All I would need to do is place my finger on it, I wouldn't even need to say a word...Jaxon would understand me.

My heart aches for Jaxon but I made a promise. If I tell them where Jace is, he'll run. At least right now I know where he is.

Since the night with Jace, I've had a niggling gut feeling, something I haven't been able to put to rest.

Something that I've been putting off...I haven't had a period.

It must just be stress, the heavy burden of knowing he is safe...that he is flourishing. At the suffering of his family.

I was torn between keeping him from running, and being deceitful to those I loved.

They may not be blood but the Varon's were an extension of our family, of our pack.

When one hurts, we all hurt.

Which is why I've been struggling to take the pregnancy test staring in front of me. For about a week I've been pulling it out of my bedside drawer, only to swiftly stash it back away.

I can't be, it was my first time...

Enough, I needed to find out once and for all. I snatch the test off the bedside table, moving into my ensuite where I take the test.

Once done, I carefully place it down on the side of the sink, my back turning...stress can cause the same symptoms.

Nausea...cramps...

Yes, it was just stress...this will be negative. Of course it will.

It was the placebo effect, a phantom pregnancy. I hear about them all the time, as soon as I see it is negative all of this worry, all of this stress will melt away.

Steadying my nerves, I turn...willing it to be negative but deep in my heart...thinking it could be the one thing that brings him back to us. Once again, I was torn.

My fingers feel for the test, my eyes forgetting they have the ability to look down. I lift the test up, to eye level.

My heart stops beating, my lungs stop breathing as the words pregnant scream out at me on the test.

Pregnant, I was pregnant with Jace's child.