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

"No, I have no mate." For once, the truth.

"I see."

"No you don't actually...the father is a human."

A moment is shared between us where he is considering me, and I him.

He seems to be contemplating something, his eyes pulling away first as he exhales loudly, casting his eyes back over the patrons.noveldrama

He was a difficult male to read, to figure out. Each movement, each word of his is premeditated, pre-planned. Why was he worried about speaking out of term?

"I'm looking for a luna and an heir. My pack's future relies on me providing them we an heir."

"But the child wouldn't be yours, the heir would be half human."

"That doesn't matter to me."

"It doesn't matter that the child not only won't be yours, but would be half human?" I need to hear him say it again, because he was an alpha male and I'm struggling to think he would adopt not only a child that wasn't a pack member, but a child that was half human...or so I have to make him believe.

"I don't think you understand the severity of my situation. I have no heir, my father is already dead...I would like my mother to see the pack is secure before she dies." His tone is more clipped this time.

"Your mother is sick?" I ask, thinking maybe he was up against time.

"No, just growing old."

I nod out, he must be what in his mid forties, if she was a younger mother she would only be in her mid sixties.

He still had plenty of time to find his mate and produce an heir.

"You still have time to produce an heir of your own, to find your mate." I offer out to him, trying to be encouraging.

"No, my mate is dead."

"Oh I'm so sorry to hear that."

"It was a long time ago. Just think of it, you...a luna...your child being raised by an alpha to protect a pack that will be theirs. That won't be taken away from them."

"It won't?"

"No, I would make the contract unbreakable by me Cleo, you would give your child the opportunity to be more than nephew or niece to your brother, they would be alpha themselves." "Boy or girl." My eyes narrow at him, was this offer depending on me having a male over a female.

"Yes, it's time the shifter community recognised female alphas. You yourself are first born are you not? Why shouldn't you be luna of your own pack, why shouldn't you have a say in the future of a pack." Leading a pack has never been a dream of mine, I've never felt I possessed leadership skills not even to be a luna.

But I can't deny his proposition is intriguing.

I would be offering my child a different future, a future where they would be an heir...when they

should be anyway.

But this title wouldn't be taken from them. It would be theirs, legally confirmed, legally upheld.

But I have this nagging feeling within me, why did he not speak to Dad if he was related.

"My Dad...why don't you speak to him?" My tone isn't polite, in fact it's accusational.

"Sometimes you can be related to people but have different views in life, different opinions. Just because you share a percentage of blood doesn't mean you have to be in each other' lives. Sometimes it's family that hurt us the most." He shrugs out, his eyes moving to the window where he suddenly becomes pensive.

"This is a lot to take in." I break his personal thoughts.

"Just think about it, before you say no...give it some thought. Ask

yourself, why would you say no to a title of luna and an alpha poor your child. Your child will be

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protected by myself and my pack...few babies can boast of such

protection even before the

born."

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"I'm not..."

"Come visit my pack, come see where you would be living...any time. Just send me word by text and I'll make it happen."

He stands up, taking money out of his wallet and placing it down on the table.

"I have to go, please give it some thought. I will make contact with you in a few days...give you some time to think. All I will ask Cleo, is find a reason why this isn't a good idea, why we couldn't make this work."

He takes my hand and places a kiss on the back of it before heading out of the door.

I sit there for a further ten minutes just letting his words sink in, trying to remember everything he had said.

Did I have this right. He was offering me the positon of luna within his pack, and my unborn child the position of heir.

Of being the next alpha.

My sprialling mind just keeps getting

more and more confused. I

shouldn't even consider entertaining his offer of visiting his pack, but to have a pre-made pack for my child..my child that was an alpha born would be a dream come true.

I wouldn't get it any other way.