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

- Jace -

I'm sitting on the edge of the bed watching Callie put make up on in front of my mirror.

She's not spoken to me all day, not since Josie healed her arm and willingly informed her of her special abilities.

She asked to go to the hospital, to have her arm checked out even though Josie kept insisting there was no need, that any X-ray would show the bone completely healed.

As werewolves we get used to injuries in training, even for our bodies to heal fast, but I get it...it's a tad freaky to have another wolf heal you with red light coming from their hands.

But what blew my own mind was that apparently Mum has similar powers, something that I didn't know.

Something about being the White Wolf from the fairy tales and Josie had abilities as well because she was her daughter... it passes on through the female gene.

Mind blown.

Mind blown even further when I challenged Mum to test her abilities on me, soon feeling as if energy was being forcibly drained from my body. Only for a surge of recharged power to be channelled back into me. How long, how long have they known about this and not told us.

Our entire lives apparently. Shit, I mean of course I knew Mum was a white wolf, but not the White Wolf.

"I understand if you want an out?" I offer to Callie, things had already changed since our original plan. ""An out?"

"Of all of this. Believe me, if I had known about my own mother and the pending threat of this White Moon pack..." Who launched the attack on the wedding night, trying to get access to Mum but also Josie.

"Are you joking? This is wild, the White Wolf actually exists? No...why would I want an out?" Callie's fingers move into quotation marks at the mention of the White Wolf.

"Being my luna puts you automatically in the firing line."

"I've been in the firing line myself for some time Jace. It's not every day an alpha born rejects their pack, their parents."

"This is different, you know this. This is unprecedented. I won't hold it against you if you

want out. I'll sign my side of the hotel over to you for ownership, you get to walk away." She ponders my offer, her eyes catching mine in the mirror's reflection. It was unfair of me to expect her to be a part of this, especially when the levels of danger had quadrupled.

"I made a promise to you, and I plan on keeping it Besides, I couldn't cope with Colt by myself, he'd drive me up the wall." She chuckles out moving to place mascara on her eyes watch her intently as her mouth opens slightly to somehow gain better access to her eyelashes.

"If you are sure?" I sigh out leaning forward, my elbows resting on my knees. I want her to understand just how dangerous this is, but I know she can handle it. I've chosen her well.

She turns to me, no longer responding to me in the mirror but complete eye to eye contact... ""Yes."noveldrama

His return is like a nuclear explosion within the pack bond, complete anger resonating through the link as he doesn't even try to suppress it. He wants every single person to feel his anger.

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"What is it? What's wrong?" Her eyes widen as a growl escapes me.

"Just stay here, promise me."

"What's going on?"

"Jaxon is back, just stay up here."

"Okay."

I move downstairs, my wolf pressing forward demanding to know what was going on.

I don't push him back, Jaxon can't keep acting like this, he needs to learn to control his wolf.

I thought he had learned to control his wolf, perhaps my absence contributing to his decreasing ability to dominate his fur side.

"I want the Arancea's here tomorrow."

My body stills when I walk in on him demanding Orpheus' attendance.

"Rosa and Orpheus? Why...what's going on? Mum tries to sedate him, tries to keep him under control. But I can tell even by his darkening green

eyes, he was close to demonic right now.

A sign his wolf was in control. His aura was also incredibly thick, making the kitchen area deeply atmospheric.

"I want them here, they need to be here." He mutters to himself as he bypasses Mum, squaring up to Dad.