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

- Jace -

"Eh...what the fuck was that?" Josie's growl echoes through her own cabin, bouncing off the wooden built walls.

What was that, what have I just done.

I lost myself in her, in the need to touch her...to be near her. I've potentially just ruined everything.

"Josie, can you give us a minute?" Callie calmly requests to my sister, her voice a little too cool.

I was fucking stupid, giving in yet again to temptation...and this time being caught red handed.

At least back at the beach club it was just Cleo and I, nobody else knew what had happened between us.

As soon as the door was closed, I could hear Josie calling out after Cleo in the meadows, leaving

Callie and I alone.

"You lied to me." Callie takes a step closer to me, her body rigid and her jaw tense.

"How?"

"You've never mentioned you were in a relationship with another woman, I wouldn't have tied myself to this agreement if I had."

"I'm not in a relationship, that was just..." I scoff out, my hands running back through my hair as I

try to make sense of what had just happened.

If we haven't had been interrupted would I have

gone back there with her, would I have been with her?

I wanted to, fuck, I wanted to be so deep in her that I was the only person she would ever need.

But I hesitated, pulling away and breaking our moment first.

I could see the hurt in her eyes even before that door opened.

I've signed my fate with Cleo now, I just need to see it through to the end.

Any love she had for me with now be pure hatred. Which is what I wanted...wasn't it?

"What?" Callie was coming at me as if she was an enraged lover of mine, that I had really been

caught cheating on her.

She didn't expect me to be celibate for the rest of my life did she? Just like I didn't expect her not to take a lover...I couldn't please her just like she couldn't please me. "Another mistake." I try to move towards the door, play down what had just happened...only for her to block me.

"Another mistake...how many mistakes have there been?" Her roar is deafening as she grips me by the arm.noveldrama

"Just now..." I respond but her pinned look lets me know she isn't falling for it.

"...and when she was at the hotel." I admit.

"Fuck Jace..." Her arms fling up into the air, frustration acting out as she moves to the window to look outside.

I

In the distance I can just make out

Josie leaving the meadows, her

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pace now breaking out into a jog as she tries, no doubt, to catch

Cleo.

up

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"I know, I know..." My hands move to my face where I hold them for a brief moment, trying to think on what to do.

Cleo won't want anyone to know about this, but Josie...she's already had her suspicions on my match with Gallie. Now she has ammunition to come after me for certain.

"How could you be so stupid as to mess around with someone close to your family." Callie accuses me, as if I ever had any choice.

"I can't help it, she does things to me.." I groan out, the frustration of it all... of being caught, of

Cleo wanting me to say something but I couldn't, how I yearn for her but can never have her...how I shouldn't have pulled away earlier.

How I should have stayed in the alpha house and not come here.

Her scent alone, the sweetness of ripe peaches, tipped me over the edge.

That pull to her clouded my mind, my self-control. My wolf didn't help, he completely took advantage of the situation, and I just wasn't strong enough to fight him.

Her intoxicating scent blinded me with passion.

Then when I saw she was jealous, jealous of Callie a part of me wanted to reassure her, wanted

to let her know that it wasn't real...

"I shouldn't have followed her here." I mutter out, more to myself than to Callie.

"Then why did you?"

"She'd been gone for so long I was worried, I wanted to make sure she was safe...not upset."

"Why would she be upset?" Callie turns from the window, her eyes narrowing.

"Jace, why would she be upset?" She presses when I refuse to answer.

I try to move my lips but all that comes out is an exasperated sigh.

"No..." She gasps out, as she places her hand to her mouth.

"Is she your mate? Your fated mate?" Her teeth grit, anger twisting her facial features.

"Yes.."

"Fucking hell Jace...you've been parading me around since the moment I arrived and in front of

that poor girl...I've been touching you all night...trying to calm you..." She moves away from me,

stepping further into the cabin where she starts counting things off with her fingers.

"We aren't...we can't be together.." My head rolls back as I say the words out loud that I've thought for too long.