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

"Together." I repeat his words, that's all I have ever wanted...to be together.

"Together." His hand raises up and cups the side of my cheek before it falls back down. I take a step forward, needing to touch him, to feel him.

He was rigid, more muscular than the last time I

saw him. He was still in shock because his hands don't hold me like they did at the beach club, no...they wrap around my upper back...not around my lower back or waist like he did then.

But he has another now, he was a man of honour. He needed to break it off with Callie first, he needed to be respectable to her.

That feeling of sadness, of knowing I would have to do this alone was being replaced with happiness, with excitement.

I wouldn't be alone, he will be with me every step of the way.

He is picking me, picking us.

"Jace, I..." I want to tell him how much this means to me, how sorry I am that I didn't trust him. I should have trusted him, trusted us. I wasn't just some girl with a crush, he was going to pick me. It wasn't one sided, he loved me too. "My mobile isn't safe right now, so wait for me to come back." He commands out.

""What, why?"

"I'll explain another time. I just needed to see you. Now go inside, I'll see you in a few days." His lips press against mine, his kiss not lasting long enough. I needed more, but he had to get away.

I take a step back, turning to move...my hand moving to my lips.

His kiss...his kiss was too soft. Before, at the beach club, he kissed me like he owned me, like he possessed me.noveldrama

Like I would be the only one he would kiss for the rest of his life.

The kiss just now was different...

I turn, looking at him...he was covered in complete black. Covering his entire body...every part that is tattooed...even his neck.

No wonder I couldn't smell his trademark coconut scent...it wasn't even him.

"Jaxon!" I growl out, my jaw stiffening as my fists move to my sides, both becoming small tight clenched balls.

He just stares are me, astounded perhaps that I had figured it out. Lost for a response.

"Cleo.." He tries to calm me as he rips the balaclava off, no sign of a tattoo. Not that I needed it for confirmation, I knew exactly whoît was. He had played on my hormones, played on my love need to be with Jace.

"You shouldn't have kissed me, you shouldn't have just done that." I coldly state.

"You need to give him time."

"You've made it very clear how far you will go to protect your brother." I turn my back on him, preparing to head inside. "Cleo?" He pulls me back to him by my elbow but I brush off his touch, trying to push him away from me.

I fail, it was like pushing away an immovable mountain. I should have known it was Jaxon, Jace wasn't as built as him. The months of rejecting his alpha title has made him need to work more for his frame, whereas Jaxon has only ever accepted his destiny.

He has muscles in abundance. He's never had any waiving thought of what role he has to play.

"You've just made an enemy of me Jaxon. I was on the fence, but now I see that need to act and I won't apologise for what I need to do.

From now on this is about my net'

child my child Jaxon...and me. No one else."

"Cleo?" I can hear panic in his voice. The future alpha of the Dark Phantom pack was panicking, a mistake he has made that will affect his brother in the long run.

"Get off my pack grounds before I force the warriors to do it for me." I seethe, I can't even look at him.

I'm so angry I don't even wait to watch him leave pack grounds all I know is that I need to remove myself before I say or do something that would be crossing a line between us. But hasn't he just crossed that line.

He has just proven to me the lengths he will go to protect his brother. I didn't have time, I need to think of my next move. But one thing is for certain, if I ever see Jaxon again, it will be too soon.