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

I move away from him, heading upstairs into my bedroom, slamming the door shut to lock it.

I just needed to be left alone.

But he was fast following me up the stairs...his hand blocking the doorway, preventing me from closing it fully to apply the lock.

"Get out." I roar out, trying to force the door shut but he pushes back. His entire alpha body taking over the frame of the doorway as he uses his shoulder to barge the door open...my body jumping back. "Get out or I'll mind link for help." I threaten.noveldrama

"Cleo... I'm not going to hurt you, I'd never hurt you. I just need to know...did you know where he was?"

"No, I wouldn't do that. I swear...but when I saw him."

"Saw him?"

"I knew he was safe, if I shared where he was, he would have run again."

"You knew?" His hands start to dart through his hair only to remain on top of his head as he moans out to me. I've hurt him, in keeping Jace's location a secret...I've hurt him, and also his family.

"If he was in danger, I would have said something, but he wasn't." I try to explain myself, try to make him see. I step closer, my hands gripping at my chest but he places his hand out, wanting distance from me. "How long, how long have you known?"

"Jaxon, believe me..."

"How long?" He roars out, my entire body shaking under his fury.

"A few weeks."

"I can't believe this, you knew. You lied?"

"I promised I wouldn't tell. If I had, he would have left again, you know this. I just..."

"What?"

"I didn't know he had found his mate. When you saw me leaving, I was just surprised. But I'm glad...I'm glad he has found someone to make him happy." My words sound convincing, almost convincing myself. "You keep lying to me." But failing to convince Jaxon.

"No." I shake my head, he needs to understand that in telling them, Jace would have left. He never would have forgiven me. "The child..."

I feel as if I have been slapped around the face, my entire body running cold. As if somebody has stood over my grave.

"What child?" My voice is higher than normal, my own ears not recognising my own voice.

"The child you are carrying....the extra heartbeat I've been hearing since you walked into your Dad's office. Is it his?" "I'm not..."

"Stop lying to me." He roars out, his fist punching through my wall. I watch on, stunned, as he removes his fist, inspecting his

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knuckles....before looking back up at me. A fist sized hole now in my bedroom wall.

"Cleo, is it his?" His voice has no anger now, no emotion... in fact it's too void of emotion. It's terrifying.

"No, my baby is human."

"Cleo, come on.."

"My baby is human." I repeat, robotically. Only for Jaxon to close the gap between us, for his hands to cup my face in his.

"He loves you, I know he does. He just won't admit it, I don't know why...but don't give up on him."

"He has a mate."

"He loves you, he always has. You and his baby will..."

"My baby is human." I gasp out, trying to hold back the tears threatening to spill from my eyes. Biting back in the sob that so desperately wants to escape me, to

breakdown in Jaxon's arms.

"Cleo.."

"My baby....is human."

"Tell him, you need to tell him." He shakes me slightly, maybe he was trying to shake some sense into me, but it doesn't work.

This is why I can never admit it, this is why I will ruin

everything.

"Or I will." His words hold no malice,

just the truth. He will protect his brother above all, I know he will.

They are triplets, all three of them.

They come first above anybody else.

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