Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 563

The more it continues the bloodier it gets. Thick blood sprays across the courtyard ground, the smell of it churning my insides…just the thought of Jace bleeding is sending me into a frantic state of panic…one that I refuse to sink into.

I had to remain strong, I had to mask any emotion. I couldn’t afford for Jace to be distracted, for him to lose concentration even for a split second…because Than would use that against him.

They both fight as Alphas, both strong…but Than was starting to show signs of strain, of struggling to continue at this pace.

I guess time and energy catches up with age.

Punch, scrape, kick…bruises were already developing upon both of their visible skin. The silence around us was defeaneing, even the invasion of warriors has paused, the Amber Desert pack members taking a moment to recuperate, to count their dead…

The entire world felt as if it had stopped spinning, as figures continue to gather. To watch the fate of their own pack…of who will come out of this as their leader.

“Come on Than.” Medea growls out in frustration as Jace holds him by the throat, his body gripping him against the hard cold gravel courtyard ground.

Than groans out in pain as Jace drags him, the uneven ground cutting into Than’s back.

She’s losing her patience, her own future on the verge of being destroyed. She was about to lose her luna-ship, about to lose her lands.

Pure anger registers upon her face as Than tabs out of Jace’s hold…surrendering under the younger alphas hold.

“Do you surrender?” Jace pushes him away from him…panting out himself.

Than grips at his throat, his entire body heaving from lack of breath, his eyes darting around him.

“No he doesn’t surrender…get back in there.” Medea screams her command, her eyes burning with fury.

“Kill him!” She shrieks out.

“Or I will!” She raises the gun, pointing it directly at Jace.

No…no I cannot lose Jace.

My legs move for me, preparing to push Jace out of the way but I’m too slow and the gun shot fires out, my heart beating at a pace that makes it almost impossible to remain in my chest.

“No..” I scream out, my eyes watching on in horror as the bullet is launched from the gun…it’s going to hit Jace.

“No…” Ezra clings on to Alora’s body, her skin already turning pale. No, she was dead…

An almighty roar shakes me; Jace was shifting into his black wolf beastly form. Than does nothing, his eyes are on Ezra…cradling the mate that once was his.

He falls to his knees, any fight within him gone. His first love killed by his own mother.

“Than!” Medea growls out, the gun pointed back out again.

No…she won’t be callously killing anybody else that I loved. I would kill her myself.

I move towards her, a mixture of hatred and anger fuelling my wolf’s movement.

I hate her, she was the epitome of evil…of everything that was wrong with this world.

That bullet was aimed for my Jace…I’ll kill her before she touches a hair on his head.

“Cleo, No.” I hear Jace roar out just as I move to Medea, just before a second gun shot is fired out…