All Chapters of Bound By Fate: Mated To The Enemy: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

LAYLA’S POVThunder struck from the sky, torching the apple tree in the centre of the square. The fire erupted, racing across the ground and setting everything it touched ablaze. Carnage, blood, pain, screams and raging cries were all I could hear and see. The fires licked at the edges of the village square, leaving the people petrified like a cornered rat. They ran helter-skelter, seeking refuge from not only the fire but the armed soldiers that haunted them.The ground rattled violently under me and my eyes trailed forward. Fear was registered on the faces of the people as they pushed past me, screaming and howling to the dead moon. I heard a whisper. Someone was crying to the Moon Goddess. Well, they shouldn't bother. The gods are dead. The sound of sizzling flesh and clanging swords sliced through the smoke-filled air and I stood, frozen. My legs rooted to the spot. “Run, Layla!” Raven called out weakly. My eyes fell on her immobile figure on the ground. What was she doing he

LAYLA'S POVThe handsome stranger took to his feet and held up his hands. “Come on. Let's go back inside.”I stared down at his hands in shock. This was impossible. My wolf recognized him. He couldn't be my… “Your Highness!” The other man thundered in annoyance.“Relax, Hunter,” King Asher smiled. “You're going to scare my mate.”Hunter drew near. “Mate?”“No!” I slapped Asher's hands away and ran.No, no, no. There has to be some kind of mistake. There was no way I could have a mate. Maybe, I sniffed wrong. That must be it or maybe the Moon goddess was playing games with me. There is no way Isabella’s soon-to-be husband would be my mate. I had arrived at the entrance of the hall when I realised I had to use the bathroom. Damn it.I knew I couldn't return to the hall. Asher will be there and so will everyone else. God, this was such a pain.“If you want to use the bathroom, I know a good place.” A familiar voice said.I lifted my head from my hands and looked at her. A sudden wave

ASHER'S POVThe party ended on a lovely note. The people knew their stuff when it came to having fun and I was glad they weren't boring unlike my cousin’s pack where everyone stuck their noses up in the air and drank tea and biscuits. I was escorted to my chamber in Alpha Nathan's mansion. I just say his daughter was very beautiful. Isabella, what a lovely name.She was a trophy wife. A trinket a man would possess as his own, to mark and to please. Her petite frame felt right in my hold and her glassy pearl skin was lovely and costly to maintain. Her small silver-hazel eyes never left mine as we danced earlier and at one time, I touched her long curly blonde hair. She was most exquisite. But she paled in comparison with the priestess I saw earlier. I never knew she would be so young and so beautiful. The fire in her hazel-blue eyes ignited something in me I never knew was there. She was dressed in a simple yet delicate red and white gown that complimented her pale skin. While I sta

Layla POV I sat on the bed, staring at my trembling hands as little fragments of my past began to finally piece themselves together.The flickering light of the candles around me seemed to pulse in time with my racing heart.The fire, the pack mob, their hateful screams—the way they had hunted me like an animal. I shuddered violently, my breath hitching these memories leaving me raw and exposed. Tears spilled down my cheeks for the hundredth time again today, hot and fast, as the realization hit me like a blow to the chest.I had died. They had killed me. It didn't matter that I had walked into that fire by myself, not when they had pushed me to it with their words and actions.My hands slid to my stomach again, cradling the life within me that I had lost a choked sob escaped me, and I buried my face in my hands, shaking. “You didn’t deserve to die.” He had said to me a total stranger. Those words. That conviction. I wouldn't let it go to waste, I may have acted all tough

Layla POV She did as I asked immediately drawing me a bathe quickly,"It's hot my lady" she mumbled and I hesitated."Can you make it warm" I asked and she looked at me as if I had shocked her, but I really didn't want anything hot on my skin, not after the fire. She added some water to the tub."Is it ok" she asked and I shook my head."Add in a little more " I urged, and she did,once it was like I wanted it I got in the tub. The warm water slid down my calves and back it felt decadent. It wasn't so hot that it felt like I was in a fire again. She scrubbed me rubbing at my skin gently."Your father will be very pleased." she mum led and I still, that was right, I was going to see my father now."Will he" I asked a little unsure."Of course he will." "You are his little baby and he loves you more than anything in the world." "He was very worried about you" she mumbled and I hummed in my throat."Maybe." She helped me out of the tub."Let's get you dressed then miss.” she mumbled.“