Anastasia was slowly accepting the hatred she would face once she reached Draoidh, but this— this was beyond her imagination. They hated her to the extent that they wouldn't even allow her inside? Even though her husband didn't mention the plausible cause of not being able to enter the portal to its designated destination, it was no rocket science to understand that they had blocked her. Suddenly she felt a big void in her heart, she felt she was so unwanted… so alone… and Ileus helped her only because she was his mate.