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

Chapter 0257

-Josie~

The tension within my small preparation room was tangible. I could feel it on my finger tips...taste it. The air remained suffocating, which isn't something George was capable of.

Black eyes turn from George's onto my very own...my breath catching in the back of my throat. Why did he stare have some kind of power over me...

There seemed to be some kind of stand off happening between the two of them. George's back elongating, his shoulders hunching forward, his feet bouncing on the balls of his feet...he was preparing for an attack. Yet this Knox seems completely unfazed by George's stance, eyeing George like he was merely a wolf cub...yet he was the full sized predator. There was even a trace of a smirk entering onto his lips.

With a silent nod, Knox moves aside just enough for George to past through. He doesn't make it easy for him though.

Unable to stand this oppressive atmosphere any longer, I go to move past Knox but to my complete shock he pushes me backwards. Deeper into my little preparation room, his foot kicking the door shut.

Creating privacy between us.

This room was slightly bigger than a storage cupboard, George and I just fitted but Knox was twice the size, he ate up the remaining space...I couldn't move, I was completely at his mercy.

was now not my own, it is caught in a fight between that unexplainable gravitational pull towards him and wanting to push him away from me...scream at him him for getting

mind snapping out of a tranced state

""What?"

His eyes return to mine, a level of anger laced within them. His jaw tenses again as

He nods, as he leans in closer to me...sniffing the air around me, his nose scrunching up

to wipe the floor. I couldn't smell the spilt ingredients, all I could smell

a step away from me, releasing me from being trapped

back up and scanning the bottles of

spins, a heavy footstep echoes as his hand reaches out for the door, but before I can think of my actions...I've

known as Knox." As soon as he stops, a cold

cold eyes dart to my hand, gripped at

back, what the

you not mention George and me to my Dad..""So

anymore. I

me to mention to Alpha Hector what I saw?" His body is closed off again, his arms moving to cross over at his chest. I shouldn't

just because I've decided to call it quits with him. He'll get over it." I can hear my inner self telling me to shut up, that I was going off on a