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

Chapter 0264

"Only in passing.." I shrug, acting like it makes no difference to me what she gets up to. Why should it...

Training had been pushed back this morning to make room for a heads of department meeting, again something I had been asked to sit in on.

It had been drilled into me a long time ago to wake up early and train, so without the training I head to the kitchen to make coffee only to find a black-haired female that I didn't recognise searching through the cupboards. "What are you searching for?" I watch her trying to reach to the highest of shelves. She was a short thing, even on tiptoes. She turns to look at me, her eyebrows frowning as she then clasps at her forehead in pain. "Painkillers."

"Heavy night?" I scoff out resting my back against the kitchen island.

"You could say that, who are you?" She eyes be with suspicion.

"Knox, I'm visiting for a short while."

"Oh hey, I'm Maya." A smirk enters onto my lips as I turn away towards the coffee machine, so this is the one that Red's ex doesn't like.

My tone is sarcastic, sudden images of other males being with Red last night pop into

be her bloody body guard, I was here to assess the pack's safety

the alpha's grown up children get up

to face me as I reach up into a

father last night calling her Josephina didn't help, it just reminded me even more

warrior, not a daddy's princess." Maya chuckles as she finds a packet of tablets, downs them in one and

on time with a group of departments heads such as IT, training and healthcare. Jaxon and Jace leading it as Hector and Kaia

have a pale look on their faces, both

wearing sunglasses as he slowly sips

Jaxon is about to start talking the door swings open, Josie breezing in full of beans, like a breath of fresh air compared to her hungover

bra, her red hair tied in loose plaits as she takes her seat...my eyes unable to not drink her all in.

you." Jaxon growls