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

Chapter 0300

- Josie -

I've never sought male company to stay with me all night, but there is something suddenly cold about my bed, about being in it alone.

However, as I tiptoe across the landing towards the corridor that houses the guest rooms, something feels right.

Cleo and Ares have left, Uncle Orpheus and Auntie Rosa leaving as we returned from the false alarm at the borders. They have taken Maya home, offering to drop her off on their way.

Auntie Rosa gets easily spooked in situations like this and Uncle Orpheus always seems to find keeping her within their pack the best option.

I do my best to avoid the floor boards that creak, it's 3 am anyway...everyone should be asleep.

Even Knox.

Is this perverted? Walking on a sleeping man...crawling into bed with him. I've tried to sleep, but my mind won't let it go. Every time I close my eyes it's pushing forward, a desire to be near him. A frenetic pull that seems to have the ability to move past my bedroom walls. My hand reaches out to touch the door handle before I back away slightly. He'll have questions, I know he will.

he watched me load the gun with silver bullets, how my fingers showed no sign of damage.... the silver not

walk away, not bring those kind of questions in my life, but I can't ignore an even bigger call to be with him. Something that I was

as I take a step forward and grip

open, to find his bedside lamp on, his eyes darting towards

Goddess, have mercy.

laptop placed upon his lap as the lower part of his body remains under a

bothering you as

"No you didn't."

No I didn't.

respond

Red." His arrogant charming smile sends a bolt of lightning towards my lower core. If he hadn't kissed me the way he did in the club's cloakroom I would walk away, I would think this was one

arousal, so intense within me, that it was

in his stomach become taut and I can

was pumping so fast that I could hear its deafening beat in my ears. "Because I can't seem to stay away from you either." He sighs out, his forehead creasing as he, to my surprise, pulls the bed sheets open, patting the side