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

Chapter 0325

- Knox ~

She's recoiling from me, I can see the pain in her expression. My wolf is howling at me, thrashing at me internally to stop talking, to accept her, to take her as ours.

But I can't...how can I keep her safe, keep her away from the destruction that still follows me today.

She doesn't have a wolf, and I really don't care...it doesn't make her any less special to me.

She is perfection, except for the fact that she can't defend herself against the atrocities that I have witnessed with my own eyes.

If my father couldn't protect my own mother, who was a fierce warrior in her own right, what hope is there for me to protect Red.

Far better for her that she stays here, stays with her family...who will always keep her safe.

here, no need to fight...no need for the external shifter community to

of alphas and betas waiting to dance with her last night, it wouldn't take her long to replace me if she does want a future with somebody. Far better a beta, they

fool..." My wolf angrily growls at me as my hands lace around her, pulling

don't want another

can't give her what

break it later on, and hurt her

is mine." His demonic voice growls out to me

selfish...do you remember what happened to Mum, to Dad. To all of them. We can't

that was almost 20 years ago. If you deny me her I'll make the rest of your life a living hell." He threatens. I could survive that, survive his daily torture...what I couldn't survive is something happening to her because of me. She only just escaped

I am causing her. That I am inflicting on to her. But it isn't

around her, inhaling her scent to momentarily calm

I drop my arms again, her body rigid..her chin