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.

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

the queue 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 could move here and join the pack. She wouldn't need to leave

angrily growls at me as my hands lace around her, pulling her closer

want to do this, I don't want another touching her...she was mine, she is

give her what

later on, and hurt her family at the

is mine." His demonic voice growls out to me from the darkness recesses of

to Mum, to Dad. To

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 a fatal

as she fights hard to not show any signs of the hurt I am causing her. That I am inflicting on to her. But it isn't weakness to want

inhaling her scent to momentarily calm my wolf. It doesn't work, he

stiffens under my hold and I drop my