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

Chapter 0327

~Josie~

I felt like that 16 year old girl again. The one that had her entire life ahead of her.

The vague hope of having a wolf appear when she reached 18, still alive like a bright candle flickering within my core, my very centre. The one that thought she knew so much, that believed even then she was already a woman.

Three years later and I'm back to the night he rejected me in the nightclub. It's as if the past three years never really happened. My inner growth, my soul searching...all evaporated, gone in a split of a second. I'm 16 years old again.

Not only had he given me my first kiss, I now know he would be my first love. Perhaps my only love.

a powerful connection to any other male than I

undeniable gravitational pull to be with them. If I had a wolf, I would think...but

true partner...I don't know, maybe he has another. He just hadn't met her yet, but he knows I'm not

maybe like he said, it was one sided. He got lost in desire, he wasn't

I should just count my losses and go back with him. At least to the outside world I would look

don't feel it. I don't

for a while, I must have been because when I hear a whistling in the background and Lobo's unmistakable panting,

into my legs, almost pushing me over. His warmth acting like an electric shock that travels directly to my heart, forcing me to wake up from my frozen zombie like state. Dad stops, his eyes locked on mine, his lips parting...I really must look a

as Dad calls out to me, I break down. My knees falling beneath me. If I could make a sound right now I think I would wail, but the night's coldness has stolen my voice. He takes gentle steps towards me, the long grass nothing to this alpha male... it almost bends out of

his snout nuzzling into my neck. He's never seen me like this, and when I am unable to respond to his