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

Chapter 0359

- Knox ~

As soon as my eyes open I know something is wrong.

The fact that Red is no longer next to me and judging by the coldness of the mattress where she had been...she hasn't been next to me for some time.

Step one of my wolf releasing panic into my system but she was in her own pack, in her own home for goddess sake...I can't worry about that. My wolf needs to calm down, he'll feel better...more at ease when I have marked her.

I move with quickened pace down the stairs to find the lower level of the alpha house...empty.

Step two...my wolf was pushing forward, preparing to shift.

The alpha office door was locked which always means it is occupied, having been here for a while now, I'm getting used to the non verbal communications of the Varon-Glace alpha family.

there but with both Jaxon and Jace not hanging around the front room or kitchen, it is

in the kitchen, making myself a coffee to help wake me up from my unusual late afternoon nap. More importantly, keeping

I fell sleep. Sleeping in the day was forbidden for me, something I never

that makes me feel secure...safe. It also

was unconscious, I didn't want to sleep from

feeling hasn't left me. Quite the opposite, in fact it was becoming more powerful. My wolf now aware that Josie was our mate, didn't like her being out of our sights, especially with the recent attempt on her

but when I hear it ringing from upstairs, panic starts to grip me by the throat and I struggle to fight my wolf any

family member yet, but I am her mate...her fated mate and I was designed to stand by her side....so I have

struggles to hide his frustration at my intrusion, something that he must know by

find all three of

my voice calm but it is a contrast to how

her father. She's..." I try to remain patient, but my wolf is bursting at the seams for an update on her current location.

field with her..." He stops mid sentence, his own face

"She's shifted..."