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

Chapter 0369

- Josie -

I follow Mum as she moves back towards the sofa, curling her feet up as she flicks the television back on. Her eyes stare at the screen but I can tell she isn't watching it, just making herself look like she is. She is lost in thought, lost in memory. "Mum?" I softly try to regain her attention as I sit down next to her, my hand gently stroking at her upper arm.

"Hmm?" She doesn't take her eyes away from the TV, seemingly too lost in the car advert. I've never seen her like this and it's starting to terrify me. She's never had this lost look before, she's never been in a trance. She's always been fully alert, her mind fully present. "Do you want to talk about things?"

"Things?"

"About this Than person?"

"No...I don't want to waste the air of my lungs evening mentioning his name." There's a bite in her words, disdain upon her tongue.

she turns to me. I can see she is about to say something but she stops when the front door opens and Auntie Alora walks in. It doesn't take a genius to know that

eyesbrows furrowing slightly as she takes in Mum's unusual wild

twins and often

wrong?" She looks at me for the answer, her eyes turning

she knows when something is bothering

hate lying, especially to Auntie Alora. But that worry on her face drops and her shoulders relax, as she takes a deep breath

you come back

"Really?"

the waters, finish your healing there and return feeling refreshed from

Water's pack...it's completely different to here and I always feel like I've had a holiday when I return. But...things are different now...George was there and the thought of being near him again makes my blood run cold. I can't believe I ever thought of being

timing is perfect. You can get to know your wolf more,

be around an ex of mine. Not that anything would happen, but I would feel just as uncomfortable with the thought of an ex of Knox's being able to be near