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

Chapter 0370

- Knox ~

We greet the warriors outside, the leader nodding to me as I stand next to Jaxon.

"Is Miss Josie okay?" His eyes firmly locked on mine.

"She's fine, I don't think he was a real threat."

"Yes, I think it was just a case of wrong timing. The bouncers on the door said he entered with a group of females when we questioned why he was allowed to enter in the first place. Whether they covered his scent or the bouncer's eyes were elsewhere." I think the eyes would have been the issue, but perhaps this Than is more of a threat if he entered the premises in an underhanded way.

"I'll have a word with Alpha Jude. Where is he now?" Hector was standing to his full height as he gathers the information from his warriors. For the alpha family, things had gone from zero to a hundred miles per hour in the space of only a few seconds. Whereas it was Josie that was the one in the firing line..yet again. Sure, she was never in any real threat, this male just wanted to stick his nose where it wasn't wanted...but it could have been so much worse.

"We drove him back to the Amber Desert pack, his warriors intercepted us. They were quite surprised to find their alpha within our car." The warrior reports, earning a chuckle from Hector.

the alpha home. When Beta Alora and Ezra enter a

tilt their necks in submission before they scatter away towards the pack house, passing both

of us. Beta Riley was on border patrol and will give his end of day report shortly, however, Ezra being a past beta himself picks up on the unusual situation of a warrior's direct report to the Alpha. Usually the warriors report to

I can borrow Ezra

but eyeing

house, we start walking in silence. It isn't until we reach the meadows that I realise Hector wants to make use of Josie's cabin, where we

office, past Josie and

I close the door behind me. The entire cabin smells of Josie,

in here without her, to be able to smell her so clearly but not be able to

Ezra makes light of the

"Somethings wrong?"

before he closes the gap between them

Josie at Jude's restaurant this evening..." Hector starts but is cut