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

Chapter 0379

- Josie -

Knox had left me a note to say he was going to attend the morning border switch with Ezra, which didn't come as a surprise. I knew he wouldn't be able to last too long without sussing out the security details further.

But when he hadn't returned by mid morning...and missed breakfast, I was on the verge of going out to search for him.

He didn't know the grounds, not like the Dark Phantom lands...and I was growing concerned as the clock kept ticking and he hadn't returned, that maybe he had got lost.

Which is absurd because Ezra was with him. I just need to calm down and be patient. He wasn't the alpha trainer for nothing, he knew how to handle himself.

"Should I go look for him?" I ask Lobo in a playful voice as I bring his snout to my face and scratch behind his ears, his tail waggling at my attention. He desperately needed a long walk, Petra had over fed him this morning with bacon and sausages. A VIP breakfast for Lobo, he wouldn't get that at home.

"Look for whom." Knox casually walks in with Ezra, both of them standing at the doorway of the sitting room and not entering.

"There you are." I turn to him, his expression one of concern. His eyebrows were furrowing and his eyes were penetrating through mine. I don't think I've ever seen him like this. Those dark brown broody eyes completely take my breath away, even when they are mixed with a level of concern.

His eyes have my back straightening, my

moves into the sitting room where he passes

past me, being careful not to

spot...come

not frozen on the spot and I'll have a

It makes sense now why they were both so

difference between Mum's and Dad's warriors. Has to see

that both sets

Josie?" Auntie Alora asks me as she reaches over

thinking of swimming in

flatly states, too hurriedly

"Excuse me?"

in the sea, no leaving the pack grounds." He places his arms around his chest, an eyebrow quirking, his

grounds, the pack grounds progress into the sea waters." Was he being serious...I'm not sure where this surge of protectiveness has come from, but he won't tell me what to do. "No, not until

of what? This was my home from home, my family pack. Does he not think the borders are safe enough for me to dip my toes into