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

Chapter 0382

*Trigger warning, small injury to a minor...know your limits. However this scene isn't mentally graphic or overly descriptive.* - Josie -

"Help?" A desperate scream calls out behind us. I turn, looking over Knox's shoulder to find the corridor clear.

"Over here." I call out to the voice screaming out of our view.

I reach for a towel wiping my hands before I move towards the sound of the screaming. Knox places a hand on my shoulder and pulls me back slightly, sliding in front of me and running ahead.

He skids to a halt where the corridor bends, his face darting back to me before he runs out of my view. His expression doing nothing to quell the rising panic surging through my system.

"Knox?" I call after him, as the screaming continues. I'm about to turn the corner myself when he rushes back towards me, carrying a child in his arms.

It's a boy seven, maybe eight years old...sick covering his top. Knox continues to hold him as he stops in front of me.

"Josie...what do you need?" My eyes look down at the boy, his eyes wide open...as he screams out in pain.

Petra, who is rushing towards us her

been needed. We have some but nothing like the emergency ward at home. "I..." Between the boy's gut wrenching screaming and

grandson, Josie...please help

again, I can't be the only one here. I can feel my heart double in size as

me above the rest of the noise, above the chaos and my spiralling

got this what do you

"I need a doctor."

around before turning back to

doctor, what do

glistening on my head, my

without Doctor Abel at least watching me. What if I get

more powerful than my self doubt, like the sun clearing away the mist in my mind that was trying

out, my head finally coming back into focus as I assess the status of the

my breath." Petra