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

Chapter 0385

"She did a great job, right Doc?" He playfully asks, trying to diffuse my rising paranoia. Taking the attention off me and onto him.

"Hmmm..." She shines a small torch into Kieran's eyes, assessing him for brain injury. She then places a stethoscope to his heart before placing it back around her shoulders seemingly satisfied. She turns to Knox and me, that stern look remaining until it breaks out into a smile and I can feel the tension melt away within me.

"You should...you clearly have a gift. We will check for a head wound, thank you Josie, I can take it from here."

"And Petra?" I turn to see Petra still breathing through the mask, watching me intently. Shit...she would have seen what had happened from there.

"I will of course make sure she receives the care she needs."

A hand snakes around my lower back and lands on my hip, gripping me into him.

I'm speechless...unable to comphrehend what just happened. My eyes peering down at the palm of my hands.

I let a finger touch one of them, the one that emitted a red glow to see if it was still hot, whether it had a trace of any heat left about it.

But nothing...just normal clammy hands.

hers mine until I am

marches me back to the Alpha house in complete silence, his gripping

house he ignores Auntie Alora and Ezra,

says nothing and I'm trying to keep my feet moving at the same speed as his, until we are in our room,

carpeted floor as I slowly move backwards towards the bed and lower myself down

finally stops, his heated gaze locked

That he and in fact Petra, hadn't seen anything.

red light that glowed from your fucking hand

"I...I don't know."

ever

Maybe it was just some kind of

"Reaction?"

reacted with the lagoon water...created a chemical reaction." Yes, yes that's what had happened. That would be

to him, a fear within my eyes that I don't want to admit to because

His hands take mine, his fingertip stroking across my palm as he traces across the soft skin...seemingly trying to look

before it lands on my neck and stays. That pull between us as strong as ever, my wolf motioning in my head

could feel his