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

Chapter 0399

- Knox -

The bullets were not silver...that at least was something.

I watch in horror as a bullet hits Kaia, knocking her to the ground. Images of me holding a weeping Josie flit through my mind. How am I going to tell her...how am I going to break her heart.

Only for relief to quickly wash over me as Kaia stands back up, the hit a flesh wound on her upper arm and she jumps back into another fight.

I'm not given time to pause, to be grateful that my mate's mother remains alive...the bullets keep flying above our heads.

I'm in my wolf form, the bullets whizzing past my wolf's ears constantly. I don't know how we haven't been hit yet, luck...pure luck.

Even being normal bullets, a shifter cannot survive a hit to the head...which is the fate of many already here in the meadow.

A line of hunters stand behind those that have taken the forward position. They fire openly at us all, as the others try and survive our wolves.

humans. They were suited up with the best protective gear but it

she loves. To fight for them.

it seems to immobilise him until my eyes fall upon Kaia who is staring directly at

are in a sort of fixated state until the

don't give him the chance to

what I think she did...did she just steal that hunter's

numbers, their bullets not having the impact they would expect...not without being silver. Otherwise it would be a complete massacre.

his charcoal black wolf is tearing through skin. These hunters have invaded his land, have killed members of his pack...he won't let them

my wolf covered in blood when I hear an almighty roar. I turn to find Hector's wolf

take down the shooter only for the hunter to dive out of the way, pulling out a silver dagger and stabbing it into Hector's

get the chance to celebrate his

control as his body falls to the

me as Kaia's scream echos through the meadow, the wolves of the

need to get their Alpha

and place my hand over the burning silver dagger and painfully pull it from his body. I toss it away, as far as I can as if it were a grenade about