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

Chapter 0409

- Josie -

"What's going on?"

Knox approaches me as I step out of the front door with Lobo, he has his spare motorcycle helmet in his hand.

"Let's go for a ride!" A charming smile lands across his face, his brown eyes the strongest they've looked in days.

"A ride, right now? Dad would have a fit!" I laugh out only to stop myself when I realise he is being completely serious. "Knox, the borders aren't safe."

"Then it's a good thing I want to take you out of the borders." He places the helmet in my hands before heading back towards his bike.

The engine roaring to life under his touch.

I start shaking my head at him, only to see that determined look in his eyes return and the alpha office door open hastily from behind. If I was to go, it would be now.

in his footsteps, placing my leg over the back of the motorcycle and adjusting my hands

He turns his head to wink at me before

he just missed us. I push back, I knew I shouldn't be leaving, but I knew I would be safe with Knox.

gone far, I can still feel the pull to the pack link, if I needed to, I could mind-link still...a fact I'm sure Knox

us off the main roads and onto the country lanes

in a layby where his hands move on to me, his fingers snaking around my hips as I find

eyes brooding with unsaid emotion. Air chokes at the back

how much I love you?" His words knock

hips up to my neck where he untightens the

hair, his eyes watching

a mate..." The contradiction to his last

“Charming.."

the rest of my life living in fear

to help the woman that I loved. I've mourned an entire pack Red, my entire family were killed before my very eyes...I don't think I can survive that again." I'm frozen, both through choice and involuntarily. If I made any sound I would scare him off, he would close down on me.

ten years old, my pack, my family wiped out in a day. I witnessed it all, I