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

I find Jaxon, his snout sniffing at a footprint, one that seemed freshly imprinted into the ground.

It wasn't a bare footprint, which meant the person hasn't shifted, or they weren't even a shifter at all. But it was unlikely for humans to come to the pack gates, usually they make it to the beach but we just leave them to it. They were of no harm to us.

My wolf searches the ground around the footprint, it would seem we were being teased...just the one footprint.

Which meant, this person knew exactly what they were doing. They were still cleverly hiding their scent, their location only traceable by this one footprint.

But we knew they were close by, Knox and Josie having gone the opposite direction to the person they were also trying to track.

We both freeze, our wolves searching the air around us when a high pitched whistle sounds off near us.

Was that a fucking dog whistle?

With that noise sounding out, I had a sneaky suspicion of who the fuck this was.

I only knew one person that had a dog whistle, it was a running joke of ours.

I push through the bushes and low bearing tree branches, following that sound to find a clearing, with a large rock bolder in central position.

on top of the bolder, his legs hanging low as he places the whistle back to his lips, blowing one more.

his teeth at the male dressed

could only be him with that trilby hat of his, which he tilts up slightly to greet my

he laughs at my brother's

out, only

against a tree, letting Jaxon's wolf threaten my best friend. Let me rephrase that,

shake your hand buddy, if you could

This is my brother Colt, perhaps blowing on the dog

always." He drops the whistle from

from the bolder.nodding his head at Jaxon's wolf who wasn't as aggressive but still wasn't ready to trust

even to shift back into

to come in?" I call

above the low rumbles of Jaxon's

I'm sorry buddy,

me you had lost your aunt, I left. But I felt was being tracked, I knew it wouldn't be long before you caught

leaves Jaxon's wolf before he decides to shift back into the human form, Colt's eyes