Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 387

~Josie~

The entire journey has consisted of Knox staring daggers at me through the rear view mirror and me ignoring him entirely. My body ached, I needed to stretch my legs, I needed a toilet break but he pushed through…and I was too irritated with him to even ask.

Thankfully Lobo slept the entire way, otherwise he would have had no choise but to stop if Lobo was gnawing at the seats again.

With the Dark Phantom pack gates in sight, I decide to mindlink Dad, to give him the heads up that something has happened.

“Dad?” I push on the pack-link to find my direct mind-link to our alpha.

“Josie, where are you?” He grants access immediately. He’s probably confused as to why I am using the mind-link and not the phone. I am meant to be hundred of miles away after all.

“At the gates, something has happened.”

“What is it, what’s wrong?”

“Can you get Mum and you together in our office?” I continue, I didn’t wanted to do this over the mind-link.

“Josie…”

“I’ll explain when we are together, but Knox is..”

“Knox is what?”

“It’s freaked him out a bit.”

There’s a pause, and I can feel he has cut the link…maybe to inform Mum of our unexpected arrival home. I prepare to also cut the link my side, when he returns back, the link fully reopening.

“We will see you shortly.”

As the car pulls up outside the alpha home, both Mum and Dad are waiting for us by the front door. They are side by side, Mum’s arm linked into Dad’s as he places a gentle kiss on top of her head.

He’s made me feel like a freak. I know I’m not meant to have red heated light coming out of my hand, be able to feel someone’s injuries…feel the strength of their organs…and his reaction has made me feel even more isolated…different.

But as I look at him, as I see the worry in his eyes…I realise now that it isn’t fear for what he has seen, but fear for me, for what it might mean for me.

I take his hand, those frustrating tingles reminding me that we are mates, that we can get through anything…maybe that’s the bond’s plan all along. To remind us that no matter how tough it gets, we have one another’s backs and that is something that Knox has now shown me…he’ll have my back on this. He’ll remain by my side.

I step out of the car, both my parent’s eyes scanning the length of us…before they turn and start heading into the office.

We follow, walking past both Jaxon and Jace who shoot confused looks our way. They even start to follow us, until Dad places his hand out, informing them that they aren’t part of this meeting, not yet.

I hadn’t even thought about breaking this to my brothers, they’ll think I’m temporarily insane.

When the office door is closed behind us, nausea suddenly takes over me. Nerves of now voicing what has happened. Maybe I shouldn’t say anything, not until I know what this is.

“Ezra did call…” Dad breaks the tense silence, my eyes looking up to him rather than down at my hands.