Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 399

~ 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.

These were without a doubt humans. They were suited up with the best protective gear but it made no difference…nothing would stop our fangs and claws.

It’s killing me not to have the mind-link to Josie, to make sure she is staying in the Alpha house. She promised but I know her, she has that innate need to protect the ones she loves. To fight for them.

“Knox, behind you!” Kaia shouts out at my wolf just as a hunter fires a gun at me from behind. With her warning, I manage to dodge the bullet just as he prepares to fire again.

Turning, my wolf roars with such venom that it seems to immobilise him until my eyes fall upon Kaia who is staring directly at the hunter.

Her eyes are in a sort of fixated state until the hunter’s legs give way.

I don’t wait, I don’t give him the chance to recover…my hands easily ripping through his protective armour.

Did Kaia just do what I think she did…did she just steal that hunter’s energy?

We were starting to make a dent in their numbers, their bullets not having the impact they would expect…not without being silver. Otherwise it would be a complete massacre.

“Hector?” Kaia calls out to him as she continues to fight, her eyes focusing on the hunters near her son’s.

One by one they fall, like paper cut outs in a gale force wind. She was using her energy trick again, taking them down to protect her children.

So they can get to their father dying on the battle field.

“Hector, just hang on!” I push down on the wound to try and stem the bleeding.

“Fuck, Dad?” Jaxon shifts pulling up to Hector’s side as Kaia makes an opening for Jace’s wolf who starts to charge this way.

My only thought is Josie, that she needs to be here. That she’ll never forgive me for keeping her away from her Dad like this.

“They are falling back.” Beta Riley roars out as he holds a hunter by the throat in the air. The pack members were shifting back as the hunters were retreating. Why were they suddenly retreating, now was the time to push hard…the alpha was down. The pack slightly weakened.