Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 278

“Hey, when is your friend leaving…” I angrily grunt out, barely looking up from my phone.

“Friend?” Jace stops in his tracks, assessing my mood. He had a way of understanding my emotions…call it the triplet sibling link. But Jace had always been in more tune with it than Jaxon, or so that’s how it seemed.

“Knox?”

“He’s staying longer now, Dad blew his top when he heard what the warriors have been up to. Did you have any idea?”

“No of course not.” I tut out, rolling my eyes before hearing a car approach towards us.

I’d recognise that car anywhere…a Red Thorn pack SUV, which meant Luna Rosa was returning home. Rosa was Beta Riley’s sister and she was the Luna of the Red Thorn pack, where Uncle Orpheus was the Alpha.

The car pulls up beside Jace and I, the window rolling down to a tattoo covered Alpha. His eyes scan me, before his eyes darken.

“Who do I need to kill?” Uncle Orpheus seethes.

“What?”

“You’re so tense Josie dear, is everything alright?” Auntie Rosa peers over her mate to look at me. I hadn’t even realised until they called me out on it, but my entire body was tense, my hands clenching around my phone.

“Josie doesn’t like our guest…” Jace steps infront of me, bending down as he looks into the car, into the back seat.

“Hey Ares. No Cleo?”

“No, she will join us later. What house guest?” Uncle Orpheus responds looking back to his son, the future alpha of the Red Thorn pack.

Ares was six years younger than us, whereas Cleo only had a two year age gap between us and used to play with us a lot as children. Even now, I consider her more like a sister than a cousin. A sister that has different parents and lives in a different pack…

“Our trainer, Knox. He and Josie seem to butt heads.” Jace moves away from the car, nudging my shoulder with his.

“I’m not…he’s not…” I start only to cut off as Orpheus cuts the car’s engine..his eyes watching me intently.