Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 306

~ Joise ~

My mind has to remind my lungs how to breathe as my body is thrown off the back of the bike and onto the tarmac road. Pain vibrates through me as my body ricochets at high speed along the wet ground, my eyes watching the flashing lights of the lorry as it speeds towards. I have no control of my body.

I can feel my jeans rip to shreds, that unknown pain of my skin tearing open as if it were only a layer of denim.

As soon as I am able to catch my breath, a scream escapes me, my eyes slamming shut as the lorry closes its distance on me.

I won’t be able to avoid the giant wheels, the heavy undercarriage as it aims directly for me. This was it, I know I won’t survive this.

I try to swing, move my body but we were travelling at such a speed that my body is unable to fight the friction pushing against me.

A hand reaches for me and yanks me with force in a new direction, my body slamming against a solid wall before I feel his other arm wrap around me.

Knox.

The tiny amount of air that my lungs had managed intake is gone again as we hit the highway barrier at the similar speed that we had been travelling on with the motorbike. If I wasn’t placed safely within his arms at impact, I would have seriously damaged my head even with this helmet on.

In a daze I start to stand up, my legs like a new born deer as all ability to stand seems to fail me.

I hear him tell me to stay put, that he is going to retrieve the motorbike and we can get back on the road immediately.

As if it was easy to stand back up…I suppose it is for him.

Gripping on to the barrier, I use it to support me as I stand up, his frame walking away from me. My eyes struggle to focus on him as he heads towards his hike, which seems to have crashed into the same barrier but up ahead. He removes his helmet, his hair flicking out in the rain as he shakes off what has just happened. The lorry that nearly ran me over is long gone, traffic continues to whizz past, not paying us any mind.

The world keeps moving but my heart is hammering in my chest. That was a lucky escape.

Removing the helmet my head tilts upwards towards the wet sky as I take in a much needed deep breath of air.