Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 329

~Josie~

That feeling of complete forgetfulness when you open your eyes but your mind hasn’t clicked in yet…that feeling is absolute heaven.

As I open my eyes, I find Dad sat next to me on the sofa, my legs on his lap as he flicks through the TV channels. It must be early morning, why were we here.

Then, bang.

Like a bullet. It hits me right in my chest.

“Why did you tell him?” My voice stirs from under the blanket, the fan heater next to me now overheating me but my finger tips were still cold and I was too cosy to move. He turns to face me, placing the remote control down. The TV remains on in the background, Dad settling on some kind of gangster movie.

“He was asking questions around the pack.” He sighs out, his head resting back as he angles it to look at me.

“He was..” Well this is a surprise.

“Hmm, he knew we were keeping something from him, from the outside shifter community. He actually voiced his opinion on you using silver bullets, I had quite the telling off.”

“Really?” I remember when he realised the bullets I used during the border threat, how he wouldn’t leave my side.

“Yes. Knox is a complicated fellow, there are things we do not know. Things that no matter how much dirt I’ve tried to dig up on his past, he has managed to keep them well hidden.” Dad’s tried to dig up dirt on Knox? I thought he was here as a guest…but an alpha is always security conscious…I get that.

“Such as?”

“Well what do you think?”

“I think he has alpha blood.”

“You do?” He sits up more, the possibility clearly something he hadn’t considered.

“Yes, Jaxon’s injuries…he was lucky to survive. Only an alpha blood could heal those kind of wounds. You haven’t told Jaxon have you?”

“No, you asked me not to. Why?”

“He needs Knox. I don’t want to get in the way of them, to make things complicated. He is Jaxon’s mentor, I don’t want Jaxon to think any less of Knox now.” As soon as I say the words sadness washes over me and I feel a tear build in the corner of my right eye.