Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 342

“What?” Hector’s crestfallen demeanour shatters my already breaking heart.

“Alpha Kaia demanded she was placed on to life support..I can take you to her now.” He states with a tensed tone.

“I don’t understand.” Hector softly states, his hands running through his hair before landing on his jawline.

“Her heart gave out…we are keeping it pumping but only by machines.”

“No…” Jaxon cries out pushing past me as he barges through the double doors…Hector and I hot on his tail. We race up three flights of stairs, entering onto a new level…named Intensive Care.

No this can’t be.

I follow Jaxon, not knowing this level of the hospital, as he moves towards gathered pack members. She’s there, a crowd of staff members standing outside her room…all of them praying to the moon goddess.

I push through the crowd behind Jaxon and Hector, before closing the hospital room door and closing the blinds. They needed privacy, we needed privacy.

My world wasn’t prepared for the sight of her, for my eyes to land upon her broken body upon the bed. I feel as if the world has vanished beneath my feet.

There she lay, as if she was only sleeping. My heart pounding in my chest at the very sight of her.

Her skin was a dull grey, her red hair taking on a more brown tone to it…her life’s force really had left her. I could see, I could tell…that she was only alive because of these machines. The beeping a clear reminder on the ears, if the eyes didn’t understand.

“Josie?” Jaxon places his hand on hers, his approach to her void of any arrogance. He looked

lost. Kaia places an arm around her eldest, comforting him even though her own eyes were red raw and her hands still shook.

“We got the bullets out…but she wasn’t breathing and her heart stopped. I wasn’t ready…I wasn’t ready to say goodbye.” Her voice starts to break as Hector moves towards her.

“Kaia?”