Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 347

~Josie~

I can’t help but lean into his touch, my body moulding into his hold…those tingles at his touch feel even stronger somehow. He was warm and for some reason I was cold. So cold.

There was no doubt who was holding me, his potent scent was calling out to me…leather and sandalwood. I’d happily stay like this forever, within his hold and still in a dreamy state of mind.

“Josie?” A female’s voice calls my name and for a brief moment my mind calculates what exactly must be going on.

If I was in the arms of Knox, and my Mum was witnessing…no that can’t be right. We were secretive…this can’t be real.

I have to be dreaming.

I hear Mum gasp as my eyes open and I manage to focus around me, my vision sharper than usual. My entire family are standing over me and I know instantly something had to be wrong, because their eyes were teary, their faces were death-like…pale as ghosts.

“What’s going on?” I hoarsely say, grabbing at my throat as pain explodes in the area. It was sore, it hurt to talk..to even swallow.

“We thought we lost you..” Mum leans in, her arms cupping at my face before she starts to smother me with kisses on my cheeks.

“What do you mean?” I search their eyes, the severity of my situation evident for even the most sceptic of characters.

“You don’t remember? You were shot by silver bullets…” Knox softly speaks next to me as he places a lingering kiss upon my lips. Tingles dance upon my mouth, his kiss igniting a spark of mini explosions.

I can feel my face reddening at his public display of affection…in front of my brothers, in front of my parents.

“Erm…I think so…humans, they were humans.” I frown out from his out of character motion, my brain trying to make sense of the little information I had.

“That’s right. You saved the pack Josie, you raised the alarm.” Dad proudly declares as he makes no attempt to remove Knox by my side.

“I…” I start to respond that the memory was hazy but slowly coming back to me…but my words stop as a new sensation washes over me…some kind of uncontrollable heat.