Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 365

“Fine, but it’s waiters and chefs that have been approved only.”

“What about him?” I gesture my head to the man standing at mine and Josie’s table. On closer inspection he doesn’t even have menus in his hand.

She turns, her eyes meeting mine…a look upon them that I didn’t need a mind-link with her to understand. She was uncomfortable.

I could fucking curse myself…this was a fucking bad idea. She had only shifted for the first time today…why did I let Hector talk me into coming here instead of a simple bike ride.

Here, she could very easily shift and expose our existence in this very restaurant. She has self discipline to rival the strongest of shifters, even on her first day…but even the strongest would struggle with the heightened senses and the noise in here. Her wolf must be on edge.

I move, pushing through the crowd, ignoring the protests as I hear the warriors behind me doing the same thing in order to get to their pack princess. I’m on him in seconds, an older male who reeks of alcohol. I push him by the shoulder away from her and towards the wall, the Dark Phantom pack warriors circling us, covering us from the eyes of the human.

“Who the fuck are you?” I roar out. Alcohol or not, I could smell that he was a werewolf. Although his scent isn’t one I have picked up on before.

“Easy boy.” A growl escapes his lips as he looks down at my hand now gripping on his shirt. His words do little to calm my wolf, who already wanted to rip his head off for daring to go near my mate.

“I was just talking to the female…” His eyes watch to the side of me as I sense Josie standing up and hold on to my arm, trying to calm my growing anger.

“This female so happens to be my mate.”

“Ah that’s interesting, I thought you didn’t have a wolf?” His eyes are pinned on her as I feel her tense next to me. Who the fuck was this man. I was three seconds away from beating the shit out of him.