Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 388

“He did?”

“Yes, but I expected you to stop at least, you must have been going at an expeditious speed.”

“The traffic seemed on our side tody.” Knox responds, his voice surprisingly steady.

“Hmm. So, what has happened?” Dad moves towards his desk, autopilot mode kicking in, as has Mum’s.

She moves to his side, perching upon the arm of his desk chair as he wraps a securing arm around her.

Maybe this was a bad idea after all.

“Erm…nothing…” I can’t help it, I start to back-step towards the door. I’ve never shied away from anything in my life but suddenly I can feel the weight of the world on my shoulders, feel the change I am about to put onto my family. Something I don’t even understand myself. It doesn’t stop at telling me parents, my brothers are only outside waiting to be told.

They know, I can feel their curiosity through the triplet bond…they know something is wrong.

“Josie…” Mum calls out to me as I grip the door handle from behind, my back now pressed against the door.

“Red…” His voice is like a steady ship amongst a turbulent sea.

“I can’t.”

“It’s okay….you aren’t in this alone.” He closes the gap between us, his hand reaching for mine and untangling my fingers slowly from the door handle, until they are within his hands.

He moves them to his lips, running the back of my fingers across his lower lip…I’m completely lost in his beguiling behaviour that I forget where I am for a second, until I feel my body move without my control back towards my parents.

“A boy…” Knox starts, but I decide to continue.

“Kieran, Petra’s grandson jumped from the waterfall and missed the waters.”

“Oh my, is he alright?” Mum asks out of worry.

“He had a dislocated shoulder, which we managed to put back in place.”

“He was lucky Josie was already at the hospital. It clearly isn’t run like the hospital here.” Knox states.