Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 409

~ Josie ~

“What’s going on?”

Knox approaches me as I step out of the front door with Lobo, he has his spare motorcycle helmet in his hand.

“Let’s go for a ride!” A charming smile lands across his face, his brown eyes the strongest they’ve looked in days.

“A ride, right now? Dad would have a fit!” I laugh out only to stop myself when I realise he is being completely serious.

“Knox, the borders aren’t safe.”

“Then it’s a good thing I want to take you out of the borders.” He places the helmet in my hands before heading back towards his bike.

The engine roaring to life under his touch.

I start shaking my head at him, only to see that determined look in his eyes return and the alpha office door open hastily from behind. If I was to go, it would be now.

Chewing on my bottom lip, I place the helmet over my head and follow in his footsteps, placing my leg over the back of the motorcycle and adjusting my hands around his waist. Tightly.

“That’s my girl!” He turns his head to wink at me before placing his own helmet on.

The bike kicks into life, I don’t dare look behind but judging by the way Dad is pushing on my mind-link, he just missed us. I push back, I knew I shouldn’t be leaving, but I knew I would be safe with Knox.

I let him unwind, let the tension in his back and shoulders release as he drives us through the open road.

We haven’t gone far, I can still feel the pull to the pack link, if I needed to, I could mind-link still…a fact I’m sure Knox was fully aware off.

He takes us off the main roads and onto the country lanes where we are surrounded with woodlands…trees that go on for miles.

The bike pulls up in a layby where his hands move on to me, his fingers snaking around my hips as I find myself lifted and placed in front of him…now straddling him on the front of his bike.