Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 440

~ Knox ~

“What?” Josie turns to me, disbelief evident in her eyes. Whereas Kaia doesn’t seem as shocked

as her daughter.

“You are certain?”

“Yes, I wouldn’t forget the face that haunted my teenage years, the face that massacred an

entire pack.” I seethe out through a tense jaw as I study the photograph again, a long sigh escaping me. Yes, there was no doubt in my mind.

“No, that can’t be…can it, Mum?” Josie leans into me, her eyes scanning the photograph carefully.

“Kit, you have to have it wrong.” She follows, as if I would get something like this wrong.

“Believe me Red, I wish I was wrong.”

“Was he alone, did he do it alone?” Kaia presses, a sadness edged within her eyes.

She’s not defending him, not even considering that I might have it wrong.

That I had made a mistake. No she knows what he was capable.

“I…” I close my eyes, casting back to the memory I have been desperately trying to forget for so

long.

The memory that I had been part of my game each night before sleeping…the memory that

was now becoming distant as Josie’s face is now the last thing I mentally picture before sleeping.

One by one, I rewatch their deaths like it was only yesterday, the screams that will forever echo in

my ears as Beckett murdered my family before my very eyes.

Just trying to bring that haunting memory back after fighting against it is a betrayal to myself.

I search it carefully, Kaia’s father leading a pack of warriors onto the lands.

How the pack fought but there was just too many of them against a smaller pack.

“No, he wasn’t alone, he had a pack with him.” I confirm out, my own voice not sounding like me.

Kaia turns to Hector, her face paling before my very eyes.

“Why would he attack Knox’s pack?”

“Information on the white wolf? Protecting your identity…remember what he did to his own

people.” Hector growls out lowly, only for Josie to interrupt.

His eyes slamming shut when he realises the mistake he had just made.

“Why, what did he do to his own people?” Josie stands, her voice shaking as she demands the

truth from her parents. Both Hector and Kaia look at one another, before Kaia’s eyes fall upon Alora.