Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 473

~ Jace ~

It felt good to be in wolf form, liberating.

Not having to watch my back, be mindful of being seen…here, I could be free to roam the fields and woodlands of the Dark Phantom pack lands.

I could shift as many times I want without fear of being seen by a human.

I had been on border patrol until the middle of the night. Letting the pull of the pack bond hum throughout me all night, my wolf purring in response.

I had missed it more than I thought I would. I had been away for too long, and not being a rogue, meant that the call to return home had tortured me every day since leaving.

But it was my choice and I knew why I was doing it.

At least I thought I did.

Had I of known that a deadly attack would unfold after I had left, then I would have stayed. I would have fought by my family. But I didn’t and now I was working on operation re-earn their trust.

Callie’s deep brown wolf runs ahead of me, her own need to let her wolf loose perhaps even greater than mine.

When the need to shift got too much for any of us , we would drive inland to nature reserves at the dead of night. Knowing they were closed to humans at night…it was the only way we could satiate our wolves.

We had become a bit of a dream team, along with Colt, the three of us creating a new life for ourselves.

I don’t hold my wolf back, he’s been running for at least an hour now. The sensation of the grass beneath his paws relaxing him in a way the coast never could.

Callie’s wolf slows down her pace just as we reach a pack border, her body shifting into her human form as she looks up at the fence.

It was new, or new to me. This must have been one of the borders that was infiltrated by the hunters.

A wave of heaviness hits my chest, my wolf internally moaning. Not only did I need to make amends to my family, but also to my wolf.

I was denying him things that no wolf should be denied.

Callie downs to look at me, I follow suit, shifting knowing that she wanted to talk.