Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 253

~Josie~

As soon as I arrive to the location of the party, I had that ominous feeling wash over me. Which was only confirmed as I pulled up to the house to find the front door blocked with people’s backs as they try to look over heads to something happening inside.

Stepping out of the vehicle, I wished Lobo was with me…if any danger was imminent he was the one to inform me. Otherwise, I might as well be walking into the dark.

I can already hear Maya screaming inside, her volatile words reaching out to the front courtyard. Pushing through the crowd at the front door, they…as always…easily move aside, their gasps and small whispers at my arrival only stiffening my back as I make my way to my friend.

My reputation as always precedes me, a reputation cleverly created and spread by the very female I was here to check up on.

“Maya?” I ignore the eyes on me, the shocked whispers as I make my way through the deep crowd. Bodies turn away from me, from the scene. They are happy to watch a show but not wanting to be involved with any show I might put on, they do not want to be caught in the crossfire…at least that is what they think, what the perception of me is. It is further from the real truth.

I find her, screaming at her boyfriend of two years with a broken bottle in her hand. Smashed glass covers the floor as Toby, her boyfriend, stands side by side with another female. A female that is watching Maya’s breakdown with petrified eyes.

“What’s going on?” I don’t think twice about entering the aggressive situation, my legs closing the distance between us automatically.

I am by Maya’s side trying to calm her down, my eyes watching the broken bottle in her hand, moving quickly to grip her wrists. Gasp erupting around me.

Glaring daggers at the spectators, the crowd starts to disperse around us, only a few remaining.

I turn to my friend, my grip on her wrists tightening until she drops the bottle, the remains of it smashing to the ground.

“He found her…he found his mate.” Her eyes turn to me, her body starting to give up the fight as anger turn into sobs.