Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 262

“What’s with the monster dog?”

“He has a gift for sniffing out bullshit.”

“Listen..” He sighs out as he lowers his hands to his side.

“No, you listen Jaxon. You’ve not even been back for a full day yet and already you are trying to undermine my hard work of the past year.” He might be the future alpha of this pack but he was my brother, I could still talk to him how I wanted. No title would stop that.

“I’m not trying to undermine you, I’m just trying to keep the pack at its safest, you at your safest.”

“I don’t need your help and what’s with your friend. Bringing the professor home from college for extra points?”

“Ha..” He starts to chuckle at my snarky reply, that triplet bond between us has never helped me in keeping secrets.

“Knox, why..got the hots for him?” He crosses arms in front of his chest, taking no notice of Lobo now barking at him.

“Don’t be ridiculus. I just don’t appreciate being caught out in a family meeting..when a non family member is there.”

“Okay, I get it…I fucked up. He’s here to help me out, but he won’t be here for long.”

He takes a step closer to me, Lobo continuing to bark by my feet. What a good dog I have. He’ll happily bite anybody that comes for me.

“Shall we control the pooch?” Jaxon continues, his eyes remaining on Lobo.

“Lobo, down!” I command at him, also placing the gun back in my waistband.

“I didn’t know you were working at the hopstial now..”

“You would know a lot of things if you checked in once in a while.”

“Ouch, okay I guess I deserve that. So no more border shifts?”

“Doctor Abel was giving me more shifts at the hospital, it felt like a no brainer to switch.” I shrug, I couldn’t do both…and the hospital felt more my calling.