Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 307

As soon as I enter my car, Jace’s scent overwhelms me and tears start to brim in my eyes…I know it was more the pain, but he was my safety net and smelling him made me miss him even more right now. My hands stroke across the steering wheel, the leather cold under my touch.

“I’ll follow closely behind.” Knox crouches down by the open car door, his fingers like knots in his hands. He felt guilty, it wasn’t his fault. None of this was his fault.

“There’s really no need, feel free to go ahead.”

“Not a chance Red, Alpha Hector is already going to kill me as it is.”

“He doesn’t need to know.”

“Hmm…” He closes the door for me. I whince as I reach over for the seat belt, his hand tapping the back of my car as I watch him in the side mirror dart back towards me before changing his mind and moving to his bike.

He’s very attentive. Every time we arrive at traffic lights he pulls up next to me and checks on me, he must be able to smell my wound still, smell the blood.

He’s right, I should have healed by now.

The drive back is long, and I have to play music and keep the air conditioning on just to keep me fully alert. Thankfully the guards at the Dark Phantom’s gate continue to recognise my car and don’t expect me to wait, I really didn’t want to explain the blood stained denim barely around my legs. I really didn’t want my parents finding out about this.

But too late.

As I pull up to the house, Dad is on me, ripping my driver’s door open, the engine still running. His eyes that of his wolf, my already weak body now frozen under his aura as he smells the air around me. He was angry at me for leaving without a word, but the anger that hums off him from the sight of my legs is like nothing I’ve ever witnessed before.

“Where were you?” I hear Mum ask Knox as he cuts his motorbike engine and removes his helmet, Doctor Abel walking by her side.

“We went to collect Josie’s car.” Knox responds.