Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 325

~ Knox ~

She’s recoiling from me, I can see the pain in her expression. My wolf is howling at me, thrashing at me internally to stop talking, to accept her, to take her as ours.

But I can’t…how can I keep her safe, keep her away from the destruction that still follows me today.

She doesn’t have a wolf, and I really don’t care…it doesn’t make her any less special to me.

She is perfection, except for the fact that she can’t defend herself against the atrocities that I have witnessed with my own eyes.

If my father couldn’t protect my own mother, who was a fierce warrior in her own right, what hope is there for me to protect Red.

Far better for her that she stays here, stays with her family…who will always keep her safe.

She has no risk here, no need to fight…no need for the external shifter community to know she is different.

As much as I fucking hate myself for thinking it, for even imagining another male touching her…judging by the queue of alphas and betas waiting to dance with her last night, it wouldn’t take her long to replace me if she does want a future with somebody.

Far better a beta, they could move here and join the pack. She wouldn’t need to leave then.

“What are you doing? You fucking fool…” My wolf angrily growls at me as my hands lace around her, pulling her closer to me.

I don’t want to do this, I don’t want another touching her…she was mine, she is mine.

But I can’t give her what she needs.