Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 326

I am the best shooter in the pack…and most likely amongst the shifter community. Not every fight needs to have a wolf. But, yes, you are right, I’ve broken my promise to you.

You entered an agreement of just sex, of no-strings-attached fun…and here I am trying to give you a rope to hang around your own neck.”

Fuck, her words are like a million daggers pressing deep into my chest plate.

“Josie…” My wolf is urging me to calm her somehow, to ease her pain but what does he expect me to do exactly. I’ve fucking caused this.

“You should go. I’ve got an early start tomorrow…and I need to sort something out in the cabin. I’ll be over soon.”

It takes all my mental strength to leave her, to abandoned her in the early night..in the meadows whilst she is crushed.

I can hear her sobs as I walk away, it’s the most painful sound of my life. I’ve broken her.

It is a battle to walk in a straight line back to the alpha house, my wolf continues to fight me to return…and he slips through the veil repeatedly. Forcing me to backstep only for my human side to regain full control. Hell punish me for this, like he promised. I’ll have to ensure I’m on full alert from now on.

I make no attempts at conversation as I enter the alpha house…I feel like a cheat having broken her heart and then walking in on the walls she feels the safest.

I need to get out of here, to hit the road for a few days. Stay in a hotel, give her some space until I can come back and sort things out with Alpha Hector before leaving for good.

“Knox?” Alpha Kaia’s forehead creases slightly as she finds me standing still in the hallway, my eyes staring at my keys on the sideboard. I’m not sure how long I have remained like this, my mind is spiralling but her sudden intrusion jolts me out of it.

“I need to go away for a few days…” I respond in a monotone fashion.

“Okay, is everything alright?” She steps in closer. She wouldn’t be this nice to me if she knew where her daughter was right now.