Denied by Destiny Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond novel Chapter 463

~ Jace ~

Taking that first step back into Dark Phantom territory wasn’t easy. I didn’t call ahead, incase I changed my mind last minute.

This was my home, all of my childhood memories were here. Sure, we visited the Clear Waters pack many a times, but I always feared I would never get the same connection as I did to this place.

This pack that was Jaxon’s birth right, not mine.

But I know as soon as I arrived on the land, both Dad and Jaxon would have been informed through the pack bond of my return.

As I drove down the path towards the alpha house, both males were already standing outside waiting for me.

Their eyes widen as the car light’s only enhance their alpha bulky frames. I’ve bulked up myself but it takes me longer, takes more effort being off pack grounds, the pack bond slowly slipping away from me.

It was first thing, I had decided to drive throughout the night…in the cover of darkness in case I chickened out at the last hurdle.

But with Callie by my side, spurning me on, I knew this was something I had to do.

I had been away for close to a year. I needed that space, needed the time to figure out what I wanted, what was good for me.

I couldn’t accept what fate had planned out for me, so I’ve been busy making my own plans.

Building my own future.

Their eyes watch me inquisitively as I turn the engine off, a deep calming breath in to steady those nerves.

As I stepped out of the vehicle my wolf was on stand by, readying to shift at the earliest sign of

Jaxon making a move for me.

I had felt the mixture of anger and fear through the triplet sibling bond for the past year, so when he takes a step towards me…his arms unfolding from his chest I expect his fist to fly at me.

But as he pulls me into his arms, his hand resting on the back of my head as he pulls me into an embrace…all tension leaves my body.

My tense muscles melt into him.

“Thank the goddess!” He whispers by my ear as relief washes over me. I had been a coward, I know I had, I had abandoned him when he needs me most…time I cannot make up for.