Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond



I'll be that axe that cuts his head off.

I lay Red gently down on the bed, my disbelief at her current state, of not even knowing what had happened.

I turn to look at him, back at her. Her dress had been ripped up to her thighs, her face had an imprint of being backhanded and she had blood across her dress straps, blood that was upon his white shirt.

"Did you touch her?" I roar out, trembling with rage.

"Did you touch what is mine?” My roar vibrates the windows around us. My feet not as heavy now as I walk towards him.

"She needs you, Knox, stop." Luna Rosa steps in front of me, blocking me from him. I was going to rip him to shreds.

He thought he could touch her, force himself upon her.

"He...he tried..." I can't even utter the words.

"I know." She growls out at me, her hands clenching into fists down by her side.

"...did he?"

"No, I pulled him off." Doctor Abel's words answer me.

"Get him out of here before I kill him myself!" Luna Rosa orders at Jaxon, who pulls him up by the scruff of his neck and leaves. But not before casting a concerned look to his sister.

"I'll be back, once I throw this piece of shit in jail." He growls out.

"If he makes it that long." His chest rumbles threateningly.

“Josie...Josie, can you hear me?" Doctor Abel lifts her eyelids open, shining a torch into them only for her hand to reach up and bat them away. "Mmm...yes."

"Red?" My hands cling to her instantly, I needed to touch her...to erase his fingerprints upon her with my own.

"My head." She sits up, clutching at her head.

"I'll get you some pain relief, what happened?" Doctor Abel places his torch down, moving to check her pulse on her wrist.

"I...he yanked me back. I hit my head against the edge of the work top. Where is he?" She seethes out, her eyes landing on me expectantly.

“He's with Jaxon, going to the jail. Do you remember what happened?" My jaw tense, my knuckles whitening.

"Yes, vividly. He wanted to talk but I came here to check the patients. I had followed Jace this way, it felt silly not to at least check the wounded whilst I was this way." She squints her eyes shut as her hand moves gently touching the back of her head.

Then her expression changes, she becomes as pale as a ghost, her eyes widening in horror...she was thinking the worse.

"He didn't get that far. Doctor Abel pulled him off." My hands cups at her face, tears start to water in her eyes; I needed her to know that she was safe, that he hadn't managed to abuse her to the lengths he had wanted.

But he has tried, he had touched her...gut wrenching pain stabs at me for what she has been through. What she almost went through.

I'm going to kill him and take pleasure from it. Pluck each nail, each eyeball out before tearing out his own heart like the werewolf mutt that he is. "I'll go get some pain killers, I won't be long."

"Thank you, for everything." I lean over the bed, placing my hand out for him to shake.

He had just rescued my mate from a crime I don't think she would have ever come back from.

"I'm just glad I was here. I won't be long, then at least she will be more comfortable." He nods out to me, taking my hand before walking away. "Just try and rest Josie darling, your parents will be here soon." Luna Rosa moves in around the other side of the hospital bed, her hands clutching Josie's in hers.noveldrama

"No, no please don't tell them. Not tonight, don't ruin tonight for them. Today was meant to be drama-free."

"Josie, they should know." My eyebrows furrow at what she was asking of us.

"They will, tomorrow, in the morning." She pants out, her breathing slightly shallow.

"Can you get word to Jaxon not to say anything...my mind is still refusing to find the pack link." She moans out as she lays back down, her hand covering her face as she hides from the light above her.

"Then how did you get word?" I ask out, watching her in confusion.

"I did." Luna Rosa confirms, my body turning to face her.

"Not Doctor Abel?" Surely he would have sounded the alarm, he wouldn't have been suffering with consciousness to get a mind-link at least over to warriors, if not the alpha family. Why did Luna Rosa need to mind-link her daughter Cleo...

"No, Doctor Abel isn't a pack member...I thought you knew that?"