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



- Knox ~

We were back at the Dark Phantom pack, my emails blowing up as my next alpha programme is

about to commence and I haven't even sent out the confirmations.

I wasn't ready to admit the fact, that I would need to honour the next programme for now, then reassess afterwards.

Which meant being away from Josie on a weekly basis for a good year.

That is something I don't think I can do.

It was late in the evening, having stopped off for dinner at a shopping centre by a highway to help break up the journey.

My head was spinning, I knew more than Josie thanks to Ezra, but now I also had questions of my own. Questions I think are better left unasked.

The Dark Phantom alpha house was quiet.

The guests from the wedding party having now left,

the attack having completely destroyed the happy memories of the celebrations.

Alpha Orpheus and Luna Rosa had left, taking the children with them.

Alora and Ezra remained, they were with Hector and Kaia in the alpha office by the time we returned.

All four of them coming out and greeting us warmly.

"How did you get on?" Kaia walks into the sitting room with a hot drink for Josie and myself, the four of them keen for information on our odd visit.

"It took a while to find her, but you were right...I would know where to go."

"How was she?"

"Weak physically, mentally extremely strong. She wanted Kit to drink a tonic."

Josie leans into me, her feet curling up as I place my arm around her back.

"She hasn't changed then." Hector grumbles out, his hand reaching out to Kaia as he pulls her into his lap.

"Did you take it?" Kaia turns to me.

"No."

"No?" Hector splutters out, almost choking on his drink.

"She wasn't expecting us, her intrigue was greater than her sense of fear. She wanted to know what kind of a wolf I am, how you were still alive, and I was your daughter. She told us about the white moon pack, how she broke free from the pack and her mate. How she tried to warn your mother, but it was too late, she was already dead...that Grandfather..." Josie stops as her breath catches in the back of her throat and her eyes start to water. She had been silent for the entire journey home, even in the shopping centre, not particularly wanting anything to eat. Kaia turns to Hector, their eyes moving into a mind-link before she leaps off his lap. "Shhh, it's okay. I'm sorry you had to learn of it by someone else. I just couldn't bring myself to be the one to tell you." Kaia moves over to Josie, pulling her into her chest as she gently strokes

her hair.

"No, it's fine Mum, I understand why you didn't. But you need to know that the white moon pack won't stop until they have you..."

"You don't need to worry about that darling. We've been in hiding for 19 years, keeping you kids safe but now it is time for us to fight back." Hector leans forward, his hand reaching out to squeeze his daughter's hand.

"You were right, Abel couldn't live. He would have shared too much information; he would have

leaked key details on how to get to us. How to take down the pack. " Josie whispers to her

mother.

"There's something else..." I clear my throat, gaining the attention of the room.

"What?" Both Hector and Ezra ask out in unison.

"Josie healed her..."

"You did?"

"Yes, she looked a little like you Mum. Same hair colouring and skin tone..."

"Wait...I wonder.." Kaia leaps off the sofa, rushing towards the office, returning moments later comes back with a small box which she places onto the coffee table. She searches through it, pulling out a photograph.

"Did she look like this?" She asks, the blue rim around her pupil starting to bleed out. She handsnoveldrama

Josie the photograph, who studies it carefully.

"Wow, yes the spitting image...who is this?"

"This is my mother, Aliki. "

"You think they are related."

"Yes, I have a feeling they might have been sisters. Maybe not twin, but most definitely sisters." "Look Kit, what do you think?" Josie places the photograph into my hands for me to inspect. It was grainy, old...it hadn't weathered the years well but there was no mistaking the similarities

between the two females.

If this was Kaia's mother, the white wolf before her, then I would confidently say, they were

related.

But it's the male to the right of her that steals my attention, my wolf pushing forward as an ominous feeling takes over me.

I've seen this male before, I know this male.

"The man next to her..."

"That was my father, Beckett..."

My eyes dart to Kaia, unable to stop my wolf as he pushes forward, a ferrous growl escaping

him.

"What is it, what's wrong..." Josie turns to me, Hector standing up at my wolf's outburst.

"This man, your grandfather...he's the man that attacked my pack. He's the man that killed my

family."