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

- Jace -

Colt acts quickly, rolling Knox's wolf off him, remaining in human form as he crouches on the floor preparing for the next attack.

Colt was always fast, but he still hasn't defeated me at sparring, and it would be unlikely he would beat Knox who had a new pack bond pumping through his veins as the alpha.

Knox doesn't wait, he's on him again, his teeth this time biting into the side of Colt's flank. Blood squirting out, even up onto the large rock bolder.

A groan of pain escapes my friend as he jabs Knox's wolf in the eye, inflicting enough harm just long enough to remove his teeth from his sides.

"Knox!" I growl out, just as Knox moves again to take down Colt, only for another wolf to jump into the fray...Josie's red wolf.

"Josie, stop him!" I roar out as Colt's grips onto his side, blood oozing out of him... he wasn't an alpha wolf, this damage was life threatening.

"Who is he?" Shifting back into human form, Josie urgently screams out above the noise of Knox's growling wolf, trying to get past his mate to attack again.noveldrama

“He's a friend, stop him." I slam my eyes shut, this was already a nightmare situation, I didn't need to see my sister naked.

"Knox....stop!" She steps in the way, blocking Colt further with her body. Her eyes glaring at her mate.

Knox's wolf listens to her mate, shifting back into human form, where I rush to Colt's side. Clutching at his open wound, his ribcage exposed as his skin flabs open in my hands. This needs stabling...fast.

"Josie." She needs to fix this, and now.

"Don't you dare." Knox commands out behind me, his aura only adding to the frantic moment...my own wolf on the verge of shifting to take down my sister's mate in retaliation.

"Just let me heal him, then we will find out who he is." Josie calmly states to her mate, as if time wasn't of the essence here.

"No, you don't trust outsiders...you don't even know who he is."

"Jace says he's a friend..."

"I don't give a fuck, this isn't Jace's pack...not any more. This is our pack, we make the rules and right now this male is unknown to us and could be a spy."

"For fuck's sake Knox, he's not. He's my business partner, and he's

bleeding out." I roar out at my

sister's mate as my friend's skin

turns grey before my very eyes.

A low rumble emits from Jaxon who stands apart from the chaos, he was trying to

warn me to remain calm. But I didn't give a shit right now.

"He has about thirty seconds left Josie,

in a your call!" Jaxon states out

in a low hoarse voice, his eyes fixed on Knox readying to pounce on him if our sister needed us to.

"Josie, I said no..."

"I can't just let him die..." She throws Knox's hands off her, moving closer towards

me as she assesses Colt's injury for herself.

"He's not alpha blood.." I whisper out to her, her eyes widening in fear.

"Lay him down." She orders at me, and I do as she says.

Why, why didn't I just send him a text. I should have known he would have come looking for Callie and me.

I lay Colt gently on the ground, he protests, grabbing at my shoulders to try and relieve the pain he must be feeling.

“Help him, quick." I growl out at her, only for her to shoot me a death stare.

She climbs on top of him, my eyes

reverting once more as she

straddles him in her naked form,

Knox roars out in displeasure from

her actions as Jaxon side steps to keep her mate at bay.

She gets to work immediately, her hands roaming over his wound as a glow emits

from her palms...her powers healing him. I just hope we weren't too late.

"Josie..." My panic filled voice calls out to her, as Colt's eyes close...his heart slowing down to a small desperate thud.

"Come on." She mutters out, the orange glow deepening in colour, taking on a redder tone.