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

I find Jaxon, his snout sniffing at a footprint, one that seemed freshly imprinted into the ground.

It wasn't a bare footprint, which meant the person hasn't shifted, or they weren't even a shifter at all. But it was unlikely for humans to come to the pack gates, usually they make it to the beach but we just leave them to it. They were of no harm to us.

My wolf searches the ground around the footprint, it would seem we were being teased...just the one footprint.noveldrama

Which meant, this person knew exactly what they were doing. They were still cleverly hiding their scent, their location only traceable by this one footprint.

But we knew they were close by, Knox and Josie having gone the opposite direction to the person they were also trying to track.

We both freeze, our wolves searching the air around us when a high pitched whistle sounds off near us.

Was that a fucking dog whistle?

With that noise sounding out, I had a sneaky suspicion of who the fuck this was.

I only knew one person that had a dog whistle, it was a running joke of ours.

I push through the bushes and low bearing tree branches, following that sound to find a clearing, with a large rock bolder in central position.

A man sat casually on top of the bolder, his legs hanging low as he places the whistle back to his lips, blowing one more. A smirk forms on his lips as he notices my wolf pushing into the clearing.

A growl escapes me from the noise, only for Jaxon's wolf to barge past me... snapping his teeth at the male dressed in jeans, a grey T-shirt and a short a sleeved beach shirt, unbuttoned.

It could only be him with that trilby hat of his, which he tilts up slightly to greet my wolf...Jaxon's black beast still snapping at his out of reach feet.

I shift instantly, as he laughs at my brother's wolf...something that he will regret doing soon enough.

"Still can't reach me buddy." He chuckles out, only for Jaxon's wolf to growl menacingly.

I lean against a tree, letting Jaxon's wolf threaten my best friend. Let me rephrase that, my best male friend.

"I'd come and shake your hand buddy, if you could control your friend here.”

"Friend? This is my brother Colt, perhaps blowing on the dog whistle wasn't such a good idea?"

"It led you to me didn't it? It works fine, like always." He drops the whistle from his hands, letting it swing against his broad chest.

"I meant no harm." Colt places his hands out, before leaping from the bolder.nodding his head at Jaxon's wolf who wasn't as aggressive but still wasn't ready to trust just yet.

Not even to shift back into human form.

"You knocked on the door but didn't want to come in?" I call out to him, my voice

rises above the low rumbles of Jaxon's wolf.

"Shit, I'm sorry buddy, I didn't realise

it was a funeral. Last I heard you and Callie were making things official..as soon as the guards told me you had lost your aunt, I left. But I felt was being tracked, I knew it wouldn't be long before you caught up with me."

A soft whimper leaves Jaxon's wolf before he decides to shift back into the human form, Colt's eyes not leaving him once.

He was perhaps right to be wary of the next Alpha of the Dark Phantom pack. Most are...friend or foe. But Colt is a friend.

"Jaxon, this is Colt, my friend. Colt, this is Jaxon, my brother." Jaxon places his hand out to greet Colt, who takes it with a smile.

"Nice to meet you man, sorry my arrival has become more dramatic than I intended. Shit, Jace

said you were twins, but blimey...you really are the spitting image of one another."

"I wasn't expecting you..." I take a step closer into the clearing, preparing to greet him properly.

"I..." Colt is cut off with the sound of

a veracious roar in the near

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distance. Only for Knox's wolf t

pounce into the clearing, forcing Colt to the ground.