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

There was far too much testosterone in this room right now.

"Walking away?"

"No, I'm checking on my mate who is unconscious, from healing your friend." Knox grunts out as he moves towards the staircase, his lips snarling.

Jace takes Knox's place beside me without hesitation. He even places his hands on me and

moves me into him, his nose going to my neck as he inhales my scent to calm him.

"You need to sort that. He did nothing wrong." Jaxon grunts out surprising even me.

"I know, I will....it's just too raw."

his brother,

"He was right though...you would have done the same if the roles were reversed."

"Maybe."

"Maybe? Shit Jace, you know you would have done. As would I. Don't be too hard on him, he's done a lot for us...and he's the perfect match for Josie. Sort it."

"I will."

"Which leads me to another issue..." Jaxon's eyes fall upon mine.

"Jaxon, I said no." I growl out at him, making it well known I didn't appreciate his involvement.

"He needs to know Cleo."

"Know what?"

"Where's your phone?"

"Here in my..." Jace lifts his butt up off the sofa, placing a hand into his pack

pocket...his free hand remaining traipsed over my shoulders.

He pulls his phone out to show numerous of missed calls.

"..Shit.." He cusses under his breath as he presses redial, a male's voice answering immediately.

"Alpha?"

"Ozborne?" Jace's eyes shoot to mine before placing the phone out and putting it on speakerphone.

"We have an update Alpha. There are signs that she has been hiding in the mountains with a group of rogues.

"Have you seen her?"

"No, but there have been confirmed sightings of a female meeting her description."

"Is she still there?"

"We haven't engaged yet, do you want us to?"

"No, I want you to send me your location and wait for me..." My heart sinks, I don't want him going looking for trouble right now. It's different if it lands on your doorstep but to purposefully go out and search for it and I can't go with him wouldn't do that to our child. Which means our bond will be weaker being apart.

"Also Alpha, did you send Dark Phantom warriors to aid us."

A pause...

"No, why?" Jace's head flicks up, his eyes landing on his brother's.

"Because they were tracking us.”

"Were?" Jace growls out.

"We've come to a mutual understanding now. But it took a while..."

"Leave it with me. Send me your location, and wait for my command." "Yes Alpha."

Jace cuts the call, placing his phone in his back pocket, a lowly rumble emitting from him. He's gone from one argument straight into another.

"Before you start, I was just being cautious." Jaxon places his hands out, a peace making sign to calm Jace's rising anger.

"Cautious?"

"For all we knew, they could have teamed up with Medea, helped her get the pack lands back. But this is good, they are showing where their allegiance lies, with the two of you."

"Let me make it clear that when I meet up with them your men are following my command." Jace bluntly declares.

"We leave this evening, we can travel during the night."

"We?"

"You don't think I would let you go without me do you? This bitch needs to pay for

her crimes not only against Alora, but against Mum...and Dad."

I know it is pointless to fight against it, they both need to do this. They need to get the revenge out of their systems. Maybe it was a good thing Josie was unconscious because she would try and join them if she could. Which certainly wouldn't go down well with Knox, meaning he would also join them.

Four alpha auras in the mountainous region certainly wouldn't go unnoticed.

I stand up, knowing that if my mate were going away tonight for who knows hownoveldrama

many days, then we need to make the most of the time together.

"Where are you going?" Jace's voice calls out to me through the mind-link.

"Well if we only have until this evening...we better take care of those blue balls." I huskily reply back through he mind-link, resulting in Jace's body leaping off the sofa and following me up the stairs.