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

"Jace.." She growls out at me.

"Okay okay." I playfully back away, placing my hands out in defeat.

The sparing match has gone into its second hour, not one of them showing signs of defeat. They were as stubborn as each other.

They were also gaining an audience, warriors and pack members coming over to inspect the small commotion on the training fields, when no pack exercises have been scheduled. Callie was losing, it was clear Knox was holding back. He was an alpha by birth right and also spent years honing in on his training skills.

But Callie was fierce, she didn't play by the rules. One wrong turn from Knox and she will turn the fight around.

"Aren't you getting tired yet?" Knox grits out as she pulls him head back by his hair.

"Nope, I could do this all day handsome." She mocks out, her tongue coming out too closely to his ear. She means it teasingly but my sister takes it as a sexual threat.noveldrama

Callie's eyes flash in my direction as Josie growls out warningly.

"It's between them, back down." I warn at Josie as she starts to move towards the fringe of the training ground, her body rocking forward on the balls of her feet.

Preparing to protect her mate, preparing to take out a sexual threat. Even though there isn't one. There's a reason mated wolves aren't meant to be touched by others that are not their mates.

It's a territorial thing especially for male wolves. But judging by Josie, she felt just as territorial.

Just watching her chemical reaction, I think of only one person, as Josie tries to fight her wolf's demands to protect her mate.

Her wolf was fighting her for control, trying to over throw her.

"Josie." I let my alpha aura wash over her, trying to calm her wolf.

"Mine." She roars out, her eyes on fire as they stupidly continue to fight in front of her.

"Josie?" I call out to her, trying to shake her out of it but she pushes me back, with enough force to knock me back onto the ground. "Stop the fight, stop it." I yell out only for Knox's eyes to dart in our direction just as Callie lands an elbow to his temple.

With his mate on the brink of

attacking his sparring partner, hez pushes Callie back, his eyes on his mate. He's done it to protect Callie but inadvertently pushes her down with too much force.

I hear a painful gasp as Callie lands awkwardly on her arm. The bone snapping as soon as she hits the ground.

The curse of the mate bond, the uncontrollable need to protect making you act senselessly. You lose all control of your sense. I didn't want that for me.

Josie's instinctive need to heal the wounded takes charge, overpowering her wolf's anger as she is at Callie's side in seconds.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect her to react like that. Usually it's males Kit fights. Here let me look at it."

"It's not my first injury...ah." Callie winces out trying to back away from Josie as a red light starts to glow from her hands.

"What the f..." She cries out, trying to fight off Josie's hands in fear, but my sister was trying to heal her.

"It's okay Callie, she's trying to heal you." I try to calm Callie, try to make her stay still.

"Heal me?" She looks down, a mixture of astonishment and fear as Josie's power resets her bone.

Her eyes are like saucers as she becomes speechless, trying to understand what is going on.

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"There, as good as new." Josie smiles out, removing her hands of a sceptical Callie who was just staring at my sister as if she was having a raving mad moment.

"What did you do?" Callie moves her arm hesitantly.

"I healed you."

"How?"

Josie glances up at me, no I hadn't told anybody of her abilities. She was my sister, I would never tell a soul.

"Perhaps we should go inside. If you

are to become a member of this family, you need to know what you are getting yourself in to." Josie stands up, placing a hand out for Callie to take.