Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond
Chapter 0388

"He did?"

"Yes, but I expected you to stop at least, you must have been going at an expeditious speed."

"The traffic seemed on our side tody." Knox responds, his voice surprisingly steady.

"Hmm. So, what has happened?" Dad moves towards his desk, autopilot mode kicking in, as has Mum's.

She moves to his side, perching upon the arm of his desk chair as he wraps a securing arm around her. Maybe this was a bad idea after all.

"Erm...nothing..." I can't help it, I start to back-step towards the door. I've never shied away from anything in my life but suddenly I can feel the weight of the world on my shoulders, feel the change I am about to put onto my family. Something I don't even understand myself. It doesn't stop at telling me parents, my brothers are only outside waiting to be told.

They know, I can feel their curiosity through the triplet bond... they know something is wrong.

"Josie..." Mum calls out to me as I grip the door handle from behind, my back now pressed against the door.

"Red..." His voice is like a steady ship amongst a turbulent sea.

"I can't."

"It's okay....you aren't in this alone." He closes the gap between us, his hand reaching for mine and untangling my fingers slowly from the door handle, until they are within his hands.

He moves them to his lips, running the back of my fingers across his lower lip...I'm completely lost in his beguiling behaviour that I forget where I am for a second, until I feel my body move without my control back towards my parents.

"A boy..." Knox starts, but I decide to continue.

"Kieran, Petra's grandson jumped from the waterfall and missed the waters."

"Oh my, is he alright?" Mum asks out of worry.

"He had a dislocated shoulder, which we managed to put back in place."

"He was lucky Josie was already at the hospital. It clearly isn't run like the hospital here." Knox states.

"And there isn't the need for it to be so, the Clear Waters pack doesn't really need a hospital." Mum replies, her back stiffening from Knox's words.

"I'm sure there was a time when it did?" Knox's tone changes, his voice a low rumble as he shoots both of my parents an accusatory stare.

I'm lost on this, I'm not sure where he is getting at...why would my parents ever deny the safety of their pack members.

"Knox..." I turn to him, confused.

"It's okay, tell them Red...I think you'll be surprised with their response." He places both hands upon my face, cupping my cheeks.

I take a deep breath in, he was right these are my parents and need to be told.

"Kieran was in pain...and I wanted to heal him."

"It sounded like you already had." Dad responds loosely, his eyes locked on Mum who has stood up from the arm of his desk chair...her eyes watching me intently.

"I was able to take his pain away, I was able to feel his injuries...and sense whether he had a head injury or not." As well as his heart but what I'm already saying is so far out of even being possible in this world, that I'm being mindful not to overwhelm them more than I already am.

They are both silent, both watching me...I knew it, I knew it was unimaginable.

"We wondered if this day would come. I thought maybe...but it makes sense now. Why your wolf was hidden, why she didn't come to you until you needed her." Mum takes a step topwards me, her movement completely taking me by surprise. Dad stands, and moves towards me as well.

"Kaia." Dad gives her a warning but she shakes her head at him.

"She is ready Hector, she needs to know." I can see something in her eyes, something glistening...an untold knowledge. A secret she hasn't shared.

"To know what?"

"As the White Wolf, I have....special abilities...and it would seem that you do as well."

"Special abiltiies?" This was the first time I was hearing of this that I'm locked in a state of shock, yet it was me that was meant to be shocking them with my revelation.

"Like what?" Maybe Mum has the ability to sense injuries as well.

"I can immobilise an opponent...take their energy source from them. I can also give energy to another...at the cost of my own."