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

- Jace-

"Callie, I managed to get hold of your parents. I thnk they thought it was a scam at first. I've invited them over..." Mum walks into the sitting room where she places her mobile phone down on the coffee table, a hesitant smile forming upon her face. Callie's parents had finally called back, Mum taking the call upstairs...the office currently in use.

"You have?" Callie tenses, my hand landing upon her thigh to calm her. This wasn't easy for Callie, I know it wasn't.

"I hope that is okay? I don't think they believed me." Mum shrugs out just as the front door is opened.

"There you are..." Dad storms out of the office, walking through the hallway towards the

front door. He doesn't even cast an eye over to Mum, Josie, Callie and myself in the sitting room.

Determined to pin Jaxon on the spot.

I'm not the only one to twist my neck to watch Dad angrily head out of his office. Knox slowly exits the

office, before leaning against the door frame...they had been waiting for Jaxon to return for a meeting I wasn't privy too.

It hurts but I can't blame them, I haven't been here for a year.noveldrama

"I had to cancel on Jude because you disappeared. Where have you been?"

"Something came up." Jaxon grunts, I could feel his fury through the sibling bond. One wrong word, one wrong move from any of us and he will explode.

He is a ticking time bomb when in this mood.

"It must have been important for you to cancel the meeting?" Dad demands to know.

"I've had to postpone Jace's return meeting." Dad continues as Jaxon shows no remorse for skipping out.

"I didn't realise Jace was staying long enough to officially be classed as returned?" His eyes find mine without fail, his jaw tense as he seethes out the words. "Yes I have returned."

"You don't have something you need to return to?" His words continue to sound pained, like he was forcing against his need to shout at me.

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"Jace and I with need to address our affairs at the hotel, but we have a business partner that can run it in our absence." Callie responds chirpy, trying to ignore the tension between my brother and I. Both of our auras now entering into the room.

"Hotel?" Josie presses with intrigue, used to Jaxon's and I's fighting auras.

My wolf pushes forward, now on high alert for an imminent threat. I stand, taking slow steps towards the hallway, not keeping my back on him.

He's been wanting to pounce me the moment I returned, but he let Knox do it. His pent up anger at me was becoming boring now.

I would rather just get this over and done with, then, move on.

"Yes, we own a beach hotel club. On the eastern coast. It's quite well known, we host a lot of celebrities." Callie continues with the conversation, while I just watch my brother like a hawk. "Wait, isn't that where I was meant to go away for Cleo's 18th?"

"You were booked to stay with us?"

"I bailed last minute, but Cleo and Maya went. I can't believe this..... need to text Maya...this is crazy. You didn't see them?" In my peripheral vision Lean see Josie pulling her phone out of her pocket, panic starting to pound through me as she writes out a text message tapping away speedily with her fingers.

"No, we didn't see them." Callie looks up to me, I am not willing to turn my back on my brother still. I could sense his wolf...so could Dad and Knox Both starting to lean forward, their muscles stretching as they prepare to break us apart.

"Providence.." Jaxon smirks out.

"Excuse me."

"It's almost providence for them to be at your hotel, what a shame it didn't work. That they didn't see Jace." He takes a step forward raising his hands into the air. Everyone pauses, watching him with a guarded expression. Josie's ringing phone breaks the escalating charged energy that had been growing in the room. She answers it moving out of the sitting room and towards the kitchen just as Beta Riley walks in through the front door, a pile of documents held in