Fractured (Josie) novel Chapter 254

Chapter 0254 

breaks. 

“Oh Harper, where are you, my sweet girl,” Iery, tears rolling down my face as I climb onto her bed and hold her hoodie close. 

I let all my fears and heartache out, not holding any of it back as I break down. I’m not alone long before my bonds. are drawn to me. Mason is the first to join me, silently climbing into the bed behind me and holding me. 

“We will get her back, no matter what it takes,” he whispers. 

Deacon, Axel and Theo come into the room, all of them finding a place to fit in the bed that is much too small for the five of us. I wish Luke was here too. I need all my bonds right now. 

“She is grounded for the rest of her life when we get her back,” Theo sighs. 

“Agreed,” Axe says. 

“I always thought the toddler stage would be the hardest part of parenting, but I was so wrong. This is it right here. When they find their independence, we can’t protect them from the world any longer. There is so much I wish we could protect them from, but we can’t keep them wrapped up in cotton wool forever,” Deacon says. 

“We should have been doing more to prepare Harper for the adult world. We should have been training her to defend herself from a young age so she had a chance. We can’t make that mistake with the others. As soon this is over, we are making sure all our kids are capable of putting up a hell of a fight if anyone tries to take one of them from us again,” Mason declares, and the guys all make sounds of agreement. 

He is right, we failed Harper. We didn’t prepare her for this kind of situation because we didn’t want it to happen. We didn’t admit to ourselves that our kid’s lives would be anything but perfect, that we wouldn’t always be there to protect them. We have to take some responsibility for this mess and learn from it. After everything our bond group had been through at such a young age, we should have known better. 

Luke stumbles into the room, looking drained. He looks at us on the bed, trying to find a place to squeeze in. Mason, Deacon and Axel all move to make space for him, and he crawls in behind me. 

“I’ll go help out with the seer and the unbonded, you all need to rest,” Deacon says, moving towards the door. 

“I don’t need rest,” Axe shakes his head. 

“Me either,” Mace agrees. “I want to speak with Archie.” 

“Go easy on him, Mace, he’s just a kid,” I say, my eyes heavy with a need to sleep. 

“Okay, then let’s split into two groups and take shifts. Josie, Theo and Luke, you’ve all expended massive amounts of energy today. Try and rest for a while whilst the three of us keep the searches going. Then we can swap in a few hours. That way we always have some out looking and some here in case she manages to find her way back here,” Deacon suggests. 

“There’s something you should know about the seer. It’s Sage, the one who revealed us as Josie’s bonds. She was also bonded to the driver who drove D and Mace to the prison the night the rogues attacked. I know the two of you were very badly injured, so I don’t know how much you remember, but your driver, Tommy, didn’t survive the attack,” Luke explains. 

“Shit,” Mason curses. 

“I have spoken to her a few times since,” Deacon nods. “She doesn’t place any blame on us. 

“Please let us know the moment you find out anything,” I say, struggling to keep my eyes open.