Fractured (Josie) novel Chapter 267

Chapter 0267 

** Axel’s IV*** 

I’m at the beach, splashing in the water with the kids and look back to see my beautiful bond laying on a towel, sunbathing in a black bikini. The sun casts a glow owes her, making her skin shimmer with a fine layer of sweat. under its heat. She never fails to captivate me. Just a single look and she has me under a spell. I thought over the years this feeling would fade, that I’d get over the shock that I was bonded to her, but if anything, it has intensified. I don’t know how I ever got so lucky to be matched to her. 

“Axe,” she says softly, and I smile at her. 

“Axel,” she says again. 

I blink and then, suddenly, she is right there, peering down at me. The beach is gone, replaced by the white walls of a bedroom, but that doesn’t matter as long as I’m with her. I pull her to me, needing to hold her. 

“Axe, this is nice, but we need to go,” Josie says, and I frown as I compose my thoughts. 

The past twenty four hours came back to me in a rush. 

“What happened?” I ask, now fully awake. 

“We found some rogues. We are going to question them,” she says, and I let her go. 

Josie gets up from on top of me where I had pulled her and 1 sit up, looking around for my clothes. 

“How long did I sleep for?” Lask. Pulling my t–shirt over my head. I feel groggy as if I’ve barely slept at all. It’s the same feeling I had most days in those first few weeks with the twins, both had been terrible sleepers. 

“Around six hours, Luke is making us all some coffee to go. I need to go wake D up. I’ll meet you downstairs,” she says, and there’s an excitement in her voice that gives me hope. She must have a good feeling about this. 

“Okay,” I nod and watch her leave before making my way to the bathroom. 

After a quick wash, I head downstairs to where Luke is. He hands me a travel mug with a grin and then tosses an apple at me. I catch it and bite into it, figuring it’s probably the only breakfast I’m going to get. 

A few moments later Theo joins us with an eager–looking Mason, who is also given a travel mug and an apple. He looks at the apple with a sneer and hands it to Theo as if the apple insulted him. 

“Where are Josie and Deacon?” Mace asks, his voice still gruff from sleep. 

“Josie woke me up and then went to wake D,” I tell him. 

“You two didn’t sleep together?” He asks with a frown. 

“No, why would we?” I half laugh. 

“I just thought you guys wouldn’t be able to sleep alone anymore,” he shrugs. 

“Did you sleep okay alone?” I ask, raising a brow. 

“Yes, but I’m different,” he sighs. 

“Clearly not that different,” I grin. 

It had been a long time since I slept alone, but I’d been too tired to even think about it, to be honest. I’d never miss 

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an opportunity to sleep in the same bed as Josle, and I’m ri opposed to sharing a bed with any of the guys, even without her, but if she isn’t joining us and there are free beds, I’d rather sleep alone. I thought we all thought the same way, but then I look at Theo and Luke. I’m not sure about those two, they thrive on company and hate to 

ever be alone: 

Deacon and Josie walk Into the kitchen and D looks like crap. Did he even sleep? Maybe he needs a bed buddy to sleep. 

“Did you get any sleep?” Mace asks, 

“Not much. It was strange being in bed on my own,” he admits, and I feel Mason’s eyes on me. 

I look over to see his smug smirk at Deacon proving his polit for him. 

“Okay, cliff notes. We searched some places, found a few rogues and are going to watch them be questioned in thirty minutes. We also stopped in to see the kids, who were fine, and we met with the mysterious Emma Barnes, who turned out to be Josie’s aunt and thinks Josie’s biological father could find Harper,” Theo says quickly without taking a break. 

“What the fuck!” Mason curses. 

“They dared to contact her after what he did to her mother? Deacon fumes.