Fractured (Josie) novel Chapter 289

Chapter 289 

Chapter 289 

**Luke’s POV** 

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My wrist still burns while Josie heals it. The pain was not quite as bad as I imagined, but it was close. I think kissing Josie helped, and I felt the guys lending me their strength through the bond. That’s what I love the most about them. We are never alone in anything. Each member of our bond group is always ready to step in to help, no matter what we are going through. 

We are a solid until, unbreakable. So, whilst I’m still nervous about the journal, I’m also sure that whatever they find in there can’t shake our bond. 

“It’s done,” Josie says softly, bringing her lips to mine again. 

I get lost in her. When we kiss, it’s not just a physical connection of our mouths, it’s our souls coming together. They light up the bond as they intertwine, creating a deep level of intimacy that is only visible to our bond group. 

“Okay, calm it down. We are in company,” Theo reminds us in the mind link and Josie pulls her lips from mine with a shy smile. 

I look up 

to see Robert and Raff have turned their backs on us, seeming deep in conversation. The rest of our group is staring at us with a heated intensity. The connection Josie and I just shared calls them to us like a beacon. Theo is right; that was inappropriate in public, but she is just so hard to resist, and I need her connection more than ever today. 

“We have found something!” Ben calls from the doorway of the building behind us. 

Everyone moves, eager to find out what they have found. Josie’s heat leaves my body and I sit for a moment, completely alone. I look at my wrist, there’s no sign of the trauma it just suffered. Josie did a great job of healing it. I let my eyes flare with my power and see the pale glow of the branding. It looks just like Robert’s. It’s the mark 

of a traitor. 

“Luke, get in here, it’s time to go,” Mason says into the mind link. 

I blow out a breath and rise from the chair. It’s time to prove myself and bring our daughter home. 

The room is a hive of activity and excited chatter. A map is projected onto a large white screen. A satellite image of an unidentifiable building circled in red. 

“What is it?” I ask. 

“One of our search teams has eyes on them, they have seen at least six confirmed Greys. If you are going to attempt to make contact, this is your opportunity,” Raff explains. 

“Then what are we waiting for?” I ask. 

“Deacon is compelling Robert now, then you can go,” Raff says. 

“Okay,” I nod and turn to look at Josie, who is struggling to hold back her emotions. 

I can feel how worried she is, but she also has a spark of hope. 

I wrap my arms around her, holding her to me. 

“Please be safe,” she says, her voice thick with emotion. 

“I will. Don’t worry about me, focus on Harper, I’m going to bring her and Archie home,” I reassure. 

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“I believe in you,” she nods, “I love you so much and if you don’t come back to me in one piece I’m going to be so pissed.” 

“I love you too. I have done since that first time your eyes up when you saw my coffee cup in the dining hall of the academy. I plan to come back and share many more coffees with you until we are old and surrounded by grandchildren. Don’t tell the kids where I’ve gone. They already have so much they are worried about. Tell them I’m working.” I say, and take my phone from my pocket, handing it to her. 

I quickly check that I have nothing else in my pockets that could give my true identity away and hand Josle my debit card and military headquarters LD. 

Robert and Deacon approach and Josie looks at them with concern. 

“It’s done, I just hope it holds,” Deacon says and Josie nods 

“Thank you for doing this. I know the risks you are taking. Please bring my baby home, and keep my bond safe,” Josie says to Robert. 

“I will, no matter what it takes,” Robert nods. 

There’s a second of silence as Robert and Josie look at each other, and then she throws her arms around him. Robert looks shocked for a split second before he returns her embrace. His eyes close and his body shakes with a silent sob as he holds his daughter in his arms for the first Eme. His face is that of a man who has just received the greatest gift. 

“I need you to come back to me too. My kids deserve to know their grandfather, and I want to get to know my dad,” she says and Robert nods, wiping a tear from his eye 

“Thank you 

for giving me a chance. I won’t let you down,” Robert breathes. 

“Good luck, gentlemen. I will have an extraction team on standby at all times. If you need us, just say the words, and we will be there,” Raff says, shaking both our hands. 

My bond group take turns shaking Robert’s hand and pulling me in for a hug, giving us words of encouragement and telling us to look out for each other. 

Then I take one last look at my bond group before I stop being Luke Weston, Spark bonded Grey, and I arrive at the run–down warehouse as Lucas Morgan, escapee rogue. 

“We are here, I’ll update you when I can,” I say into the mind link before closing down the connection to concentrate on the task ahead of us.