Fractured (Josie) novel Chapter 295

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Chapter 295 

Chapter 295 

**Luke’s POV** 

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I take the opportunity of being alone to communicate with my bond group. I close my eyes, pretending to sleep in case anyone comes in to check on us. I open up the mind link. 

“Robert made it through the compulsion, but he’s not doing so well. He is sleeping,” I say, getting straight to the point as I don’t know how much time I have. 

“Sleep is good. If they didn’t break through, then he should be okay after some rest. I expect he will have a killer headache though,” Deacon responds. 

“Yes, he definitely has a headache. I’m not sure how much time I have before we are moved, so I’m going to make this quick. I just spent some time talking with a group of teens. They told me a few of them work to bring in money to feed the rest of the group. I suspect that’s why Dillon was working at the water park. You should check places that hire untrained teens. They also mentioned that they have a seer, but that her gifts haven’t fully awoken yet. It has to be Harper, right?” 

“I’d say so, good work Luke, I think we can count that as confirmation they still have her,” D says. 

I know what he really means is that they haven’t killed her, but no one wants to verbalise that that was ever a possibility. 

“Are you okay?” Josie asks. 

“I’m fine. Just missing you, but I have high hopes this is going to be worth it. I’m just worried that Harper might give me away when she sees me,” I admit. 

“She won’t, she’s a smart girl. She will know to play along if she sees you there. Just get her and Archie out as soon as you can,” Mason says. 

“I will. What about Dillon?” I ask because we never really discussed him when we were planning this rescue 

mission. 

“If you can get him without risking losing Harper and Archie, then grab him too, but he is not the priority,” Mace 

says. 

“Okay…” I pause when I hear footsteps outside the room. “Someone is coming, I’ll update you when I can,” I say quickly and shut down the link. 

I don’t have time to analyse it fully before Brent returns to the room, but I am pretty sure I sensed something off about my bond group as if they were trying to hide something from me. Their emotions seem forced, almost like they are masking something. 

“Ready to go?” Brent asks, looking down at me and casting a worried glance at Robert. 

“Yeah, I can carry him,” I nod, gently moving Robert’s head from my shoulder and then getting up. 

“You know he’s dying, don’t you?” Brent asks. 

“Is that a problem for you?” I ask, unsure how to answer. 

“Not at all. If anything, it makes him more useful. He’s more likely to take chances others wouldn’t because he doesn’t have anything to lose and everything to gain. To go out fighting for a cause he believes in has to be the best way for him to go,” Brent smiles. 

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Chapter 295 

“This is certainly a cause he would be proud to die for,” I nod. 

My words are the truth. I might not have known him long, but I fully believe that Robert would be willing to die trying to bring his granddaughter home. 

urrounded by teens 

“Come on then, I’ve managed to find you a couple of real beds. I hope you can handle being though, although they should all be asleep right now so you won’t have to deal with them until the morning,” Brent chuckles. 

“I don’t have much experience with them. I have been locked away since I was a teen myself, but they can’t be worse than I was, “I snort. A spark of hope grows within me that Harper is one of these teens he is talking about. “You were a handful as a teen then?” he asks as I lift Robert over my shoulder. Trying to hide how concerned I am that he hasn’t woken up at being moved. 

“Oh yeah, I bounced from foster home to foster home until Cornelius found me. I was angry at the world and I made damn sure they all knew about it,” grin.