Fractured (Josie) novel Chapter 305

Chapter 305 

** Deacon’s POV 

Harper is like a different kid from the one we lost a few weeks ago. She is so mature and just like her mother. The way she has taken the lead with her peers and is commanding the room has me envisioning her running the academy in the future. 

I’d brought Luke’s parents in less than an hour ago and his num had been distraught. She had held Josie as they both wept and it broke my heart. 

I am on the fence about what I think has happened to Luke. If I hadn’t read that journal, I wouldn’t even question if he had left us voluntarily, but this is all too similar to the story about Tristan. That and it’s hard to imagine he could be taken from right under our noses without any of us noticing. Plus, he is one of the most powerful Greys alive. How could someone get him so easily? 

Evidence suggests that he was taken though. The syringe is the biggest indicator. Plus, I can’t ever imagine Luke leaving us. He is so loyal, and desperately in love with Josie. He looks at her like she has hung the moon. Then there’s his unwavering dedication to the kids. He is such a good father to them. I just can’t see him up and leaving any of them. 

Theo and Mason return from their shower and are wearing military–issue clothes. I know I need to run interference with Mason, Josie and Luke’s family. I am desperate to shower and change too. The dirt clinging to my skin is starting to make me itch, but there is so much we need to do, and I wish we could just forget it all to search for Luke, but we can’t, and we don’t even have a place to start looking. 

Raff already has men checking leisure centers and gyms to try and catch any rogues using the showers, and others are checking out establishments that hire untrained teens. The chances of us finding any are slim. In just the United Kingdom alone, there are thousands of places to check, and it’s possible they are spread out across the 

world. 

“Theo, Mason, can you two start arranging the kids into age groups? Any over 18 can be taken to the academy. Under 18 will need to be placed with families registered on the approved foster care volunteer list,” I ask via the mind link, in an effort to keep Mason busy and stop him from saying anything about Luke that could cause upset. 

“No problem,” Theo confirms. 

I scan the room for Axel and find him sitting with Dillon, talking quietly. 

“Axe, do you want to try and get Josie to shower and change?” I ask. 

“I’ll try, but I think it’s the last thing on her mind right now,” he says before making his way over to her. 

I take his place, moving to sit with Dillon. He and I need to have a chat. 

“Hello Dillon. How are you?” I ask. 

Dillon looks at me with a nervous glint in his eyes. 

“Are you going to compel me?” he asks. 

“Do I need to?” I raise a brow at him. 

No, but you should. I swear I didn’t mean for Harper to be taken. I thought she could help convince the others to leave with us, but then they compelled her and found out. I have been trying to find a way to get her out since, but they have kept us underground or under close watch. Then Archie came and I thought for sure he…” 

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Chapter 305 

“I believe you, Dillon,” I cut off his rambling. “You know all this could have been avoided if you hadn’t run from us that day at the water park?” 

“I know that now, but at the time I was scared. I didn’t know who you were or what you wanted with me. I have spent so long being warned against people like you trying to take me,” he admits. 

“I understand,” I nod. “As you are 18, you can go to our academy. I am the headmaster there. You will be provided with accommodation and everything else you might need. Think you will like it there. We have a dining hall that provides three cooked meals per day, and once the seer visits, and you are confirmed into a bond group, you will be assigned an apartment to live in with your bonded group” 1 explain, and Dillon’s eyes seek out Harper and Archie.