Fractured (Josie) novel Chapter 307

Chapter 307 

** Josie’s POV** 

“If you don’t want to help, then just leave,” I snap at Mason when I see the sour look on his face. 

“What makes you think I don’t want to help?” He snaps back. 

“Oh I don’t know, maybe it’s the face of thunder, or the annoyance pouring from you,” I say sarcastically. 

“I’m annoyed because he let his shields slip and then shuts straight back out. It’s as if he is taunting us. The coward should just speak to us and admit what he’s done, I do want to help. I want to help smash through his shield and make him face us,” Mason growls. 

“He needs our help, not our accusations!” 

“Alright, let’s calm down. We know nothing for sure yet. We should at least give him the benefit of the doubt,‘ Deacon says as he walks from the shower with a towel wrapped around his waist and water still dripping from his hair. 

“Benefit of the doubt? How about innocent until proven guilty?” I shout. 

“Fine, let’s look at the evidence. One, he’s blocking us out with everything he has. Two, he has done this before in a past life. Three, we are the most powerful Greys in both realms. We can’t just be taken so easily! Is that proven guilty enough for you?” Mason demands, counting each point he makes on his fingers. 

“No, because you are ignoring everything that doesn’t fit your theory. Even if we take emotions out of this and deal with just the hard facts. There is the syringe. Then there’s what the teens heard and saw, and the biggest one of all is that none of us have had flashbacks to warn us about this. The journal said that flashbacks only happened as a warning of history repeating itself. We haven’t been given any of these warnings, therefore this is not a repeat of anything that has happened before,” I counter. 

“That’s because we don’t need the flashback when we have read it in the fucking journal already!” Mason growls. 

“I can’t wait to watch your groveling apology when you are proven wrong. Now can we get on with this, because I want to bring my bond home,” I huff. 

I look around at the rest of my bonds. Deacon looks unsure, Theo looks torn and Axel is firm at my side, looking as determined as I am. 

“Let’s do this,” Theo sighs. 

“I need all of you to just strengthen me whilst I try to connect to him again,” I say, before closing my eyes and focusing my energy on my bond with Luke. 

I feel Axel link his energy to mine first, closely followed by Theo and Deacon, and then finally Mason’s energy joins ours, and I feel Luke again. The connection is weak, but it’s there. It almost feels as though it’s muffled by something and I find myself feeling groggy as my energy begins being sucked from me. 

“Luke,” I gasp as he pulls my strength from me. 

“Shields up, Now!” Mason shouts, and I feel arms wrap around me as I’m completely drained and my knees buckle under my own weight. 

I feel the panic of my bonds as I slip into a deep sleep. 

When I come around, I find myself in a dark room. I can sense Axel and Theo are with me and I can hear their soft 

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snores nearby. I sit up and try to make out my surrounding I’m in a bed, in a room with five other single beds. Three of the beds are occupied by Axel, Theo and Harper. This must be the military barracks. 

I check my connection to my bonds. Mason and D are awake and close by. I can feel Luke, but it’s so faint and is flickering in and out with what feels like my every breath. 

“What happened?” I ask into the mind link. 

“Your precious bond tried to leech all your energy,” Mason responds. 

“How are you feeling? You had quite a drain. Theo and Axe gave you a boost, but you were still out of it,” Deacon 

says. 

I choose to ignore Mason. I literally don’t have the energy to argue with him. 

“I’m okay. How long was I out for?” 

“Almost 9 hours,” D says. 

“Shit. Did anything happen whilst I was asleep?” I ask, pushing myself up to my feet and almost falling back onto the bed. 

“No, nothing. We have been searching but haven’t found anything so far. I’ll come to pick you up soon if you’re feeling rested enough,” he offers. 

“Yes, I’m ready,” I say, even though I’m still feeling exhausted. 

Theo and Axel wake up before Deacon and Mason return. Mason decides to stay and sleep for a while, which is a relief. Not just because I don’t want to argue with him, but I don’t feel comfortable leaving Harper alone yet and Mason looks exhausted. 

Back in the main headquarters, there are still people working around the clock, scouring the maps for any indication of where the rogues may be.