Fractured (Josie) novel Chapter 46

Chapter 0046 

“Just Luke,” 

“If you don’t go straight into heat I’d try and bond with the others, get comfortable with them all first,” she shrugs like it’s so simple. 

“Axel and Theo are ready I think, but Mason is going to be a problem,” I sigh. 

“Why?” she looks concerned. I explain everything that had happened with him today and she looks a mix of disgusted, horrified and sad. 

“Makes sense,” she nods and I can sense she knows something more. “There’s a time, right before the heat starts when you need contact from them. Your wolf will call to them and they won’t be able to resist. That’s your chance to try to bond with him, he will be led by his wolf to please you in any way you need,” 

“I’ll try but I’m not sure he’ll give into me as easily as you think,” I sigh, “Dot, if you know something about him that can help me understand him, then you have to tell me 

She looks lost in thought for a moment, and torn about how much she should tell me. “Look, I don’t know anything for sure and I shouldn’t be telling you this, but you’re my friend and if anyone can help him it’s you. When Mason was a child he was a terror, never listened to adults and would run away often. One time he ran away and one of his dads went looking for him. They were missing for 5 years. Presumed dead. Then one day out of the blue they came home. Mason had changed drastically, he was quiet, bad–tempered and guarded. He wouldn’t accept any kind of affection. His dad said he’d been training him on how to behave for all those years and Mason would never speak of his time away. No one knows what happened, but Mason is still terrified of his dad and avoids going home at all costs,” Dot explains and my heart breaks. What had happened to him in those 5 years alone with his dad to cause him to be the way he is now? I want to run to Mason and hug him, but I know that won’t go well. 

“That’s awful. How do you know all this?” I ask. 

“Because Mason is my brother,” she drops the huge bombshell like it’s nothing 

“What the hell! Why are you only just telling me now?” 

“Because I didn’t want you to judge me based on his actions, we are nothing alike. I was 8 when Mason disappeared. I grew up with a loving family. He was away from the age of 11 and returned when he was 16, they’re important years in a child’s development. The cheeky and energetic brother that I looked up to as a child never returned, instead we got what you see today,” she wipes a tear from her eye. 

“Dot, I’m so sorry, that’s just awful,” I scoot over and wrap my arms around her. “I promise, I’ll do everything I can to get your brother back, even if it kills me,” 

“Please don’t tell him or anyone what I’ve told you, Mason will probably kill me if he finds out I said anything, she says with real fear in her eyes. 

“Of course I won’t,” I reassure. 

“I know he’s hard to be around and he can be so mean, but if you can break down his walls, I know a scared little boy is hiding behind there that deserves to be loved,” she smiles sadly. 

“Are you okay? I mean, did your dad do anything to hurt you?” I ask, trying to find the most sensitive way to ask. “I’m fine, he practically ignores me. He could be strict when we were small but he never paid me much attention, he was too focused on Mason,” she reassures me. 

“Good, let’s talk about something else before the guys get back,” I smile, “How was the rumour mill today? Are 

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