Fractured (Josie) novel Chapter 48

Chapter 0048 

“Get out!” I shriek and cover my eyes. I can’t look at them. I don’t want to trigger my heat yet. I’m not ready. 

“Who was in here with you?” Mason demands. 

“No one, I had a dream, now please get out,” I admit. 

“That was a dream?” Mason sounds suspicious. 

“Yes, I swear it, I woke up to you banging on the door. As you can see there is no one in here with me,” 

“It’s the heat starting.” Luke says, his voice full of concern 

“Is this how it starts?” I ask, unable to stop my lip trembling. 

“Yes, it can do. It’s just your wolf telling you what she wants. It’s how she communicates with you,” Luke explains. “But the good news is, we are all here for you and we don’t have to avoid you anymore, once it starts there’s no stopping it and being around us won’t speed it up,” 

“Are you sure?” 

“Yes,” his fingers gently wrap around my wrists and he prys them from my face. I blink up at him and he smiles softly at me, “Hi,” 

“Hi,” I whisper, my voice thick with emotion. I wrap my arms around him and let him hold me, I didn’t realise how much is missed him until now, he kisses the top of my head. 

“My turn,” Theo says, gently pulling me from Luke to hold me to him. “Baby girl that was the longest 14 hours of my life,” 

“I missed you too,” I laugh softly and he releases me, letting me go to Axel. 

Axel’s hug is not as natural as Theo and Luke’s but I don’t care, I hum in delight when I breathe in his spicy scent. When he releases me I turn to look at Mason 

“Nope,” he says before I even move towards him. I don’t know if it’s because of what Dot told me or the heat setting in but I ignore his words going in to hug him anyway. Luke and Theo stand behind him, blocking his escape and I wrap my arms around him. His body goes stiff under me, clearly uncomfortable at my touch, and he makes no effort to hug me back, but he doesn’t push me away so I’ll take that as progress. 

“Thank you for getting me through my shift,” I say softly and his body relaxes a little. 

“You’re welcome,” he grunts. 

“This is adorable,” Theo coo5. 

“Okay, enough of this,” Mason puts his hands on my shoulders and gently prys me off of him. “If we are done here, I’m going back to bed. I suggest you all do the same before her heat fully kicks in and she doesn’t let us sleep,” he says as he walks out of my room. 

“Hey, can you fix my door before you…” I start to say as my door suddenly put itself back together, “Thank you” 

“Come on, he’s right we should get back to bed,” Luke admits. “Do you want to be alone or do you want one of us to stay with you?” 

I think about it and strangely I don’t want to be alone, I want them all with me. I want to be able to touch them all whenever I need them. 

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Chapter 0048 

“Can you all stay?” I ask, chewing nervously on my bottom lip. Is it wrong to ask them that? 

“Thank god, I wasn’t sure I was going to be able to leave if you asked me to go,” Theo says with a relieved sigh. Luke crawls onto the huge bed and pats the spot beside him I crawl in and take my spot, Axel slips in on my other side and Theo pouts for a second before grinning. He crawls up the bed, nu

Chapter 0048 

“Get out!” I shriek and cover my eyes. I can’t look at them. I don’t want to trigger my heat yet. I’m not ready. 

“Who was in here with you?” Mason demands. 

“No one, I had a dream, now please get out,” I admit. 

“That was a dream?” Mason sounds suspicious. 

“Yes, I swear it, I woke up to you banging on the door. As you can see there is no one in here with me,” 

“It’s the heat starting.” Luke says, his voice full of concern 

“Is this how it starts?” I ask, unable to stop my lip trembling. 

“Yes, it can do. It’s just your wolf telling you what she wants. It’s how she communicates with you,” Luke explains. “But the good news is, we are all here for you and we don’t have to avoid you anymore, once it starts there’s no stopping it and being around us won’t speed it up,” 

“Are you sure?” 

“Yes,” his fingers gently wrap around my wrists and he prys them from my face. I blink up at him and he smiles softly at me, “Hi,” 

“Hi,” I whisper, my voice thick with emotion. I wrap my arms around him and let him hold me, I didn’t realise how much is missed him until now, he kisses the top of my head. 

“My turn,” Theo says, gently pulling me from Luke to hold me to him. “Baby girl that was the longest 14 hours of my life,” 

“I missed you too,” I laugh softly and he releases me, letting me go to Axel. 

Axel’s hug is not as natural as Theo and Luke’s but I don’t care, I hum in delight when I breathe in his spicy scent. When he releases me I turn to look at Mason 

“Nope,” he says before I even move towards him. I don’t know if it’s because of what Dot told me or the heat setting in but I ignore his words going in to hug him anyway. Luke and Theo stand behind him, blocking his escape and I wrap my arms around him. His body goes stiff under me, clearly uncomfortable at my touch, and he makes no effort to hug me back, but he doesn’t push me away so I’ll take that as progress.