Chapter 221** Luke’s POV **My wrist still burns while Josie heals it. The pain was not quite as bad as I imagined, but it was close. I think kissing Josie helped, and I felt the guys lending me their strength through the bond. That’s what I love the most about them. We are never alone in anything.
Chapter 222** Deacon’s POV **Luke has been radio silent for almost an hour now, but it feels more like a week. I know he is physically okay. I’ve felt a few spikes of fear and anger through the bond, but there has been no pain from him. Mostly there's just a steady hum of anxious tension coming fr
Chapter 223** Mason’s POV **My eyes are blurry from all the reading we have been doing. Whichever one of us was Nero, they had terrible handwriting and waffled on about absolutely pointless crap for almost seven whole pages. If I had to put money on it, I’d say Nero is Theo. We will have to make s
Chapter 224** Josie’s POV **We have just finished putting the younger kids to bed when Deacon arrives home. Atlas and Joel are in the sitting room with my mum and Freya. We were about to start a movie. “What’s wrong?” I ask when I see the uneasy look on Deacon’s face. I had been sensing some ten
Chapter 225 ** Luke’s POV **“Tell me again how you escaped?” The unknown voice demands from the other side of this stinky sack.I shift uncomfortably in the chair they have me chained to. They know I can easily port out of their restraints, so this is clearly some kind of test. “I had just finish
Chapter 226** Luke’s POV **The three men who had questioned me led me to another room. It’s not as run down as the small one I’d been held in and there are bottles of water and packaged snacks dumped on a couple of old plastic chairs in the corner. A few teens sit on the floor against the wall, ea
Chapter 227** Luke’s POV **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, get
Chapter 228** Luke's POV **Brent gives me a tour, which takes only a few minutes. There is a communal type area with dirty pillows on the floor and makeshift tables made out of wooden pallets. Brent tells me breakfast will be served here in the morning. There are stacks of board games and playing
Chapter 12** Harper’s POV **The dining hall is not as busy this morning. I suspect it will get more crowded as students wake up, but for now it’s manageable. We join the small queue together and I’m already missing my dad’s famous pancakes that he would make almost every morning for the whole fam
Chapter 11** Dillon’s POV **Harper is an angel, or maybe a devil is a more fitting description, because seeing her in these tiny pieces of fabric makes me want to sin. I feel bad for looking at her whilst she sleeps, but I can’t pull my eyes from her. She had fallen asleep about an hour ago. I kn
Chapter 10** Harper’s POV **Having Dillon and Archie’s hands on me is bliss. I had felt so out of place in the dining hall, but here, with these two, I feel home. It’s as if their touch alone can strengthen me, and make me more myself. The guys don’t go further than touching. Archie grazes my ni
Chapter 9** Archie’s POV **Something is wrong with Harper. She is trying to pretend everything is fine, but I can sense her growing anxiety.Was Dillon right? Is she nervous about bonding with us? I want her, badly. I’ve dreamed about her every single night for over a year, but I can wait as long
Chapter 8** Harper’s POV **Getting our uniform takes over an hour, as it seems half of the new students had the same idea to come now like us. By the time we have it, it’s almost time for the dining hall to open. We head back up to our room to drop off our new uniform and we walk in to find Dillo
Chapter 7** Harper’s POV **Once all my belongings are in my room, Archie leaves to go unpack his stuff while I unpack mine. A large white envelope, with my name scrawled across the front, is on top of one of my boxes. Inside, I find my academy issue phone and some information booklets with a camp
Chapter 6** Harper’s POV **I lean against the closed door and bring my fingers to my lips, closing my eyes whilst I remember the feel of Dillon’s lips against mine. I can’t wait to do that again. Will kissing Archie feel the same? The sound of movement from one of the rooms catches my attention,
Chapter 5** Harper’s POV **Sage’s hand lands on Dillon’s forearm, not his shoulder. What does that mean?Axel comes over and puts a hand on Dillon’s shoulder before guiding him away. I attempt to follow, but he puts a hand up to stop me. He gives me the universal sign for “It’s okay” and I can fin
Chapter 4** Harper’s POV **“Open your eyes,” Sage says so softly that I only just hear her. My eyelids flutter open, and I have a moment of panic as I adjust to my new vision. I can still see Demi’s light and the tendrils that reach out to her bonds, but my vision is not as it once was. I can see