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Chapter 52Theo's room is decorated more modestly than the rest of the house, with plain blue walls and curtains. It's a typical teenage boy's bedroom apart from the huge bed that takes up almost the whole floor space. The bed is like the one we had at the apartment and I wonder if it's a standard bed in this realm. “She could have let us keep Sophie’s room,” Theo grumbles when he struggles to move around the bed. “This is fine,” I reassure him. I'm just grateful we have somewhere safe to stay together. “I'm going to do a perimeter run,” Axel says from behind me. I turn to him and I'm concerned with the change I can see in him. His face is no longer the sweet shy one, his expression is hard and fierce. His posture is tense and on high alert. It’s the kind of change you can only earn from trauma, and I did that to him. I wrap my arms around him and feel a little comfort when he holds me back and kisses the top of my head.“Come back to me,” I whisper to him, hoping he understands the
Chapter 53The phone rings twice before I hear Dot’s voice.“Luke, you better be calling with some good news because I'm going crazy here. She should be awake by now and the healers need…”“Hi, Dot,” I cut her off. I can't believe no one has told her I’m awake yet. “Josie?” she gasps.“Yes, it's me,” “Oh my goodness, Josie, it's so good to hear your voice! I've been so worried. How are you? When did you wake up?” she blurts and I can hear the emotion in her voice. “I’m good Dot, thanks to you. The doctor said I have no negative effects,” I tell her. “I'm so happy to hear that, I thought maybe I messed up and…” her words are cut off by a sob. “Dot, I’m fine. You saved me, I owe you my life,” I say with tears rolling down my face. I wish I could hug her right now, she has spent all these weeks thinking she had done something wrong. “They wouldn't let me see you, I've been going crazy here. Is Mason with you?” she asks.“I know, I called as soon as I found out. Mason is not here ri
Chapter 54“Looks like we are going for that run now,” I hear Theo sigh as I dart after Mason. I don't wait for the others, I lower my nose to the ground letting my wolf guide us with her instincts as she takes note of Mason's scent. “Hey, no shifting in the house,” I hear a startled female voice from downstairs and my wolf heads towards it. Theo’s mum, Maria, comes into view and I wish I could apologise to her as I run by her and out the door. “Sorry Mum, it's a bit of an emergency,” Theo calls from behind me. I can hear the footsteps of Axel, Theo and Luke as they run in human form behind me, trying to keep up. “Theo, put some bloody clothes on before you go outside,” I hear her chastise. “No time,” he shouts. Their footsteps come to a halt and I assume they've stopped to shift. I don't wait, instead I push forward in chase of my mate. He's so fast but I'm determined to catch him. When I break into the forest my wolf becomes more alert. This is her domain and I let her take full
Chapter 55The girl hangs from a tree branch with a rope around her neck, her long dark hair covers her face and she has the letter J carved into her abdomen. It's not hard to miss the message. She looks very similar to me and the J has to be for Josie. “Mason give me your phone,” I pat his pockets in search of it. He reaches around to his back pocket and hands it to me.“Call Deacon and tell him to lift the wards, we are porting out of here now,” he orders. “Okay,” I nod, not fully sure what he's on about but there's something I need to do first. I open the camera and start snapping pictures of the body.“What the fuck are you doing you psycho?” Mason snatches the phone from me. “I’m not done,” I try to take the phone back.“Yes, you are,” he growls, “I’m deleting that shit off my phone,” “Mason, how many people can we really trust right now?” I ask him. “None without screening them,” he frowns. “Then give me back the phone, there is evidence right in front of us and I can tell
Chapter 56Walking through the academy is much less embarrassing than expected, we only see a few students and they give us a wide birth. They're probably scared they might get mistaken for one of us if they get too close and then get assassinated. “Where are we staying?” I ask as we enter Ruby house.“Back in our apartment,” Luke smiles. “Is it safe?” I frown, I can't imagine having half the wall missing is the safest of places to stay. “Yes, all fixed and we have upgrades. Bulletproof glass, reinforced walls and a whole new security system,” he explains. “I need to call my mum and let her know we won't be returning, can I borrow someone's phone because I left mine,” Theo says as we arrive at our door. Mason hands him his phone and pushes open the door to our apartment. Beeping begins to sound out and he punches a code into a box on the wall, silencing the alarm. “I'm going to take a shower,” Luke says, leaning over to kiss my cheek before releasing my hand and heading into his
Chapter 57The next morning I wake up on top of Axel, Theo is snuggled in on one side and Luke is on the other. I'm not quite sure how this happened. I'm a little disappointed that Mason isn't here but I don't think group snuggling is his thing. I wonder if I could crawl into his bed with him for some one-on-one time. I gently extract myself from the bed, careful not to wake anyone and I creep out of my bedroom. I place my hand on Mason’s door handle and I'm about to open it when I hear a noise behind me. “What are you doing?” Theo whispers.“I want to cuddle with him,” I whisper back.“Fine, but I'm coming,” he sighs.“Come on then before he wakes up and gets grumpy,” “You are going to get us in so much trouble,” he laughs quietly. I push the door open slowly and freeze when Mason rolls onto his back. He is only wearing his boxers, his stunning tattoos on full display. Theo urges me forward when Mason’s breathing evens out and we each crawl into the bed on either side of him, we in
Chapter 58After showering as fast as possible I dash back out in my towel. Voices in the living area stop me and I grin when I hear Mason and Theo are back. I'm about to walk out to greet them when I hear my name mentioned. I pause, focusing my hearing to listen in on their hushed conversation.“How long are we going to try and keep this up for? It's not fair,” Theo says.“As long as we can, it's for her own good,” Mason responds. “You saw how scared she was Theo, she's not ready for that,” Luke reasons. “And what if she's never ready, what do we do then?” Axel asks.“Then we deal with that too,” Mason grunts. “I just think we should let her decide for herself,” Theo sighs. “We will, just not yet. She already has so much to deal with, she doesn't need any more pressure right now,” Luke says. “I’d also like to remind everyone that we have a huge responsibility weighing on us already, we don't need to even consider the possibility of adding any more until we have dealt with the thr
Chapter 59“Thank you for your time, Miss Banks, I’ll have your new phone and clothes delivered to your room shortly,” Mr Collins nods and walks out of my room. I blink in confusion. Why did we have to be in my room for that chat? I hear Theo shouting in the living area and I rush out to see what's going on. Mason has Theo in a bear hug from behind and he's struggling, Mr Collins whispers something to him and he suddenly goes still in Mason’s arms. “What's going on?” I demand. “Compulsion training again,” Luke explains spinning me to face him, “Are you hungry?”“Yes, I'm starving, but I want to see Theo act like a chicken,” I laugh, trying to look over my shoulder to see the show, but I only catch Mr Collins leaving. “You know I'm starting to think that guy is a bit of a creep. I know he's our headmaster and is supposed to help us but don't you think he helps us a little too much?” Theo asks with a frown. “We are a special case,” Luke shrugs. “Can we finally eat now?” Mason huffs.