I hope this answers your question Christina ❤️ So Mr Collins is her 5th bond. Do you think Josie’s bonds have gone too far to protect her?
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.
Chapter 60“Good answer,” Axel smiles, and inches closer to me. “When all this is over and we have dealt with whatever threat we are here to deal with, I’d love to show you more of this realm, and maybe with a good cover story we can arrange regular visits to the human realm to visit your friends,” “If we survive the threat. I am nowhere near ready to fight alongside you guys, and we still don't even know what it is we are supposed to do,” I sigh.“None of us are ready yet, we didn't develop any new gifts whilst you were in a coma. James thinks we needed your mental connection to power share, whilst you were unconscious we went back to how we were before. Hopefully, now you are awake we will all progress together. Once your heat is done we will focus hard on our training. Whoever it is we are up against are clearly not ready to carry out whatever plans they have though, if they were they'd have done it the moment they found out about us. They'd have tried to do it before we are stron
Chapter 61“What do you mean? Is my mum okay?” I demand, fear trickling down my spine.“Physically she is fine, but her mental health has taken a turn for the worse. Being in this realm is now causing her further distress. The doctors in charge of her care have a solution that they are sure will mean she can go back home and live a normal human life, free of any physiological issues, but this solution would require a great sacrifice from yourself,” Mr Collins explains. I take a minute to process his words. They can fix my mum, she can go back to her old self before she became unwell. “Whatever it is I’ll do it, just tell me what I need to do,” I nod, there's nothing I won't do for her. “Please take some time to think this over before you decide, as I said it's a great sacrifice. In order to relieve your mum of her mental burden, we would need to delete you from her life, completely,” he says and I suck in a breath. “You mean, compel her to forget me?” I ask, my voice thick with em
Chapter 62Axel looks torn. Theo is right, he does know something. He opens his mouth to speak and then frowns.“I can't,” he sighs.“Wow, so you do know something but won't tell us,” Theo huffs.“No, you don't understand. I physically can't,” Axel rubs at his temples either from stress or a headache. “Shit, you've been compelled not to tell us something,” Theo begins pacing, “I knew something wasn't right, I’m going to go and confront him,” Theo moves around me to leave but Axel steps in front of the door.“No, not again,” Axel’s words are strained and he shakes his head. “Fuck, I've been compelled too, haven't I?” Theo curses. “What about, Jose, has she been compelled?” A bead of sweat forms on Axel’s brow and his breathing becomes faster.“Theo stop, I think it’s hurting him to even ask, we need to find another way,” I take Axel’s hands in mine. “It's okay, breathe,” I tell him. “Sorry, Axe, don't say anything else, you'll be okay soon,” Theo says and comes over to pat him on t
Chapter 62Dread pools in my stomach as we leave the academy gates and a large black car pulls up in front of us. The car is very similar to a stretched Hummer that we usually use for special occasions in the human realm. I wish this car was taking us to a celebration and not to say goodbye to the person who created me. Six of us pile into the back of the car, the seats are set out in a rectangle, all facing each other. I sit between Axel and Theo, holding both of their hands. Axel had made a full recovery by the time we woke up this morning. Mason is back to wearing his trademark frown and sits with Luke opposite us. Mr Collins sits alone in a chair on our left and Theo keeps eyeing him with suspicion. Luke watches me with concern as we start the journey in silence. It feels like we are going to a funeral, and I guess in a way, we are. Today I will lose my mum. I have no idea how I am going to do this, but I know I have to. She deserves this. “I don't know what to say to her,” I adm
Chapter 64“Can you remember his name?” I ask, praying she stays lucid long enough to give us some answers.“Grey, his name was Grey, he said he would collect you on your 18th birthday. So I ran to a place I never thought he'd find us. Keep running Josie, run so he doesn't find you, his coming for your soul,” her hands begin to tremble and her eyes dart around wildly as she spirals back into insanity.“It's okay mum, we are safe here. He can't find us,” I try to calm her.“Mrs Banks, it's a pleasure to meet you, I’m Luke. I want to assure you that I will protect your daughter with my life,” Luke says and her eyes snap back into focus to asses him. “Is this your boyfriend, Josie Bean?” she asks.“Yes, Mum, he's one of them,” I give Luke a grateful smile. “I brought them to meet you before you go home,” “Oh gosh. How many do you have?” she asks me, her eyes wide and amused, “tell me all about them. What are they like? Do they treat you well?” “You’re really putting me on the spot here
Chapter 65I close my eyes, waiting for the words that will take this agony from me.“No, Josie, not in the way you think. I hope that I can give you some comfort though. I think it would be beneficial for you to accompany us to the human realm. I know from experience that you'll probably replay the last memory you have with her whilst you grieve. I don't want this to be the memory you replay,” he explains.“Yes, I'd like that, thank you,” I nod.“Erm, are we all going?” Theo asks.“If that's what Josie wants then yes,” Mr Collins says. “I’d like you all to come if you're all okay with that,” “Of course, whatever you need,” Luke says. “I’m in,” Theo agrees but he sounds nervous. “Mace, you good to go?” he asks and I look at Mason. He gives a small nod. “Okay, but don’t we need glasses?” Axel asks.“I have enough, although I doubt we will need them,” Mr Collins retrieves his briefcase and a large duffel bag. “I hate to be rude, Sir, but do you have enough juice to get us all there?
Chapter 66We leave the small beach house and I feel oddly at peace. My mum is going to be okay. I inhale deeply as the sea breeze brushes my face. Luke hands us all a pair of what look like reading glasses and I frown at them. “What are these for?” I ask. “They hide any flair of power we have. Humans tend to freak out when our eyes glow blue,” he smiles awkwardly. “I could have done with these years ago,” I sigh, wondering if my mum would have been less crazy if I'd had a pair of these back then. I put the glasses on and look up at the others, struggling to suppress a giggle at them all wearing glasses. I remember Luke wearing these the first time I had seen him, I'd thought he just wore them for reading but now I understand why he wore them. “You know these would be more believable if we didn't all have the same style? It's not often you see a whole group of people wearing the exact same glasses in this realm,” “Usually we don't travel here in large groups but you're right, they
Chapter 168** Josie’s POV **“Babe, calm down, it's going to be perfect,” Theo says as I attempt to rearrange the tables by the pool again.“What if everyone hates it and never wants to go to a gender reveal party ever again?” I ask, covering my face with my hands in an attempt to calm myself. “Why would they hate it? Everyone will be here because they love us and our baby and they're excited to find out the gender. I don’t think they care if the table layout is up to standard,” Luke says.“You're right,” I nod. “I just feel this pressure to make it perfect, I need to prove to your families I'm capable of doing this, I want to prove I'm worthy of being in this bond group and that I'll be a good mother to their grandchildren,” I admit. “They already know that, and more importantly, we know that. You have nothing to prove, Babe. This is supposed to be a fun day for us all to be together with everyone we care about, so relax and enjoy it,” Theo pulls me to him and Luke steps up to my
Chapter 167** Josie’s POV **Once both my men are gloriously naked I watch them for a while as they explore each other's mouths. It’s clear Mason is letting Theo take the lead here, which confirms what I thought Mason needed from us. “Take charge of him, Theo, he needs it,” I say into the mind link. Theo breaks the kiss and looks over at me with a subtle nod.“Our girl is looking lonely on that bed, don't you think?” he asks. Mason turns his head and his eyes land on me before he nods.“Get on the bed and crawl to her, Mace,” Theo whispers.Mason steps up to the bottom of the bed and casts a glance at Theo behind him before getting on the bed and crawling up to kneel between my legs. I sit up to meet him and pull his head towards mine kissing him briefly before I lie back. Theo comes to kneel on the bed beside us and his hand moves straight to my sex. “Look how wet she is for you,” Theo hums, spreading me for Mason to see just how much I want him, before plunging two fingers insi
Chapter 166** Josie’s POV **It had taken almost a week to fully recover from the psychic attack from Cornelius. I had spent most of that time in bed with Mason. We watched movies and slept a lot for the first few days. On day three Mason felt back to normal, but due to my pregnancy and that I had depleted my energy to fuel the rest of my bonds I'd needed longer. The rest of my bonds have been navigating the aftermath and keeping me and Mason informed. We recently learned that Cornelius was confirmed as spark bonded, which adds another layer of betrayal to his entire scheme. When Cornelius died, one of the females captured by Raff’s team became distraught, screaming in anguish over her loss. Three other males tried to console her in the holding cell, revealing their identities in the process. I chose not to find out what happened to them afterwards. I can’t imagine the depth of her pain in losing one of her bonds, even if he had committed terrible acts. The thought of her dealing wit
Chapter 165** Theo’s POV **I move to intercept a wolf running towards Josie. I step in its path just in time for the little shit to launch up and latch painfully onto my arm, dragging me down with it. The wolf suddenly disappears from on top of me, seconds before it was about to chomp down on my face. I sit up and look around in confusion. Josie lets out a pained cry from behind me and I jump to my feet, turning just in time to see her drop to her knees. I rush forward with a burst of energy, catching her before she falls forward and she goes limp in my arms. I look at Mason in a panic, which only increases when I see he is on the floor, twitching and groaning. Luke is nowhere to be seen.“What the fuck is going on? I need help here!” I scream into the mind link. I lay Josie down next to Mason, ready to protect them both when Luke appears.“I’ll get them out of here. Go help Deacon and Axel,” Luke says before leaning down and touching Josie and Mason before porting out with them.
Chapter 164** Josie’s POV **Cornelius stands in the centre, dressed in black and wearing a bulletproof vest. He looks as arrogant as hell whilst he laps up the attention of his worshipers. People cheer and clap, drowning out the booing from outside the park fence. I look around at all the people, there are a full range from babies to elderly and I hate that they have no idea who this guy is and that they are just unwitting pawns in a game they never chose. We have to free them, we are their last line of defence. We swore we would save this realm and we are about to prove it, no matter the cost.I spot Mason and Theo moving into position and I glance over to where I know Axel and Luke should be. Once we see them we begin to move too, weaving our way through the crowd. I recognise a few of the faces along the way and feel a little more at ease when I see them shadowing the more vulnerable members of the audience, ready to protect them. When I am happy with my position I stop, letting m
Chapter 163** Josie’s POV **Deacon and I port into an empty apartment in a building that overlooks the park, whilst Luke, Axe, Mason and Theo port to a disused train line in the underground station across the street. Some of Raff’s team are already here and some have even managed to compel themselves onto the security team. We know Cornelius will have informed his team to be on the lookout for bonded groups so it’s important that as a female I am only seen with one male, otherwise we may draw suspicion. This theory is confirmed when a single female with a group of three males is stopped at the gate and pulled to one side. We can't see what is done to them from here as they are led into a large white tent. I hold my breath as we wait, only releasing it when they exit the tent unharmed.“Probably using compulsion to question them. If we get pulled in, remember to draw on Axel’s blocking gift and make your gaze look vacant. Imagine you are in a daydream and answer their questions quic
Chapter 161** Josie’s POV **By the time we port into the human realm, I have already been made to make what feels like a thousand promises to get out if I'm in danger. The guys are on edge, which is almost crippling me through the bond. Mason is pacing my small childhood living room as we wait for Freya to arrive and I fear the cheap carpet is not going to survive much longer. I sit down on the couch with a sigh as Luke makes me some tea. Deacon, Theo and Axel have gone on a little scouting mission, checking security near the park where the meet-and-greet is. The location had been released less than an hour ago and people are already gathering in the area. Theo told me people are holding up makeshift signs calling for us to save them, which gives me hope that we will face little resistance from the humans. A sudden flutter in my abdomen has my breath catching in my throat and Mason is kneeling in front of me in a flash.“What’s wrong?” he asks, gripping my knees. The mind link be
Chapter 160** Luke’s POV **We arrive back at the training ground with a few minutes to spare. Josie sits on a dusty old tyre whilst eating a banana that Theo’s mum insists will help with the swelling in her feet and ankles. We also all agreed that will will take her to the infirmary for a check-up once we are done here. Not just because of the swelling but to give us all a little peace of mind that she is fit to come with us tomorrow. My family was overjoyed when I told them about the Little Bean. My mum had even cried with joy and told me how proud she was, which I find an odd thing to be proud of. I didn't actually do anything. “Does anyone think it’s odd that my mum is proud of me for Josie being pregnant?” I ask the others, unable to get the thought from my head. “I think she probably means she is proud you are growing up maybe?” Josie shrugs. “But I'm not, I'm no different than I would be if you weren't pregnant,” I shrug. “And even if it was me that biologically fathered t
Chapter 160** Axel’s POV **My biological father seems to be making a little more effort with me than usual, although it’s still minimal. My mother and two other fathers are still as disinterested as ever. They're all only here to be a part of something. They don’t care about saving the human realm, they just want to be able to say they were there. They think it will bring them some respect. I could put them out of their misery and tell them I am a part of the Spark bond, that their son they thought was such a disappointment for having strength-based gifts is who they are now here to see, who they are excited to meet, but it feels like a little revenge to have them sitting at the table with the Spark bonded group and have no idea for a while. I hope they feel stupid when they realise. “I heard a rumour that your headmaster is a part of the Spark bonded group, is that true?” my mum asks, her eyes searching out Deacon in the crowd.“Yes, he is,” I nod. “He’s a fine man, his bond is