Chapter 174**Deacon’s POV**1 year later.“Sir, I swear I'll behave if you just give me one more chance,” Craig, a first-year student pleads as he sits across from me in my office. “Mr Maddon, you have been caught three times this week having sex with your bond in the toilets. I know this is all n
The meeting seems to drag on forever. My mum does most of the talking as my mind is elsewhere. Luckily our finances are good and we have had a surge in funding from the elders since the new generation had taken over. We had been offered the role of Grey Elders, being the only living spark bond we h
** Josie’s POV **The next few weeks pass in a blur. I knew I'd fallen pregnant on the second day of my heat because of how abruptly it had stopped, and I'm pretty sure the baby is Axel’s, which means it’s very unlikely I'll ever go into heat again. It's a bittersweet thought. I am pleased I won’t h
“I’m just as blessed to have you guys as my bonds and fathers of my children. Now, hurry up in the bathroom, and we can go and tell everyone our news,” I grin.The guys already know what we have just discovered. I can feel them reacting through the bond, but they don’t say anything. They wait and le
** Axel’s POV ** Twins! That's two babies, my two babies. I can’t keep the grin from my face. Multiples are rare for our kind, but if we've learned anything, it's that rare doesn't mean much when it comes to our bond group. I like the fact that I was an extra baby for my parents, and now I've fathe
Josie kneels on the floor, Deacon sitting in front of her so she can wrap her arms around his shoulders for support as she sways her hips gently, and I rub her lower back. This has been a favourite labouring position for her with the others, and it seems this labour is no different. We switch places
** Josie’s POV **Being a mum to six kids is tough. Especially when three of those kids had been born so close together, and another has some obvious social and sensory issues, but I wouldn't have had it any other way. Harper was an amazing big sister, helping me and the guys with her younger broth
“Are you kidding me? A whole month of being cut off from my friends! This sucks. I want to go home. NOW!” she shouts, her temper flaring and her eyes flashing with the blue glow of a Grey. “Well, shit, things are about to get real interesting around here,” Theo says into the mind link as we all sta
Chapter 206** Mason’s POV **Axe and Deacon went to bed hours ago. I went too, but I haven’t slept a wink. Instead, I’ve been sitting at the small vanity table in the bedroom, staring at the blinking red dot on a laptop screen. It’s been almost 12 hours since Archie was taken, and he has been move
Chapter 205 ** Josie’s POV **The next few days pass in disappointment, with no new leads and no success with Sage. Raff suspects the rogue faction has gone deep into hiding after they discovered we had found Annie, Lola and the children. Which makes sense, but it only makes it harder for us.The o
Chapter 204** Mason’s POV **After watching the reunion between Josie’s childhood friend and her daughter, my heart ached even more for Harper. I can't imagine going over two years without seeing her like Rochelle had. There’s no way I’m going to let that happen. Josie, Luke and Theo had gone to r
Chapter 203** Josie’s POV **I hear movement from inside the house and moments later the door opens with a creek. Rochelle looks at us, her face confused as she takes us in, then recognition finally dawns on her as she focuses on me.“Josie? What are you doing here?” She asks. Her tone is not unfri
Chapter 202 **Josie’s POV **The woman on the other side of the glass is the image of her mother and looking at her makes me feel as though I’ve been transported back through time, to when her mother was younger, and we attended high school together.Rochelle was a friend of mine. She lived on my s
Chapter 201** Deacon’s POV **I pick up the plate of food on the table. I’m sure the girl is wrong about this. She has been through a lot and is clearly very scared, so I’m not surprised she suspects the food is poisoned. Given the rogue’s previous history of attempting to poison food and water, I’
Chapter 200** Josie’s POV **“We have the adults separated, but the kids are together, they all seem scared. The two women are very concerned about the kids. I think they are their caretakers and possibly the mothers of some of them,” Raff says when we arrive.“Have they said anything useful?” Mace
Chapter 199** Axel’s POV **I’m at the beach, splashing in the water with the kids and I look back to see my beautiful bond laying on a towel, sunbathing in a black bikini. The sun casts a glow over her, making her skin shimmer with a fine layer of sweat under its heat. She never fails to captivate
Chapter 198** Josie’s POV **I take the packet of biscuits from Luke’s hand, as he calls Raff. The date on them is almost a year from now. These must have been bought recently. I have the urge to run outside and shout for Harper, but I know that won’t help. If there are Greys still here, then my sh