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 229** Luke’s POV **I almost gag at the smell. These are awful living conditions and I hate that my daughter and the rest of these kids have been forced to live this way. It’s inhumane. They need daylight and clean facilities. “I don’t like it, they shouldn’t be here,” a gruff male voice s
Chapter 230** Luke’s POV **Once Harper’s initial shock of realising it’s me passes, a wide grin spreads over her face, and she steps towards me. A hand reaches out to grab her arm, stopping her.“What’s going on here? Do you know him?” The woman with the wild eyes that announced breakfast asks as
Chapter 231** Josie’s POV **Luke wakes us up in the best way possible. He’s found Harper, and she’ll be coming home soon. I can already feel the excitement bubbling inside me as I pace the kitchen, imagining the moment when I can finally wrap my arms around her. The thought that she is safe fills
Chapter 232** Mason’s POV **The moment I’ve been longing for for weeks has finally come, and I can barely speak. I can’t tell my daughter everything I have been wanting to tell her. The words just won't come out. So, instead, I go into management mode. We don’t have the luxury of riding off into t
Chapter 233** Josie’s POV **I can’t think of my daughter living in this place for weeks, and the thought of other kids living here even longer is breaking my heart. Children need warmth and a clean living space. They need a safe place to sleep that is not a thin mat on a filthy floor underground.
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
Chapter 3** Harper’s POV **“Harper, would you like to come with me? Your lessons start today,” a female voice whispers, startling me out of my thoughts.I turn to see Sage standing beside my seat. How had she snuck up on me without my notice?Other students turn in their seats to look at us and I
Chapter 2** Harper’s POV **I take one last look at my bedroom and then close the door on it. The next time I come back here, it will be Bella’s bedroom, which doesn't bother me, but I am a little sad to say goodbye to it. I had brought Bella to my room last night to have a chat with her. I wanted
Chapter 1** Harper’s POV **If my mum comes into my bedroom one more time to remind me to pack something, I’m going to scream. I am more than capable of packing my things. Besides, if I forget something, I can just come back for it, or have one of my parents bring it when they visit the academy, wh
Chapter 251** Josie’s POV **“This is breaking my heart. There are more kids here just like Bella. We have to help them. They need families now, today. They’ve already been through enough in their short lives without being left in a military base infirmary,” I say into the mind link to my bonds.“I
Chapter 250** Josie’s POV **As soon as all the kids are in school, Deacon, Axel, me and Mason head to meet with Raff. He updates us on what they discovered from the latest batch of rogues we had brought in. Only two of the adults survived our ambush; Unfortunately, Mandy is one of them, but at lea