All Chapters of Fractured: Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

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 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 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 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 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