Fractured (Josie) novel Chapter 267

Chapter 0267 

** Axel’s IV*** 

I’m at the beach, splashing in the water with the kids and look back to see my beautiful bond laying on a towel, sunbathing in a black bikini. The sun casts a glow owes her, making her skin shimmer with a fine layer of sweat. under its heat. She never fails to captivate me. Just a single look and she has me under a spell. I thought over the years this feeling would fade, that I’d get over the shock that I was bonded to her, but if anything, it has intensified. I don’t know how I ever got so lucky to be matched to her. 

“Axe,” she says softly, and I smile at her. 

“Axel,” she says again. 

I blink and then, suddenly, she is right there, peering down at me. The beach is gone, replaced by the white walls of a bedroom, but that doesn’t matter as long as I’m with her. I pull her to me, needing to hold her. 

“Axe, this is nice, but we need to go,” Josie says, and I frown as I compose my thoughts. 

The past twenty four hours came back to me in a rush. 

“What happened?” I ask, now fully awake. 

“We found some rogues. We are going to question them,” she says, and I let her go. 

Josie gets up from on top of me where I had pulled her and 1 sit up, looking around for my clothes. 

“How long did I sleep for?” Lask. Pulling my t–shirt over my head. I feel groggy as if I’ve barely slept at all. It’s the same feeling I had most days in those first few weeks with the twins, both had been terrible sleepers. 

“Around six hours, Luke is making us all some coffee to go. I need to go wake D up. I’ll meet you downstairs,” she says, and there’s an excitement in her voice that gives me hope. She must have a good feeling about this. 

“Okay,” I nod and watch her leave before making my way to the bathroom. 

After a quick wash, I head downstairs to where Luke is. He hands me a travel mug with a grin and then tosses an apple at me. I catch it and bite into it, figuring it’s probably the only breakfast I’m going to get. 

A few moments later Theo joins us with an eager–looking Mason, who is also given a travel mug and an apple. He looks at the apple with a sneer and hands it to Theo as if the apple insulted him. 

“Where are Josie and Deacon?” Mace asks, his voice still gruff from sleep. 

“Josie woke me up and then went to wake D,” I tell him. 

“You two didn’t sleep together?” He asks with a frown. 

“No, why would we?” I half laugh. 

“I just thought you guys wouldn’t be able to sleep alone anymore,” he shrugs. 

“Did you sleep okay alone?” I ask, raising a brow. 

“Yes, but I’m different,” he sighs. 

“Clearly not that different,” I grin. 

It had been a long time since I slept alone, but I’d been too tired to even think about it, to be honest. I’d never miss 

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an opportunity to sleep in the same bed as Josle, and I’m ri opposed to sharing a bed with any of the guys, even without her, but if she isn’t joining us and there are free beds, I’d rather sleep alone. I thought we all thought the same way, but then I look at Theo and Luke. I’m not sure about those two, they thrive on company and hate to 

ever be alone: 

Deacon and Josie walk Into the kitchen and D looks like crap. Did he even sleep? Maybe he needs a bed buddy to sleep. 

“Did you get any sleep?” Mace asks, 

“Not much. It was strange being in bed on my own,” he admits, and I feel Mason’s eyes on me. 

I look over to see his smug smirk at Deacon proving his polit for him. 

“Okay, cliff notes. We searched some places, found a few rogues and are going to watch them be questioned in thirty minutes. We also stopped in to see the kids, who were fine, and we met with the mysterious Emma Barnes, who turned out to be Josie’s aunt and thinks Josie’s biological father could find Harper,” Theo says quickly without taking a break. 

“What the fuck!” Mason curses. 

“They dared to contact her after what he did to her mother? Deacon fumes. 

I remain silent, clenching my fists as I bite my tongue to stop the threats that want to leave my mouth. After seeing the state that man had left Penny in, I’d enjoy letting my beast loose on him. 

“Well, that’s the thing, his side of the story is very different, but that’s not what is important right now. First, we need to watch the rogues be questioned to see if they know anything useful, then we need to discuss whether we should go to Josie’s sperm donor to see if he can help to find Harper, the rest we can deal with later,” Theo says and a small growl escapes me, 

“Oh, and another thing. The majority of the rogues we found were children, so let’s not go in there ready for a fight, they seemed scared,” Josie adds and another round of curses sounds out. 

Nothing angers me more than children being dragged into awful situations. They should be enjoying being a child and feeling safe, nothing more. 

“Anything else?” Deacon asks, looking just as furious as I feel. 

“Nope, I think that’s it,” Theo says, sounding far too chipper for the day they’ve had, but then he always is. I envy his ability to compartmentalise so well. Josie also has the same ability. Come to think of it, the whole bond group, bar me, seems to be doing it. 

“Oh, there you all are. I thought everyone had taken off and forgotten about me,” Sage says as she walks into the kitchen. 

“Sorry, Sage, we were making a last stop before coming back for you when we found a few rogues,” Luke says. 

“That’s great news. Did they tell you anything useful?” She asks. 

“Not yet, we are going to watch them be questioned now. It’s mostly children though, only two out of the nine are adults,” Josie tells her. 

“Then let me come. If any of those two are unbonded I can check for bond links.” 

“Let’s go then,” Luke nods, and we all huddle in before we are teleported to the Greys military headquarters.