Chapter 0201
Chapter 0201
**Axel’s POV**
Walking away from Josie and leaving her alone with Mason was difficult after what he had just done. I do trust him with her 100% but it’s hard to get over seeing him try to hurt her just minutes ago, even though I know it wasn’t him, not really. Compulsion like that is almost impossible to resist, especially when there’s already a very strong mental connection. Deacon had pulled us all into a mind link, we are lucky he was only able to turn Mason against Josie before the rest of us noticed something was wrong.
I clear the kitchen side of debris as a way to distract myself from running back out there, scooping my bond up in my arms and taking off with her. I’d happily lock her away in a place where she is safe and no one else can get to her. She would hate that though. She loves all her bonds and there’s no way she would hide away whilst the human realm needs her.
I’m sure I’m not the only one feeling this way right now. Deacon looks like shit. I can see the guilt is eating at him, he could barely look at Josie after he had broken the compulsion and he was quick to put some distance between himself and her. I think he needs time to process what happened. It can’t be easy for someone as mentally strong as him to admit he’d been compelled. He’s right about us all needing to drop our shields though. It’s difficult to function whilst feeling every emotion of five other people but the more we do it, the easier it will get. We are weaker like this, unable to fully access each other’s gifts.
“We should probably eat in the sitting room,” Deacon sighs and I turn to look at him. The table is back in one piece although it looks a little wonky. Two of the chairs have survived unscathed but the others are still in pieces.
“Mason can fix that, he’ll have it good as new in seconds,” Theo says.
“The laptop is dead, we will need to pick up a new one,” Luke drops the battered tech onto the side I’d just cleared.
“I have a spare upstairs,” Deacon tells him.
“Are you two done out there because dinner is ready and Deacon is not great at fixing things,” Theo shouts out of
the broken door.
“Thanks, Theo,” D huffs.
Moments later Josie and Mason walk in hand in hand and the smile on her face puts me at ease. She doesn’t seem scared about what has happened. Even though she was the main target of the attack she seems to be the most at ease right now. She releases Mason’s hand and goes to stand beside Deacon. She makes quick work of assembling the chairs whilst the tinkling of glass sounds behind me as Mason repairs the doors. Within minutes everything is almost back to normal and Theo begins to bring plates of steaming lasagna to the table with the help of Luke and I collect glasses for everyone and a large jug of water.
“I’m starving,” Josie hums, taking a seat and digging her fork into her food.
We all take our seats and begin to eat in silence until Deacon clears his throat and puts down his fork.
“Molly told me tonight that her father is called Grey,” he says and Josie freezes with her fork halfway to her
mouth.
“Do you think it’s the same man who seduced my mum?” she asks. I don’t miss the fact she didn’t refer to him as
her father.
“It’s possible, but it’s also possible that Grey was just a name a lot of the rogues adopted when interacting with humans,” D shrugs.”
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Chapter 0201
It doesn’t matter. Over the last months, I’ve learnt that family is not blood, family is actions, love and loyalty. Molly may be biologically related to me but that doesn’t make her my sister,” she says before putting the fork full of food in her mouth.
