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“Cheers to that,” Mason says, lifting his glass of water in a gesture Josie had taught us. Josie lifts her glass, clinking it against his before taking a drink.
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“She also identified Cornelius as her father,” Deacon says and Josie shudders. “For the record, I see absolutely no resemblance between the two of you,” he adds.
“Thank god. Because I’d be so offended, that dude is ugly as hell,” she laughs and we all join her. I’m so proud of how well she is taking this.
“Yeah, no offence, Babe, but we’d have to put a bag over your head or something if you looked like him. He’s just too creepy–looking. We’d still love you though,” Theo grinces.
“I’d put the bag on my head myself,” she laughs.
“So are we to assume that the rogues know that the portals are fixed and that we plan to crash the meet and greet?” Luke asks and Deacon shakes his head with a grin.
“I was able to resist most of their compulsion. Although I did play along. I told them I’d been trapped here when the portals had been destroyed. They must have deemed me not to be a threat alone and so released me with a backup plan to destroy our bond group if I did somehow make it back,” he explains.
“It’s a good job you played along, if you hadn’t they’d have reinterrogated you once they got you under complusion. You are lucky you got out of there,” I say, impressed with his quick thinking.
“Who was it that captured you?” Mason asks.
“I have no idea, I’ve never seen them before. They were posing as police officers in the station where a couple of my contacts had gone missing,” he says.
“I’m so glad you made it out. From now on we should make sure we never go anywhere alone, especially in the human realm,” Josie suggests and we all agree.
“There’s another precaution we need to take and I know it’s not going to be easy and it’s going to take some time to get used to, but we all need to drop our shields, completely, and keep them down,” Deacon says, making a point of looking directly at Mason.
“It’s the only way we can always have access to each other’s gifts and know if any of us are in trouble,” I agree.
“If I’d had my shields down today you’d have all known I’d been captured, but I was so busy trying to block the compulsion that I couldn’t risk dropping my shields or trying to mind link with any of you. I had to keep my full focus on resisting it,” Deacon adds.
“Then what are we waiting for? I’m in,” Theo nods.
“I’m in too,” Luke agrees.
“This feels like a win–win for me, I love feeling you all and your emotions,” Josie shrugs and then we all look at
Mason.
“Fine,” he sighs, “for the sake of safety I’ll do it, but if I start going soft, just know it’s because of all your lovey feelings, not mine,”
“You’re already going soft, Mace, but we like it,” Theo smiles.
“Let’s do this then. Do you want to do it all at once or one by one?” Luke asks.
“All at once, let’s not this over with,” Mason says and then a sudden rush of emotions floods me.
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Anger, happiness, fear, excitement, shame, doubt and hope are just a few of the feelings assaulting me, but what stands out above all the others is love. A love so fierce that almost suffocates me in the best way, and then desire starts to creep in. Josie gasps and we all respond to her need. No words are needed as we abandon our half–eaten meal to watch as Deacon picks Josie up and sits her on his p.
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