**Josie’s POV **
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“And you disgust me,” I seeth moving from the bed and coming to stand beside Theo. Axel and Luke move in beside us, completely blocking Mason from his view. “All of you do! Why are you just standing there crying whilst he’s talking to your son like this?” 1 demand jabbing a finger towards the rest of Mason’s parents who don’t respond, they’re more interested in comforting each other,
“You have no idea who you are bonded to do you?” Cash sorts.
“Yes, I know exactly who I am bonded to and accept every single part of them. I’m proud to be bonded to each of them. I bet your bond can’t say the same. Now leave before make you!” Thiss.
“I’d like to see you try, little girl,” He laughs.
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“You are leaving this room. You can either walk out now or ‘ll carry your dead body out, but you are leaving, Axel growls so low that it sends a trickle of fear down my spine. Cash stares at Axel and whatever he sees there has him backing away. I guess he’s smarter than I gave him credit for.
“Fine, but you’ll all go to hell for allowing this,” he casts another disgusted glance towards Theo.
“Then so be it, be sure to save us all a seat there,” I grin sarcastically and he turns to leave without a backward glance at us.
“It’s time for you to leave too, Mum, all of you,” Dot says as she walks back in with her bonds, fierce determination is written all over her face and pride fills me
“No, we should be here with Mason,” her mum protests.
“No, Mum, he has everyone he needs already. If you want to do something for him then get rid of Cash. This has gone on long enough, I won’t stay quiet any longer. Either he goes or you lose me too,” Dot says firmly before moving around us to talk quietly to Mason
“You don’t understand, none of you do,” she shakes her head but her eyes are on me.
“Oh, I understand just fine. You are all cowards! You should have put your child above all else, all of you, even each other! Why do you all allow him to behave that way towards your own son? It makes you all as bad as him, you’ve had years to deal with this, to stop him but you chose not to,” I shake my head, and let them see how much I despise them right now. I don’t care that they are my bonds parents, they don’t deserve to be.
“Time to go,” Damien says, and the rest of Dot’s bonds escort them out.
“We will make sure they leave academy grounds and aren’t allowed back,” Joe nods. I let out a sigh of relief as the tension in the room fizzles out.
Dot is still talking to Mason, she holds his hand and cries. I want to hold her, and him but this is their moment. move away to give them some privacy and check on Deacon Luke, Axel and Theo join me at his bedside.
“You need to hurry up and get better, we have some serious talking to do,” I tell Deacon as I brush the hair from his face again. “Can someone put some water in the bed bath kit? I want to get this blood off of his face at least “I ask the guys. Minutes later Luke returns with a bowl of warm water and a cloth. I begin wiping the blood an from his face and once he’s cleaner I lean over and place a ldss on his full lips.
“Who are you and why are you kissing my son?” a female voice asks and I turn to see a middle–aged woman. looking at me curiously. Art stands beside her and two men are behind her.
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“As I was trying to explain, the situation in this room is complicated, he is not In the private room because this is a bonded group,” Art says.
“My son doesn’t have a bond,” she frowns and looks at me with suspicion.
“Hi, I’m Josic, I’m new to the realm. I’m sorry we’ve not had a chance to meet yet,” I say nervously.
“Ah, the troublemaker from the human realm that kept him from family dinner on more than one occasion. Now it all makes sense,” she smiles and then shocks me when she wraps her arms around me in a motherly hug. “I’m so happy he finally has a bond, and such a big group too,” she grins taking in Luke, Axel and Theo. I want to tell her that there’s Mason too but I don’t think he would want the attention right now. She moves to Deacon’s side and takes his hand.
“As I said before, we are going to do a head scan very soort and we are keeping him sedated as a way to control his pain, but I think he’s going to be just fine,” Art says to her
“Of course he is, he’s a strong boy,” she smiles running her fingers through his hair before she looks back up at me. “Please forgive me, I didn’t even introduce myself. I’m blive, and these are my bonds, Toby and Ronnie,
“It’s lovely to meet you, this is Theo, Luke and Axel, and Mason is over there with his sister,” I gesture to each of
bonds and the men shake hands.
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“Five bonds, wow, we better start prepping for all the grandchildren now,” Ronnie laughs and Olive bats at his arm as if to shush him.
“I can’t believe he kept this from us,” Toby shakes his head in astonishment.
“We are still working things out,” I lie, “it complicates things as we are all students at the academy so we are keeping things quiet at the moment,” I don’t want to tell them their son has been denying our bond and compelling me, because I’m more sure of that than ever now. The ground begins to rumble under my feet and the lights in the room flicker.
“Now what,” Theo grumbles.
“We will go check it out,” Axel says and rushes from the room with Luke and Theo. Nervous energy swirls in my stomach as I watch them go. Something is very wrong, I can feel it.
