Chapter 0155
**Josie’s POV **
Rain begins to fall on us as if the sky is also worried about my missing bonds. Deacon attempts to get me back into my pants but I don’t react. I feel as though I’m watching myself from the outside. I can’t function until I know Luke and Axel are safe. I don’t care if I’m wearing pants, I don’t care that it’s cold and my body is shivering, or that my stomach rumbles with hunger.
“We need to get you home, you’re freezing,” Deacon says softly.
I can’t respond. I just wait, wait for Axel and Luke to tell me they’re okay. Theo and Mason are silent as they wait with me, seemingly stuck in the same state as I am. Only D has the mental capacity to function.
“Josie, you need to snap out of it. It’s not just you that will suffer if you make yourself unwell,” he says a little harsher this time and I blink at him. My hand moves to my abdomen where my little bean grows. He’s right. I nod and move, allowing him to help me dress and put my shoes on. He grabs the bag of food I’d packed and pulls me against his side.
“I’m porting Josie back, I’ll let you know if we hear from Luke or Axe,” Deacon says into the mind link before porting us back to the cottage.
The moment we arrive I begin to wretch violently. I grip the pressure point on my wrist but it doesn’t help much as my stomach tries to empty itself. Deacon scoops me up and carries me to the bathroom just in time for me to vomit the small amount of liquid I’d consumed into the tollet. He rubs my back in soothing circles until I’m done and I lean back against him on the bathroom floor.
“Feel better?” he asks. I nod with a grimace.
“I thought porting was supposed to get easier, not worse, grumble.
“That wasn’t from porting. I think it was a combination of worry and pregnancy hormones,” he explains, reaching around to brush away the hair that’s clinging to my damp forehead.
“Great. I guess I have more of this to look forward to then, I groan.
“Yes, but you won’t be alone and it will be worth it for the end result,” he moves his hand to my stomach and I place my hand over his.
“Do you think Luke and Axel will be able to keep the little bean a secret?” I ask.
“Yes, they won’t want to worry Mason and Theo, especially now they’ve just left them there with no way of getting here,” he sighs. “Let’s get you showered and into some dry clothes, then we will go to your old house to wait for Luke and Axel. I think that’s where they’ll go.
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“Okay,” I nod and let him help me to my feet. I wrinkle my nose as flush the toilet and go to the sink, cleaning my teeth whilst D turns on the shower.
Once I’m clean and dressed in warm clothes we go to my childhood home. Deacon brings the bag of food and forces me to eat one of the sandwiches and drink some warm tea whilst we wait. He says we need to keep our energy levels up because Luke will probably need to borrow our strength to get him and Axel out of the void. I hear a car pull up on the driveway and get up to look out of the window. I turn to look at D with a frown when I see Freya’s -car there.
“I called for backup,” he says with a shrug and a smile.
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“Thank you,” I breathe, wrapping my arms around him in hug as Freya lets herself in through the backdoor. “I come baring gifts,” she beams, instantly lifting my mood like only a best friend can. She holds up a bag of food from my favourite Chinese restaurant in one hand and a box under her other arm.
“You didn’t need to bring anything, just seeing you is enough,” I tell her.
“Oh, I know, but I’m trying to be the best auntie there ever was, which means I need to take care of you until you pop out my new niece or nephew,” she says, handing me the box. “Open it,” she grins.
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