Chapter 0158
** Luke’s POV
I can’t remember the last time I slept this well. I don’t want it to end, but I’m sure we are going to be late for classes. I groan and nuzzle my head Into Josie’s chest. I can smell Mason, Axel and Deacon on her but she still smells amazing. My wolf enjoys being able to scent our bond group on her, they’re his pack and it’s right for her to carry their scents. Oddly, Theo’s scent is missing, he’s usually all over her like a rash.
“How do you feel?” Josie asks.
“Like I want to skip classes and stay in bed all day,” I mumble.
“Hmm… we can certainly skip classes, but I don’t think staying in this bed is an option,” she laughs softly.
This bed? I snap my eyes open and don’t see the familiar walls of our apartment. This is Josie’s bedroom in the human realm. This is the bed I’d lost my virginity in when we first met. The last months come flooding back to me and then I remember the void. The desolate feeling I’d had as my energy had depleted. I’d thought I was never going to get us out of there. Is this the delusion of a dying mind? It has to be because I shouldn’t be able to scent Mason on her. It’s been over a month since he was anywhere near her. I feel a tear roll down my cheek and onto Josie’s chest. If this is my last moment then I’m not going to question anything. I am just going to enjoy holding my girl, I’ll die happy in her arms.
“I love you, Josie. I may not have had much time with you and heaven knows we’ve not had it easy, but despite everything we’ve been through, I’ve never been so happy than I’ve been since you walked into my life. When your eyes met mine across the dining hall I knew from that moment on we belonged together. You brought me warmth in the cold, peace in the chaos and light in the darkness. You showed me what true love is and you gave me my bonded brothers, even if some of them are dicks half the time, I love them just the same. We are a family. There are no words to express the depth of what I feel for you, Goddess. My heart is tearing in two that I can’t be with you, that I failed you, I failed Axel and our entire bond group…”
“Sorry to interrupt your heartfelt speech, but I just wanted to make it clear I don’t feel like you failed me,” I hear Axel’s voice from somewhere but I can’t see him. Is he sharing this death delusion with me?
“I did fail, Axe, and I can’t tell you how sorry I am. I wish I had been strong enough to get us out of the void. I hate
“Luke, you’re out of the void,” Josie cuts me off, her voice laced with amusement. I sit up to look down at her. She’s so beautiful that it’s hard to drag my gaze from hers to check my surroundings. Axel’s head pops up beside the matress and he grins at me from his makeshift bed on the floor.
“I’ve made pancakes,” Deacon says as he fills the doorway holding a plate in one hand and a steaming cup in the other. “Oh, good, you’re finally awake,” he says when his eyes land on me.
“This is real? I’m not in the void hallucinating?” I ask with a shaky voice. I want to believe them, more than anything, but I’ve spent so long seeing things that weren’t real. I’d seen them over and over whilst I ported myself and Axel around the void trying to get here until I’d been unable to go on any longer. I’d completely drained myself so it’s hard to believe any of this now.
“it’s real, Luke. You made it,” Josie says her hand stroking my arm. I look down at where her skin touches mine. I can feel her, feel the electric spark between us.
“Fuck, Josie,” I gasp and pull her to me. I hold her tight against my body, absorbing the feel of her and her giggle is music to my ears.
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“I missed you so much. I’m so happy you made it. I don’t want to be separated from you ever again,” she says wrapping her arms around me.
‘Now that I’ve found you I’m never losing you again. I will always find you, Josie. In every lifetime, I will find you,” I promise.
“I’ll hold you to that,” she says, placing a hot kiss on my neck over my mating mark.
“Luke, you must be hungry, do you want some breakfast before we go back to our other accommodation? We have much to discuss today,” Deacon asks, his voice is closer now and I release my grip on Josie so she can eat the food he’s brought for her.
“I’m starving,” I nod and my stomach grumbles loudly when the sweet scent of the pancakes hits my nose. Deacon hands the plate to Josie and I reach out to take the cup, holding it for her so she can eat.
“I’ll be back with more pancakes,” Deacon says before leaving.
Axel pushes himself up to sit on the end of the bed, watching our girl eat. She takes a small cube of cheese from
Side of her plate and closes her eyes with a moan as she eats it. Pancakes and cheese? Strange combo but if she enjoys it then I won’t say a word. I look at the hot liquid in the cup and frown. It’s not coffee like I expected, it looks more like hot pond water. I bring the cup closer to my nose and sniff it.
“What the hell is this?” I grimace at the offensive smell.
“Horrible, is what it is,” she sighs.
“Then why are you having it? Do you want me to make you some coffee? I could go to Starbucks for you if you want,
“Ugh no, no to coffee,” she shudders and takes the cup from me. Her nose wrinkles as she sips the hot liquid, “I drink this because it helps,” she says we a smile. She casts a glance at Axel and the pair share a knowing smile. My heart plummets into my stomach. Nothing is making sense which makes me think I’m still in the void after all.
N.O Darling Author
Sorry, it’s later than usual. Writer’s block has struck! There will be another chapter after this and then hopefully another one or two later. Thanks for reading and all your support with gems, gifts, comments and reviews.
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