Chapter 0197
** Josie’s POV **
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helps me cook lasagne whilst Mason and Axel sit at the kitchen table discussing more in–depth plans for our ambush of Cornelius. They go through various scenarios and backup plans until Luke comes home.
“We should be live,” he announces excitedly, placing a laptop down on the table and opening it.
“You reconnected us to the human realm?” I ask.
“Yes, well, I had help but I got the tech to the right people, he grins.
“Can you put this into the oven? I ask Theo, motioning to the large oven dish.
“Sure thing,” he smiles and I hand him the oven gloves before setting a 45 minute timer.
I move to watch Luke on the laptop and wait with bated breath as he attempts to connect to the internet. I clap my hands excitedly when the search engine loads up.
“Nice work, Luke,”
“Thanks, Sweetness, now over to you,” he says, standing from his chair and offering it to me. I sit down and look up at him.
“What am I supposed to be doing?”
“Marking possible locations where this meet and greet might take place. You know the human realm better than anyone in this realm. We know it’s in the capital city and it needs to be big enough in or around it to accommodate a large crowd,” he says.
I nod and bring up a satellite map of London and then blow but a breath. This is going to be like finding a needle in a haystack. The guys go silent as I study the map, clicking on buildings and searching each one to find out the owner and its purpose.
“I’ll start with government–owned buildings but we can’t rule out privately–owned buildings as the owners could easily have been compelled to allow him to use them. Then there are public spaces that could also be used. Ideally, we should be there, looking for activity. There will be signs of an event being set up, security being briefed and already securing the area. There are some accessible traffic cams we can watch but what we really need is access to council and private business camera feeds,” I explain.
“Our miltary should be able to access them and they have enough men to monitor them,” Deacon says from behind me, startling me.
“You’re back,” I turn to face him with a smile. Happy to have all five of my bonds back home.
“I am,” he says, but he doesnt return my smile, instead he looks at me suspiciously.
“Is everything okay?” I ask, standing from my chair to face him. I do not like the vibe I’m getting from him right now. I cast glances at the rest of my guys and they also look confused about Deacon’s demeanour.
“I don’t know, you tell me. I caught Molly tonight, we had an interesting conversation,” he says in a low, steady
tone.
“That’s great, that’s one less thing for us to worry about,” Luke says but D doesn’t acknowledge him, he just keeps his intense gaze focused on me. I feel as though he is measuring me up and studying my every reaction.
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Chapter 0197
“What did she say?” I ask. She must have said something to make him act this way but I have no clue what it could
be
Deacon steps towards me, his eyes flashing blue and I sense what he is about to do. He is getting control of my mind. He’s about to compel me and I’m powerless to stop it
“Don’t you fucking dare,” Mason growls, coming to stand in front of me and shielding me from Deacon. Axel moves to my side, taking my hand in his as if he’s about to him and take me with him.
The room falls deathly silent and I realise they’re all talking through the mind link. Theo glances at me with worried eyes and Axel grips my hand tighter. Luke shakes is head and Mason clenches his fists.
