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This is all my fault. Harper is missing and it’s because of me. I’m the one person in the world who should be able to protect her above everyone else, and I messed up, massively. Theo had promised me I’d be a good father, and that he wouldn’t let me mess this up, and he’d failed too. I guess we are both as useless as each other.
If I hadn’t scared that boy off yesterday then I doubt any of this would have happened. I had thought I was protecting her. I had worn my anger on my face, wanting him to see how pissed I was that he was looking at my daughter whilst she was wearing a bathing suit and that it’s not okay to look at my little girl like that, despite her age, she is still my baby girl and always will be. I should have waited until I had hold of him before I let him see my fury. I should have waited until Deacon was close enough to use compulsion on him.
If we hadn’t been so on display in such a public area, I could have used my telekinesis to stop him, or D could have ported us through the door. Still, we are trying to build trust in this realm and using our gifts so openly to capture a teenage boy would have probably caused some tension at the very least.
The water park opened almost two hours ago, and we had a quick chat with the staff inside. We found out Dillon didn’t turn in for work today. Which either means I scared him enough that he won’t return or Harper somehow intercepted him before he clocked in for his shift. A bus pulls up outside the park and excited teens pour out, running towards the park entrance.
“How far of a walk is this place from where we are staying?” I ask as I watch the bus pull away. We had driven here in the minivan that D had rented, but Harper had made her own way here.
“It’s about 30 minutes I think. She must have used the maps on my phone to find it if this is where she went,‘ Josie says.
“Did she have any money?” I ask.
“A little. I gave all the kids some pocket money to spend in this realm and I don’t think she has spent any, so she has £50, which won’t last her long,” Josie says nervously as she scans the face of every teen that fits Dillon’s description.
“Why would she come after the boy though?” Luke asks, “It seems so risky for her to venture out into a realm she is not familiar with for a boy she never even spoke to. Why would she care that much?”
“If she thinks he’s her bond she would,” Josie says quietly, and we all turn to look at her.
“Why would she think he’s her bond?” I ask, my fists clenching at the thought of my daughter having bonds.
“I think she might have a seer ability awakening. She is pretty confident that a boy in her class is her bond, and she was very drawn in by Dillon,” Josie admits.
“And you didn’t think to tell us this?” I ask.
“She told me in confidence. I didn’t think it was important until we actually knew for sure,” Josie says, ar gives her an understanding smile and wraps an arm around her, trying to comfort her.
vel.
“Our daughter thinks she has identified one of her bonds, and you didn’t think it was fucking important?” I snap, anger taking over.
Luke moves in closer to Josie. He and Axe are tense and ready to protect her. Which just pisses me off more. After all this time, do they really think I’d hurt her?
“Arguing isn’t going to help right now. I’m sure Josie and Harper decided to keep this from you because of your tendency to overreact,” Luke says, and his words hit me like a punch to the gut.
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Chapter 0244
Am I really that bad that my bonded life partner and my daughter feel they have to hide things from me?
“Luke is right, we can discuss this when we have Harper hone and safe,” Josie sighs.
She is right, of course, she is, but I won’t let this drop. We will be discussing this when we have Harper back. I push the anger from my mind and focus back on finding my daughter.
“Fine. If she was here she would have left a scent, but we can’t shift here, plus it would be almost impossible to distinguish her scent from how many people have been in the area since,” I say.
“They’re teenagers, their brains are not fully developed, and they’re full of hormones. We need to think like them. What would you guys have done if I approached you at that age and said I thought you were like me and that we are bonds?” Josie asks, and we all go quiet whilst we think.
