Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 12

I try to keep my breathing steady. Not wanting to alert Mason to the fact I’m awake or that I’ve seen him. I scrunch my eyes closed, too scared to keep looking at those eyes. Slowly I move my hand to find Theo’s, and when my fingers wrap around his I give him three hard squeezes. He groans on the first squeeze, by the third he’s fully alert.

“Jose, what’s wrong?” he asks, sitting up.

“There’s someone in here,” I whisper. I feel Theo shift on the bed before the light clicks on.

“Where?” he asks. I open my eyes and look into the corner where I’d seen Mason, but he’s no longer there.

“He was right there,” I point with a shaky finger. Theo looks puzzled and slightly dazed. As he ‘scans the room. He checks the window and confirms it’s locked, then he checks any wardrobe and bathroom but finds nothing.

“Stay here, I’ll be right back,” he gives me a reassuring smile and picks up my room key before leaving. A few tense moments pass before Theo lets himself back into my room.

“I think it was a nightmare,” he smiles sympathetically.

“It wasn’t, I saw him. It was Mason,” I shake

my head.

“Mason is sleeping, I just checked. Plus he wouldn’t have been able to get in or out without making a noise,” Theo comes to sit beside me on the bed, he puts an arm around my shoulders and pulls me into his side to offer me comfort.

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meekly. Hating how weak this place is making me

you

silhouette, their eyes flashed

in the realm with a teleporting ability,” he half laughs.

the blue glowy eye thing?”

the blue glowy eye thing,” he teases. “We all have blue eyes, and they can sometimes glow when we

Mason teleport?” I

it wasn’t Mason,” he says with a sigh and

between you and him?”

I wish I knew. Imagine this super hot and mysterious guy, he’s a complete asshole to everyone, except you. He has a permanent scowl, but when he looks at you, he smiles and it takes your breath away. If anyone ever says a bad word to you they face his wrath. He talks to you about things he hides from everyone else. You’re the only one he lets see just how broken he is. Whenever you’re alone with him the air feels charged with sexual tension, but he never makes a move. So one day you pluck up the courage to kiss him. And it’s the hottest kiss ever and he’s really into it, but then suddenly he pulls away and spends

to talk

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brother and I am imagining the whole

you could see the way he looks a me… and he tried to kill me again last

think he was trying to kill you, just scare you. He’s that matters now because

he’s not a murderer. Anyway, none of

sure I’m ready for all this bond stuff, and I don’t want to come

been flipped upside down. That doesn’t change that we are bonds though, but it doesn’t mean I expect anything from you. I have to earn that. For now, we are friends, and I’m going to keep you safe and happy. Then one day, if

for the rescue earlier, and for not undressing me whilst I was in a magically

take advantage of