Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 0206

** Mason’s POV

Theo is unusually quiet and I don’t like it. He’s not said a word, just remains a silent support, which is very out of

character for him.

My mother moves closer to us, taking the seat opposite the couch we are sitting on. My fathers stand behind her. Each of them placing a hand on her shoulders in support.

“Cash was never my bond,” my mum says and I feel like the world stops spinning.

“What do you mean? You never bonded with film?” I ask.

“No, I couldn’t bond with him because he wasn’t one of my bonds. He compelled us all to believe he was but we worked out he wasn’t whilst he was away with you. We tried to confront him about it when he returned but he threatened to leave and take you and your sister with him. We had no idea what he’d done to you or how much control he had over you. You were so different when you returned that we thought you were under his compulsion too, so the only way we could protect you both was to go along with it,” she explains.

and my head buzzes, realise then that it must be Josie’s

and beat me into submission. Why didn’t he just compel me to do what he wanted?” I ask. I have so many questions and I don’t know what to ask first so they come out in a jumbled

him to kill me, he refused and told her he wanted to keep me as his new project. I think he

he drugged us to get into our minds and eventually, it wore off. You always did have a strong mind, Mason, I doubt that even when you were a child he would

I have spent so long hating her for not helping me, for letting Cash get away with everything he did. Can really just forgive her now, after all this time? Are my parents just as much victims in Cash’s cruel games as I

people of the same sex?” Theo asks, finally finding his

voice.

smiles before looking up at her bonds, who smile back down at her

very common within bond

almost laugh when I realise what my mother is saying Her bonds are also in a romantic relationship

in your bond group? What was his end

for something. Now that I know