Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 0256

+25 BONUS

Sage turns her head again, staring directly at the house and steps forward. She raises a hand pointing at it and hope fills me. This is it, Myles‘ bond is here, which means Harper could be in there, or someone who can lead us to her. I creep forward: Making sure not to step on anything that could give my presence away. The scent of mildew and decay tills my nostrils as I near the open doorway. I pop my head into the entryway. The floor is littered with empty beer cans and drug paraphernalia.

“Hey, Man, you selling?” a dishevelled–looking man asks, bis eyes struggling to focus on me.

He looks to be in his late fifties and his clothes are torn. His face is gaunt, and his teeth are rotten.

“No, I’m looking for someone,” I say,

“Are you a cop?” He asks with a look of disdain.

“No. I’m just looking for… a friend, a female,” I tell him.

but she’s got some company if you know what I mean,”

I force a smile as I make

him and the sight makes me sad. When Josie wakes up, I’m going to ask her how I can get these people the help they clearly need. No one should have to live like

is a female in the back, apparently. I’ll bring her out to see if she is Myles bond, but judging by the rest of the occupants of this house, she is not

Myles,” D says.

once were. In the corner of the room, there is a small tent set up, and I can hear breathing from inside. I stand there for a second wondering what to do next.

I call, leaning down and unzipping the

it?” a female voice slurs.

help you,” I say as the door falls away to reveal a

but her eyes still hold a spark of life, unlike the man who I’d spoken to at the front of the house, his

I have never met before?”

at the man passed out beside her, the filthy blankets under her and the empty glass bottles at the foot of the

a stupid question. It’s quite

Dude, I’m not going anywhere with you, you are probably some pervert,” she hisses,

say to Deacon through the mind link and another