Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 296

**Luke’s POV**

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Brent gives me a tout, which takes only a few minutes. There is a communal type area with dirty pillows on the floor and makeshift tables made out of wooden pallets. Brent tells me breakfast will be served here in the morning. There are stacks of board games and playing cards on a pallet in the corner and another pallet is full of packaged paper plates, plastic cups and cutlery. There are large bottles of water that look like they have been refilled many times, the plastic warped and dirty.

“I don’t suppose there’s a bathroom, is there?” I ask, trying not to show my disappointment at their living conditions.

“There’s one around here somewhere,” Brent says, leading me down another mud tunnel. “Here, we move it every few days for obvious reasons. You can always tell which one is a toilet by the colour of the curtain. If it’s one of these blue ones, it’s a toilet,” he says, holding back a curtain to reveal a literal hole in the ground. I fight the urge to wrinkle my nose in disgust.

“What about washing facilities?”

“We have daily trips up to one of the gyms or leisure centers, we have people working in them that can let us in to shower. I’ll make sure someone takes you tomorrow. We also have fresh clothes brought down daily. You can leave your dirty clothes in the corner of the communal area, and they will be taken to the laundrette and returned. I can’t guarantee someone won’t take them though. It’s a bit of a free–for–all with the clothes,” he shrugs.

you. It’s quite the set–up you have

we don’t have anything permanent, but it works. Get some sleep, I’ll probably see you in the morning,” he says before porting

for Harper? I’m sure there won’t just be teens down here. They will have someone here keeping them under control, because there’s no way a group of teens would follow a set bedtime routine without it being enforced. Whoever is watching the teens has most likely been told to keep

way back to Robert, peeking my head in to checkon him. He is curled up on his side, snoring softly. I step back, looking down the tunnel. I can see multiple curtains covering the entranceways to more rooms. Harper could be so close, right behind

They’re all still awake and anxious.

on a much larger scale. They are living underground in burrows like rabbits. The whole place is silent, but the guy who brought me here said this

them possibly being underground, Deacon says.

them,” I confirm. “I have another lead for you to check out. They are using gyms and leisure centers to shower. They have people worlding there to let them in, so you

and get something setup to monitor them,”

still sleeping, so I’m searching alone for

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caught snooping around in

won’t,” I

so proud of you, and I

I’ll be back with you soon, I