Fractured by N.O Darling

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Once Harper’s initial shock of realising it’s me passes, a wide grin spreads over her face, and she steps towards me. A hand reaches out to grab her arm, stopping her.

“What’s going on he

Do you know him?” The woman with the wild eyes that announced breakfast asks as her fingers grip Harper’s upper atm.

I give Harper a subtle shake of my head, and she blinks before looking at the woman holding her back.

“No, Mandy, I just thought I saw nothing, it doesn’t matter,” Harper shakes her head, and it takes a gargantuan effort not to demand the woman release her.

“Don’t lie, little girl, I saw it too. Tell us who he is to you,” the gruff voice I recognise from last night says.

“How could she possibly know me? I’ve never seen this kid before in my life. I have probably been locked up longer than she has been alive,” I snort a laugh.

“Get Brent back here. I knew there was something off about these guys,” the guff man demands.

“No, wait. I’ll tell you,” Harper shakes her head.

“Go on then,” Mandy says.

“He’s your bond,” Harper blurts, and I almost choke on air

“Are you sure?” Mandy asks, her voice rising in delight

“Yes,” Harper nods, “I saw it as soon as I walked in here, it’s the clearest bond I have seen yet.

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A few people gasp and Gruff man grunts, curling his lip in disgust before snatching up a box of cereal and walking

away.

“Oh, this is wonderful. I knew those meditation sessions would pay off,” Mandy gushes, hugging Harper before turning her eyes to me.

She grins at me in what I think is supposed to be a seductive way, but it’s just terrifying. Her hand releases Harper and she reaches out to me. I scoot back in an attempt to stay out of her reach.

“Come on, Lucas, don’t be shy. I have waited a long time for you,” she smiles and attempts to flutter her eyelashes at me.

“I have to look after my friend, he needs to eat and get back to bed,” I say, gesturing to Robert, who is watching the whole scene unfold with wide eyes.

“Harper will help him, won’t you, Dear?” Mandy says.

“Yes, of course, but he doesn’t look like he can walk. Let me find Archie and Dillon, they can carry him,” Harper says, and Robert plays along, gripping his head and crying out in pain.

This is good. Harper is smart. She has just let me know that both Dillon and Archie are here with her, and she has worked out how to get her bonds and get back to my room with Robert. Now I just need to buy them enough time to port out.

“Thank you,” I say to Harper, before turning to Robert. “You should try to eat something and then this kid is going to have her friends take you back. Don’t wait for me, I’ll come and find you later, okay?” I say, hoping he

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understands my coded message.

“Yes, you go, I’ll be fine getting back,” he says.

I move towards Mandy, my feet feeling He lead. I squeeze Harper’s shoulder as I pass her. “Please stay with him until I return, he’s like a father to me,” 1 tell her, letting her know she can trust him.

“will,” she nods.

Mandy slips her hand into mine and pulls me away from the communal area. I go reluctantly, hating every part of this. I just found my daughter and I can’t even hug her or tell her how much I love her. Instead, I’m letting mande Mandy take me to god knows where

Mandy leads me down one of the tunnels and 1 spot a blue curtain.

I need to use the bathroom,” I tell her, trying to buy myself

Handsome, but hurry up, I don’t like to be kept walking,” Mandy says, blinking up at me

in here doesn’t seem so bad now that

up!” I demand into the

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finding Archie and Dillon, and then Robert will be bringing them back soon,” I say quickly.

I have to fight not to burst into tears of happiness at the rush of emotion from our whole group as they give me words of

safe place to port out. As soon as they’re back I need you to tell me, so I can escape before anyone notices they’ve gone,”

careful,” Josie says.

for the rest of her life for this. I’ll explain later, but just know I love you, and I’m only

there are you, Lucas?” Mandy says, and I hear the curtain move as she walks into

to

pressing herself up against my back and her hands moving around

my dick retracts into my body, like a turtle going into its shell, at the threat of

in here,” I say, trying not to sound repulsed by

can’t wait to bond with you,” she says excitedly, and I suppress a shudder.

I had been assigned. Her bed is a double mat in the center and T can only assume she either has a bond already or she keeps company with the gruff

bonds?” I

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all to yourself,” she smiles, laying back on the bed and patting the

grin, that probably looks more like

you, I promise,” she blinks up

by all this, I never thought I’d have a bond, and I want to savour the moment. There’s no reason for us to rush, is there? Let’s go to know each other a little first,” I tell her,

never done this before, have you?”

was 18. I want this to

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her face, and she steps towards me. A hand reaches out to grab her arm,

going on he

woman with the wild eyes that announced breakfast asks as her fingers

Harper a subtle shake of my head, and she blinks before looking at the woman

saw nothing, it doesn’t matter,” Harper shakes her head, and it takes a

it too. Tell us who he is

life. I have probably been locked up longer than she has been alive,” I snort

there was something off about these guys,”

tell you,”

then,” Mandy says.

blurts, and I

sure?” Mandy asks, her voice rising in

Harper nods, “I saw it as soon as I walked in here, it’s the

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gasp and Gruff man grunts, curling his lip in disgust before

away.

this is wonderful. I knew those meditation sessions would pay off,”

just terrifying. Her hand

have waited a long time for you,” she smiles and attempts to flutter her eyelashes at me.

to bed,” I say, gesturing to Robert, who is watching

help him, won’t you, Dear?” Mandy says.

Archie and Dillon, they can carry him,”

smart. She has just let me know that both Dillon and Archie are here with her, and she has worked out how to get her bonds and get back to my room with Robert. Now I just need to buy

going to have her friends take you back. Don’t wait for me, I’ll come and

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my coded

you go, I’ll be fine getting

as I pass her. “Please stay with him until I return, he’s like a father to me,” 1 tell her, letting her know she can

“will,” she nods.

every part of this. I just found my daughter and I can’t even hug her or tell her how much I love her. Instead,