Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 299

**Josie’s POV **

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Luke wakes us up in the best way possible. He’s found Harper, and she’ll be coming home soon. I can already feel the excitement bubbling inside me as I pace the kitchen, imagining the moment when I can finally wrap my arms around her. The thought that she is safe fills me with overwhelming joy, and I can’t wait to see her again.

Axel informs Raff, who arranges to have Archie’s parents brought here. I expect them to be a little hostile towards us because it’s our fault that Archie was lost in the first place, but when they arrive they just seem to be reviled and as anxious as the rest of us.

It has been less than an hour since Luke confirmed he had Harper, but it feels like a lifetime. The anticipation is killing me and the air feels thick with tension.

Mason is no better. He’s a prolific pacer at the best of times Now I’m worried he’s going to pass out from exhaustion before she even arrives at this rate.

Theo is sitting at the kitchen table bouncing his knee and Axel is resting his head in his hands. Deacon

is the only one of us that is not showing any outward signs that give away his emotions, but I can feel he is just as keyed up as the rest of us.

The last weeks have been a chaotic mess of frantic searches, desperate pleas and unanswered prayers, until now. We have barely spoken since Luke gave us the news.

I can barely see past the haze of my own thoughts and tear–blurred eyes. There are so many questions running through my mind. How is she? What has she been through? Will she need healing? Some therapy? The uncertainty

gnaws at me.

a

guys are around us in seconds, enclosing us in the biggest of hugs. A thousand unspoken words pass between us and my heart feels as though it is going to burst in my chest as I get a rush of love that’s similar to the one I got when I gave birth to her and held her for

pulling back to look

much, and she looks more mature in a way that only happens with life experiences. I hear my guys all talking to her, but their words

again, kissing the top of her head as she presses.

are safe. Just don’t ever do something like that again. We would have come with you to get Dillon if you’d told us. We had no idea

hear Deacon say into the mind link, and

for him, needing to touch him too. I don’t ever want to let any of them go again. I want to lock them

says with an exasperated laugh once he has had a moment to hold both me and

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happened?” Theo asks.

the only thing I could think of to say,” Harper laughs.

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have no idea what I have just been through,” Luke blows out a breaths and shakes his head. “Oh come on, give us the full story, this

find Archle and Dillon and get them back to Robert. Luke had spent almost an hour dodging: Mandy’s advances and making up excuses to delay their ‘bonding. Both he and Harper say Mandy is wild and kind of scary. I have

is parents surrounding bin and fussing over him. Then I look for Dillon

in the hall, slumped against the wall and looking a worrying shade of grey. Dillon kneels beside him, a hand on his

to my feet to get

beside him, and he gives me a weak smile.

voice sounding

way. “Let’s get him on the couch,” Deacon says,