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.

skips a beat. I turn to see my daughter running towards me from the

don’t even register that I’ve moved before my arms are wrapped around her, and we sink to the floor in floods of happy tears. My 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

say pulling back to look at Harper’s face,

and filthy. She has changed in the last weeks, her bright eyes now seem shadowed as if they’ve seen too 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 all mix into

pull her towards me again, kissing the top of her head as she presses. her face to

are here and you are safe. Just don’t ever do something like that again. We would have come with you to

mind link, and seconds later Luke

of them go again. I want to lock them away in the house and never let any of my kids or bonds out

an exasperated laugh once he has had a moment to

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thing I could think of to say,” Harper

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have just been through,” Luke blows out a breaths and

along with it to buy Harper some time to find Archle and Dillon and get them back to Robert. Luke had spent almost an hour

Archie is in a similar situation to Harper, is parents surrounding bin

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

scrambling to my feet to get to

him, and he gives me a weak smile.

sounding as weak as he looks.

eyes. He is not in a good way. “Let’s get him on the couch,” Deacon says, helping my dad