Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 337

Chapter 337

"I know," Chase says, voice distant now, like he's already retreating into himself.

I don't look back. I don't dare because I'm not sure what I will do. As much as he terrifies me, he's also my bond, and it's in my nature to want to be with him.

Archie closes the door behind us and we

all stand in the hallway for a second, dazed, whilst we process what just happened.

"You okay?" Dillon asks, scanning my body as if checking for injuries.

"No," I admit, voice cracking. "He's my bond, and he's insane."

Nobody speaks. Not for a long beat. The

silence hangs heavily between us until Finley finally exhales a low whistle.

dryly, "that's one way to make

though now that Chase's suffocating presence is gone, it feels like

hit the

I whisper into his shoulder, my voice hoarse. "How are we going to form a bond group with him when he could snap

jaw clenched tight. His whole body is

spring. "We will work it

you're right,"

intense, and

guy. I think having a bond will be good for

we follow him towards the door that

don't want to bond with him," I

says quietly behind us. "But that

lip so hard I

for this. No training to prepare for being physically claimed by a near-feral stranger in a pitch-black dorm room. This is not how bonds should be introduced. Chase didn't exactly hurt me... but he didn't give me a choice, either. What would have happened if the guys

points out, grabbing a blanket from the couch where students still party. He tosses it over me whilst I stilling to Archie

me like I was a freaking stuffed animal!" I

wolf calm. You might be the