Chapter 338

**Harper's POV **

Archie and Dillon bombard Finley with questions about Chase, and I can't listen anymore. I'm torn between fear, intrigue, a need to help my bond, who is clearly struggling, whilst protecting my others, and a ser Before I started the academy, I had been worried that extra bonds would cause an issue, but this is even worse than I had imagined.

"I'm going to shower," I say, moving into my bedroom and slamming the door shut behind me.

Instead of heading to the bathroom, I pull my phone from my back pocket as sit on the edge of my bed. Hitting call on the contact of the only person I want to speak to right now, I bring the phone to my ear and "Mum?" Isay with a barely controlled sob as soon as I hear her voice.

"Sweet heart, what's wrong?" She asks, her voice full of concern.

"I want to come home," I admit.

"What happened?"

"I don't think I'm ready for this life, mum. My bonds are... they're not what I expected."

"Archie and Dillon?"

"No, the other two."

"Who are they? What did they do?" I hear my dad demand in the background and I curse myself for not making sure she was alone.

"Are you hurt?" My mum asks, and I hear a commotion outside my bedroom door.

Just a little shaken, I guess." I try to play it down as I move into the bathroom so I don't have to hear

know who my other two bonds are yet. I can't imagine they are

Yes.

I just needed to hear your

know you can call me

know, mum, thank

"You never

about a shopping trip this weekend. Do you want to go? Just the two of us? We could have lunch

like."

nice," I nod, even though she

then I

closed through the phone's

What's up?" She says, her voice lower than it

mum. I don't know if

have the right underwear, and what if I'm making them miserable? How am I supposed

"Harper, calm

are you being pressured

me. I don't think ny third bond knows he's my bond yet. My fourth is, well, he's very aware and he basically just kidnapped me in the dark and took me to his bedroom," I tell her, my voice tremble as I

do then? Did he force

you are thinking. He just... hugged me, and got all growly at my other bonds," I say, realising

he older than

I think two or three

your boundaries with them. Be firm, Harper. You are the centre of your group, you set the rules.

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