Fractured by N.O Darling

** Harper's POV **

I wake up to warmth, skin against skin, Dillon's soft breath on my shoulder and the bed a tangle of sheet and limbs. I never want to move from this happy little bubble.

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I have Archie pressed to my front, one hand cradling my cheek as if he fell asleep staring at my face. He looks so peaceful with a soft smile on his lips even as he sleeps. Dillon is curled behind me, his arm draped over my waist and his face buried into the crook of my neck. I can feel the steady rise and fall of his chest, calm and deep.

Between their bodies, I feel safe and surrounded by love and something even stronger, our bond. It pulses with a warm energy and the shimmering tethers are now solid.

The stories I'd been told are nothing compared to this. I wasn't prepared for how much they would make me feel complete. For how much my soul would sing for them, as if they had lit a new fire inside me. I am a different person today. (1

They are mine, and I am theirs. We are a bonded group.

I shift slightly, brushing my nose against Archie's jaw. He murmurs something in his sleep and pulls me closer. Behind me, Dillon grips me tighter for a moment, afraid I might leave his arms.

I examine the tethers between us again, mesmerised by them. This is real. There are no more doubts. No fear.

The shimmering tethers that have not yet solidified fill me with longing and my chest tightens with an ache for them. I had worried I didn't have enough love in me for four, but the tethers don't lie.

I won't spread myself thin to satisfy them all. My heart will expand and strengthen. It will make room.

I can love all four.

Finley and Chase are mine. I'm not scared anymore. There is nothing that could come between me, Dillon, and Archie. Chase and Finn will only strengthen us. We will all be equal.

The two tethers seem to glimmer more brightly as I accept my fate. Two more threads waiting to be tied. Two more pieces of my soul, desperate to come home.

I see things much clearer today. It's as if bonding with Archie and Dillon has brought me clarity, or maybe it's my seer gift growing. Do seers see deeper than just bonds? Because I can see much more than a simple tether now.

My wild and funny Finley. He will keep us on our toes and fill our lives with laughter. In return, we will give him the attention he seeks and provide him with the acceptance he craves.

our most fierce protector. We will gift him peace and the control he craves. We will ground him and free him of his heavy

men chosen for me. A small part of me felt guilty, like I

the moment. Archie blinks sleepily at me, his thumb brushing my cheek. Morning, Precious," he murmurs, his voice rough yet

You're

moment, surrounded by their love, I feel

should shower before we go for breakfast," Archie says with a displeased tone, as if getting out of

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last thing he

I say with

either, but I am eager to

to their room to shower whilst I use my own. I thought I might be sore today, but I'm not. Maybe

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my bonds. I think we all have a little extra spring in our steps today. Both my guys look happier and have a

earlier, but we kind of

morning," Dillon says, looking a little

to eat with us. Chase too," I say with a

Are you sure?"

are much clearer today. Finn and Chase belong

support any decision you make, and if you accept them in

same," Archie nods, and

their support, then

deflated when I don't see either of them. I already knew they weren't here because the shimmering tethers pointed in a

worry, we can wait for them," Archie

students. I know it's him by the way the tether linking us moves with him. When his face comes into view and his eyes find mine, I' smile and

but now he's here, I feel shy. He