Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 282

**Josie’s POV**

We all freeze, waiting for sreaction from my mum, who looks atin confusion before rushing toand

pullingin for a hug.

“I'm sorry, Josie Bean, | know you told us to stay home, but | couldn't sit there any longer. Frank is there and will

call if Harper turns up,” my mum says.

“And | have a camera set up with motion detection. If she turns up at my place, I'll get a notification on my

phone, and we can be back there in seconds,” Freya explains

| cast a quick glance behindand see that my guys have formed a shield in front of Robert, blocking him from

my mum's sight.

“Thank you for coming, but I'm not sure if there is anything you can do. We know now Harper isn’t just missing,

she has been taken by rogues,” | explain.

“Oh, Harper,” my mum begins to sob, and | wrap an arm around her.

“Those fuckers are back? | thought you got

them all last time?” Freya asks, her fury clear on her fac

“Let's go to the kitchen and make stea, and I'll catch you both up,” | say, leading my mum away from

Robert.

“Is she going to lose her mind again if she sees him?” | ask Deacon through the mind link.

the compulsion holds, she shouldn't react negatively to him. | removed what | thought was the trauma

surrounding him from her memory. She may recognise him as your biological father, but | made him a man she

had a one-night stand with and never saw again,” Deacon responds, and | relax a little.

| do wonder what it was that caused her to break all those years ago. | had always blamed Robert, but now |

know the truth about his story with her, | can’t blhim. There must have been something else that caused it.

Something that | need to look into because she might be at risk of it happening again.

My mum sits at the kitchen table and | hand her a box of tissues before moving to fill up the kettle.

“What's going on? Why did your men hide that guy back there?” Freya whispers, coming up behind me.

| glance nervously over at my mum, who is wiping her face with the tissues and not paying us any attention.

“That was my biological father,” | whisper.

Freya's eyes fill with murderous rage as she looks back in the direction of where we just left Robert and her fists

clench. | place a hand on her arm and shake my head.

It didn’t happen how we thought. He didn’t hurt her, he loved her,” | try to calm her.

“And you believe him?” She hisses.

“Yes, D had him under compulsion. It's quite a sad story, and I'm still trying to process it. I'll tell you everything

later, but he’s not the man we thought he was,” | explain.

“Oh so now you just let him walk into your life? Fair enough, he might not have forced himself on your mum, but

he still abandoned you.” Freya snaps, her voice rising a little and causing my mum to look over at us.

“Givea break, Freya, | literally just found all this out an hour ago. He is here to help find Harper. She is all

that matters right now. If you can’t handle that and be civil towards him, then just leave because | have enough

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with right now,” I snap.

“Shit, Jo, I'm sorry. | can be civil, it was just a shock is all,” Freya says, and | can hear the remorse in her voice.

“I know,” | sigh, “This whole thing is taking its toll... | just reel to useless. My daughter is out there, and | have no

idea what is happening to her, and I'm just here, making fucking tea,” | shout, my voice rising with every word as

the weight of everything finally gets to me. I launch the empty cup in my hand across the room, the porcelain

shattering as it hits the wall.

| say to the floor, screaming into my hands as | break down, hear my mum fussing and Freya trying to calm me,

but | don’t register their words as | scream out all my pain and frustration. Strong arms scoopup and hold me

close. | know it’s Axel without looking. | sense my guys closing in around us, lendingtheir strength and

reassuring me.

“Josie, | know it’s hard, but you need to calm down,” Deacon's steady voice floats into my mind.

“Breath, Baby,” Theo says.

“We've got you,” Luke soothes.

Ify

you want to destroy things, there are sobnoxiously happy statues outside that look much better without

heads, just try not to bring this house down around us or Dwill have a fit,” Mason says, his words grabbing my

attention.

I suck in calming breaths, trying to regulate myself before anyone gets hurt. I lost control, not only of my

emotions, but my power, and the last tthat happened, | nearly destroyed half the academy. There are two

humans in this house who | care about greatly. They would not survive the house collapsing on them.

“Mum,” |

| manage to gasp between breaths as | open my eyes and look around at the mess I've created.

A section of the ceiling has collapsed and chunks of plaster litter the floor.

“She’s okay, she and Freya got out,” Axe reassures, and | wiggle out of his arms, needing to see for myself.

| stumble towards the back door where Raff has Freya locked in his arms as she attempts to break free to get to

me. Robert has my mum pressed against his chest, a hand covering her head protectively as she cries. There's a

small trickle of blood at his temple but otherwise, everyone looks unharmed

“Shit, Girl, I'm sorry, that was all my fault. | shouldnt have pushed you like that,” Freya says when she notices

me, but | ignore her, too focused on my mum and Robert as | inch closer.

“Mum?” | say softly. I'm scared to see her face, to see if my outburst has broken her, or if seeing Robert has

triggered her mental health into a downward spiral.

Robert releases his hold on her, now that he knows it’s safe and when my mum's eyes land on me, | see the

clarity there. She is scared and worried, but she is okay. | pull her into a hug

“I'm so sorry. | lost control,” | tell her.

“It's okay, you are going through a lot, and this kind man helpedget...” her words trail off as she turns to

look at her savior.

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