Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 292

**|osie’s POV **

We have just finished putting the younger kids to bed when Deacon arrives home. Atlas and Joel are in the sitting

room with my mum and Freya. We were about to start a movie.

“What's wrong?” | ask when | see the uneasy look on Deacon's face.

| had been sensing stension and frustration coming from film and Mason through the bond, but I'd thought

it was w

worry over Lake and having no luck with the journal.

“Can we go up to our bedroom for a moment? | need to talk to the firee of you,” he says, looking between me,

Theo and Axel.

“Yes, but can you just tellthat everyone is okay?” | ask

“As far as | know, yes, there's been no change with Luke. This is about something Mason and | found in the spark

bond journal,” he explains as we make our way upstairs.

| blow out a breath, relieved there's no bad news about Luke, Harper or Robert.

“Start the movie without us,” | call down to Freya before | reach the top of the stairs.

“Will, do,” she calls back.

“Well, this sounds ominous,” Theo sighs as Deacon closes the bedroom door behind us.

“We have, or had a traitor, or two, depending on how you look at it,” Deacon says.

“Is this one of them riddles we are supposed to figure out to prove how smart we are?” Theo frowns.

“No, from what we have found in the journal, this whole mission with the rogues has been going on for centuries.

In the last entry from our group, we had just discovered that it was one of our group that was leading the

opposition behind the rest of the group’s backs,” D explains

“So you are saying one of us was the equivalent to Cornelius in our past lives?” Axe asks.

“Yes,” D nods.

“Not it,” Theo says quickly.

“Shit,” I curse.

“Do we know who?” Axel asks.

“Nope, we haven't worked out who is who yet. All we know is that Josie was Amara, and Mason thinks Theo was

previously Nero,” Deacon says.

“Oh con. What kind of nis Nero?... wait, was Nero the traitor?” Theo asks, talking way too fast, the way

he does when he is anxious.

“No, Nero wasn't involved,” Deacon shakes his head.

“Fine, | accept | was Nero then, even if it is a stupid name,” Theo nods.

“We were Amara, Nero, Caius, Lucius, Tristan and Orion. Tristan disappeared, and they thought he was dead as

they lost the connection to him, but they found him leading the opposition. Lucius killed him and Amara died of a

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broken heart,” Deacon explains.

“Damn,” Theo breathes.

| process his words. My former self in a past life died of a broken heart? It seems a little tic of me, but then

if | truly lost any of my bonds, I'm not sure if | could go on living. | wonder if it was Tristan’s betrayal or Lucius

killing him that led to her demise.

“That doesn’t mean the sthing is happening this taround. | don’t believe any of you would ever do

that,” | shake my head.

“I'm pretty sure that’s what you thought last taround, and then Tristan the traitor stabbed you in the back

before Lucius the lunatic ripped out your heart,” Theo says with a grimace.

“Look, | don’t think any of us are working for the rogues, but obviously this could cause distrust within our group,

and | don’t think that’s something we can handle right now. So | have a simple solution to rule Axel, Mason and

Theo out,” Deacon says.

“What about you and Luke?” Axel asks him.

“I can’t access Luke right now, and | can’t compel myself. All | can do is swear to you all that I'm not working

against you, | never would,” D shrugs

“So you want to compel us to question us?” Theo asks, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Yes, if you are willing”

“I hate to object because it probably makeslook suspicious, but you can’t compel us, not right now anyway

Axel sighs and Theo narrows his eyes at

What Axe said does make him look suspicious, but | was already about to raise the sissue. It’s too risky to

let any of them be compelled whilst Luke is deep in the group of rogars.

“He’s right, if he stops shielding us all for you to use compulsion, he would leave tuke vulnerable too,” | nod

“I think if they willingly letin, | can bypass the shield. Think it's worth a try,” Deacon suggests.

it

“Fine, try it on me, but if you makeact like a chicken again I'll be so pissed,” Theo huffs and steps closer to

Deacon to look him in the eyes

Deacon grins before staring back into Theo's eyes. “Relax, Theo, letin,” he says softly, and | watch as Theo's

shoulders lose their stiffness and his eyes seem to glaze over

“Are you in?” | ask and D nods

“Answer my questions truthfully, Dcommands. “Have you ever conspired against our bond group in this

lifetime?”

No.” Theo shakes his head.

“Would you ever join the rogue’s cause?” Deacon asks.

“Yes, but only if the rest of our group did. I'm loyal to our bong group over everything else,” Theo admits, and |

Of course, Theo would beca rogue for the rest of us. Hes loyal to a fault

“Fair enough.” Deacon nods, releasing his bold on Theo's mind.

“Okay, now Axe’s tum.” Theo says, stepping to my side. | take his hand in mine. | never doubted him, | don’t

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broken heart,” Deacon explains.

Damn, Theo breathes.

| process his words. My former self in a past life died of a broken heart? It seems a little tic of me, but then

if | truly lost any of my bonds, I'm not sure if | could go on ving. | wonder if it was Tristan’s betrayal or Lucius

killing him that led to her demise.

“That doesn’t mean the sthing is happening, this taround. | don’t believe any of you would ever do

that,” | shake my head.

“I'm pretty sure that’s what you thought last taround, and then Tristan the traitor stabbed you in the back

before Lucius the hmatic ripped out your heart,” Theo says with a grimace.

“Look, | don’t think any of us are working for the rogues, tot obviously this could cause distrust within our group,

and | don’t think that’s something we can handle right now. So | have a simple solution to rule Axel, Mason and

Theo out,” Deacon says.

“What about you and Luke?” Axel asks him.

“I can’t access Luke right now, and | can’t compel myself. All | can do is swear to you all that I'm not working

against you. | never would,” D shrugs.

So you want to compel us to question us?” Theo asks, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Yes, if you are willing.”

“I hate to object because it probably makeslook suspicious, but you can’t compel us, not right now anyway,”

Axel sighs and Theo narrows his eyes at him.

What Axe said does make him look suspicious, but | was already about to raise the sissue. It’s too risky to

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let any of them be compelled whilst Luke is deep in the group of rogues.

“He's right, if he stops shielding us all for you to use compulsion, he would leave Luke vulnerable too,” | nod

“I think if they willingly letin, I can bypass the shield. I think it's worth a try,” Deacon suggests.

+

“Fine, try it on me, but if you makeact like a chicken again I'll be so pissed,” Theo huffs and steps closer to

Deacon to look him in the eyes.

Deacon grins before staring back into Theo's eyes. “Relax, Theo, letin,” he says softly, and | watch as Theo's

shoulders lose their stiffness and his eyes seem to glaze over.

“Are you in?” | ask and D nods.

“Answer my questions truthfully,” D commands. “Have you ever conspired against our bond group in this

lifetime?”

“No,” Theo shakes his head.

“Would you ever join the rogue’s cause?” Deacon asks.

“Yes, but only if the rest of our group did. I'm loyal to our bong group over everything else,” Theo admits, and |

smile.

Of course, Theo would beca rogue for the rest of us. He is loyal to a fault.

“Fair enough,” Deacon nods, releasing his hold on Theo’s mind.

“Okay, now Axe’s turn,” Theo says, stepping to my side. I like his hand in mine. | never doubted him, | don’t

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doubt any of my bonds.

Deacon repeats the squestioning on Axel, who gives almost the sanswers as Theo.

“This might sound stupid, but are we sure we always cback as the sgender? | mean, is there any

evidence that I'm not Tristan?” | ask.

Chapter 292

**|osie’s POV **

We have just finished putting the younger kids to bed when Deacon arrives home. Atlas and Joel are in the sitting

room with my mum and Freya. We were about to start a movie.

“What's wrong?” | ask when | see the uneasy look on Deacon's face.

| had been sensing stension and frustration coming from film and Mason through the bond, but I'd thought

it was w

worry over Lake and having no luck with the journal.

“Can we go up to our bedroom for a moment? | need to talk to the firee of you,” he says, looking between me,

Theo and Axel.

“Yes, but can you just tellthat everyone is okay?” | ask

“As far as | know, yes, there's been no change with Luke. This is about something Mason and | found in the spark

bond journal,” he explains as we make our way upstairs.

| blow out a breath, relieved there's no bad news about Luke, Harper or Robert.

“Start the movie without us,” | call down to Freya before | reach the top of the stairs.

“Will, do,” she calls back.

“Well, this sounds ominous,” Theo sighs as Deacon closes the bedroom door behind us.

“We have, or had a traitor, or two, depending on how you look at it,” Deacon says.

“Is this one of them riddles we are supposed to figure out to prove how smart we are?” Theo frowns.

“No, from what we have found in the journal, this whole mission with the rogues has been going on for centuries.

In the last entry from our group, we had just discovered that it was one of our group that was leading the

opposition behind the rest of the group’s backs,” D explains

“So you are saying one of us was the equivalent to Cornelius in our past lives?” Axe asks.

“Yes,” D nods.

“Not it,” Theo says quickly.

“Shit,” I curse.

“Do we know who?” Axel asks.

“Nope, we haven't worked out who is who yet. All we know is that Josie was Amara, and Mason thinks Theo was

previously Nero,” Deacon says.

“Oh con. What kind of nis Nero?... wait, was Nero the traitor?” Theo asks, talking way too fast, the way

he does when he is anxious.

“No, Nero wasn't involved,” Deacon shakes his head.

“Fine, | accept | was Nero then, even if it is a stupid name,” Theo nods.

“We were Amara, Nero, Caius, Lucius, Tristan and Orion. Tristan disappeared, and they thought he was dead as

they lost the connection to him, but they found him leading the opposition. Lucius killed him and Amara died of a

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broken heart,” Deacon explains.

“Damn,” Theo breathes.

| process his words. My former self in a past life died of a broken heart? It seems a little tic of me, but then

if | truly lost any of my bonds, I'm not sure if | could go on living. | wonder if it was Tristan’s betrayal or Lucius

killing him that led to her demise.

“That doesn’t mean the sthing is happening this taround. | don’t believe any of you would ever do

that,” | shake my head.

“I'm pretty sure that’s what you thought last taround, and then Tristan the traitor stabbed you in the back

before Lucius the lunatic ripped out your heart,” Theo says with a grimace.

“Look, | don’t think any of us are working for the rogues, but obviously this could cause distrust within our group,

and | don’t think that’s something we can handle right now. So | have a simple solution to rule Axel, Mason and

Theo out,” Deacon says.

“What about you and Luke?” Axel asks him.

“I can’t access Luke right now, and | can’t compel myself. All | can do is swear to you all that I'm not working

against you, | never would,” D shrugs

“So you want to compel us to question us?” Theo asks, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Yes, if you are willing”

“I hate to object because it probably makeslook suspicious, but you can’t compel us, not right now anyway

Axel sighs and Theo narrows his eyes at

What Axe said does make him look suspicious, but | was already about to raise the sissue. It’s too risky to

let any of them be compelled whilst Luke is deep in the group of rogars.

“He's right, if he stops shielding us all for you to use compulsion, he would leave tuke vulnerable too,” | nod

“I think if they willingly letin, | can bypass the shield. Think it’s worth a try,” Deacon suggests.

it

“Fine, try it on me, but if you makeact like a chicken again I'll be so pissed,” Theo huffs and steps closer to

Deacon to look him in the eyes

Deacon grins before staring back into Theo's eyes. “Relax, Theo, letin,” he says softly, and | watch as Theo's

shoulders lose their stiffness and his eyes seem to glaze over

“Are you in?” | ask and D nods

“Answer my questions truthfully, Dcommands. “Have you ever conspired against our bond group in this

lifetime?”

No.” Theo shakes his head.

“Would you ever join the rogue’s cause?” Deacon asks.

“Yes, but only if the rest of our group did. I'm loyal to our bong group over everything else,” Theo admits, and |

Of course, Theo would beca rogue for the rest of us. Hes loyal to a fault

“Fair enough.” Deacon nods, releasing his bold on Theo's mind.

“Okay, now Axe’s tum.” Theo says, stepping to my side. | take his hand in mine. | never doubted him, | don’t

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broken heart,” Deacon explains.

Damn, Theo breathes.

| process his words. My former self in a past life died of a broken heart? It seems a little tic of me, but then

if | truly lost any of my bonds, I'm not sure if | could go on ving. | wonder if it was Tristan’s betrayal or Lucius

killing him that led to her demise.

“That doesn’t mean the sthing is happening, this taround. | don’t believe any of you would ever do

that,” | shake my head.

“I'm pretty sure that’s what you thought last taround, and then Tristan the traitor stabbed you in the back

before Lucius the hmatic ripped out your heart,” Theo says with a grimace.

“Look, | don’t think any of us are working for the rogues, tot obviously this could cause distrust within our group,

and | don’t think that’s something we can handle right now. So | have a simple solution to rule Axel, Mason and

Theo out,” Deacon says.

“What about you and Luke?” Axel asks him.

“I can’t access Luke right now, and | can’t compel myself. All | can do is swear to you all that I'm not working

against you. | never would,” D shrugs.

So you want to compel us to question us?” Theo asks, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Yes, if you are willing.”

“I hate to object because it probably makeslook suspicious, but you can’t compel us, not right now anyway,”

Axel sighs and Theo narrows his eyes at him.

What Axe said does make him look suspicious, but | was already about to raise the sissue. It’s too risky to

let any of them be compelled whilst Luke is deep in the group of rogues.

“He's right, if he stops shielding us all for you to use compulsion, he would leave Luke vulnerable too,” | nod

“I think if they willingly letin, | can bypass the shield. I think it's worth a try,” Deacon suggests.

+

“Fine, try it on me, but if you makeact like a chicken again I'll be so pissed,” Theo huffs and steps closer to

Deacon to look him in the eyes.

Deacon grins before staring back into Theo's eyes. “Relax, Theo, letin,” he says softly, and | watch as Theo's

shoulders lose their stiffness and his eyes seem to glaze over.

“Are you in?” | ask and D nods.

“Answer my questions truthfully,” D commands. “Have you ever conspired against our bond group in this

lifetime?”

“No,” Theo shakes his head.

“Would you ever join the rogue’s cause?” Deacon asks.

“Yes, but only if the rest of our group did. I'm loyal to our bong group over everything else,” Theo admits, and |

smile.

Of course, Theo would beca rogue for the rest of us. He is loyal to a fault.

“Fair enough,” Deacon nods, releasing his hold on Theo’s mind.

“Okay, now Axe’s turn,” Theo says, stepping to my side. | like his hand in mine. | never doubted him, | don’t

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doubt any of my bonds.

Deacon repeats the squestioning on Axel, who gives almost the sanswers as Theo.

“This might sound stupid, but are we sure we always cback

Chapter 292

**|osie’s POV **

We have just finished putting the younger kids to bed when Deacon arrives home. Atlas and Joel are in the sitting

room with my mum and Freya. We were about to start a movie.

“What's wrong?” | ask when | see the uneasy look on Deacon's face.

| had been sensing stension and frustration coming from film and Mason through the bond, but I'd thought

it was w

worry over Lake and having no luck with the journal.

“Can we go up to our bedroom for a moment? | need to talk to the firee of you,” he says, looking between me,

Theo and Axel.

“Yes, but can you just tellthat everyone is okay?” | ask

“As far as | know, yes, there's been no change with Luke. This is about something Mason and | found in the spark

bond journal,” he explains as we make our way upstairs.

| blow out a breath, relieved there's no bad news about Luke, Harper or Robert.

“Start the movie without us,” | call down to Freya before | reach the top of the stairs.

“Will, do,” she calls back.

“Well, this sounds ominous,” Theo sighs as Deacon closes the bedroom door behind us.

“We have, or had a traitor, or two, depending on how you look at it,” Deacon says.

“Is this one of them riddles we are supposed to figure out to prove how smart we are?” Theo frowns.

“No, from what we have found in the journal, this whole mission with the rogues has been going on for centuries.

In the last entry from our group, we had just discovered that it was one of our group that was leading the

opposition behind the rest of the group’s backs,” D explains

“So you are saying one of us was the equivalent to Cornelius in our past lives?” Axe asks.

“Yes,” D nods.

“Not it,” Theo says quickly.

“Shit,” I curse.

“Do we know who?” Axel asks.

“Nope, we haven't worked out who is who yet. All we know is that Josie was Amara, and Mason thinks Theo was

previously Nero,” Deacon says.

“Oh con. What kind of nis Nero?... wait, was Nero the traitor?” Theo asks, talking way too fast, the way

he does when he is anxious.

“No, Nero wasn't involved,” Deacon shakes his head.

“Fine, | accept | was Nero then, even if it is a stupid name,” Theo nods.

“We were Amara, Nero, Caius, Lucius, Tristan and Orion. Tristan disappeared, and they thought he was dead as

they lost the connection to him, but they found him leading the opposition. Lucius killed him and Amara died of a

+25 BONUS

broken heart,” Deacon explains.

“Damn,” Theo breathes.

| process his words. My former self in a past life died of a broken heart? It seems a little tic of me, but then

if | truly lost any of my bonds, I'm not sure if | could go on living. | wonder if it was Tristan’s betrayal or Lucius

killing him that led to her demise.

“That doesn’t mean the sthing is happening this taround. | don’t believe any of you would ever do

that,” | shake my head.

“I'm pretty sure that’s what you thought last taround, and then Tristan the traitor stabbed you in the back

before Lucius the lunatic ripped out your heart,” Theo says with a grimace.

“Look, | don’t think any of us are working for the rogues, but obviously this could cause distrust within our group,

and | don’t think that’s something we can handle right now. So | have a simple solution to rule Axel, Mason and

Theo out,” Deacon says.

“What about you and Luke?” Axel asks him.

“I can’t access Luke right now, and | can’t compel myself. All | can do is swear to you all that I'm not working

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against you, | never would,” D shrugs

“So you want to compel us to question us?” Theo asks, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Yes, if you are willing”

“I hate to object because it probably makeslook suspicious, but you can’t compel us, not right now anyway

Axel sighs and Theo narrows his eyes at

What Axe said does make him look suspicious, but | was already about to raise the sissue. It’s too risky to

let any of them be compelled whilst Luke is deep in the group of rogars.

“He’s right, if he stops shielding us all for you to use compulsion, he would leave tuke vulnerable too,” | nod

“I think if they willingly letin, | can bypass the shield. Think it's worth a try,” Deacon suggests.

it

“Fine, try it on me, but if you makeact like a chicken again I'll be so pissed,” Theo huffs and steps closer to

Deacon to look him in the eyes

Deacon grins before staring back into Theo's eyes. “Relax, Theo, letin,” he says softly, and | watch as Theo's

shoulders lose their stiffness and his eyes seem to glaze over

“Are you in?” | ask and D nods

“Answer my questions truthfully, Dcommands. “Have you ever conspired against our bond group in this

lifetime?”

No.” Theo shakes his head.

“Would you ever join the rogue’s cause?” Deacon asks.

“Yes, but only if the rest of our group did. I'm loyal to our bong group over everything else,” Theo admits, and |

Of course, Theo would beca rogue for the rest of us. Hes loyal to a fault

“Fair enough.” Deacon nods, releasing his bold on Theo's mind.

“Okay, now Axe’s tum.” Theo says, stepping to my side. | take his hand in mine. | never doubted him, | don’t

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26

broken heart,” Deacon explains.

Damn, Theo breathes.

| process his words. My former self in a past life died of a broken heart? It seems a little tic of me, but then

if | truly lost any of my bonds, I'm not sure if | could go on ving. | wonder if it was Tristan’s betrayal or Lucius

killing him that led to her demise.

“That doesn’t mean the sthing is happening, this taround. | don’t believe any of you would ever do

that,” | shake my head.

“I'm pretty sure that’s what you thought last taround, and then Tristan the traitor stabbed you in the back

before Lucius the hmatic ripped out your heart,” Theo says with a grimace.

“Look, | don’t think any of us are working for the rogues, tot obviously this could cause distrust within our group,

and | don’t think that’s something we can handle right now. So | have a simple solution to rule Axel, Mason and

Theo out,” Deacon says.

“What about you and Luke?” Axel asks him.

“I can’t access Luke right now, and | can’t compel myself. All | can do is swear to you all that I'm not working

against you. | never would,” D shrugs.

So you want to compel us to question us?” Theo asks, crossing his arms over his chest.

“Yes, if you are willing.”

“I hate to object because it probably makeslook suspicious, but you can’t compel us, not right now anyway,”

Axel sighs and Theo narrows his eyes at him.

What Axe said does make him look suspicious, but | was already about to raise the sissue. It’s too risky to

let any of them be compelled whilst Luke is deep in the group of rogues.

“He's right, if he stops shielding us all for you to use compulsion, he would leave Luke vulnerable too,” | nod

“I think if they willingly letin, I can bypass the shield. I think it's worth a try,” Deacon suggests.

+

“Fine, try it on me, but if you makeact like a chicken again I'll be so pissed,” Theo huffs and steps closer to

Deacon to look him in the eyes.

Deacon grins before staring back into Theo's eyes. “Relax, Theo, letin,” he says softly, and | watch as Theo's

shoulders lose their stiffness and his eyes seem to glaze over.

“Are you in?” | ask and D nods.

“Answer my questions truthfully,” D commands. “Have you ever conspired against our bond group in this

lifetime?”

“No,” Theo shakes his head.

“Would you ever join the rogue’s cause?” Deacon asks.

“Yes, but only if the rest of our group did. I'm loyal to our bong group over everything else,” Theo admits, and |

smile.

Of course, Theo would beca rogue for the rest of us. He is loyal to a fault.

“Fair enough,” Deacon nods, releasing his hold on Theo’s mind.

“Okay, now Axe’s turn,” Theo says, stepping to my side. I like his hand in mine. | never doubted him, | don’t

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Chapter 202

doubt any of my bonds.

Deacon repeats the squestioning on Axel, who gives almost the sanswers as Theo.

“This might sound stupid, but are we sure we always cback as the sgender? | mean, is there any

evidence that I'm not Tristan?” | ask.

“Oh, you're right. Maybe | was Amara and that’s why | like dicks too. We should test Josie?” Then nods and

Deacon shakes his head with an exasperated smile,

“I don’t think we swap genders, but you're right, there's nothing | have seen that explicitly says we always return

as our original gender,” D shrugs.

“Then compeltoo,” | demand, stepping forward to ine Deacon's eyes and let him into my mind.

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the sgender? | mean, is there any evidence that I’m not Tristan?” | ask.

“Oh, you're right. Maybe | was Amara and that’s why | like dicks too. We should test Josie?” Then nods and

Deacon shakes his head with an exasperated smile,

“I don’t think we swap genders, but you're right, there's nothing | have seen that explicitly says we always return

as our original gender,” D shrugs.

“Then compeltoo,” | demand, stepping forward to ine Deacon's eyes and let him into my mind.

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“Oh, you're right. Maybe | was Amara and that’s why | like dicks too. We should test Josie?” Then nods and

Deacon shakes his head with an exasperated smile,

“I don’t think we swap genders, but you're right, there's nothing | have seen that explicitly says we always return

as our original gender,” D shrugs.

“Then compeltoo,” | demand, stepping forward to ine Deacon's eyes and let him into my mind.

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