Fractured by N.O Darling

Chapter 294.

Chapter 294

**Luke’s POV **

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The three men who had questionedledto another room. It’s not as run down as the small one I'd been

held in and there are bottles of water and packaged snacks dumped on a couple of old plastic chairs in the

corner. A few teens sit on the floor against the wall, eating cookies and playing cards. There's one girl and three

boys.

For a second, | think one of them is Harper. Her long dark air hangs over her face as she leans over to place her

cards, but when she sits up and her eyes meet mine, | realise her face is nothing like my daughter's.

The thought hasworried about how Harper will react when | do find her. Will she instantly give my identity

away? Will | have enough tto grab her, Archle, and Dillon, and get out of here before the rest of the rogues

react? I'd been imagining her running into my arms when she saw me, and then I'd tell her that | have her and

that she is safe now, but that is probably the worst thing that we could do when we reunite in this place.

“Help yourself to sfood and water. We will take you somewhere safe to sleep soon,” the blond guy with the

scar says. I'm sure he said his nwas Brent, but | was too relieved with passing their tests to take in their

names when they introduced themselves.

“Thanks,” I nod and head over to take a bottle of water.

| am aware the teens have paused their gto watch me. can feel their eyes on my back, studying me. Are

they just curious teens, or another test? | will need to be careful with what | say to them too.

“Are you one of the guys that escaped from the Greys prison?” A teen boy askswhen I'm left alone with

them.

| turn to face them, a friendly smile on my face. “That's me” | nod.

“What was it like in prison?” the girl asks.

“Boring, but cleaner than this place and the food was better” I grin.

“Yeah, | hate it when they make us stay in places like this. It’s always so dusty and so creepy at night,” the girl

shudders.

“Do you at least have beds?” | ask.

“Not here, we have sleeping bags, but sof the places we stay have beds,” she shrugs.

“What is it like in the Greys realm?” another of the boys asks.

“I'm not really sure. I've only ever been in the prison over there. Except for when we escaped, then most of that

was spent running and hiding. | grew up here in the human realm before that,” lie.

“I've heard the whole place is like a prison,” the girl says, and the others nod in agreement.

“Probably,” I nod.

| wish | could tell them the truth. | want to tell them they are in prison here and they just don't realise it. | want

to tell them about the academy that they should be attending and how they’d have their own apartment with

comfortable beds, running water, food, and a safe place to live whilst they learn to control their gifts. When

Harper is hand safe, I'm going to try to cback for these kids. They deserve to have a chance at a

normal Grey life.

It’s on the tip of my tongue to ask them about Harper, but know if | start asking that kind of question I'll give

myself away. | have to try and get information without drawing suspicion

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Are you four a bonded group?” | ask.

| think we will be, but we haven't tried to bond yet,” she says with a flush of embarrassment.

“Don’t you have a seer to guide you to your bonds?”

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“No, not yet, but | have heard we might have one. Her gifts just haven't awoken yet,” one of the boys says, and |

try not to show a reaction, they have to be talking about Harper.

“Do you have a bond?” The girl asks.

“I don’t think so. | was captured and thrown in prison before | had a chance to find out. They don’t bring seers

into the prison, but I've heard stories about them from the people | was locked up with.”

“Wait in here, we are making arrangements for you both,” brent says as he guides Robert into the room.

Robert leans against the wall and slumps down, his hands cradling his head as if he’s in pain. He looks pale and

his hands tremble. | grab another bottle of water and a packet of cookies and take them to him.

“Are you okay?” | ask quietly as | sit down beside him.

“I will be,” he says, but | think he is trying to downplay how bad he is.

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“Here, drink swater and get ssugar in you,” | tell him, opening the water bottle and handing it to him.

Robert takes the bottle and shakily brings it to his lips before gulping down a quarter of it.

“What's wrong with him?” One of the boys asks.

“We've had a tough few days with barely any sleep or food. He will be okay after a good night's rest and a meal,”

I reassure as | hand Robert one of the cookies.

“I have a late shift at the fast food place soon. I'll try and bring a few burgers back for you both,” the girl says.

“Thanks, we'd appreciate that. Do you all have jobs?”

“No, only the ones that have been here a while. We have to work to bring in money to feed the rest of the

group,” she explains.

“Makes sense,” | nod. “How do you go unnoticed by the humans? | could barely control the eye flare as a teen.”

“We train to control it, and sof us have glasses to hide it,” she says.

“Con, we should get going, or we will be late for work one of the boys says, getting to his feet and holding

out a hand to the girl.

“See you around,” the girl says with a smile before the four of them leaveand Robert alone.

Robert slumps over, leaning againstand for a second | worry he is dead, but his steady breathing assures me

he is sleeping. | hope the compulsion hasn’t done any permanent damage, and he will recover after srest.

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