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 sense of injustice.
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 wait for her to answer.
“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.
“No, I’m fine. 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 whatever is going on in the lounge area.
The last thing I need are my dads showing up here, and I definitely don’t want them to know who my other two bonds are yet. I can’t imagine they are going to be pleased to know I have the academy troublemaker and the guy with control issues as my bonds.
“Do you want me to come over?”
Yes.
“No, it’s fine. I guess I just needed to hear your voice,”
“Well, you know you can call me anytime,” my mum says.
“I know, mum, thank you.”
“You never responded to my message about a shopping trip this weekend. Do you want to go? Just the two of us? We could have lunch at that pizza place you
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