**Josie''s POV *


    "Hello," Archte answers on the fourth ring and the room ses silent as they all listen in to the conversation.


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    "Hi Archie, it''s Josie, Harper''s mum. I was wondering if you would be willing toe and have a chat with us here in the human realm, with your parents'' permission, of course," I say, trying not to sound as desperate as 1 feel.


    "Yes. My parents will be fine with it. Lalready exined the situation, and they agreed I should help in any way i can. I also have some friends who want to help. Do you want me to call them?" he asks.


    “That''s kind of them. We just need you for now though. Could wee and pick you up?"


    "Yes, I''ll text you my address," he agrees.


    "No need, we have it already. We will be there soon. Are your parents avable to talk to when we arrive?


    "One of my dads is here right now."


    "Perfect, we will be there in a few minutes," I say before ending the call.


    "Try and bring the dad back with him. I don''t feelfortable even having this conversation without having at least one of his parents here," Raff says, and I nod.


    Axel pulls up Archie''s address from the information his sister had sent over and he shows it to Deacon.


    "We will be back soon," I say before D ports us to a house that is simr to our own but on a smaller scale.


    We approach the house and the door opens before we reach it. A handsome young man with hair as dark as my own stands in the doorway. He is taller than me and already starting to fill out. I suspect he will grow to be built like Axel.


    "Archie?" I ask.


    "Yes, pleasee in. My dad will be down in a moment," he smiles, stepping back to allow us entry into his home. I can sense his nervousness and worry.


    Archie leads us to a sitting room that is filled with family photos. I look at the happy-looking family. Archie appears to have three fathers, an older brother and a younger sister.


    "I went to school with your parents. I think your mum was a year above me," Deacon says as he looks at the pictures.


    "That''s right, Deacon Collins, it''s good to see you again. How are things at the academy?" a male voice says from the doorway and I turn to see a man that I recognise from the pictures.


    "Charles, it''s good to see you. The academy is fine," Deacon says, taking Charles'' outstretched hand and shaking it. "This is Josie, my bond," he adds.


    "It''s nice to meet you, Charles. Thank you for agreeing to see us and allowing us to talk with Archie," I say, shaking his hand next.


    "Of course, I''m sorry to hear about your daughter. Archie said she is missing in


    the human realm, and you think he might be able to help,” Charles says, gesturing for us to sit on the couch.


    I sit down beside Deacon and Archie sits on the couch opposite us next to his father.


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    "First I need to exin some things, and then we hoped both of you would be willing toe back to the human realm with us and go over some ideas with the military team we have assisting us," I say and Charles nods.


    "We wille. Our eldest son''s bond was one of the kids you recovered from the human realm. We owe you a debt for that," Charles smiles.


    "You don''t owe us anything," Deacon shakes his head, "B we really would appreciate you hearing us out."


    "Harper has recently confided in me that she believes she is started to develop one of her gifts. Although we can''t say with any certainty, Harper is quite sure that she possesses a seer ability, and she believes Archie is her future bond," I exin, hating taking this moment from her.


    Archie grins and his dad pats his shoulder proudly at the news, then, as if only just realising the issue, they both suddenly be serious.


    "We have to find her," Archie says, pushing to his feet and looking stressed as he paces to the window.


    "I''m sorry you are finding out this way, and again, we can''t be 100% sure you will be her bond, but we thought


    1 should know why we areing to you for help," Deacon says with a tight smile.


    "I believe it. Tell me what you need me to do. I''ll do whatever it takes," Archie deres, and his passion for my daughter warms me to him. I just hope Mason will feel the same.


    "If that is what your gut is telling you, Arch, then I''ll support you with whatever it is you feel you need to do. Let me make some calls, and then we will go to the human realm," Charles nods.


    "Thanks, Dad," Archie breathes, and Charles leaves the room to make his calls. "How did she go missing?" Archie asks, his eyes full of concern.


    I exin the circumstances of her disappearance, telling him about Dillon and the rogues that came to our holiday home. I also tell him about Cornelius and the history of the rogue Greys. Deacon tells him what we have been doing to find her so far and about all the people we have helping us.


    Charles returns, letting us know that he has exined the situation and the rest of his bond group has agreed that he and Archie shoulde with us. They both go to pack a bag with a change of clothes, and we leave Deacon''s phone number for the rest of Archie''s parents so they can contact us in the human realm. Then we return to the basement of our holiday home with two extra people willing to help bring our daughter home.


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