**Deacon''s POV **


    1 can''t help but grin at Axel as he hacks away from the woman with a gemine look of fear on hite face. The guy is huge, and he will fight pretty much anything that stands Female was attacking losie or one of the kids, he wouldn''t and that is what scares him. I think he is scared he will hurt but it''s still funny to see.


    de way, apart from women. I do not doubt if the sitate to deal with her, but she is in threat to anyone, her, rather than scared of what she could do to him,


    "Hello, my name is Deacon," I say, getting the woman''s antion as I approach the small tent in the corner.


    She looks up at me with wild blue eyes. Her hair is a mousy brown colour and is a tangled mess of knots. If she is indeed Myles''s bond, she is going to need some help to adapt to the new world she is about to find herself in


    "What do you want?" she snaps.


    "Calm down and do as I say," I tell her, infusing mypulsion gift into my words. Her body rxes instantly as she falls under my control.


    "What is your name?" 1 ask her.


    "Amelie, but people call me Lee," she says.


    "That''s a beautiful name," I smile. "How much do you know about Greys?" I ask.


    "They''re the superhero wannabes, right?"


    "Not exactly, but close enough. Do you think you could be one?" I ask her.


    "Do I look like one?" she snorts augh.


    "Well, you have the right eye colour, but I don''t sense any power from you. That could be due to whatever substances you have been subjecting your body to. Please follow me outside. I have some people I''d like you to meet," 1 instruct


    Amelie crawls out of the tent and gets to her feet. She is slightly shorter than Josie and even with her baggy clothes it''s obvious she is underweight. I walk back through the messy house with Amelie behind me and Axel behind her.


    "How old are you?" I ask her as we step over a sleeping man.


    "18, or maybe 19, I''m not sure. What month is it?"


    "It''s March the 2nd," Axel answers.


    "I wasn''t asking you, Steve," she huffs. "I''m 19 next week


    Myles is 20 and one of my highly gifted students, specialising in an empathetic gift with a strong affinity forbat. He will make a good match for Amelie, I think.


    "I told you my name is Axel, not Steve," Axe grumbles.


    "You look like a Steve to me," she teases, and I smile. This girl has some attitude that reminds me of a younger Josie.


    When we step out of the stale-smelling house, my eyesnd on Myles, but he only has eyes for Amelie. He doesn''t look at her in disgust or disappointment, he looks at her with fierce protectiveness and hope, like his whole world


    is right here in this small woman. Sage nods, confirming Amelle Is Myles'' bond and then her eyes bleed into their usual blue colour


    "Amelic, this is Myles," I say as 1 look back at Amelle. Her eyes are locked on Myles as if she can sense the connection between them.


    "HI, Amelie. I''m very pleased to meet you," Myles grins, stepping forward and holding out a hand to her.


    Amelie looks at me with caution and I nod at her, encouraging her to take Myles''s hand. She reaches out and ces her dainty hand in Myles'', a smile spreading over her face as they touch.


    "Do you have any possessions in the house that are of great importance to you?" I ask.


    “No,” she shakes her head, unable to take her eyes off Myles.


    "Okay good, you are going to let Myles pick you up, and then you are going to go to sleep until I tell you to wake up," I say adding some extrapulsion to my words.


    Amelie nods and Myles gently scoops her up into his arms bridal style. She rests her head against his shoulder and her eyes flutter closed.


    "Thank you," Myles says, his voice full of emotion as he holds his bond safely in his arms, "I''m sorry we didn''t find your daughter.


    "Don''t apologise for that, it wasn''t a wasted journey, and we proved that it''s possible to locate bonds in this realm. Let''s get her back to our house for now and then I''ll get in touch with the right people at the academy to support you with her. She may need some extra help to limate to our realm and way of living," I exin before porting us all back to our holiday home."


    Axel takes Sage to the sitting room to rest for a while before we go out again and Ben returns to his team in the basement. I show Myles to one of the spare bedrooms, and heys Amelie down on the bed.


    "Amelie, wake up," I say softly, and her eyes blink open.


    She sits up quickly, taking in her new surroundings with a look of confusion.


    "Myles is going to take care of you, Lee. You can shower, and I''ll find you some fresh clothes. There is food in the kitchen downstairs. Please do not leave the house until Ie back for you," I tell her,pelling her to remain in the house. I don''t like to make her a prisoner here, but we really don''t have the time to chase her down if she manages to slip away.


    I leave Myles and Amelie to get acquainted and go downstairs to update Mason and Raff on our trip out. I hope the next unbonded we take can lead us to something that helps us locate Harper.