Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

Shackled (The Lord Series)

121. Experiment 514

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The woman on my right shoulder thrashes, wanting to escape me, making me even angrier with her and my angel because I don’t understand his obsession with her.

The skirt she is wearing is short, her thighs exposed to the cold December winter, and I slap them hard, causing her as much pain as I can, her screams being muffled by the gag in her mouth and the sack covering her face.

“Stay still,” I growl.

Laughter and loud music come from the house in front of me, and for a moment, I question myself why I came here. Probably hoping my family is looking for me, but here they are, having a good time during Christmas.

What dia

did I expect, for them to put all their lives on hold just because Azael faked my death?

I touch the left side of my torso, the bandages soaked with blood. The only reason I am here is because I found someone who could remove the tracker from my spine without killing me, and now Azael can no longer find me. But I had to give up my left kidney. A small price to pay to be with my family again. And now that I am here, in front of the house I grew up in, I can’t even knock on the door. What will my family even think of me? Will they recognize me? And if yes, will they welcome me or shun me?

No, I should turn around and find a place where I can figure out why my angel wants this woman. My demon doesn’t like her, and to be honest, neither do L.

The music stops.

I turn around and start walking away when the front door opens. My heart beats faster. “What do you want?” a man asks me.

Cirro.

He must have seen me through the window.

“I have mistaken this house for another,” I reply.

“I know that voice. Turn around,” Cirro demands.

It is dark outside, and being certain he won’t recognize me, I do as he asks.

He turns on the light from the porch. “Good God! You are alive. Rin! Rin!”

And then my cousins in the doorframe. Even if fifty feet separates us, I can see his eyes shining with unshed

tears. Levi is behind him.

“Yan,” his voice trembles as he says my name.

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Yan.

04:05

I have been 514 for so long that I almost forgot my name. That’s why I told it to 713. But now she is dead, and I won’t

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rest until 919 and Azael pay for taking her away from me.

Rin runs to me, and I throw the woman to the ground and give my cousin a bear hug. He is the only one who can touch me without making me want to kill him.

“I never thought I would see you again,” my voice cracks.

“I looked for you everywhere until I convinced myself that you were indeed dead. When Stefan told me he saw you in a facility, I didn’t believe it.” He takes a step back and looks at me. “You look like shit. And why is 514 tattooed on your face? Were you an experiment as well?”

How does he know about the experiments? I thought Azael kept it a secret.

“Yeah.” There is no reason to lie about it.

out

time since Azael kidnapped me,

woman tries to get up, but her hands and legs are tied together. Rin looks at

and I’ll tell

helps me carry her inside the house, and we put her on the

I assume became Rin’s blood–brothers, follow us, curious

her face. Tears run down her cheeks, her terrified blue eyes looking

my angel is obsessed

Emily,” Cirro

666. So Emily is

for finding her

touching her

Are you a Duke then?” Levi asks,

well. And no one

(The Lord

121. Stefan

having an urgent meeting right on the day we are supposed to take Angel on our honeymoon irks

end.

is, there are

an entire month,” I complain as I drink

and me, smirks. “I thought newlyweds were always on

leave bed so early in the morning

on his left cheek.

to think of one of the gifts

My wife.

Fuck.

how that

got spinning rings as wedding bands. I start fidgeting with mine. My body and soul being fused completely to my demon gives me some anxiety, as 1 am still getting used to the new me. Some blood–brothers are slowly overpowered by their demons after the Piercing Ceremony until they take complete control of the human men, but Angel being a hellstar, balanced us

covers my torso, the two words written by the

thing entirely, as we don’t want her to realize how undeserving of having a hellstar we are. The only thing

of a good breed. Hell, she might even give

if he is talking about a dog or a woman. Reuben is even more deranged than Reyes. His

clears his

and after reading report after report and watching hundreds of videos, he and I came to the same conclusion. The

know it.”

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03:50

121. Stefan

you mean, Elder?” one of the blood–brothers

show you,” Elder Calum replies.

and his blood–brothers. A fourth person has been sitting between Rin and

Yan.

is filled with thoughts of Angel and how to keep her safe from any harm, especially since Carlos is still out there. Just thinking that he will come

shoulder. “I know how

I am Rin’s cousin who went missing….” He pauses for a moment. “Several years ago. I was

on me.

purpose?” Elder

“For a long time, I asked myself the same thing over and over again until I felt I was going insane. After I escaped, I spent many weeks observing the Dukes

and it takes the Elders a

more.

“Azael?” Reuben asks.

Betrayer,” Yan confirms any

has been on Earth for a long time, his identity always hidden, but for him to say his actual name…whatever he is

we find Azael,

“What now?” Alekos asks.

us. “We stop the Dukes before they set their plan

want

contacted me. She is willing

exchange for

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