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.

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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.

turned out to be

Azael kidnapped

but her hands and legs are tied together. Rin

her inside, and

we put her on the sofa in the

who I assume became Rin’s blood–brothers, follow us, curious about the woman. And about my story as

her face. Tears run down her cheeks, her terrified

is 666, and my

It’s Emily,” Cirro

666. So Emily is

you for finding her

of another man touching her makes my angel

you a Duke then?” Levi asks, his disgust

as well. And no one touches her until I figure out what my angel

(The Lord

121. Stefan

day we are supposed to take Angel on our

end.

is, there are many blood–brothers

of duty for an entire

me, smirks. “I

didn’t have to leave bed so early in

on his left cheek. “My Christmas gift got

I try to guess as I try not to think of one of the gifts Angel gave us because I will sport a hard–on

My wife.

Fuck.

how that

demon gives me some anxiety, as 1 am still getting used to the new me. Some blood–brothers are slowly overpowered by

the two words written by the demons living in the

to have her as our Lady. We know it, but saying it out loud is another thing entirely, as we don’t want her to realize how undeserving of

and Jasper bought her for the farm. She needs a lot of training but she is of a good breed. Hell, she might even give birth to strong pups. But not until she is clean and does what

talking about a dog or a woman. Reuben is even more

his throat,

a pen drive and told me it contains crucial information about the D other things. I had Brother Cirro analyze it, and after reading report after report and watching hundreds of videos,

know it.”

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121. Stefan

do you mean, Elder?” one

show you,” Elder Calum replies.

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

Yan.

keep her safe from any harm, especially since Carlos is still out there. Just thinking that he will come after her fills me with a rage I have never felt before and a

shoulder. “I know how you

pauses for a moment. “Several years

on me.

Elder Janoah wants

until I felt I was going insane. After I escaped, I spent many weeks observing the Dukes and I think I know what Azael is trying to do. He is making an army to attack the Garden

and it takes the Elders a few tries before they

more.

“Azael?” Reuben asks.

Betrayer,” Yan confirms any

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

if we find Azael,

“What now?” Alekos asks.

stop the Dukes before they set

I want

me. She is willing to help

exchange for what?” Reuben

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