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

first time since Azael kidnapped me, I laugh. “I

tries to get up, but her hands and legs are

and I’ll tell you

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

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

sack from her face. Tears run down her cheeks,

my angel is

It’s Emily,” Cirro

study 666. So Emily is

thank you for finding

man touching her makes my angel

you say angel? Are you a Duke then?” Levi asks, his disgust

else, as I have a demon as well. And no one touches her until I figure out what my angel

Lord

121. Stefan

meeting right on the day we are supposed to take

end.

the urgency is, there are many blood–brothers to

for an

me, smirks.

I didn’t have to leave bed so early in the morning and kept snuggling with Angel. “What happened

three scratches on his left cheek. “My

new horse?” I try to guess as I try not to think of one of the gifts Angel gave us because I will

My wife.

Fuck.

love how

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

the tattoo that covers my torso, the two words written by the demons living in the Catacombs

out loud is another thing entirely, as we don’t want her to realize how

she is of a good breed. Hell, she might even give birth to strong pups. But not until she is clean and does what we tell her to do.”

not sure if he is talking about a dog or a woman. Reuben is even more deranged than Reyes. His sister’s death. hit

Calum clears his throat, catching

had Brother Cirro analyze it, and after reading report after report and watching hundreds of videos, he and I came to the same conclusion. The Dukes are preparing something that will

know it.”

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121. Stefan

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

you,” Elder Calum replies.

person has been sitting between Rin

Yan.

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 after

shoulder. “I know how you

me, but I am Rin’s cousin who went missing….” He pauses for a moment. “Several years ago. I was locked up in a medical facility and all

on me.

what purpose?” Elder

the tattoo on his face. “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 I think I know what Azael is trying to do. He is making an

at the same time and it takes the

more.

“Azael?” Reuben asks.

Betrayer,” Yan confirms any

identity always hidden,

my mother died she told me that if we find Azael, we will find Carlos,”

“What now?” Alekos asks.

stop the Dukes before they

I want

Sisterhood contacted me. She is willing to help us,” Elder Calum informs

for

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