Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

129. Olivia

You made me fall in love.

The way he says excellent, with so much viciousness and satisfaction, tells me I should fear him more than I fear Jason. The man, whoever he is, won’t doubt for a second to harm me in the most cruel way possible. The blinding pain coming from my ribs is proof that the Lords are as vicious as they could be. The Dukes might treat women like property, but the Lords destroy everything they touch, their hearts as cruel as the demons they have inside them. They abuse and share women among themself and kill them in the cruelest ways.

One of the Lords, tall, strong, and from the color of his skin, I assume he is African–American, says, “We were supposed to find someone to claim for ourselves not to torture until she dies.” He is the one who prevented the other one from beating me to death.

“It’s her or no one,” the one who broke my ribs insists. “We can take her home, or I can disappear with her, never to be seen again, it’s all the same to me, but she won’t get away from me. Not this time, not when I finally have the opportunity to make her pay for what she did,” he snarls.

Make her pay for what she did.

My heart thunders in my chest.

Could he be Rueben, Camila’s brother?

The mask he wears prevents me from seeing his face, but my gaze goes to his chest–his torso is bare, he is wearing only a pair of camouflage pants–the North Star is tattooed in the middle of it.

Rueben.

of hiding from him, he finally found

it is

six years

was fourteen and visited Camila in her home. He

out with us, especially if we played video games. Gradually, he started treating

wanted to do the same to me, but Jason hid me in the Celestial Heaven, supposedly to keep me safe, but instead, he whored me around since I was

what I have and haven’t done, as his hate and desire for

should be on the move if we want to catch any more bitches and have fun with them.” Looking at the one I think is Rueben, he adds, “If you do decide to keep her, she is clean. Except for the drugs. Her brother tests her every month, wanting to be sure she

that Carlos took me to a medical facility where they did something to me so

129. Olivia

know exactly what was done to me since I was sedated almost the entire time I was there, but from what I heard from the other pornai in the Celestial Heaven, he did the same to them,

the men quickly vanish into the darkness,

well,” Rueben says and moves

knowing what Rueben will do to me next, but apparently, the African–American Lord is dead set on keeping Rueben away from me. “Not before you

so

my head to the side and empty whatever is left in