Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

194. Olivia - Choices I

It is not strange for me to see shit while I am high as fuck but this is the first time I'm hallucinating about four masked women armed to the teeth. Five actually. And the funny part is that they saved me from Jason. Or so they say. Like I needed saving. I was perfectly fine going with Jason and slipping back into the life I am used to. To being fucked by countless men and drugged and... beaten by Jason whenever he feels like it. It's not very different from what Tyson and Rueben did t me, minus the drugs, but at least I understand their anger. But Jason? He hates me because he wants to. Because he has been a bully all his life.

I am wearing a warm coat I don't recognize and I bury my face in the fur around the collar.

"It's faux fur," one of the women tells me. She is the only one not wearing a coat. Maybe the one I have belongs to her. "We also have blankets if you want one."

I remain quiet because what good will it do to talk to a hallucination? At least I am not seeing Camila or other people from the past.

“Do you want water or food?” another asks me and I shrug.

My hallucinations usually force me to relive nightmares I want to forget, but this one doesn't seem that bad. Four masked women standing in front of the car I'm sitting in. The fifth one is surveying the surroundings. “This is not real so it doesn't matter if I eat or not,” I finally decide to speak. “Just a hallucination.”

After a small hesitation, the one without a coat says, “This is real. The drug used on you was a tranquilizer, so you are not high. We already got it out of your system.”

I blink. If I am not high, then... where is Jason? "Who are you?"

"I am Wasp," the one without a coat says, "and" pointing at the other women, she adds, "Beetle, Cricket, and Mantis. The one over there is Moth."

"Those are rather..... peculiar names. Almost as if you were...."

don't finish my thought, but understanding what I

knowing what else

his way to the cemetery, but Wasp is

blurt out. I am not sure if I should feel relieved

never be free of Jason. "We don't have much time, but I have

Could it be that Jasper anchored his demon to me? Then why do I only feel connected to Ansel? "How do you know I am bonded?" I ask Wasp. "Hellstars have powers. Mine allows me to

demons or

is different than the one from soulmates. Camila and I were learning about this part when...everything came crashing down. "Can you see the ones

obvious Jasper and Ansel tied themselves to me. But then Wasp replies and leaves me

is old, several years or more, while the other

*One bond is old.*

My ears ring.

through

I feel like drowning.

heart drums

*One bond is old.*

with *him*? But...

My vision tunnels.