Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

213. Olivia - Gifts IV

My eyes fill with tears.

Mother and daughter finally reunited.

The two horses almost look alike. If not for the white spots all over Speckles' back, she would be identical to her filly, who is all black.

"Can I?" I ask, wanting to get close to the stall.

"Just a few more steps. The filly arrived today and Speckles might be a bit overprotective with her."

I nod. "I understand. I would be the same if... I was... in her position." Looking at Ansel, I ask, "How did you find her?"

"Through the family of her old owner. But the fucking bastards didn't want to let her go without a substantial amount of money, so I had Rin help me convince them to give her to us without much fuss."

Ansel means that he and Rin tortured that poor family. Typical of the Lords. But on the other hand, it made Speckles happy. "I hope you did pay them something."

"They are lucky we let them conserve their lives after they took pleasure in abusing animals. Speckles wasn't the only one," Ansel lets me know.

thing." While I would love to spend hours in

Ansel says.

it goes to Mose, then to Jasper, and lastly, it stops on Ansel's face. "Mine?" I surely heard him wrong. Who in their right mind would give me something so... so... so... precious. What if he is lying? Or testing me to see how I will react. "Are

expensive gift, but when

for you, we would not have known about the filly. I still don't

to cry and I throw myself into Ansel's arms. I still can't

me happy to know I brought some

wrong. I do

enjoy simple things before I

spend time with

it be that the bond was too fresh? So many questions swarm inside my head, but I have no one to ask for answers. I bet Wasp would know,

"You will have

up lifting me up from the ground. "We start tomorrow. I'll make you, my little assistant," he coos in

not little,"

to me, you are," Jasper points out the

surprise didn't exist. Until now." Mose grabs my face between his palms, his brown eyes

my eyes open I want to give Jasper and Mose what they want a bond. It might not be something that I want, but