Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

222. Rueben - Doubts III

I rush after Tyson, hoping to catch him in time before he does something reckless. But he is much faster than I am. Cursing and yelling, I force my legs to move quicker and when I finally enter the kitchen, I yell, "Are you fucking stupid or

what?" thinking Tyson is already throwing punches left and right.

Luckily, he is only arguing with Ansel, and I stay the fuck away from their fight, not because I don't have anything to say about this entire situation, but because being so close to the Slutty Nun...has me feel all her pain and anguish and fear. It almost brings me to my fucking knees. Breathing becomes hard and my heart throbs painfully. What the fuck is going on?

For a moment, I see the Slutty Nun, no, Olivia, as she was years ago-happy and carefree. She is no longer like that. She is like a...shell of her former shelf. Has she been like this all this time or is this recently? And I care because....?

What if Levi is right?

What if Tyson is right and we were played? But how? I remember clearly finding her in her room with the gun in her hands and Camila's cold sprawled across the rug. Ansel finally gives the Slutty Nun to Tyson and he leaves the kitchen with her.

Mose drops on a chair and drags his palms down his face. "I fucked up big time with Olivia. I didn't think she would be triggered this badly."

Ansel starts smoking. "It was me who fucking failed her. Again." He rubs his temples. "Tyson had no right to take her away from me, not when I'm bonded to her." "Drop it," I snarl.

Jasper starts cleaning the kitchen and I give him a hand.

"She is not ready for heavy stuff," Mose murmurs. "We need to take things slow with her."

shit." I start washing the

I might be a piece of shit, but at least I own my mistakes. But you? You won't admit you fucked up even

problem? That's a good question. And I might have hurt

It's more than that.

fucking problem is that for the first time since Camila died, I have doubts about everything. And then Tyson goes ahead and drops a fucking nuclear bomb

I was supposed to love. And there ain't no way, no fucking way, she is ours. Because there's no way in hell I'm supposed to be

And

gets up. "I don't trust Tyson to take care of Olivia. To make her

"Sit the fuck down and

can I tell them? That *probably* Tyson and I tortured Olivia

Impossible.

Camila, my

*But are we sure?*

eyes, but I fucking trust Tyson more than I trust myself. And if he says something is wrong, then

This guy who sold Olivia to us, he and his buddies did despicable things to Olivia. Malaky," I add when I

eyes turn red. "Show it

I have to warn you all, it's one of the most fucked up things I have ever seen,"

grips the broom so hard

finish washing the dishes. "Dark

looks at me, his face grey as the ashes. "And we