Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

241. Ansel - Revelations II

The sound of my boots on the wooden floor has Rin come out of the living room with his handgun pointing at me.

"You're finally awake," Rin says before putting his gun away. "We were starting to get worried about you, especially with your back all torn open. I'm glad to see you are better." Rin's tone is different then usual; his eyes are full of rage, his face a mask of pain. "I have a habit of healing fast." My blood-brothers already know it. "What happened to you?" I ask.

Rin's eyes flash red. "The Elders finally agreed to war against the Dukes," he replies before walking back into the living room. Unfortunately, it took yet another bloodshed for the Elders to understand that war is the only way to put the Dukes in their place once and for all."

Some serious shit must have happened while I was asleep, I think as I enter the living room.

Jasper is sitting in an armchair, with his left leg-which is in a cast from the knee down to the ankle-propped on the coffee table. Did he fall and break it? What if Speckles kicked him? I insisted more than once to do a follow-up on his knee, but he is just as stubborn as any man when it comes to doctors.

The TV is turned on and Rueben and Steven are pretending to watch some random show. Diva is sitting on the couch next to them while Tyson is standing in front of the fireplace, his back to me.

Seeing their long faces, I can't stop myself from asking, "Who died?"

Tyson's shoulders tense. "Levi, Isak, and Gavin."

He has

Right?

around the room. Rin, who is cleaning his gun at the table,

real," I say, hoping it's a bad prank. When

proceeds to tell me what happened on the farm the night Olivia and I went to the Catacombs. The details are gruesome, and learning how men whom I

on the pasture belongs

can finish telling me what transpired the night Senator Deymar came here, I blurt out,

you about Mose? Or Alma?

you, but right now, Olivia is more important. And more vulnerable. Mose knows how to take care of himself while Alma is capable of ripping Senator Deymar's heart out if his chest with her

eyes while all his fingers

taking care of Ansel,

on his face. "What the fuck did

temples. "She

see his true form, it will get me killed. *Then, who will protect Olivia?* Asking him that is enough

Jasper swears out loud.

strides to get to the couch and grab Steven