Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

253. Tyson - Truths VI

The video ends with Olivia covering her face with her palms and crying.

For a while, no one says anything. What the fuck can we say anyway? That we hated Olivia for years for something that was an accident? All she wanted to do was save Camila from whatever was locked in that box. We lost not only Camila but our parents as well because of Jason. If that fucking coward could have actually helped Olivia and Camila, my little sister and parents would still be alive today. Everything that had happened to Olivia could have been prevented if I had only trusted her.

Rueben grabs his glass from the coffee table and throws it across the room. It hits the wall and falls to the floor, exploding into tiny shards, making Diva bark. "That fucking bastard!" he yells. "He let my sister die. My mother shot herself in front of me because of him. My father drank until he died of alcohol poisoning."

Rin and Steven appear in the doorframe. They are quiet as they listen to Rueben yelling and cursing out Jason and his family.

"I hated Olivia so much that I blamed her for what happened to Levi, Isak, and Gavin. I wanted her to hurt as much as I was hurting. After years of resentment, all I could do was yell in her face to die already. It wasn't the first time I've said it to her. She never argued back even though she knew she never meant for any of this to happen." My palms curl into fists, and the urge to punch Rueben right in the mouth knocks the air out of me. But I wait to hear what else he has to say because if I'm going to beat him, I want to know what else he did to Olivia. His voice begins to quiver as he says, "She let Jason's friends assault her to keep them away from Camila while I was at university, upset that she got engaged to my little brother while she never gave me a chance," but I don't feel bad for him. I hope he suffers as much as I do and loses sleep over what he did to Olivia. Because I know I do. Even if I sleep, it's usually nightmares of me being in a strange place, tied to a chair, while I'm shown videos of Olivia being fucked by man after man, while a voice tells me she's a whore and she is not to be trusted. That she should be punished for breaking my heart. On and on, the videos keep going as the voice keeps repeating the same words.

Jasper lowers his left leg from the coffee table, his jaw set hard. "You said what to Olivia?" He rarely gets angry, but when it happens, it's best to stay away from him. I understand how he feels; the only reason I'm not pulverizing Rueben's face right this instance, is because I made Olivia suffer more than he did. I still need to know if he did more shit to her than I already know about. "You have no fucking clue how many nights I heard her cry in her sleep about Camila, and you think she wanted her father to come here and make us kill each other? Don't you understand she already tried to take her own life while in my care? Do you have any fucking clue how it made me feel? The thought of not finding her in time still haunts me. You have no clue how much she's suffering. From the scars on her arms, she tried to end herself more than once. Yet you tell her that she should take her own life? If anything happens to Olivia, I'm holding you responsible. Blood- brother or not, I'm going to scatter your remains right alongside Roy's." He turns his attention to me. "The same goes for you." To himself, he mutters, "Why does everything have to be so complicated when it comes to love?" Complicated or not, Olivia is perfect for us.

Ansel stops him before he can grab his car keys. "Give me the keys

do whatever the fuck you want after we've seen all the videos," Ansel

obsession with the videos?" Rueben

the angry one. Is he suddenly

to understand what we're dealing with. Azael already did a number on us," Ansel explained to Rueben while pointing at me, "and we

and I start to sweat. What if my dreams are memories of what

couch and dropping on it. Diva puts her head on his lap and he strokes it, calming enough for

stands next to his father, his hands in his pockets, a mocking grin on his stupid face as Olivia is quietly

laptop. *"Not only did you steal from me, but

know that the Lords like to share the same woman, and I bet she was fucking all of the Carr sons.