Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

264. Olivia - Escape I

Mose's body starts to change, big black wings emerging from his back, his nails and canines elongating, his eyes turning red right before his facial features change.

Is his demon taking over?

Is it safe without a bond?

The few things I know about Dukes and Lords is from when I was at the Celestial Heaven. The other pornais and I would sometimes talk about the things we heard during the Dukes' meetings. Some of the women were from Lords' families and I remember one of them saying that it wasn't safe for demons to take control if they had no bonded.

Mose keeps changing, resembling more of a demon than a human, with sharp features and red eyes like blood.

Shit.

failed to bond with him. What if my unwillingness to be bonded with any of them is why it never happened with Mose and Jasper? I did bond with Ansel, and while I don't regret it, not anymore, because it made me not feel so lonely while in here, I still wonder how it happened because I never wanted to be with him. Not like that, at least. There is much I don't know, and bonds are one of those topics, but what I *do* know is that some bonds are forever while others can be easily

of those things that lasts forever. What ties us together is that no matter how many times I was forced to fuck men

Lords and humans that have nothing to do with demons or angels, but he could

drives his hand into **257's** chest that's with him in the fighting cage with such force his fist comes out through the back. **257's** beating heart is trapped between Mose's fingers.

from between his fingers, and he opens it. The heart beats one last time before stopping. His red eyes find me, and in an inhuman voice, he says, "Yours," before letting

sweet, because who in their right mind would like to be gifted a heart? Me. As long as it's put in a box with a ribbon and it belongs to my brother or father, I won't say

romance is dead, but our Lord here just gave his woman a heart. It's not his, but details are not important. A heart is a heart,"

at the experiments in front of the matching cage, another word

say anything as he watches the cage's metal door open and several experiments enter. They attack Mose at the same time, but something about the way they are fighting seems off. Are they holding back? "Regardless of the answer, Mose is stronger than I thought. He will

be lost forever." A satisfied grin appears on

What if

can't let that happen. There must be something I