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.

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

What ties us together is that no matter how many times I was forced to fuck men and women alike or he was sleeping around, it never broke? Maybe I'll find out

is the mastermind behind many attacks and deaths against the Lords and humans that have nothing to do

such force his fist comes out through the back. **257's** beating heart is trapped between Mose's fingers. Silence falls

out his hand from **257's** torso-who falls to the ground dead and slowly turns around. His fist is in the air, blood dripping 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 the heart fall to

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 no to such a

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

in front of the matching cage, another word comes out of Mose's

wrong about Mose being weak, I say to Azael, "New drugs or the same you use on other Lords?" I don't give names, but I know he understands who I'm talking about. He doesn't say anything as he watches the cage's metal door open

might," Azael agrees, "but his mind will be lost forever." A satisfied grin appears on his face.

inside my chest. What if Mose

let that happen. There must be something I