Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

280. Tyson - Revenge V

I never saw myself as a father. Fuck. I didn't even think I had it in me to be a good parent. My mom was an absolute nightmare to live with. By the time I moved in with my father and his family, all I knew was that I'd never get married. All that changed when I met Olivia. I wanted her, and I wanted a family with her. Spencer is the fulfillment of the dream we shared.

Mila walks up to the door. "It's this way," she says and walks out.

Before I go to her, I ask Ansel, "Can you find some nails and a hammer for me?"

He doesn't even ask what I need them for. "Sure thing."

Mila waits for me down the hall, next to another room.

For a moment, I get nervous. I've never been inside Olivia's room before. I know that she didn't live here of her own volition, but knowing her, drugs or not, she created a place where she wanted to think she could hide from the world. Mila opens the door for me. "This is where Olivia stayed while she lived here."

Before I enter, I say to her, "Don't even think about leaving. You won't like what we'll do to you when you find you."

"I'm not stupid to run away from Lords. Where will I even go, anyway?" Mila wonders before leaving me alone.

Olivia's room-if I can even call it that is smaller than my office. There's a single bed, a vanity desk, a TV, an old system sound, and a closet. No books. She must have hated not having anything to read. Now that I think about it, I never once saw her read at the farm.

When Rueben and I took her shopping and saw the books and vinyl albums there, I knew she would be interested in them, especially if they had jazz on them. The tricky part was buying them without her or Rueben noticing. Or leaving them in Jasper's room without anyone noticing.

I go to the sound system, curious to see what type of music Olivia listened to while she was here. When my favorite song, Evil, starts to play, I'm taken by surprise. I didn't think she would remember.

While the song plays, I lay on her bed. The window is nearby. She probably lay in the same position as me, listening to the song and looking out the window. What did she think about in those moments? About our son or how I failed her? I grab her pillow and inhale her scent.

the fuck is

Rueben scream at her and kick her out? If something happens to her,

her old closet, and look inside. Most of the clothes inside are red, which makes me frown. She hates that color-at least, that's what she told me. For sure, Jason forced her to wear those clothes. Lastly, I go to the vanity

carved below the mirror in the alphabet we invented: *A

I read somewhere? Nothing comes to mind, so

floor, the contents gone. The closet is open, most of the clothes are missing. By the looks of it, he was in a hurry to take anything of importance with

wall is a painting

case Jason missed something, but there is nothing here,

and Sean is whimpering

finish here and go

agrees with me. "Sean was kind enough to tell me where the

we

hammer

take them to the living

head, but I tried to control myself. Not this time. This time, I'll let everyone see how twisted my mind is. The only ones safe from my madness are my blood-brothers, Olivia, and

thought he'd

to deliver a message to Jason-tell me where my son is, or the next ones will be you and your father." With Jason and the Senator, I'll take my time, making them

missing, I'd already be on my way

his feet, shoulder, and hands to the door. Next is Sean. Nailing him takes less than a minute. He doesn't even

from my enemies?" I

leaving," I say after I make sure Sean memoriezed my message

room with a bag in

The Elders will take care of