Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

328. Olivia - The visit II

I rush past Jasper and Mose while I scream from the top of my lungs, "Angelica!"

She and Stefan stop in the middle of the garden. I'm so happy to see that she's alright that I go directly for a hug. "You have no idea how worried I was for you," I say as my arms wrap tight around her. "Olivia?" She sounds just as surprised as I am to see her.

"Yes," I confirm.

Angelica pulls back her head to take a better look at me. "You look so much healthier now that I didn't even recognize you."

I press my lips in a thin line before saying, "It's been a month since I stopped taking drugs." I grab her arm and start leading her to the house. "Tell me about you. I can't believe you're pregnant!" Angelica turns her head around to look at Stefan, who encourages her to go with me. "I will join you after I catch up with Olivia's bondeds."

Even though we were in the same year in high school, Angelica and I barely spoke. She had her friends, and I had mine. She must be wondering why I'm acting so friendly, but I am so desperate to spend time with a woman and gossip about anything and everything that I don't care if I come off as desperate because I am.

Diva follows us up the stairs.

"Forget about the men. They will drink beer and talk about sports or about last night's meeting at the Blood Lodge."

Angelica blinks. "What happened last night?"

It wasn't that hard to catch her attention.

"Let me tell you all about it over a hot cocoa."

"Count me in. My men never tell me anything juicy. They think that because I'm pregnant, I'm suddenly too delicate to hear all the gore that happens in their world. But when it comes to fucking, I can take it," she huffs. "Mine are the same." Especially Jasper. Whenever he fucks me, it's like he's drilling my pussy. But I love being fucked by Ansel and Mose just as much.

We enter the kitchen. Diva gets under the table and lies on the floor. "Whenever you feel like gossiping, I've got your back."

Angelica suddenly squeals happily, scaring Miss Teapot, who is playing with her ball. "You have a black cat."

her to sit on, but she goes to pet Miss Teapot. "Don't tell

cat, but Alekos is against it, at least while I'm pregnant. He's afraid I'll get

for the two of us. "He worries

bully who likes to spank me until I

doing and stare at her.

is the case, I'll let her know that she can stay here. Men who abuse women

their way all the time." She looks at the door, making sure no one is around. "Between you and me, I like the spanking. It really turns me on. And now that I'm pregnant, I'm into it even more."

mentioned spanking. It was

of myself as a victim or a survivor. I am a...warrior. For six years, I was a prisoner, but now that I regained

goes over to the table with her. "So, what happened at the Blood Lodge?"

or skipping ahead to my little speech. I think about telling her about the Blight and what it means for everyone, but strong emotions are not good for her baby. "I upset the

men let you go to the meetings? Alekos says they talk about wars and how to stop the

very boring," I lie. I take the mugs over to the table and give one to her. "I fell asleep when one of the old farts spoke about tanks. He was

there." I choke

is either naive, or she wants a quiet life. Because if she wants the truth about the Blood

she escaped from Carlos' hands, I say, "The last time I saw you, you were

gentle squeeze. "I was saved by a group of..." She pauses for a moment before saying, "Women." I'm not the only one who has secrets. "They took me to a place they call the Sanctuary and helped me heal from the beating

Sanctuary? Wasp

"You

several times. I'm

forms between her brows. "Like her? You mean a hellstar." A bright smile spreads across her face. "Welcome to

up. "You're one as

her bondeds and her unborn baby. The love she has for her

is done, I tell her how my guys found me in the forest and

putting some chocolate cookies that Jasper made two days

something. Jasper and Mose will stay with you on the farm, and another group of blood-brothers are on their way to patrol the territory," Ansel casually

"What's going on? And no more 'everything is fine' bullshit. I want the