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."

for her to sit on, but she goes to pet

laugh. "Far from it. Actually, I want to adopt a black cat, but Alekos is against it, at least

for the two of us. "He worries about you. He must love

bully who likes to spank me until I do as

I'm doing and stare at her. "Are your men

she can stay here. Men who abuse women are

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."

It

want to think of myself as a victim or a survivor. I am a...warrior. For six years, I was a prisoner, but now that I regained my freedom, my real fight is only starting. "Talking about

to the table with her. "So, what happened at the Blood Lodge?" She tries to change

to my little speech. I think about telling her about the Blight and what it means for everyone,

they talk about wars and how to stop the Dukes and that I'll

lie. I take the mugs over to the table and give one to her. "I fell asleep when one of the

"I always thought that the Lords have a big orgy with the sex slaves they have there." I choke on my drink because she is not far from the truth. "Now that I know that Alekos was telling me the truth,

naive, or she wants a quiet life. Because if she wants the truth about the Blood Lodge, she will end up with high

how she escaped from Carlos' hands, I say, "The last time I

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

Sanctuary? Wasp saved

"You

my ass several

her? You mean a hellstar." A bright smile spreads across her face. "Welcome to the

up. "You're one

what has happened since we last saw each other. She tells me all about her bondeds and her unborn baby. The love she has for her family

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

chocolate cookies that Jasper made two days ago on a plate, Stefan and Ansel

something. Jasper and Mose will stay with you on the farm, and another group

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