Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

368. Olivia - Malta I

Tyson and Rueben push two big suitcases inside the master bedroom while I explore the rest of the suite. Mose and Jasper are bringing in the rest of our luggage while Ansel has already jumped into the shower. The flight had many turbulences, which made him sick, and he had a small accident in the airplane. Our next vacation won't involve airplanes. First, I check the two bathrooms.

There's a jacuzzi in the main bathroom. I haven't used one before. My parents had a big one, but they never let me near it because they thought I would drown. What a pathetic excuse. I don't lack common sense, and I know how to swim. From the bathroom, I go to the other room, which is smaller than the one we will be sleeping in. I didn't understand why they got a suite when we could have gotten a big room-it's not like we will use the entire space until I see the view. It's absolutely breathtaking.

When I was dating Tyson, we talked about all the places we would eventually visit. Malta was a must because I have wanted to come here since I was a little girl. Grandpa Jon's family is originally from Victoria, the capital of Gozo Island. His stories about how his ancestors fought against invaders and were ultimately taken into captivity, from where they would later escape and make their way to the US, awoke my desire to read. Grandpa Jon.

It's been a while since I last thought about him or Grandma Khloe. I wonder if they are still alive. It's been so long since I last saw them. I tried to contact them, but their phone numbers were disconnected. After Jasper and Tyson started teaching me how to drive, one evening, I went to their home. It looked like no one had been living there for years.

I'm more than sure that my parents or Jason told them that I am some whore and spend my days doing drugs and fucking any man that crosses my path. It's been like this since I was a child. My parents would always make up lies about me. My maternal grandparents never believed a word, but my father's parents did.

Someone wraps his arms around me from behind. Tyson. His palms cover my stomach as if he wants to protect the baby from any harm. Warmth spreads all over my body.

Before leaving Veross City, the guys took me to an obstetrician. The baby is healthy, so are my new tubes, and there's no trace of the crystal that was put inside me when I was still in the clinic. I wonder if my body somehow absorbed it when I accepted my darkness.

I lean my head on his shoulder. "You remembered that I wanted to see Malta," I say.

Tyson kisses my neck. "To be honest, I forgot until I saw your room in Jason's apartment. You wrote *A magna maxima* on the mirror frame. It took me a few days to figure out why it sounded familiar."

bitterly at the memory of when I wrote that. It was a few days Jason took me to his apartment, and his friends started abusing me daily. Thinking of the places I wanted to visit

around Tyson's neck.

meet in a gentle kiss. "After everything we put you through, it's only right that we take

fortune," I start

agent said that someone is interesting in making a movie from one of my stories. I haven't said a word about it because I am yet to talk to the director and see if we come

eyes go wide.

to you,"

tip of my finger across

the room. Tyson is too distracted by me

"About?" he murmurs.

my mind. Jasper and Tyson haven't passed

eyes light up. "You, me, and Jasper. Or,"

man, it's all new to me. Rueben smashes my head with a baseball bat, and next thing I want to ride..." Oh, he wants to ride Jasper's dick? I want

can be so

my head to

was

and forefinger together. "Not even a little

Anyone would be