Shackled (The Lord Series) by Amy T

390. Tyson - The Meeting II

Before a future Lord receives his demon, he has to take an oath before the Elders and Cain, and he will never reveal anything from what he hears or sees in the Blood Lodge. Those who break the oath are no longer trusted and are often stripped of their position within the organization.

Zak Raptou is one of the few Lords who went rogue, betraying everything we stand for, and siding with Dukes in financial and political matters. Since he never crossed any serious line, the Elders never considered him a threat, but Alekos has been warning them about his uncle's shady business for years. The Elders never stopped turning a blind eye, probably because of Nikolas, Alekos' father and Zak's brother.

Nikolas was one of the best men I have ever known. My father respected him greatly. Nikolas was expected to become the Emissary, the only Lord allowed to set foot in Hell. Cain was the one training Nikolas. His death has been a great loss, destroying all the progress we made with Lucifer. This wasn't known by many.

I only found out when I started my training as a Priest. As an acolyte, I was to interact with Cain when my father wasn't around. I learned many things during that time. After my father's death, when I decided to become blood-brother to Rueben and Ansel, the Elders spent many days trying to convince me to continue with my training in another city. They even tried to tell me that they would take care of all my expenses.

The only reason I wanted to become a Priest was that I thought I couldn't share Olivia with others. Even now, I struggle with jealousy, but it's not as bad as back then. Now, Olivia's happiness is all that matters. I'm not the only one she loves or who makes her smile, and I learned to live with that.

It took a while to find a new Priest for the Blood Lodge. Alma's father, Juan, performs most of the rituals in Veross City.

If Dimitri and his blood-brothers are here to kill Zak on behalf of the Bratva, Alekos will do whatever it's in his power to help Dimitri. Zak turned the entire Raptou family against Alekos, thinking he would get his hands on Alanes Tech Company. The company was started by Nikolas and Zak's father, and from what I heard, Zak was furious the day Nikolas was made the new CEO and had a mental breakdown when Alekos took over after his father's death.

Alekos' fists clench. "Zak has been like a festering wound for many years. My father tried to make the Elders see it, but they always held on to the hope that Zak would one day return. I don't know what the fuck they expect." "Maybe they think Zak will return?" Stefan suggest.

Alekos' eyes flash red. "If he dares to set foot here, I won't hesitate to kill him. He kidnapped my secretary and did God knows what to her. Since he refuses to answer my questions, I'm inclined to believe he killed her." Reyes chimes in. "While I don't care about Sherry-"

"Cherry," Alekos corrects him.

Reyes keeps talking."-Angel was fond of her. Zak will pay for upsetting my wife."

Uri snorts softly. "The Elders in Russia would have never allowed this kind of bullshit. The last Lord who went rogue was sent to Siberia along the Road of the Bones."

"To protect it from polar bears," Ivan snickers.

years. The Elders are too lenient." His attention turns to Alekos. "You know

His head jerks toward

pulled that shit on us, we would

eyes. "How you treat your woman has

front of the other Lords from this Blood Lodge. Even so, he hates it when

us know that the Elders are ready to start the

our shit to take care of, I still say to Alekos and Dimitri, "If you need help with Zak, let me

if you let us help with the

of sticking his nose

your phone number," I

Rueben and I exchange our new personal information with Dimitri and his blood-brothers, we return to Olivia

are some friends from Russia. I met them while Rueben, Ansel,

to me, "I didn't know you three went

because, in many cases, details of missions

you about it on

the Inferno

even mention how we still have our nails painted. It makes Olivia happy to have all our nails with matching colors. So what if I have pink and violet nails? Rueben has

around another topic, Olivia rests her head on Rueben's shoulder, her palm against his chest. Rueben snakes his arms around her waist and kisses her forehead. She glances

as those of Jasper's, but for tonight, I'll let Rueben enjoy her

been brought to accommodate all the Lords present tonight. The pornais are busier

spoke to them and explained how the Dukes are in reality, many women living in the Blood Lodge became more loving toward the Lords-especially the single ones. I wonder if, with Olivia's help, we can get most of them on our side. Ideal it would be to have

expressions worried. Jasper and Rueben told them about the events in Malta and everything we had learned so far. Learning about Asa made them understand the danger we are

many secrets regarding how humankind came to be or who made the Garden of Eden, among other things. But there are secrets that we are only starting

Olivia straightens her back.