Shackled (The Lord Series) by Carlos

Lords from other Blood Lodges came to Veross City for tonight's gathering. The pornais are busy serving them drinks or sucking cocks, making Olivia frown. Rueben has his arm around her waist, keeping her close to him in case she decides to put on another show for everyone to watch.

After glancing at a group of seven blood-brothers taking turns fucking a petite woman in a corner, Olivia huffs, "I thought we came here to talk about how to stop Azael and the Nephilims, but I don't know what to make of the orgy. Are we going to participate, or are we just watching?"

Remembering the first time she set foot in the Inferno Room, Rueben says while grabbing her ass, "Only if you are willing to let us destroy all your holes and lick our cum from the floor."noveldrama

Olivia narrows her eyes. "You're an asshole."

Rueben kisses her cheek. "An asshole who will be in your ass tonight."

Olivia rolls her eyes at Rueben, but I can see the corners of her mouth twitching. She is starting to like anal sex even if she says otherwise. She especially likes it when Jasper eats her out. He's very generous in that regard. My gaze goes to him. He winks at me, making my pulse quicken. I might say that I started noticing him only after Rueben hit me with the baseball bat, but I am lying. I have been lying to myself all this time.

The truth is that I always loved Jasper's company. I never saw him like Ansel or Mose, who are good friends, nor like Rueben, with whom I have a blood connection. Jasper was... more. He was always there when I needed him.

For a long time, I was afraid to love because I didn't want to have my heart broken again. But now that I know the entire truth of what went down with Olivia, I have opened myself again to love. Maybe it wasn't the hit that made me see Jasper, but Olivia, who fixed whatever was broken inside me.

I wasn't into men, not until Jasper, but fuck, he's so...manly.

And when he looks at me the way he does now...

I should think of something else before I kiss him in front of everyone.

I let my eyes wander around, taking in the men present.

Alekos, Reyes, and Stefan are close to the Inferno Room, talking to a group of four blood-brothers. While they are not from Veross City, the four Lords look familiar to me.

As I try to remember where I met them before, one of them turns his head in my direction.

"Tyson?" Dimitri's thick accent reaches my ears, taking me back to the half-year I spent in Russia.

Rueben, Ansel, and I were sent there by the Elders to take a look into a case of corruption with the Lords. Dimitri and his blood-brothers-Dominick, Ivan, and Uri-opened their home to us. We became friends, and after we returned to the States, we kept in touch. In time, the friendship fizzled out. It's been a year since I last talked to them.

"I'll be right back," I say to Olivia before Rueben and I head over to Dimitri and the others. Ansel remains behind.

Many Lords from Eastern Europe are involved with the local mafia. Dimitri and his family have connections with the Russian Bratva.

Dimitri gives me a strong handshake before hugging me. "Long time no see," he says. After pulling away from me, he adds, "You look happy. When we first met, you looked miserable."

My time in Russia was a gloomy one. It was too soon after Olivia, after the facility-if I had trusted her love, she would not have suffered so much-and I often found myself drinking with Dimitri. Vodka helped me forget, and so did the drugs, and I got addicted fast. If not for Ansel and Rueben, I would have died of an overdose.

"My wife and child are the reason for my happiness." Olivia has no idea of the surprise we are planning for her. The proposal will be even better than the one we had in mind for Malta.

I shouldn't let others know about Spencer's existence but Lords take care of their own. Jon and Khloe have kept Spencer safe until now and for that, I'll forever be grateful for them-but now it is my blood-brothers and mine responsibility. When it is time, Spencer will come to the Blood Lodge to learn what it means to be a Lord.

Alekos casts a confused look. Dark circles are under his eyes. Reyes and Stefan look just as tired as him. Having a newborn must be very tiring. "You got married?" he asks.

"Not yet, but since Olivia is my bonded, that technically makes her my wife," I explain.

Rueben puffs out his chest. "Mine as well."

Dimitri's gaze goes from me to Rueben. "I am glad for you, my friends. My blood-brothers and I have yet to find the woman who will belong only to us."

Dimitri is nearing forty. Most Lords don't make it so far without a bonded. But Dimitri was never in a rush to find a wife. From what he just said, maybe he decided that it was finally time to find someone.

"Don't tell me you came to the US to find a bride," Rueben says.

Uri explains, "Zak made some very dangerous people angry. We are here to remind him that the Russian Lords are not as forgiving as the US ones."