Chapter 84

Shackled (The Lord Series)

84. Angel The door to the room I have been locked in after that brutal night opens, and Olivia enters. She is wearing an old t-shirt and a pair of shorts and d has a tray with some food and a glass of water on it Putting the tray on the nightstand next to the bed, she asks me, in her gentle voice, “How are you feeling today?”

“A little better.” 1 r. My voice is still h oa rse for how much I screamed while I was tortured.

Except for my face, my body is almost entirely covered in bruises, and going to the toilet is so painful end up crying best thinking that I have to go soon has me in “Do you need help taking a shower? That way, I can clean your wounds as well.-

I don’t remember the last time I took one or how many days have passed since I got kidnapped..

“No, I am good. You can have the food, you need it more than I do” Olivia is so thin, she is only skin and bones.

she sits on the bed next to me, “How about we eat together, and then I help you shower.”

“Why are you so kind to me?” I ask “Because you look like you need a friend” She scratches her arms. Does she need drugs soon? “And maybe I need one too.”

Being friends with Olivia doesn’t sound that bad. I nod my head slowly. Olivia gives me a hall smile and puts the tray on the bed between us. It is only some bland oatmeal and a few slices of apples, but it is the first time I eat in days. The room I am kept in has no windows, and I mostly spend my time in bed, my mind I eat two slices of apple, take a few spoons of the oatmeal, drink the water, and I feel full. I wait for Olivia to finish eating before I say, “If you could help me get to the bathroom, I would be very grateful.”

Walking is another torture, but with the help of Olivia, I make it not only to the small bathroom attached to my rooms but also take a mach needed shower, and she helps me take the medicine prescribed by a questionable doctor who saw me after Carlos gut bored of torturing me.

back in bed, and Olivia is about to leave when Carlos comes to see me. I tense, but there is nowhere to hide from him.

“A gynecologist will be here shortly to look at your pus sy. To make sure it is healing properly. In a week or two, Dukes will start visiting you. Olivia, come. Jason is waiting for you.”

a lower her head, picks up the tray, and leaves.

“Your father disowned you,” Carlos says before closing and locking the door.

father again.

I try to think of a way of escaping this nightmare. There is no mirror in the bathroom, and I am only served food that can be eaten with a s walk without help, I doubt there is much I can do.

Maybe I will ask Olivia where she gets her drugs from. The only way to endure being raped by the Dukes repeatedly is by being high And until I can more desperate I beco. Hit tears fall down my face because I miss Alekos, Reyes, and Stefan so much. They probably don’t they have Emily and can finally be happy with her. And make beautiful babies together remember my fare by now, The initial numbness experienced disappeared | some time ago, the in any chest in my only companion HOM I start praying something that I haven’t done in month yer as the door opens, and one of Carlos’ men enters. A woman carrying a doctors briefcase follows him. Her brows farow as the ser I don’t get to finish my prayer as mt.

84. Angel “You have five minutes,” the man says and guards the door The woman, who I assume is the doctor, puts the briefcase on the bed and opens it “I only need two minutes, baby,” she says as she pulls out a gan Chapter Comments Elizabeth Johnson POST COMMENT I hope it is firefly that is saving her and not her mates. She needs to heal and then take control back of her life before she is reunited with them. They have to learn to respect....

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