Chapter 22

2/2 Shackled (The Lord Series)

22. Stefan Alekos keeps talking. “Besides, since my father died, Zak has been the one to take over the shady business my family was involved in. If Luis or Carlos wanted to spy an my family, they would have sent someone to watch Zak”

As the child of Nikolas, Alekos was the one to become the new patriarch of the family, his uncle, Zak, stole away the title. Alekos has claimed he is fine with it, but i know he is plotting something to exact revenge on Zak. Though, he is yet to tell Reyes or me what is going through his mind.

“She is the one that suggested a contract. I guess as a way to prove her loyalty to me,” Alekos adds.

“Ah, the famous contract. Now, I am intrigued.”

“It was just a ruse. She tried negotiating the terms of our relationship. Let’s say: it went poorly on her end.”

Alekos is an excellent negotiator. When I am back in my office, I will have to take a look at the cameras and see how that discussion went on no contract then?

s his b*dy forward and rests his hands on his desk, “I was thinking”

“I might make one, just to see how Angel reacts to it.” He leans his “About?” I want to know.

“About how the Lair is distributed.”

It had been Nikolas who designed it. But he didn’t have any blood-brothers, and the space was more than enough for him and Julianna, Alekos mother. When Emily was alive, we slept in the same room in Alekos’ home. I had planned to talk to Alekos about renovating the Lair, after the wedding and piercing ceremony, as I had already put a lot of thought into it.

In transform it into the He rubs his chin with his left hand. “We will need more space, once Angel starts having babies. My room is the biggest, so it makes sense to i master bedroom. That will leave us with two rooms that will be turned into nurseries. I want to keep the living room as it is.”

How many kids does he plan to have?

“Sounds good, only that I want to keep my room. Reyes and Angel can sleep with you, th you, but I prefer to have my own space.”

up Alchos doesn’t seem happy that I don’t want to turn my room into a nursery. It is one thing to accept Angel as my bonded, but another to see her children Slow in the place that holds so many memories of the days when I was happy with Emily. I never told anyone this, as I wanted it to be a wedding surprise, but I made a few sketches of how to renovate the Lair for a large family. I had plans for the future, but now they sit forgotten in a folder on my laptop “We will talk about this at another time. For now, just order the new bed. You know how fragile the bond is in the beginning. And I want Angel to feel safe and loved by us.”

I clear my throat.

clear to Alekos t. “I will protect and make sure she is safe. Even hang out with her, if she wants that. Be her friend or whatever, but I won’t love her,” I make this “The band will require the three of us to love her. Although I doubt Reyes is capable of loving her the way she needs. But you could.”

No, I can’t love Angel the way she needs.

“Just like you and Reyes would have loved Emily?” I point out.

“Reyes and 1 did love Emily. But we are not talking about her right now,”

I know Reyes and Alekos cared for Emily, but she was more like a sister to them so he can’t ask me to love Angel “Look, between you and Reyes, Angel will be more than adored. The bond won’t be affected by me not being in love with her.”

“You need to get over Emily’s death, at some point. And let yourself love again. Besides, Reyes is unpredictable. Seeing his brother being killed in front of him f ucked him up really bad.”.

1/2 22. Stefan Like I am not f ucked up? But I don’t say that out loud.

I try not to get et angry at Alekos, because we talked about this many times.

“My heart died the same day I lost Emily,” I remind him.

Alekos sighs, annoyed. When I think he will keep insisting, he changes the subject. “Keep an eye on Carlos. If he knows we have Angel, all hell will break loose.”

If Carlos tries to take Angel away from us, Alekos will kill him. Though, I am still not sure of Angel’s intentions. A future D uche ss asking for help from a Lord. That’s unheard of. Alekos obviously trusts her. As for Reyes, I am not sure about what he feels for her. He had acted...strange around her.

“I will send Cirro a message and let him know what’s going on.”

Alekos takes a look at his watch. “Good. Tell him I want to know what Carlos and Luis do all the time: who they talk to; when they eat; when they sneeze; when they take a shi t; you name it. Until we have the piercing ceremony, and Angel is officially ours, we have to keep a low profile.”

I stand. “Consider it done.”

I leave Alekos’ office and go to my own.

I send a message to Cirro to meet up sometime later, not wanting to tell him confidential information over the phone, in case someone is Estening in on our conversation. Once the meeting with Cirro is confirmed, I am about to go over my work, when I decide to see what Reyes is up to. Knowing him the way I do, he is probably tormenting Angel with his knives.

I connect to the cameras from the Lair and search for Reyes. It doesn’t take me long to spot him. Then, I stare at the screen for a long time..

Alekos wrong. And so was L. Beyes it ea is capable of love. In fact, I think he is in love with Angel. It is the first time I’

I’ve seen him sleeping with a woman in his arms -a smile on his face.

Tell! He is f ucking smiling in his sleep Angel has done what no other woman has before-she ensnared Rejey heart.

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