Shackled (The Lord Series) by Carlos
253. Tyson - Truths VI

The video ends with Olivia covering her face with her palms and crying.

For a while, no one says anything. What the fuck can we say anyway? That we hated Olivia for years for something that was an accident? All she wanted to do was save Camila from whatever was locked in that box. We lost not only Camila but our parents as well because of Jason. If that fucking coward could have actually helped Olivia and Camila, my little sister and parents would still be alive today. Everything that had happened to Olivia could have been prevented if I had only trusted her.

Rueben grabs his glass from the coffee table and throws it across the room. It hits the wall and falls to the floor, exploding into tiny shards, making Diva bark. "That fucking bastard!" he yells. "He let my sister die. My mother shot herself in front of me because of him. My father drank until he died of alcohol poisoning."

Rin and Steven appear in the doorframe. They are quiet as they listen to Rueben yelling and cursing out Jason and his family.

"I hated Olivia so much that I blamed her for what happened to Levi, Isak, and Gavin. I wanted her to hurt as much as I was hurting. After years of resentment, all I could do was yell in her face to die already. It wasn't the first time I've said it to her. She never argued back even though she knew she never meant for any of this to happen." My palms curl into fists, and the urge to punch Rueben right in the mouth knocks the air out of me. But I wait to hear what else he has to say because if I'm going to beat him, I want to know what else he did to Olivia. His voice begins to quiver as he says, "She let Jason's friends assault her to keep them away from Camila while I was at university, upset that she got engaged to my little brother while she never gave me a chance," but I don't feel bad for him. I hope he suffers as much as I do and loses sleep over what he did to Olivia. Because I know I do. Even if I sleep, it's usually nightmares of me being in a strange place, tied to a chair, while I'm shown videos of Olivia being fucked by man after man, while a voice tells me she's a whore and she is not to be trusted. That she should be punished for breaking my heart. On and on, the videos keep going as the voice keeps repeating the same words.

Jasper lowers his left leg from the coffee table, his jaw set hard. "You said what to Olivia?" He rarely gets angry, but when it happens, it's best to stay away from him. I understand how he feels; the only reason I'm not pulverizing Rueben's face right this instance, is because I made Olivia suffer more than he did. I still need to know if he did more shit to her than I already know about. "You have no fucking clue how many nights I heard her cry in her sleep about Camila, and you think she wanted her father to come here and make us kill each other? Don't you understand she already tried to take her own life while in my care? Do you have any fucking clue how it made me feel? The thought of not finding her in time still haunts me. You have no clue how much she's suffering. From the scars on her arms, she tried to end herself more than once. Yet you tell her that she should take her own life? If anything happens to Olivia, I'm holding you responsible. Blood- brother or not, I'm going to scatter your remains right alongside Roy's." He turns his attention to me. "The same goes for you." To himself, he mutters, "Why does everything have to be so complicated when it comes to love?" Complicated or not, Olivia is perfect for us.

Rueben goes to where we keep the keys, but Ansel stops him before he can grab his car keys. "Give me the keys before I let Diva tear you apart," Rueben snarls in Ansel's face. Diva starts growling.

"You can do whatever the fuck you want after we've seen all the videos," Ansel calmly says.

"Why the fucking obsession with the videos?" Rueben yells.

I don't get why he's the angry one. Is he suddenly feeling guilty for what he's done?

"Because you need to understand what we're dealing with. Azael already did a number on us," Ansel explained to Rueben while pointing at me, "and we need to learn from past mistakes if we want to get Olivia back."

My stomach drops and I start to sweat. What if my dreams are memories of what happened to me in the past?

"Down, girl," Rueben says before going to the couch and dropping on it. Diva puts her head on his lap and he strokes it, calming enough for Ansel to put on another video.

Olivia is in her father's office. From Olivia's clothes and the blood on her hands it's from the same night Camila died. Senator Deymar is sitting at his desk, watching something on his laptop, while Jason stands next to his father, his hands in his pockets, a mocking grin on his stupid face as Olivia is quietly sobbing. The volume on the laptop is low, so I can't pinpoint what the Senator is watching.

Ansel fast-forwards to the point when the Senator slams shut his laptop. *"Not only did you steal from me, but now you are fucking a Lord's son? Who? The bastard or the orphan?"* he yells at Olivia, making her flinch.

Jason snorts. *"You know that the Lords like to share the same woman, and I bet she was fucking all of the Carr sons. Maybe the dad, too."*

I've never hated someone like I do Jason. I thought Senator Deymar was scum, but Jason lives up to the name. No wonder he couldn't stand Olivia, she was a sweetheart, and he wanted her to be just as miserable as he was. For a long time, Jason succeeded in that, but I'll make sure Olivia smiles every day for the rest of her life. After everything she's been through, she deserves to be treated like a queen.

*"From the moment you were born, looking like my mother-in-law, I knew you would be a problem. I tried to correct you, but even so, you turned out to be just like her. She was a pornai, working in a cabaret before Jon took pity on her and took her home after he saw her making a fool of herself. Not only could you not keep your legs crossed, but now you killed a Lord Priest's daughter inside my home? Do you have any idea what you've started?" His palm falls on top of the desk, and Olivia starts trembling. "If we want to stand a chance against the Lords, I need the daggers. Give them to me now."*

Olivia shakes her head. *"We need to help Camila. Please."*