The Broken Angel & Her Overprotective Brothers

Ignoring her boyfriend, Emily moved to take a seat beside Simon but she made the mistake of passing by where Kaiden was sitting. As a result, just as she was passing by him, the man took hold of her hand and pulled her to sit beside him on the couch.

"What are you doing? This is so embarrassing!" She whispered to him while staring at the man who refused to reply and just buried his face in the crook of her neck, causing her to become even more flustered as she noticed that all her brothers were observing the two of them.

Couldn't they just look at some other place instead of enjoying her embarrassment? She asked herself while shaking Kaiden's shoulder to stop the man from pulling her on his lap.

"Kaiden...!" 

She tried to stand up but his hold on her was tighter than she thought and as a result, she couldn't even get out of his arms let alone walk away from him.

"Let him be. He needs you right now." Shadow's words distracted her and when she looked up at him, the man gave her an assuring nod but there was also a weird look in his eyes that she couldn't understand.

She gave a quick look in her brothers' directions and realized that none of them was looking anywhere near in a teasing mood. Instead, they all looked serious and kind of uncomfortable about something which reminded her of the tense atmosphere that greeted her when she had entered the office. Exactly what was going on? 

"K, are you alright?" She asked Kaiden as she relaxed in his arms and even slid one of her hands to wrap around his waist while she took hold of his hand with her other one. Since she was no longer worked up, she could feel that Kaiden, or probably his wolf, was feeling restless at the moment. 

The man just shook his head and didn't say anything. Though he relaxed a little bit more and took a deep breath to inhale her scent that helped in calming down his wolf. 

"We have something to show you," Shadow spoke again, bringing her attention towards him but she was surprised when Kaiden suddenly became tensed all over again. Not only that but her brothers also seemed equally tensed if not more. 

"What is it?" She asked while looking around at her brothers before her gaze landed back on Shadow who stood up from his seat on the other end of the table and moved to crouch in front of the sofa where she was sitting with Kaiden.

Their reactions were giving her anxiety and she could tell that whatever Shadow was going to tell her, it's the reason behind everyone's disturbed states.

"Shadow, just spill it. Whatever it is..." She stated or more like requested as she looked at the man with a determined expression on her face. Whatever it was, she could handle it. Right?

There was silence for the next few seconds that felt like long torturous minutes before Shadow let out a deep breath and nodded his head in understanding. He handed over his phone to Domenic who seemed just as calm as Shadow but Emily could still tell that he wasn't feeling any better than the others.

Domenic moved to sit on the couch placed next to the one where she was sitting. "Emilia, you have to keep in mind that no matter what, we all are here for you and we won't let anyone hurt you. Ever!" 

Listening to her brother's words, Emily only started feeling more anxious towards whatever they wanted to tell her. She felt Kaiden squeezing her hand as if he was trying to ensure her that he was there with her.

"Yep, Em! You have your brothers and your friends with you. You also have a mate who loves you like there's no tomorrow. You don't have to face anything alone. We will always be here for you." Crist spoke next as he too moved to stand behind her couch while his hands came to rest on her shoulders.

Looking at every man present in the room with her, she knew that she was no longer alone. She hadn't been alone ever since the day she first stepped inside the Alessandro Mansion and met her brothers. She hadn't been alone ever since the Sullivans appeared in her life. And she was more than grateful for not being alone anymore. She needed these men in her life just like how she needed oxygen to survive. 

She gave a bright smile to everyone before she turned her attention to Domenic and nodded her head, assuring him that she was ready. 

Domenic gave a quick look towards the rest of the men present in the office before he turned his attention to Shadow's phone that he had been holding in his hands all this time. A couple of seconds later, he finally turned the phone towards her so that she could take a look at whatever he wanted to show her.

Emily looked at the screen of the phone with a confused look on her face but it soon turned into shock and then terror as her eyes recognized the person in the footage that was being played on the screen. She felt her body becoming cold as her hands turned into tight fists, her nails digging into her skin as she tried to remind herself that she was not back in those dark and cold dungeons.

"Sorellina... We are here. It's alright, sweetheart." Daniel was immediately beside her as he gave her arms a light squeeze before his hands moved to open her fists before she could end up hurting herself.

The others also moved closer to Emily as they noticed that the girl was struggling to keep the bad memories of her past from taking over her. 

Emily could feel the warmth of her brothers and friends around her but it was still somehow not as strong as the coldness of the terror-filled darkness that was suddenly surrounding her as her eyes stared at the familiar face of the man whom she had hated for so many years.