The Broken Angel & Her Overprotective Brothers

Emily felt like her head was about to burst into tiny little particles as soon as she woke up.

Her eyes were still closed as she wanted to give her brain and body a little time to settle down.

"Inform them that we will be there soon." 

She heard a familiar voice whispering somewhere around her but due to all the pain in her head, she could not pinpoint exactly who that person was.

She felt a presence on her left and soon a pair of hands were helping her to sit up.

Her first reaction was to push away that person but before her body could react to the command that it received, she recognized the scent that Doctor Sam used to carry on him.

It was a mixture of the fragrance of medicinal herbs and lavender. Sam was probably the only doctor in the world who did not carry the same scent as the other doctors, rather his scent was both unique and somehow comforting too.

She felt something touching her lips and the smell of herbs entered her nose. It was probably another liquid medicine of Sam as far as she could tell.

Her doubts were confirmed when she heard his soft voice speaking calmly to her.

"Emily, drink the medicine."

She slowly fluttered her eyes open and tried to adjust them in the dim light of the room.

As soon as her eyesight started working, the first thing that she saw was the bowl filled with a golden-green-colored liquid that made her scrunch her nose in disgust.

It did not smell that bad, to be honest, but just by looking at the liquid, she wanted to throw it away.

"Come on! Don't make that face." Sam said as he brought the spoon next to her mouth and waited for her to drink the medicine.

"I'm not going to let you torture me by feeding me with the spoon....."

Emily said in a whispering voice as she grabbed the bowl of medicine from his hands.

".....I'll finish it in one go. Just look!" 

And with that being said, she brought the bowl to her mouth and emptied its content in one go.

A chuckle left Sam's lips as he took the empty bowl from her hands and placed it on the coffee table.

"Just wait for a few minutes and soon you will be back to your energetic self." He told her with a warm smile.

"Why your medicines are so weird? Though I have to say that they work like miracles. What is so different about them though?" 

Emily just could not help herself. Her past and present were bringing so many questions in front of her and this time she was desperate for answers. 

A soft smile appeared on Sam's thin lips as he observed Emily in silence for a few seconds before he finally decided to answer her question.

"I know what you are trying to do. But you don't have to worry anymore. Your brothers and Sullivans have already decided to tell you about everything. I'll take you to them in a few minutes."

Even though his answer was not what she wanted to hear but it still gave her mind comfort and made her relax a little.

It was not until Sam was totally sure that she was not in any kind of pain anymore and that she was completely fine, did he took her to the room at the end of the hall where her brothers were supposed to be.

As soon as Emily entered the room and her eyes landed on the huge dining table where her brothers were currently sitting with no food in sight, she realized exactly how hungry she was.

Her eyes keenly observed all of them, especially Rylan and Simon, to see if any of them were injured.

But fortunately, it looked like that her passing out diverted their attention and stopped the fight that Simon was ready to start.

She took her seat beside Domenic while Sam sat on her other side.

As soon as she was settled down on her seat, the door of the room opened, and three waiters appeared with trolleys filled with food and drinks.

It was a surprise that her stomach did not rumble and embarrassed her the moment her nose registered the mouth-watering smell coming from the variety of dishes that were piling up on the table.

Domenic personally served her plate while making sure that she wanted to eat the certain dish or exactly how much she wanted to eat.

Soon, all of them were busy filling their tummies with food, and the environment was filled with a comfortable silence.

Though no one questioned her about what happened back in the meeting room, she knew that they soon would want to know.

But she was not ready to tell, at least not about revealing all those dark secrets that she had been keeping engraved deep in herself.

She knew that she was being a hypocrite. While on one hand, she wanted answers to all of her questions, on the other hand, she herself was not ready to answer the questions of her brothers.

But that's because she was not ready to dive into the depths of the darkness that she was storing within herself.

She was not ready to show the world, especially her brothers, exactly how broken she was.

She was not ready to be called stupid and psycho for making up things that did not exist in the eyes of normal people.

And most importantly, she was not ready to lose the chance at a better life than she had received because of her brothers.

The dinner was soon over and just like Emily predicted, Simon was the first one who asked the question.

"Emy, what happened back there? Why did you suddenly faint?"

Emily could feel that all the eyes in the room were trained on her, waiting to listen to her answer.

A soft sigh left her lips before she looked up at her brother and asked in a soft and tiny voice, "Can we please talk about this at home?"

The indication was clear, she did not want to answer the question in front of the Sullivans and that definitely didn't sit right with Kaiden.

However, the older Sullivan stayed completely normal even though his soul was anything but.

Simon looked over at Domenic and the elder brother gave a soft nod to their sister, watching as her body instantly relaxed a little.

"Well, let's move on to the main point. Shall we?" 

For the nth time that evening, he brought everyone's attention to the important matter at hand.

Emily suddenly was filled with curiosity as she aimed all her attention at her brother but for the next few moments, no one spoke.

It was not her brother but Kaiden Sullivan who broke the silence and as her name slipped out of his mouth, Emily felt like her heart almost stopped beating for a second.

"Miss Emilia, have you ever heard of supernatural beings that are supposed to exist in our world within their secret societies according to various books and tv shows?" 

As he completed his question, Emily realized that her body and mind were not reacting towards the gorgeous man sitting just a few feet away from her, rather it reacted to the word 'Supernaturals'.

She found herself slowly nodding her head as she kept her eyes trained on her orange juice glass that was still half-filled.

She would need to complete it before leaving. After being starved for countless nights, she perfectly understood the importance of not wasting food.

"Do you think there's even a one percent chance that these stories about the supernatural beings existing in our world are more than just a myth? Is there a possibility that they are real?" 

Kaiden did not even realize that he had stopped breathing the moment he asked the question as he waited for her answer.

Even though they decided to tell her everything, what chances were there that she would actually believe them and their story?

Though they could just outrightly show her the proof and disperse her doubts and unbelieves, but somewhere deep down Kaiden had a strong feeling that it would be their greatest mistake.

Nearly every single person present in the room was expecting for Emily to either burst out into a laughing fit or glare at Kaiden for wasting the time by talking nonsense.

What no one expected was to see her slowly nod her head once again.

No one knew how to react to that. They were not expecting her to say yes or was she just fooling around with them?

Emily finally raised her eyes and looked at the shocked appearance of those sitting around her.

Even Kaiden and Domenic failed to keep their unbothered and calm facade in place as both of them looked at her with frowns covering their faces.

A small smile appeared on her lips but it was unlike any other smile that they had seen on her. It was not a smile of happiness, but sadness loomed behind it.

"Who knew that while all of us were trying to hide the truth from the other, we were worried about the same thing - Whether the other party would believe us or not!"

A small chuckle escaped her lips as she slightly straightened in her seat before continuing.

"I once stumbled across something that was supposed to only exist in myths a couple of years ago. Even though I escaped and they were not able to find me, the questions that they left behind never allowed me to live with peace."

"I could not tell anyone about what I saw because no one would have believed me even though I was actually speaking the truth. Moreover, I was not really desperate to visit a psychiatrist."

The room was filled with pin-drop silence as everyone tried to take in the information that the young girl suddenly decided to drop on them.

"What did you actually saw, Emily?" 

This time there were no honorifics as Kaiden softly asked her the question while directly calling her by her name.

Even though both Domenic and Simon realized the sudden change, but neither of them wanted to disturb Emily and lost the only chance of learning a little bit about her past, the past that she had safely kept hidden from them.