ATHENA'S POV It broke my heart for Alina to see her grave. After 6 years of her being missing we had a moment of rationality. We had to accept in the tiniest part of our hearts that there was a chance she was dead. Of course we didn't fully believe it but creating murals and a grave for Alina gave us some sort of acceptance for when it got too hard.

10 years. It may not seem like a lot of time to some but when you have no idea about the whereabouts of your child and if they're being treated ok, it feels like forever.

Putting in that grave was the worst day of my life. She could have been dead for all we knew all because we couldn't find her.

"But I'm alive? I'm right here?" Alina said looking worriedly at us all.

I smiled sadly at her.

"Why don't we sit down and have a chat. Marco can you give us a minute?" I asked him, wanting some privacy between us and her.

He understood and grimly nodded and walked away before giving us all a sad smile.

I led Alina to the table. Me and Salvatore sat on one side as she sat on the other side.

I motioned for Salvatore to start the discussion but Alina had already started the conversation.

"So uh I don't get it. You guys have this big ass house and garden. I mean you even have body guards and drivers!? Also i have 6 brothers? I'm sorry I'm getting off track. I'm just confused and honestly quite mad on why you guys ditched me as a child if you had no obvious reason to!" Alina said angrily, obviously keeping the majority of it in as she couldn't stay still.

It pained me to know that she thought we would ditch her but knowing her past i can't blame her.

Salvatore tried to reach for her hand but she moved it away and put it under her leg.

"Alina, we would never ditch you. Not ever, no matter the circumstances" Salvatore reassured her.

"So why was I the only one that had to got through the foster care system? You kept all of your sons. Was i not good enough as a child or something?" She questioned with tears in your eyes.

"No, no Alina you're perfect. You were taken. Robbed from your bed when you were 4 years old. We didn't hear or see anyone suspicious. The whole thing was completely unexpected. We tried so....so hard to find you! We never gave up. Me and your mother blame ourselves for the whole thing. If only we went to bed earlier, we could have stopped everything, or at least fought who ever took you." He said with tears running down his face.

We still blame ourselves.

"Wait so you guys, want me? You didn't just throw me away like a piece of trash?" Alina questioned as she picked her nails trying to stop the tears running down her face.

I made my way towards her with my arms open asking for an invitation.

She nodded as she knew what I was asking.

For the second time in this magical day I held my daughter in between my arms.

"Of course not! You are a blessing Alina. Don't ever think you aren't good enough for anyone, ever!"

"Really?"

Me and Salvatore looked at each other and replied in unison.

"Absolutely"

I let go of my daughter and guided her upstairs to her room.

————————————————————————————————————————————————————- ALINA'S POV

I know I said I wouldn't hug anyone else but I was in my feels! Plus I had already got my bag from the front door and I know my painkillers are in here. I didnt have to hang on much longer.

The hug was really worth it even if i could drop to the floor in agony right now.

I was so relieved to hear that my parents didn't ditch me. It made me worried though.

They showed me how rich they are from their business which obviously brings attention. If i was taken once, isn't there a chance of it happening again?

I mean i have basic self defence but not much more.

I didn't want to raise concerns to my parents just yet.

Mainly because I didn't actually known them either. We've been with each other for less than a day.

They say they love me now, but will that last? It never even started with Emma and Jason, so it's better already.

What if Athena and Salvatore fall out of love with me? Would I be sent back? They probably don't want a child with my past in foster care. So much more reason not to tell them of my past to make their opinion on me worse.

What if they start abusing me? What if this is all an act?

I took my time walking up the stairs by acting as if i was mesmerised. It was just a disguise for my aching body.

The hallway at the top of the stairs was exquisite. It was red carpet, and each bedroom had these massive white double doors.

The gaps between each room was long. I just knew each room was massive.

Apparently the rooms went in order of oldest to youngest typically, but after i was taken, mine and Adrian's rooms were pout in the middle of the hallway.

"I made sure we kept a room for you when Adrian moved out of his baby room. You know just in case" Athena told me as i was directed to presumably my room.

It's actually really sweet they kept a room for me. I don't care how it looks. Anything is better than a closet, I might even have a bed here!

Athena opened the doors and i was frozen in place.

Not only were there massive, long windows overlooking fields upon fields that were behind the garden, but there was a king sized bed!

Plushies, blankets and pillows that looks super fluffy.

I loved the cream colour of the room.

The room itself was clean and huge.

There was a desk, a mirror and i believed an en-suite.

I never thought those actually existed.

I started feeling out of place.

Here i am, dirty with almost nothing in a room that is almost double the size of my house and looked really expensive.

"I'll come and grab you for dinner in about 30 minutes so you can get settled in"

Athena left. As soon as i saw those doors close i dropped my bag off of my back and onto the chair by my desk as i didn't want to dirty the carpet or the bed and got my painkillers from the front pocket of my backpack.

I swallowed 4 straightaway hoping to give me peace as soon as possible.

I wanted to lie down, but everything looked to clean to stay on. I planned on showering after dinner and after i had unpacked.

I put my skateboard in the corner of the room making sure it wouldn't move and scuff anything.

I then took out my clothes from my bag and put them in the first drawer I found. It didn't even fill up one side of it. There were about 12 other drawers.

It made me feel even worse. I couldn't even fill up a couple of drawers with the amount of clothes i have.

At the bottom of my bag i saw my books. They're from my local library. Oh well, if they librarian wants her books back she's going tinted to chase me over to Italy to get them.

Did i mention there was a massive bookshelf in my room? It was crazy! It was even filled up with books for me.

I had packed everything away in basically 5 minutes, so i just looked around the room.

I left my shoes by the door as i didn't want to dirty the carpet.

The en-suite was exactly how I envisioned it. It was like the rest of the house. Sleek. There was a bathtub and a shower!?

I didn't know what to with the rest of my time, so i grabbed a random book off of the bookshelf and sat down at my desk with it whilst also enjoying the tiniest peace from pain i will have all day. Except for when I'm asleep. It's the best time of my days as long as it's nightmare free.

I picked up The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater. Within the first 30 pages, i was in love.

I actually was annoyed that someone knocked on my door as i was really getting into the book.

It was Marco which i was surprised at.

"Hey sis! Dinner's ready and the rest of the family is down stairs. Now when we get there, you sit by me so they know I'm your favourite brother, ok?"

"Yeah!" I replied.

As long as I had someone who wanted me here sitting next to me then i was happy.

I was worried though. I so far only had 1 out of 6 brothers who wanted me here.

I was stopped as Marco stood in front of me and then kneeled down.

"Do not worry your pretty head. Everyone one of us loves you. The only reason Matheo is pissy about you being home is because he's scared. Scared you'll disappear from him again. He loves you deeply, really. But don't ever tell him i stood up for him, ok?"

I just nodded.

As we were walking down the stairs i stayed behind Marco.

The doors to the dining room opened and chatter filled the air.

Marco moved away from in front of me and silence consumed the room. Except for the sound of cutlery hitting plates.

Am i that pretty? I sarcastically thought.

"SURPRISE!" Salvatore shouted. I had to hide my flinch for that.

For a successful business man, Salvatore is one socially awkward dude.

This was not the time to surprise these kids.

As I looked up silence resumed.

Do they hate me already? Do they even want me here?

Every person in here shared characteristics with me.

Glad to say the final result came out looking the best.

As I looked around the room my eyes caught on the youngest of my brothers. I believe Adrian.

He looked exactly like me even down to the eyes.

It was uncanny.

There was a free seat next to him and Marco.

Perfect.

I went to go sit down and as I passed the boys I saw Matheo sneer at me and look away.

I think Marco has got him wrong. There no love there, at all.

He hates me.

I can feel everyone else's stare burn into the back of my head.

I just make my way to my seat.

As soon as I sit down chaos erupts.

"ALINA'S BACK!" "YOU KEPT HER A SECRET! YOU SICK PEOPLE!" "SHE'S BACK! FOR REAL!" "WHY WERE WE NOT TOLD!?" "YOU TRUSTED MARCO AND NOT US!?"

I couldn't tell who was saying what.

"QUIET!"

Silence was upon us again. Salvatore was still smiling as he stood.

"Boys. This is your sister Alina as you could tell. Now, we only found out late last night about Alina's whereabouts and we brought her home as soon as we could. Marco and Matheo were already in the area for business so she met them first-

"I'm the favourite brother the the way! I saw her first." Marco bragged which made the rest of the boys look angry.

Salvatore chuckled

"We are very pleased to have you back to make our family whole again bambina"

"Now let's eat. I'm sure you're hungry Alina as you slept through our meals" Athena added.

Not really. I could go at least another day without food.

Maids came in with silver platters that they put on the table.

I thanked the one next to me and she looked shocked as she exited.

In the middle of the table was a mix of spaghetti, meatballs, garlic bread. Delicious.

I decided to wait until the rest of the family were done getting their food before I got mine because they were savages.

It was scary to see people fight over food like this.

Soon it quite down so I went to grab my food.

"Why are you doing? I've good you're food here. I got you a bit of everything just in case you're preference has changed. I'm so happy you're back Alina" Adrian stated excitedly whilst handing me my back my plate I didn't even know was taken and was filled with everything.

Dude was ready, as if I was a princess.

It was the same size portion as everyone else's and I knew I would not be able to eat that much. I'd try my best as I didn't want to be suspicious.

Was I even allowed to eat?

"Thank you. You know you acting like how I would envision a knight would. I can just imagine you taking one of those breadsticks and battering any meatballs that came my way"

I don't know why I said that.

Shit. I was really comfortable with him for some reason. I bet he hates me now for speaking too much. I bet everyone else does as they are quiet again. Was I not allowed to speak?

Did I mess up already?

"You don't know how much that means to me." He said quietly.

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