Nine-year-old Emilia sat on the cold, damp floor, her knees drawn to her chest as she tried to ignore the gnawing hunger in her stomach. The darkness of the basement felt suffocating, the only light coming from a crack under the heavy, locked door. She flinched as she heard the sound of footsteps overhead, her small body trembling with fear. She didn't dare make a sound.

Her stepfather's voice boomed above, slurred and angry, each word sending a jolt of dread through her.

"You're useless! A burden!" he shouted at no one in particular. Then came the sound of something heavy slamming against a wall, and Emilia buried her face in her arms, tears silently rolling down her cheeks.

This was her world—four concrete walls, a thin blanket on the floor, and the unrelenting terror of what might come next. Her frail body was a testament to years of neglect: skin stretched thin over bones, bruises faded into her pale complexion, and scars littered her arms and legs.

She couldn't remember what it felt like to be loved.

But somewhere, far away from this nightmare, four brothers—Luca, Matteo, Raffaele, and Nico Costello still mourned the baby sister they had lost. And when fate brought them back together, they would stop at nothing to bring her back To life.