(Emily's Point of View)

Brightness fell upon my eyes, little drops of heaven and absolute bliss filled the air as we woke up. The birds were singing a song much like the time we were last together. Yet this time I was not waking up alone, this time my face met the one I had been wishing for since all of this had started. We had retired to bed together after we confessed our love to each other.

The other four were all given another room at Nate's expense that I knew my brother would exploit entirely. However I couldn't think about the dent in Nate's wallet, not when his arms were wrapped around me and his face buried into my back as he slept. I could only imagine how much worse his nights had been then mine, with so many bruised ribs and cuts I knew that his time away had been scaring in more than one way.

I turned slowly trying my hardest not to wake up the man I love, that feels so good to say, as I watched him sleep. A couple minutes would pass until he let out a small hiss and jerk in his sleep, then it would happen a few minutes later. I traced my finger over his clothed arm trying to soothe the pain away.

His hisses still continued as bad as before, so with a mission in mind I slipped out of his grip which elicit a groan of protest from him. I made my way to the kitchen sink looking underneath for the small first aid kit that I had used the night before.

I pulled out the ice pack and filled with ice before wrapping a paper towel around it to make it a bitter warmer. I tiptoed back to the bed rolling him onto his back gently before placing the icepack on his stomach.

"Emily." He whined drawing out my name sleepily, I sat on the bed next to him holding his hand. I moved the chocolate locks out of his face keeping the moment in my memories forever.

"I'm right here. Always."

It took him a couple more hours before finally waking, I used the time to think about all the memories I had with this man. Allen. Nate. Two sides of the same man that laid beside me, injured because of me and his love for me.

"Good morning Chimere." I whispered leaning over to give him a soft kiss however he brought his hand up and pulled me on top of him. "Nate your bruises-"

"Will still be there after I had my morning snack." I shivered slightly at the growl in his voice, knowing somewhere in the back of my head that I should listen to reason. Instead I gave into love.

Our lips locked once more battling out never relenting, much like our time together as Nate and Emily. His hands went down my back as his tongue swiped over my lips, a moan ripped from my throat as I pressed closer to him.

A knock once more echoed around the room interrupting our 'morning snack' and slowly I rose yelling to them, "One minute." I danced around the room throwing a long sleeve button up and jeans at Nate. He simply chuckled while I slipped on a blouse, jeans, and a leather jacket in a quick fashion.

Michael brought Dai in first handcuffing him to the laptop chair, he decided to stand just hovering over Dai with a threatening look. Alana and Marques, who I had finally learned the name of, sat on the couch together while Nate and I sat on the edge of the bed.

I fidgeted slightly and could feel everyone's worried gazes, I looked towards Dai with a nervous glint wondering what had caused him to betray me. We all had decided that we needed to discuss everything fully with everyone present.

I turned my focus as Nate nodded to my mother to signal her to begin, "When you were young I was taken away after I had fulfilled my duty to your father. I produced him an heir, not one but two. But before we turn to that you must know why I had to do so." She turned to Marques and I knew that I would finally know why he was a part of this.

"This love of my life, the beat to my heart and Sebastian's brother. When we first started feeling more than friendship we both thought that we could never be together, because our families despised each other." She began to shake slightly as Marques slipped his hand into hers for the first time since I had met them, and I watched as he squeezed her hand giving his strength to her.

"She told me no time and time again, that in no way we could ever date. But I was too stubborn, eventually she caved. However, my brother had an arranged marriage in place since he had been five, a girl named Sala, that he had absolutely been enchanted with the moment he met her. So, when they found out that she had a low chance of producing an heir they looked to other methods." I watched the two interact as I soaked in this new information, her father had never wanted her mother in the first place so how did-

"So, they set their sights on me even though my family knew that I didn't want an arranged marriage still I complied because I never wanted to disappoint them. I was to marry Sebastian instead, and produce him the heir Sala couldn't. He hated me for a long time for it, he hated everyone because his love couldn't be with him." My mom spoke with such sadness carrying her voice like a sound throughout the room, I refrained from launching myself to her to give her a big hug.

"My brother and I's bond grew even thinner after that, my love was taken away from me." Marques looked over at Mum with a longing look in his eyes, she squeezed his lightly and he went back to normal.

We would have time for that when we had a proper time to talk, first I needed to learn why father had pushed her away when his children needed her. Then we could catch up and let out a good cry in each other's embrace, and then perhaps see what her thoughts were on Nate.

"But eventually we bonded over losing the people we loved while being determined to get them back, I knew he was sleeping with Sala hoping to get her pregnant at all costs. However, I couldn't be with my love and everyday I grew bitter that he at least had a way to be with her. I choked down my feelings realizing that I needed to be strong for my children."

"I distanced myself from her knowing that we couldn't be near each other without doing something we would regret." We all knew that they wouldn't have regretted a single thing even if they had done something.

"However, this time I was the stubborn one, and so I kept persisting and finally found Marq again." Then I realized letting out a breathe that I had been wrong, they had done something. I glanced at Nate realizing that even if I was locked away I would always find a way to be with him in some capacity.

"We slept together, not knowing if this was the last time we would see each other. But it wasn't, we found each other once more, both times I ended up with something... or should I say somebody beautiful to remember our time together." They looked at Michael then at me with grins before looking towards each other, the world froze for a moment before Michael started to trip over his words.

"Wait... We're not..." Michael sat shell-shocked and I took the time to truly look at him, they both had the same blonde hair and while Michael's eyes were a darker shade I finally knew where the green in my eyes had came from. Nate tapped my nose slightly though he seemed just as surprised as the rest of us at the revelation.

"D-Dad?" Tears streamed down his face as he came to this realization that Sebastian wasn't our father, he was never our father. Now Michael finally knew why he had never felt a connection with him, why he was able to hate him and rebel against him so easily. In a way I knew to that he was never close to me, tears streamed down my face as my eyes met the man I barely knew.

"Your my..." I muttered aloud walking towards him as he gave me a small nod before looking towards Michael and giving him one to. Both Mich and I went to our parents both of them hugging us like we were going to disappear, and both of us returning the hugs with just as much vigor.

"Oh my children, finally for the first time since you were babies I get to hold you again." Marques was crying right along with the rest of us, his family, and he held my head so softly as we hugged.

"I was taken away after Sala finally got pregnant, I was divorced and removed from your lives. They believed I was a bad mother towards you both teaching you to be free of the lives they wanted to force upon you. I was taken to this town in France and given a small home. They let me work for whoever I wanted and do anything as long as I didn't try to contact you. I was monitored all the time. But once they found out you were looking for me and were in Paris they took me from my home and locked me up." My mother's eyes went from mine to Nate who hadn't spoken a word since the story began.

"The morning we went to her house I got a strange call, who were from the people holding your mother which turned out to be your grandfather. He told me that I wasn't good for you, making you go off course from their plan. I tried to make a deal with him but he double crossed me, I told them if they gave you back your mother I would limit all contact with you." That's why he had been so cold to me that day, I knew that he could never be like that to me.

"They took me the moment you stepped inside that house, taking me to where your mother was locked up. We bonded and wished to see you at all costs, then our wishes were answered by your brother." Mich moved a bit not leaving our parents and I's embrace but still enough to acknowledge his part in the story.

"I went to save our mother and the only way to do that was to beat a man to prove my loyalty. I had no idea that in fact he was Allen from all those years ago until I looked into his eyes." My air jumped in my lungs at the thought of my own brother beating Nate, but I also knew that he had no idea who he was before hand.

"I knew something had to have happened to you, so I looked and found your phone in the couch cushions. I guess you had thrown it there, and knew something bad was gonna happen. Mother left me what I needed to escape my marriage but I needed more than that. I knew Dai was in France so I asked him to help me with something." All of our eyes went over to Dai who was passed out on the wheelie chair, I took a small breath.

"I asked him to help me find you but he refused, so I left knowing that I would never give up on you. Then I felt something hit me in the head and it gets hazy after that." We had all told our stories, the last piece was Dai's but he wasn't going to wake up anytime soon.

So we stayed in our parents embrace not wanting to let go any time soon, even when the urge to use the bathroom came upon me. I stayed in my father's embrace while Nate kept a watchful eye and a small smile on his face.