Chapter 126

EMMA

One thing that bound us all together was that we all knew the nightmare of loss. Everyone had lost so much from the war, and it pained me to think Xander and Kai had lost their family. I knew that Ethan did as well. Nothing could take that pain away, but it made them all fight for each other that much harder.

“Did you ever have any siblings, doll?”

I leaned back to be able to look at Kai too. He placed a kiss to my head.

“Thankfully, no. I couldn’t imagine anyone else growing up around Brenda. I used to pray every night to whomever was listening that she would be incapable of having any more children.”

Both nodded in understanding. They did not know nearly a tenth of what she did or what she was like. True evil for certain. The things that she suggested they tried to break me into submission was enough to hate her with every fiber of my being.

“What about if the situation had been different? Would you want them?” he asked.

“Absolutely. I wanted to have a big family. I alway