Men brought in box after box as I stood there watching, those boys doing the same in pure annoyance.
"Oh they're here already" Mr. Pierce said with a smile as he and my mother walked out of the dinning room and over towards us.
"Will you guys bring the boxes up to the door at the end of the hallway please?" Mr. Pierce told the movers politely.
Some of them nod in reply as others begin to bring up what I assume are my boxes to my new room.
"Thank you sir" I said softly to receive a small nod in return.
When all of the men finished bringing all of our stuff in, Mr. Pierce closed the door and looked over at all of us.
"So now that that part is done" he said clapping his hands together "some more news" he said as my mother walked over to him.
"This coming weekend we will be marrying and then after next week you all will head back to the school" he said enunciated the word all as he brought up school.
My eyebrows furrowed in confusion "my school starts back up before the wedding" I said clearly a bit confused by the situation.
"I thought you were gonna tell her," Mr. Pierce said, clearly confused while looking down at my mother.
"It must have slipped my mind," she said with a fake little giggle.
"Well that's alright" he said before looking back at me as my mother glared at me once again.
"You and the boys will now be attending the same school" he said and my eyes widened as I let out a little oh.
"We will have already left for the honeymoon so we won't be here to see you off," he said softly while nodding at his sons.
"Don't worry too much though, you get to come back on weekends and holidays" he said and I just stood there shocked.
"So it's like a boarding school" I said and he nodded his head with a proud smile on his face and I clicked my tongue.
"Alright" I said through gritted teeth before masking my feelings with a smile.
"I'm gonna head to bed, I'll see you in the morning" I said with a smile before walking up the stairs not waiting for a reply.
Turning right I head down to the last door of the hallway like Mr. Pierce had instructed the workers to do earlier.
Opening the door at the end of the hall I push it all the way open giving me a view of the room.
Boxes laid in the room, a four pole platform bed was placed towards the center between two windows.
The scheme of the room was gray, white and black like the one back home giving me a small sense of familiarity.
Stepping in I close the door behind me and let out a little sigh.
"How the fuck did I get stuck with all of this shit" I whispered to myself before looking around.
"Bathroom" I whispered when I opened one of the other doors as a smile formed on my face when I saw the walk-in shower.
Looking around I see a few fresh towels already hung up "thank god" I said while stripping my clothing off.
"No dress, and no more heels" I said to myself while throwing the items towards the corner of the bathroom.
Stepping up I see a small box in the counter, opening it I see different soaps and essentials.
A note was placed next to it 'I hope you don't mind, the boys and I attempted to pick out a welcoming gift, welcome to the family- William Pierce' it stated.
Raising an eyebrow I open it skeptically before opening some of the bottles and sniffing them in light fear that something else would be inside.
After sniffing and placing some down on some toilet paper no reaction occurs.
Waiting a little I decided I'll use it and brought them towards the shower.
While showering I let my body relax under the warm water as anger filled my veins.
"Bitch couldn't ruin my life enough so now she's uprooting it" I spat in anger.
Rolling my eyes I try to drift my mind elsewhere but it doesn't seem to help.
Harshly I turn the water off and step out grabbing a towel and drying my hair with it.
After that I begin drying my body and then wrapping it around me.
Stepping out of the bathroom I walked towards some of the boxes placed on the bed and began opening them in search of something to sleep in.
"Settling in" a voice asked, causing me to look back and standing there in all his glory was Ru.
"As best as I can I guess" I said in reply before continuing to rummage through the box.
He lets out a hum and his footsteps draw closer causing me to feel a bit surprised but I still don't look back at him.
Taking a pair of underwear I shimmy them up under the towel.
"Don't look" I said, turning back and he closed his eyes.
Turning back around I let the towel drop before I put on an oversized shirt.
"You're okay now" I said while looking back towards him.
He looked at me for a moment, his head tilted to the side as he inspected me.
"So you're Amara"she asked and I let out a little laugh.
"And you're Ru" I said but his expression didn't change even a little bit.
A knock came from the open door causing us both to look over to see Julian as I pulled up my shorts.
"You guys weren't" he started to ask and I laughed.
"No, why is Ru the ice king over here secretly into incest" I ask in actual curiosity.
"You're a real bitch you know that" Ru said from next to me as I finally saw an emotion on his face for the first time, anger.
"Yes I do, thank you for pointing it out though" I said with a small innocent smile while he scoffed at me.
"My dad told me to tell you where all the rooms are," Julian stated, causing me to look back over at him.
"Oh and are you actually willing to do so?" I asked and he waited for a moment looking like he was deep in thought before rolling his eyes at me.
"Just hurry up and get downstairs" he said in an annoyed tone as he walked away.
"I take it as he's the oldest" I said while looking at Ru who stayed silent.
"Right, I'll just take that as a yes," I said, shrugging a little as I went and hung my towel back up in the bathroom.
"Why are you such a bitch" he asked when I came back into the room, causing me to smile sarcastically.
"Well you see it's like a coping mechanism, but I'd like to say it's all part of my natural charm" I said while stepping up close to him.
"Well you should learn to hold it back, because it's not very charming" he said, raising an eyebrow at me.
"Yeah but see the thing is" I said, stepping up really close to him.
"I did realize one thing I can get with it," I said just above a whisper as he looked down at me, his light blue eyes almost becoming colder.
"And what is that exactly?" he asked and I smirked up at him.
"A reaction out of the ice king and to be honest I think I kinda like it" I said and his eyebrows raised.
"You've got this adorable little pout, and fierce eyes" I said while going up on my tippy toes to push a few strands of hair behind his ear that had fallen covering his eyes.
"And you may not be into me Ru, but I'll sure as hell enjoy messing with you like you are" I said leaning in really close to where I could feel his breath against my lips.
"I love a challenge and I think you might be my new favorite one" I whispered letting my lips hover over his as I stared at him.
He didn't move back, his body had actually started to slightly arched towards mine as he looked down at my lips for a moment, his mouth slightly agape in surprise causing me to smirk while I stepped back.
"I'll see you tomorrow" I said while stepping out of my room.
This might just be fun after all, I thought to myself with a smirk as I walked down the steps to meet the impatiently waiting Julian.
He stood there leaned against the wall with his arms crossed over his chest before his eyes flickered up to me “are you and Ru finally done” he asked with clear annoyment in his voice and I just rolled my eyes and nodded.
‘“Good follow me” he started pushing himself up off of the wall, and so I did, following all through the lower level of this house through vast rooms that looked almost bland.
The architecture of the house itself was beautiful but it was all so exposed almost as if no one was living here which in honesty was a bit sad.
“We can be done now” he stated suddenly stopping causing me to almost run into his back but I stopped right before I did but it didn’t matter because he turned around.
He stepped closer to me causing me eyes to widen as I looked up at him, keeping my ground which caused a sparkle of amusement to flash through his eyes.
“Be careful around here alright” he stated, his hand reaching out to grab my jaw.
“My younger brothers and I aren’t the most caring, but we aren’t horrible either, just do us all a favor and watch your mouth” he stated and I laughed causing his jaw to clench.
“You want me to be afraid of you, don’t you” I questioned sarcastically, already knowing that he wanted me to be due to his body language.
“I’m not one to cower Julian, and don’t expect me to beg for you either” I stated and a flame showed in his eyes, green eyes almost like a forest.
“But one day you will” he stated a smirk growing on his face as his grip on my face got tighter.
“Because you won’t be able to resist” he whispered before letting go of me and I laughed.
“Are you sure I’ll be the one that begs Julian cause honestly I doubt that” I stated before turning towards the staircase.
“I’ll see you in the morning though right, we would want me to be lonely especially since I’m about to be your baby sister” I said in an innocent tone teasing him a little as he watched me slowly walk up.
“Thanks for showing me around, I cant wait to get to know all of my big brothers more and then we’ll learn who fucking begs” I stated before turning to go down to my room.
When I did I closed the door behind me before walking over to my bed and plopping down on it.
These guy’s were going to be interesting, and fucking distracting but I can’t afford distractions.
Letting out a little groan I rolled onto my back angry at the fact that I knew it was morning. "Just kill me already" I grumbled putting my arm up over my eyes. "Doesn't that seem too fast" a soft voice whispered, causing me to quickly move the arm off of my eyes as they shot open. Looking towards the foot of my bed I saw Link sitting there looking almost innocent even though he had just been watching me sleep. "You're right I wouldn't want to miss out on this" I said while raising an eyebrow and he let out a little laugh. "You're acting weird" I said while pushing my body up a little and resting on my elbows. “You don’t know me well enough to decide that” he chuckled out and I just sucked in a breath as I looked at him. "Yeah well I might not know you well yet but the most I got out of you yesterday was complete and utter disgust" I stated and his eyes widened but he didn't deny what I had said. "So what is it that you want Link" I ask waiting for him to reply but he just pau
"Look if this is going to be some sort of lecture I don't have time" I said while adjusting the collar of my shirt. He looked at me full of annoyance that not only shined in his eyes but was etched onto his face causing me to sigh, really not wanting to listen to whatever the hell he was going to say about how wrong I was. "I'll lock the door next time okay" I said, feeling like a child that was about to be scolded and was trying to attempt to sway his mind in the other direction. "Did you like it?" he asked cocky, causing me to scoff and stare at him in annoyment. "What I like and don't like is none of your concern" I stated and he took a deep breath before shaking his head a bit. "You have to tell him no" he said in a bossy tone and I rolled my eyes., what was he my fucking parent "Yeah no shit" I mumbled while rolling my eyes. "We're gonna be step siblings, nothing can happen between anyone anyway" I said while walking towards the door. "We're not blood he'll see that as an
"Hey Link" I said, dragging out his name as I leaned against the doorframe. "I thought you had to leave," he stated with his eyebrows furrowed as he looked at me confused. "I was but I'm here" I said, shrugging my shoulders while I looked up at him. "You locked your door" he said suddenly and I nodded at the observation. "I did," I said in a matter of fact tone. "Are you mad at me?" he asked while looking down a bit nervous that I was gonna tell someone about what was going on. "Why would I be mad at you?" I asked and his eyes widened in relief. "Can I come in?" he asked and I took a deep breath before shaking my head. "I don't know if that's the best idea" I said and he sent me a fake pout while stepping forward. "Please" he said, reaching out to grab me but I moved back a bit while letting out a sigh in annoyance. But without me responding he went right past me into the room "Link" I said in a stern tone as I turned around. "You shouldn't be in here, I do not want to list
After getting ready for bed and doing what I could to dress my wounds I lay down in bed to read my book. My door opens quietly causing me to look up at the sound to see Link stand there his arms crossed over his chest causing me to stand up confused at his sudden appearance. “What are you doing here?” I ask clearly defensive and mirroring his stance and he just scoffs before turning to close and lock the door behind him. “It’s my fucking house” he stated and I just raised an eyebrow, the guy that pretended to be sweet and innocent was finally showing his true colors because he was pissed off he hadn’t gotten his dick wet. “It’s my fucking room” I stated back and he walked towards me before roughly grabbing my arm. “I don’t fucking care, how dare you tease me push me away don’t you know how lucky you are that I want you” he growled out and I rolled my eyes. “You mean you want easy access to pussy when you feel needy” I stated rolling my eyes and ripping my arms out of his hold.
Loud banging, all that could be heard was loud fucking banging; sitting up I glare at my door hearing more bangs after more bangs. “Go away” I yelled, moving to lay back down but I heard a frustrated growl and a groan from next to me causing my body to stop its movement. Looking over I see Link and my eyes widen, shit, oh wait no I didn’t sleep with him, thank god. He moves closer to me in his sleep, his arm moving around my waist and the banging from the door continues causing a whole lot of anger to course through my veins. If it was mother there would have been loud screaming and threats, I also doubt Mr. Pierce is the type to repeated bang on a door or allow it so my only guess is the engaged couple has left earlier this morning and this is none other then one of my other new fucking step-brothers deciding to wreak havoc early in the morning. “Fucking hell I can hear you, quit banging you asshole” I yell throwing Links arm off of me causing him to shift and stare at me as I w
The footsteps sounded coming down the hall and I straightened up in my seat throwing on a soft smile which caused Julian to raise an eyebrow at me, but I ignored his questioning stare. When the footsteps stop we all look back to the door to see Mr. Pierce smiling “good morning, sorry we had to leave so early” he laughed while moving towards his seat at the table. “Your mother went up to bed Amara, she’s been weirdly tired lately” he said looking a bit in thought and inside I wanted to laugh at his statement but instead all that passes my lips is a light hum. “I would like it if the two of us talked, got to know each other a bit more, and maybe did lunch for you, me and the boys” he said in a questioning tone and I looked over at him with the smile on my face still present. “Really?” I ask with a small laugh “well I think that would be nice Mr. Pierce” I said respectfully and a smile broke out on his face and I watched him nod. “Alright, why don’t you finish breakfast and then mee
Standing up I stretch my arms above my head causing my back to pop and me to let out a satisfied groan at the release of my joints. Deciding to keep the long sleeve shirt on I change into a pair of plain black jeans, not needing to be real fancy for the restaurant making me feel slightly relieved along with the fact that my mother wouldn’t be going making some of the pressure fall from my shoulders. Walking into the bathroom I put my hair up into a ponytail before checking my face, I didn’t put makeup on this morning but my hair was down and covering most of my face and anything would probably be chalked up to a shadow if it was seen but if anyone realized anything nothing was said. The marks weren’t too bad, the fingerprints on my face were barely present but the bruises were there nonetheless, the mark of my mothers slap last night was closer to my ear so no one had realized it. Pulling out some concealer I begin putting it on my marks and blending it in with the rest of my skin
The next day came rather quickly leading me to where I am now, sitting in a boutique watching my mother try on wedding dress after wedding dress even though she has about six at home. When I brought that up she yelled at me, saying it was bad luck to wear the same wedding dress that was used for a previous collapsed marriage, but maybe if she stopped marrying men for their money it wouldn’t always be so bad. The boys had their tuxes fitted in another room until they were allowed in with us as well, all spread out across the room on the giant couches while I sat leaned forward on a separate chair my legs spread out a bit wearing black slacks and a blue blouse to look presentable as my mother put it. She stated before we left that if I wasn’t going to wear a dress I had to at least not look like a rat that had crawled out of the sewers trying to steal a diamond on its way across town so that I wouldn’t cover it in shit. Basically meaning if I didn’t look the part I would be a disgra
*Five Months Later*I was sitting on the side of his bed again, leaning against it my head pressed onto the side of the mattress my hand holding onto his."Amara, my love you need sleep" Julian said coming up behind me and I shook my head my face rubbing against the blankets."You haven't slept" he stated and I sighed pulling my head up looking over at Jace's face."I can't sleep" I whispered shaking my head a bit and his hand came up onto my shoulder squeezing it a little."It's been five months Amara" he said and I shook his hand off my shoulder standing up."You think I don't know that" I asked a little louder than I should have and I sigh looking down towards my feet "I know how long it's been" I whispered."Amara please come to bed" he said and I let out a small laugh."Isn't that supposed to be the other way around" I asked looking up at him and he looked at me with a soft smile."I care about the love of my life, sue me" he said in a teasing tone."Jace might be in a coma but h
I stared out the outside of the house I grew up in my fingers tapping on my steering wheel "this place looks petrifying" Jace said from the backseat.I saw the others nod, after years the house had started to decay almost.Wood looked a bit more like it was starting to fall in on itself, paint chipped off of the exterior, vines growing up and around the sides."Now or never right" I said turning the car off and climbing out the boys quickly following "it has secret passages, I used to go through them when I was little" I said walking to the side of the house covered by more bushes and knocking at one of the plank sections it falling off.I reach under and hit a latch the area opening "no one knows about them" I started looking back at the boys "something goes bad go through here, get out" I said sternly and they nodded."Let's go" I stated crouching down a little beginning to climb into the passage way the boys following hunched over behind me.When we make it through I push at the do
I slowly walked into the room and placed my hand on Julian's shoulder "please come to bed" I whispered as he sat in the chair staring at a sleeping Jace."Amara I'll sleep later" he stated and I sighed."You need sleep now" I muttered softly and he let his head fall forward a bit."Jace needs a little bit of time to himself, plus you've been awake for the last four days you need rest it's unhealthy" I started leaning down and hugging him from behind on his shoulders."Please come to bed" I whispered again my voice coming out a bit more pleading this time and his hand moving up gently holding my arm."Alright" he whispered and I smiled a little "what time is it" he asked and I placed my head on his shoulder."Almost two in the morning" I whispered back.He let out a quiet hum in response before turning his head to look at me and I lifted my head off of his shoulder to look back at him.A small smile falls across his face and I press a small kiss to his cheek before letting go of him an
Over the course of the last few days Jace has been learning his best how to walk again, the numb feeling he said was the worst. The way when he took a step it would flicker from feeling nothing at all to feeling intense pain causing him to let out a small scream from the pressure. During this time period Julian has become ten times more protective over him, basically staying awake all night and day at his bed side so that no matter what Jace needs he'd get it. We sat through many levels of fustration as well. The screams of anger from him not being able to move correctly or him trying to hide the tears in his eyes from too much pain. And gods was he stubborn, never wanting to take a break, forcfully trying to push past every bit of pain to get back to how he should be, good enough to go into the fight. Everyone in the house was worried at his mental state as the days had gone by, the way he'd look basically past you so you couldn't stop him. He had been irritable too and that's
"Why are you two sleeping on the couch" I heard from above me and I shift a little my body rolling off of the side and I let out a small groan before looking up. "Amara I don't even understand how you managed to do that" I heard the voice state and my eyes finally become a little less blurry as I see Jake staring down at me clearly confused. "Isn't something like what she just did basically impossible" Julian stated from next to him raising an eyebrow as he looked down at me and I glared up at him causing him to let out a chuckle. "Sorry my love" he stated while squatting down next to me and holding his hand out looking at me almost expectantly. I scrunch my nose up and look away from him causing him to let out a small grunt before tickling my side causing my body to move on instinct a laugh ripping from my throat as I attempt to move his hands away from me. "Accept my appology" he sttated while tickling me and I laughed while nodding. "Okay" I yelled out and slowly he stopped t
A bang came from the room next door causing my head to shoot over "help me up" I stated and Ru stands up picking me up in his arms and pulling me closer to him. Julain stands walking in front of us bringing us to the other room the others following behind us as we walk inside and Ru places me next to Jace on the bed. "Amara" he whispered and I shushed him running my hand through his hair as best I could "what happened" he asked clearly a bit confused. "You passed out" Julian stated and Jace looks at him confused before coughing a bit, a small bit of blood hitting his hand and he looks down confused. "Everything hurts" he whispered while Ru walked over bringing him a rag for the blood and Jace thanked him rather quickly, whiping the blood off of his hand. "Jace do you remeber ingesting something you wouldn't normally have" I ask and the room goes quiet as he thinks about earlier today and he nods. "Yeah before you got to the school actually" he said looking over at me and I nod e
My head was killing me, it felt like it was trying to bang out of my skull and my body was sore "she's moving" I heard a voice but it sounded like it was drowned out. I wince in pain as I shift a bit my mind feeling fuzzy when it came to my surroundings, and then a burning came back in my lungs and a sound ripped from my throat in pain "Amara" I yelll surrounded me but I was gone again. "Jake how did you get here" I whispered, my body cold as I curled in on myself a bit in the dark room staring towards the boy confused. "I got in trouble again" he whispered back and I reached my hnd out for my bestfriend, he reached back his hand folding into mine as he shuffles closer. "Is it always this cold in here" he asked just above a whisper and I let out a long breath as he cuddled closer to my side. "Yeah" I muttered my breath going out in a puff of smoke due to the low temperature "at least they let you keep all of your clothes" I whispered forcing out an airy laugh. "How often does he
When we made it back downstairs I looked around confused "wheres Ru" I ask and Alexander looked up. "He headed back to the main base, said he hand to get something from the car" he stated and I looked at Alexander confused for a moment while the others nodded agreeeing with his statement. "Everything okay with you two now" Alexander asked looking back and forth between the two of us in curiosity. "All good Alex" I said letting out a small laugh and Jake wrapps his arm around my shoulders shaking me a bit. "As always" he stated and I laughed rather loudly at his sudden playful behaviour. The front door opens and Ru comes in holding two bag in his hands and looks at Jake's arm over my shoulders with an eyebrow raised clearly a bit confused. "I bought new stuff for the kitchen" Ru stated breaking the suddenly silence and Noona bursted out of her seat walking over to him as he placed the bags on the kitchen counter. She reaches into one of the bag while staring at him, she looked
"Finally" Jace grummbled when I stepped out of my car and I sent him a strong glare. "Don't comp an attitude with me Jace" I stated crossing my arms over my chest while looking him up and down and he rolls his eyes. "It's been like thirty minutes" he stated and I scoffed. "It's a while drive, you big baby, now get in the damn car" I stated opening the back door and he looked at me almost offended. "The back seriously" he asked and I nodded. "You want to act like a child you can sit in the back like one" I said and he sighed before walking up to me, he looks down at me his hazel eyes colliding with mine full of intensity. "I want you" he stated in a low tone leaning down towards me his face moving to the side of mine and hovering towards my ear and I let out a low chuckle when he nuzzles his face into my neck silently his arms wrapping around my waist and pulling me off of the car and into him. "You have me" I muttered back my hand moving to the back of his head tangling my hand