I felt a warm atmosphere around me, as if there was a soft blanket on my face, I slowly opened my eyes to the sun shining on me. I look down and hear Bennys soft snores aswell as another, I try getting up but a grip on my waist was tightened, I turn over to see Jake with his eyes still closed, I feel my lips tug up into a smile with the scene infront of me

"Jake" I whisper quietly

"mhm" He slowly opens one eye and looks at me before slightly smiling

"We should get up, everyones coming today and Benny needs to eat breakfast" He doesn't reply but nods and lets go of my waist, we both stand up and I turn around to see Benny squirming around feeling the spot where me and Jake were currently in

"E?, JJ?"  He called out with his hands in the air waiting for someone to come grab him, Jake and I slowly walk over and jake lifts him up onto his lap with Benny facing him, Benny still has his eyes closed probably struggling to open them

"we're right here buddy" Jake assures him, Benny lifts his hands and cups Jake's cheeks feeling around his face then putting his head in the crock of Jakes neck

"come on little one lets go brush your teeth, I have some spare toothbrushes in my bathroom for you guys" I say making my way into the bathroom, we all start brushing our teeth while looking at each other through the mirror and when we finished the boys went to their rooms to get ready and then wait in my room for me, I'm glad my wardrobe was in the bathroom because it saves time and i'd be to lazy to go back and forth, I put on a black croptop t-shirt and pants that had lots of zips and a belt

I took one more look in the mirror and saw that my scars were noticeable but I didn't feel the need to hide them, what my brothers have told me is true, I did make it out alive and Im still standing, having these scars on display just tells a story which I survived. After a while of looking in the mirror I smiled at myself, I saw myself as someone strong whoses eyes were a mix of the ocean and forest, I didn't see the small little girl who hid her voice or cowered away from a man twice her age. I walked into my room to see Jake and Benny already dressed and sleeping again

Benny was ontop of Jake with his head laying on Jake's chest, the closer I got, the more I could hear their soft snores. I gently shake them and Jake opens his eyes smiling up at me, he stands up with a sleepy Benny on this shoulder and we make our way to the kitchen. When we walk in I see the table full of food and everyone already there including dad, Ava and my grandparents, I smile and make my way over to hug dad

"Hi papà I missed you all" he smiled and picked me up twirling me around while I laughed

"We missed you too la mia piccola principessa"
(My little princess)

I walk upto grandpa and fist bumped him before pulling him into a tight hug, grandma slapped grandpa on the arm

"Hurryyy, I want a hug to" I smile and hug her as she rubs grandpas arm, they stare at eachother before sitting down, their so cute, my eyes finally land on robin hood or should I say Ava, she tackles me onto the floor and hugs me as if I was gonna disappear

"You do know its only been a day right?" I say standing up and hugging her back

"Yeah but still, what would batman be without robin hood" I chuckle at her and sit down next to Jake, Benny lifts his head and climbs into my lap putting food on my plate while we ate together, After we were done everyone made their way to the living room and sat down

"Hey Ava, where are my fur balls?" I ask looking around

"There in the backyard" she replys

"Fur balls?" Mateo asks

"You'll see" Dominic tells him as everyone follows me to the backyard, I open the door and walk further down towards the big field with the forest near by, I whisle loudly then wait until I hear panting and running towards me, Alpha and Hades come running towards me, next thing I know I'm on the ground with them licking me while I giggle, I finally stand up looking around

"Wheres hope?" They turn there heads towards the family aswell as me, I see hope infront of Caiden and Mateo running around there legs, Caiden finally picks her up and she starts licking him

"can I pway" Benny says while wigglying out of nathaniels arms

''Okay but your gonna have to let them sniff you out first" Just like I did with my brothers I let the wolves sniff them out before they can touch, once were finished Benny starts running around with hope and my cousins start petting Alpha and Hades

"The wolf tatto, Is that her pup?" Marcus asked pointing at hope

"Yeah" I say smiling

"And I'm guessing these two are who you take on missions" Lucus says pointing at Alpha and Hades, I nod and look at Axel, Elijah, Damien, Ian and shawn laying down like star fishes along with Benny and hope all looking up at the clouds trying to find things, I feel a hand wrap around my stomach pulling me closer to their chest

"I like your outfit, but please don't say we're going out in public today, I don't want anyone staring at you'' Jake whispers, his breath fanning my face causes a blush to make it's way onto my cheeks

"Why not?" I whisper back

"Because it'll mean you'll attract more unneeded boys running after what I want" He kisses my cheek and hugs me from behind, while I smile my eyes land on dad who was already looking at me I expected him to go off on rules about not having a boyfriend and banding me from seeing Jake but he didn't, he smiled and nodded towards us

After a while of playing outside I told everyone to go get ready for our training session at the base today, I waited in the living room while the boys went to get changed, once they finished, Me and my brothers along with Jake and the boys rode our bikes to the base while my cousins and Ava took a limo since they'll be riding there bikes back

The base was all the same on the inside but it was built under a abandoned shop, We all got into the base one by one using the car elevator, I jump off my bike taking my helmet off and watch as my cousins and the boys brothers admire the car room

"I won all these from streetracing" I told them, they looked at me before joining me in the elevator going to the top floor where the rooms are

"well this is the living room and the kitchens over there, theres lots of guest rooms so if you need somewhere to sleep then just come here" we take another lift to the second floor

"Well this is my layer, the technology room is where we're in right now, down the hallway is the clinec and across from that Is Emmies music room" Ava explains

"You like music?" Noah asked

"More than anything" I say with a small smile, they nod and I walk into the music room, I graze my hands ontop of the piano keys, I walk around looking at the different instuments I learnt to play over the years

"Play us something" I turn and look at Max, I hesitate but make my way over to the electric guitar, I grab my stool and sit down plugging it into the amp, I strum it and hear a beautiful tune, I start playing fireflies by owl city and relax into the tune

Once I finish I put my electric guitar  back on it's stand and turn to face everyone

"Wow we should jam out sometime" Henry says

"Yeah, totally" Lucus adds, I smile and nod making my way back to the elavator we stop at the last floor and I make my way to the gun room

"This is Emmies floor so no ones really down here besides her" Ava explains

"This is the gun room, next door is the knife room so they'll be close" I show them the knife room then make my way to the weapons room, As I open the door wide enough the boys run in and look at the weapons on display, Next I show them the gym which we'll be training in. I lead them to the last room whih was the bike room, I open the door widely and what their mouths fall

"Go ahead" I say with my hand ot towards the room, they turn to me and don't move

"Go choose your bikes" They break into smiles and run around the room choosing which one they like best, Everyone else rooms around the room while I stare in amusement, from the corner of my eye I can see Liam and Adam walking my way

"You've really brought a difference into this family sorella" Liam says breaking the silence, I turn to him with a confused look plastered on my face

"I mean ever since you came back everyones been themselves again, It's like you brought a soul back into their bodys, I don't think anyone can thank you enough but thanks for coming back to us little sis" he explains, I smile widely and hug him, I turn to Adam and hug him aswell

"We Love you kiddo" Adam says, I beam at his words and pull liam into our hug squeezing them tightly

"I love you too" I say back with happieness in my voice, after a while everyone gathers aroun again

"Okay so now that everyone knows where everything is and thats cleared out lets get to training, we're gonna split up, all the gun mans go to the gun room, same with the knife fighters in the knife room and all the physical combat fighters come with me to the gym. I'll be coming around to see how your training is going and we'll have a break at 2:00 oclock and finish at 4:00"

"YES MA'AM!" Dominic shouted with a salute, everyone burst out laughing while we split up

Gio, Henry, Noah, Marcus, Lucas, Dominic, Axel and Evan went to the gun room while Daniel, Nathaniel, Jacob,Ryan, Elijah, Ian and shawn went to the knife room, Majority of my brothers and the rest of the boys came with me to the gym

When we go to the gym we all warmed up and wrapped our hands, we chose partners and started sparing, I didn't really need to inspect the oldies since they've been fighting for a long time now, Me and Damien were partners while jake was with Adam, Caiden and Aiden together same with Mateo and Max, Everyone was so focused on getting their apponent on the ground. Damien came towards me with a right hook that I easily ducked, We kept throughing punch after punch, dodging each on

I kick him in the gut making him stumble back a bit and loose his balance, He gathers himself and gets back in his stance, I was able to punch his left cheek and then throw a few to his stomach and with one last punch, he's on the ground groaning, I walk over to him to make sure he's okay. I grab a water bottole out of the miny fridge i had and gave it to him, he quickly takes big gulps and I help him up

"You punch hard" He says rubbing his stomach

"what can I say, I had a lot of people to practice on" He chuckles and we take a seat on the bench looking at everyone still fighting

"I heard my little brothers taking you on a date tonight" He says looking at Jake, His eyes soften as he admires his little brother going head to head with Adam each one equally good

"Yeah" I say softly

"I think you'll be good for him" He says looking at me, I frown feeling curious to what he means

"How's that?" I ask

"Two years ago we lost our mother to the russians, Jake was just 14 and in college. She was at home while we were at school and our dad was at work, we got a call from one of the guards who were guarding the gate saying there was a whole flock of them outside our house, We left everything and went home straight away but it was to late" As Damien explains their mothers death I take in all the information trying not to miss anything

"Im sure we would've been proud of you both" I say, he nods and then smirks

"Jake's had a huge crush on you since he was a younger, he found a photo of you and swore to be your significant other. He couldn't stop smiling when he said he saw you at school with the boys on your first week here" He says, I feel my cheeks start to get hot and I look away

"You should put a Ice pack on your cheek to help the bruse that might come, I'll just go check up on the others" he nods yes and we go our seperate ways, I walk to the elevator and walk to the gun room. I hear the gunshots as soon as I enter the room, Everyone had their own station with different guns layed out in front of them

As I walk around I help them Perfect their aim, The last person left was Damien and to say I was suprised would be an understatement. His aim was to perfection and he only had a few holes on the target just reshooting the same spot, I walk up to him and grab his shoulder, he tuens around and gives me a big childish smile

"Who knew my most childish brother could be a beast with a gun" I saw smirking, he shrugges

"I guess you could say it's my distraction from the world" he smiles as I smile back

"We'll looks like everything is under control here so i'll he you when we have lunch" He nods as I tippytoe to give him a kiss on the cheek, he smiles widely and I leave heading towards the knife room

It was now 4:00 and everyone was exhausted, we all finshed taking a shower in the our own rooms and changed into the spair clothes we brought. I make my way to the garage while everyone was still changing, as im about to get on my bike I feel someone cover my eyes

"Guess who" He says, I smile and put my hands over his

"Hmm, is it the arrogant jerk who tried to touch me a few nights ago?" I ask

"WHAT?, WHATS HIS NAME, I SWEAR-"

"I was joking, but now I know who owns the amazingly deep voice I heard" I say patting his chest, his face softens and he wraps his hands around my waist with his head buried in my hair

"one day you'll give me a heart attack if you keep doing that" he says

"We'll lets just hope that day isn't anytime soon" I reply

"Get ready tonight and i'll pick you up at 6:00 for our date" He says, looking at me, he smiles and kisses my forhead while everyone walks in, We go to our bikes and make our way home with me on the verge of excitment

Lets just say it's been a while, but heres a chapter for all the impatient demanding people who keep rudely asking for an update. Atleast i'm not discontinuing the book but nooooo, having to wait for a while just wasn't enough😤

-AUTHOR🖤