"Are you trying to say that someone has marked her?"

Daniel could feel his heart filling with panic as he voiced out the question. His eyes transfixed on the supernatural Prince sitting on the other side of the room.

Kaiden shook his head lightly as he pursed his lips while thinking about how to explain exactly what he wanted to tell them.

After staying silent for the next several minutes, which was definitely not appreciated by the three Young Masters of the Alessandro Empire, he finally decided to speak.

"No, not really as you are suspecting. What I mean is that it's not a claiming mark nor some other bad kind of mark. It's like.....like protection mark? But still powerful enough to convey his interest in her."

Domenic, Daniel, and Mark stayed silent as they tried to understand the depth of the words spoken by Kaiden.

When Sam first informed Domenic about the supernatural essence that suddenly appeared around Emily, he was not prepared for such kind of revelation.

Seeing that Kaiden was the future mate of his baby sister and also because of what he saw in the latter's office, it was clear that he was the one who could provide some much-needed answers.

However, he was not prepared to find out that some stupid crazy supernatural had gotten his hands over Emily and had marked her.

"Is it permanent?"

"How do you know that it's a he?"

Domenic and Mark both ended up voicing their questions at the same time.

Kaiden first turned his attention towards the eldest Alessandro as he answered Domenic's question, "It's definitely not permanent but seeing that it belonged to a very powerful and ancient supernatural, it's definitely not leaving her anytime soon."

The few curses that ranged throughout the room told Kaiden that he was not the only one who was not happy with this new invasion in Emily's life.

The sound of a throat clearing pulled his attention towards Mark who was staring back at him with impatient eyes.

Oh! Right, he too asked a question.

"The scent. I know that it's a man because of the scent. And before you ask, I'm a hundred percent sure that it's really a man."

Mark closed his half-opened mouth at Kaiden's last sentence. He was really about to argue with his logic but seeing that the man was so sure about it, he decided to just stay silent.

"Did you find anything else?" Domenic asked next after a few seconds of silence.

In reply to his question, Kaiden only shook his head in denial.

"Nothing. He's too smart to leave any traces. The only evidence that we have in our hands is that he's hundreds of years old, or maybe thousands. And there are very few alive Supernaturals who are that old and powerful."

Domenic nodded his head as he looked at Sam who had been sitting in silence as they discussed the matter.

The doctor noticed the deep gaze that was watching him. He turned his attention towards his best friend as he finally decided to speak.

"The only good thing about this issue is that whoever this man is, he's probably not trying to hurt Emily. But we still can't take any risks."

The others nodded their heads in agreement. None of them had any idea about the reason for which people were aiming at Emily again and again.

Sure, before this, many tried to find a way to weaken the Alessandro siblings and their friendship with the Evans, but it was never like the current situations where one after other, new problems keep coming without a break.

"Do you this person met her in her dreams?"

It was again Sam who voiced the question. Of course, it was directed at Kaiden.

"Probably. According to what you guys told me about her dream from last night, it's definitely him who invaded her dream." Kaiden replied with his eyes brimming with seriousness.

They had more questions than answers and unfortunately, no one could provide them with the answers that they were looking for.

Who was this new person? And why was he interested in Emily?

***

"Em! I won't be responsible if you succeeded in pissing off Simon. Just hurry up!"

Leo shouted from outside the closed bedroom door.

"Just a minute, bro!"

Emily shouted back from inside as she continued to do whatever she was doing behind that closed door.

"That's exactly what you said ten minutes ago," Leo said with a sigh as he heard heavy footsteps climbing up the stairs.

"Goodness! He's here. I'm not staying to enjoy the show. See you downstairs!"

Leo hurriedly shouted before he turned around and fled from the scene, running towards the stairs where he met a very annoyed Simon.

However, he did not wait to hear his brother curse at him as he ran past him and descended the stairs, disappearing into the dining room.

Simon watched the disappearing silhouette of his youngest brother and his mood only worsened.

An exasperated sigh left his lips as he continued to climb the stairs and made his way towards Emily's bedroom.

The door of her room was closed but since there was no lock on it, he just knocked on the door and after waiting for twenty seconds, he decided to enter.

"I told you to wait a minute. Why are you acting so impatient? Can't you see that I'm busy?" Emily muttered in a little irritated tone as she continued to work on her laptop.

When she heard no reply from her brother, something inside her suggested her to turn and take a look.

"Simon....!"

Emily trailed off as she watched the darkness that was clearly evident on the man's handsome face.

Simon raised one of his eyebrows at the girl who suddenly became speechless while looking as innocent as one could.

"Want to share exactly what's making you ignore your dinner?" He asked as pulled himself away from the wall near the entrance where he had been standing.

He walked closer towards where she was sitting on the chair next to her study table. He noticed her small flinch that his words caused.

Emily dropped her head as she fixed her eyes on the floor, her senses filling with guilt for not listening to her brothers.

One of the few major rules that she, or almost everyone, needed to follow was to never miss their meals unless it's a dire situation.

Though she was actually working on an important matter, but it still was not important enough to miss her meal, especially when Leo came three times to call her for the dinner.

"I'm sorry. I....... I was just too excited to realize my mistake." She somehow succeeded in muttering through her guilt.

Simon stopped next to her chair and after looking at her guilty expression, he turned his attention towards her laptop.

What he saw on the screen appeared like some sort of document that she was either reading, writing, or probably editing.

"What's this?" He asked after reading the first few lines of the third page of the said document.

To be honest, the words written in it were far too complicated for someone like his baby sis.

Emily slowly pulled her head up to look at her brother. A small pout was covering her lips as she stared at her second third most favorite brother at the moment.

One of her hands found its way around his arm which was resting on the armrest of her chair.

Her fingers curled around the soft fabric of his blue shirt as she created an even innocent and pitiful expression.

"I'll tell you, but please stop being mad at me. I know my mistake and I promise to not repeat it again. Please be a good brother and stop being mad."

Her voice resembled that of a little and cute kid who was trying to apologize, though it actually appeared sincere.

However, Simon was taken by surprise as he looked at the girl with shocked eyes.

"You......Why........why are you acting like I'm the bad one here?"

He could not help but ask as he stared at the girl with disbelief filled in his green eyes.

He looked at her hands which were now gripping his hand tightly as she hugged his arm while looking up at him with sadness pooling into her eyes.

A sigh left his lips as he tried to get a grip on the situation and his shocked mind. The baby sister of his was turning into a little devil who had learned how to manipulate others using her acting skills.

"You are really becoming bolder. Do you really think this will work on me?"

He asked as he tried to pull his arm out of her tight clutches.

However, he was not strong enough to get his hand out of her firm grip. She was literally hanging on his arm.

"At this rate, you will end up pulling it off." He told her as he signaled towards his hand which was trapped in her grasp.

"Are you still mad?"

Emily asked as she decided to ignore the rest of his words, resulting in a mumbled curse from Simon.

How much he wanted to escape from the room and from the little devil at that moment? Ah!