"What's wrong?"

Mark asked as he looked at his sister a little worriedly. He could not understand exactly what had made her turn as pale as a ghost.

His eyes hurriedly moved around the hall to find exactly what was the reason behind her sudden change in expressions.

However, he could not find anything that could have caused the reaction. Everything and everyone looked just as normal as it was a few minutes ago.

"Emily!"

Mark shouted sharply at her when he found that she was not paying any attention to him or his questions.

Emily shook her head as she tried to pull out of the shock that she had received. Her eyes once again turned towards the direction where she had seen two very familiar figures making out just a minute ago, however, this time she found no one there.

"Emily? Is everything alright?"

She heard Mark asking her as he lightly shook her shoulders in order to gain her attention.

"Yeah! I.....I just thought that I-I saw someone familiar. But I think I was mistaken."

She somehow ended up replying as she tried to bring a soft smile on her face to look a little bit convincing.

But she knew very well that she did not succeed in convincing him even a little bit.

Even though Mark knew pretty well that she was not telling the truth but seeing that she was in no harm at the moment, he decided to not pressure her to answer truthfully.

"Alright! Let's go back. The others are worrying about you." He told her as he took hold of her right hand before he started walking towards the table where the rest of their brothers and Sullivans were sitting.

Little did he knew that his brothers were not looking worried because they saw the sudden change in Emily's behavior. Instead, they were worried because they were expecting him (Mark) to end up saying something rude to their baby sis and end up making her sad.

Of course, they would be worried about leaving their little sister alone with Mark. After all, none of them were aware of his confession and the changes that had appeared in the relation between him and Em.

Other than Kaiden and Domenic, no one else had noticed the shock that was displayed on her face when her eyes had landed on two figures who were slightly hidden because of the shadows while they were enjoying a passionate kiss.

While Kaiden was not sure exactly why she looked so shocked by what she saw, Domenic was pretty aware of the reason.

Emily followed her brother and as soon as they reached their table, Simon did not waste even a second before he pulled her into his arms and settled down on his sofa with her on his lap.

Even though she was taken by surprise because of his actions but she did not complain.

She just let herself relax against his warm chest as she tried to not think about what she saw a few minutes ago.

"Did you two fight once again?" Leo asked her in a whispered tone as he glared at Mark who was discussing something with Domenic.

"What? Of course, not! Why would you assume that?"

Emily was left a little bit surprised by Leo's question, not realizing that his question wasn't actually that weird looking at the fact that she did not use to share a good bond with Mark.

As soon as Leo and Crist heard her reply, they both turned their entire attention towards her as they tried to not look absolutely stunned by her reaction.

"What's wrong with our assumption? We just saw that you are looking a little bit down than before and since you were with him, we thought that he would have once again spoken something no sense to you."

Leo immediately defended himself as he looked at her as if he was waiting for her to finally tell the truth and not hide exactly what happened between her and Mark.

"He's not that rude and moody all the time. You guys don't need to blame him all the time." Emily defended Mark as she looked at both Crist and Leo with a serious look in her eyes.

Not only Crist and Leo but even Simon, who was silently listening to their conversation, was also surprised by her words.

"When did you start defending him?" He asked her as he tightened his hold around her waist, pulling her tighter against his chest as he felt that she was shivering lightly.

Even though the temperature inside the hall was completely normal and there was no hint of the chilled weather that was present outside the Council building, he could tell that his little sister was still feeling a little cold.

He took off his blazer before he draped it over her shoulders. His expressions as cold and hard as they usually appeared.

"Thank you," Emily whispered as she let the warmth of his blazer grace her body which immediately helped her slightly shivering body relax.

"By the way, he's really not that bad." She added after the silence of a few seconds.

Her answer rewarded her with an arched eyebrow from Simon who smirked a little as he spoke, "As far as I can remember, this was the exact thing that we were trying to make you believe all those time when you thought that he hated you."

Emily took in a deep breath as she tried to not look as embarrassed as she was feeling at that moment.

Of course, she knew very well that it was not her fault that she used to believe that Mark hated her, his actions never made her feel otherwise.

However, she still felt bad for not believing the rest of her brothers when they continuously tried to make her realize that Mark did not hate her.

Maybe if she and Mark had a one-to-one conversation where they tried to speak out their thoughts, the past few months could have been much better.

"Well, it's good that you two are on good terms now. But if you still need someone to punch his pretty face, you can always look for me. I'll be more than happy to help you."

Simon's promise made her giggle as she shook her head at his words.

The mood returned to normal as they had their dinner with the Sullivans while they all talked about various funny topics.

Sam, Jackson, and Bianca did not join them since they were having dinner with the Elfers of the council.

However, the Sullivan brothers, Shane, and Mr. Kim were present to join them, only adding more fuel to the gossips that were circulating around the supernaturals who were present at the banquet.

If not for the fact that Sam had already clearly stated that the Evans and Alessandros were still as close as before, then everyone would have believed that the Alessandros were now on Sullivans' side.

Emily felt Kaiden's gaze on her throughout the dinner and when once she finally gave in to the temptation and moved her head up to look at him, she found his alluring cerulean eyes staring directly back at her.

The intensity with which he was looking at her made blush crept up her cheeks and ears as she immediately turned her attention towards her food.

The man was just too dangerous for her heart. Even though she still was not completely sure about the feelings that he made her feel every time he came closer to her but she was fully aware that she was attracted to him.

And who could blame her? The man was just too perfect to not be her ideal type. He was handsome, caring, kind, intense, rough, powerful, and even soft sometimes.

His behavior towards her always made her feel comfortable, confident, and warm around him.

And his eyes - those alluring blue eyes that held the power of stopping her heart with just one look.

She could not deny the fact that he pulled her towards him, made her think about things that she should not be thinking at all.

"Em, are you even listening?"

Emily was brought out of her thoughts when she felt Crist shaking her elbow as he looked at her with raised eyebrows.

"Sorry. What were you saying?" She asked as she tried to not think about the man who was still looking at her, not caring that all of her brothers were pretty aware of his shameless ogling.

"Come on, sis. What has taken over your thoughts today? By the way, Jackson is calling you. He is over there."

Leo pointed towards the table which was located at their right.

Emily turned her head to look at the table and found Jackson waving back at her as he smiled warmly at her.

She found her heart sinking as the memories of what she had seen around half an hour ago, returned in front of her eyes.

What she was supposed to do now?