~Magnolia~

The boys looked at me, more confused than ever when I answered "Wattpad". They didn't know what I was talking about. Uncultured people Jeez !

Leo was the first one to shake it off though.

"So you knew the whole time and didn't say a god damn thing ?"Leo rephrases my words, trying to understand how the hell I knew about their illegal business.

Of course she fucking knew Leo !" Blake chuckles, but without any sign of amusement in his voice. "Haven't you guys seen her for the past couple of weeks ? She has been asking us rethorical questions for quite some time now. I can see it in her traits, she is in fact a smart girl and knows a lot. I know she knows ways more than we think she does in that little head of yours ? Don't you Lila ?" Now Blake was looking at me, a smirk across his lips, as if he was telling me that he knew all my secrets, as if he could see right through me. But could he really ?

"Blake is right." I admit and look straight into the eyes of my eldest brother, to show him that I am not someone he can underestimate.

"I know thing. For exemple I know that Blake always has his gun hidden in the back of his trousers tugged in. He never leaves without it. Damon I know that when you leave on a business trip, it doesn't stay very... clean I would say. The bruises on your knuckles can not be hidden from me. Leo... the blood on your shirt and tiredness when you come home says it all. These past of couple of days, things have been rough, attacks have been going on." I rent out some of the few things I know about my brothers, leaving Ethan and Greyson out of this.

I know damn well Greyson has been gambling and Ethan has a girlfriend. I saw them together a few days ago when he made her leave the house at five in the morning. But I believe I am not the one that should talk about this.

I catch Blake trying to hide his proud smirk, while Ethan looks at me with his mouth hanging wide open. They are speechless. Good job.

"Didn't know my sister was a god damn spy." Greyson breaks the silence, before slinging his arm around my shoulder. "Good thing for us right Damon. I am happy she is not freaked out and trying to run out of the house as quickly as possible."

"Oh yeah totally, but I don't think she would have ran very far anyway. I would have caught her before she even steps out of the door." Leo chuckles, which makes me roll my eyes.

"Wrong you underestimate me once again. You wouldn't be able to catch me Leo. In. Your. Dreams. I am the master of this game." I smile wickedly at him, which makes his smile even wider.

"Game is on Mags. I swear I will-"

"Enough." Damon suddenly orders calmly, which makes me stop my staring contest with Leo immediately. We all turn our heads to look at him, wondering what the hell we did wrong now. "Magnolia come to me." He continues and I stand up from my chair to slowly walk towards him, slightly trembling. What is he going to do...

To my surprise he grabs my arm when I am close enough for him to reach it and tugs me towards him, which makes me fall perfectly into his arms.

"Welcome to the Knight's family business Angel." He says proudly and squishes me tightly in between his muscular arms. I can't stop myself from grinning like a little child at this announcement, because honestly who wouldn't want to be appart of this ?

Two days passed and I made sure to sow both of the boys hoodies with their initials and their little symbol. It has been a while since I actually did this activity. I used to love it when I was around 13, at that time Nick was still nice to me and actually bought me a sewing box from his own money. I took me a little courage to push the shadow of my past that was linked to this sewing activity away, but I managed.

The mysterious texted never texted back me, so I guess I'll just leave it be. Maybe one day he or she will decide to write something back.

But today is all about the twins. It's their birthday after all. Damon reserved a nice restaurant for all of us to eat in the evening and he even bought me a gorgeous dress for the occasion. I decided to wake up early to prepare breakfast for them, pancakes which was Ethan's favourite and French toast for Blake.

I think all of my brothers could smell the delicious odour of the food, because they came tumbling down the stairs one by one. Damon being the quickest one to my astonishment. Little soft spot for food I see.

We all wished them happy birthday and for once I saw Blake really smile, when I hugged him tightly. And I mean really smile. They all gave them expensive presents until it was my turn. To be honest I was ashamed of my cheap gift.

When I hand my gifts to the boys I watch as they unpack their presents. Ethan is the quickest one to open it and when he did he literally jumped up in my arms. He couldn't believe I actually sew the initials and symbol all by myself. Blake on the other hand showed as much affection as he could. Which means a lot for him. I knew he wasn't the type to show his emotions, but when he gave me a warm hug it was more than enough for me.

Ethan tried the hoodie on, along with his twin and Damon forced them to take a picture with me.

Sadly we had to go to school and cut this family time short. We were already a bit late so Damon suggested that the twins drive to school, since they are the "quickest" behind the wheel. Quickest my ass Damon !

Abigail was already worrying over me being late with two minutes, so she texted me. Sweet. By the way she was not aware that I got in an "accident" after I left her house, I thought it was clearly unnecessary to involve her in this. She was happy to see me when I burst into the classroom though. I couldn't say the same for my teacher. That's were my last name comes into the game. Her being terrified of my brothers didn't dare to say a single thing about me being late. Nice.

I plop down on a chair at the only place left, which was in the front sadly and listened to the teacher until the end of the lesson. When the bell finally rang, I sat up and headed towards the exit of the classroom. Abigail reaches for me right as I exit the room, which makes me turn around towards her.

"Why were you so late ? I thought you would skip once again." She mocks me and I shoot her a friendly glare.

"It's my brothers birthday, we kinda took some time and happened to be late. By the way they are having a party this weekend you should come !" I invite her, just like my brothers asked me too.

"Sure I'll be there, just send me the address and time."

After arranging this with Abigail, the day went on, like a normal day. The twins literally had all the girl from school wishing them happy birthday throughout the whole day. Ethan pushed them off quite quickly while Blake enjoyed this attention. It kinda disgusted me and reminded me of Nick more than anything.

But Blake didn't hesitate to push the girls out of the way as soon as I was approaching them, I don't think he really wanted me to see him like this. Too late Bee, I see everything. The girls didn't like me, at all. I heard them talking some shit about me. Ew she is fat. She is ugly. She is definitely not their sister. She doesn't deserve them. And so on, and so on... it didn't stop.

Neither did the ugly voices stop in my head. It was crushing me on the inside, all these girls talking shit and saying mean words. I shouldn't be affected by them, but I am. They are right...

"Lila ?"

"Mmh ?" I snap out of my thoughts when Blake calls me back to reality in his car on the way back home.

"What are you so worked up about ? I can see your hands fidgeting." Blake once again shows me his soft side, with these words.

"Oh it's nothing. How was your day ? Any gifts from girl ?" I joke, which doesn't make him laugh at all. "Oh come on, I am joking Bee."

"Fine. Your bad at jokes Lila." He cracks up a smile and I don't hesitate to elbow him in the ribs to make him apologise. Which he obviously doesn't do. Dumbass.

"Get ready for tonight, we will leave at 6, so be ready." He pats me on the head as soon as we arrive inside the mansion, before disappearing in the cellar. He was been doing that a lot recently. Maybe I should peek down there... well not today.

I take my time to get ready and slip the beautiful satin dress over my body. My jaw drops to the ground when I see it. It is perfectly curving my body in the right places, as if it was tailored just for me. Which wouldn't surprise me if I think of it... he even had a matching cashmere scarf to keep me warm and to cover my arms probably.

It was just before six, when I walk down the stairs, all the boys waiting for me in the hall. They turn around to watch me come down when they hear the sound of my heals. Their gaze stays completely focused on me all the way down, not once did they dare to look away.

"You look beautiful Mags." Greyson compliments me sincerely as he gestures all of me. I shyly thank him for his compliment and shoot him a smile.

"Not too bad yourself Grey." I chuckle and he extends his arm so I could wrap my arm around his, a real gentleman move. "You all look good boys." I compliment them all, which made them happy I think, even Blake who was leaned against the wall away from us looked grateful. It was true, they were all wearing beautiful suits that hugged their trained bodies perfectly. Each one of them was either wearing a tie or butterfly that matched their suit.

"Ready ?" Damon asks us all, as he simultaneously claps his hands together. We happily agree to go and just as I was about walk out something shiny flies right in front of my head, missing me with a only a few centimetres, before it stabs the wall next to me. What the actual fuck ?

I snap my head towards the direction where the knife came from and my furious glare meets the blank expression of Blake.

"What the actual fuck Blake ?" Damon yells at the emotionless twin that just tried to stab me. At that moment I was

furious and saw red, so the only thing that came to my mind was rip the knife out of the wall and throw it right back to the owner. My throw was perfectly calculated as the tip of the knife sinks into the wall 10 cm away from Blake's head. He didn't flinch.

"Told you she could do it Eth. You owe me 10bucks." Blake evilly grins and I look back and forth to Ethan and his twin. Did they bet that I could actually throw knives, what the hell ?

"Grab the scarf that is upstairs to cover yourself little one, I didn't buy it for nothing." Blake says to me as he gestures towards my dress and I am surprised to see that I actually forgot the scarf upstairs. He was the one to buy it for me.

I dumbly look at my brothers, completely lost with what happened in this unbelievable past minute. That was not normal. I huff as I walk back upstairs to grab my accessory and think how the hell Blake was able to throw a knife with such precision.

Oh yeah. I forgot. They are involved in all the mafia shit.