Aphmau POV

I stayed in bed for the whole night and nearly half a day. I was too scared to unwrap myself from the warm duvet that is protecting me from the horrid outside world, which is full of complete, harmful danger, which I'm already too involved in.

I foolishly decided to get out of my comfort zone to go and join the others who are wondering somewhere around the house, I felt that if I was with someone then I can feel somewhat a little bit safer. I've been so out of it lately, I just like to separate myself from people. I don't like talking that much or if I'm surrounded by people I just walk away without any explanation, I just hate it.

I feel that the longer I spend time with everyone, the more I get attached to them, and I learned by now that whoever I'm close to, ends up betraying me or ends up getting harmed. So I'll try as hard as I can to prevent that from happening.

I was again walking down the corridors until I heard some kind of faint noise coming from behind me, I turned around and saw nothing besides a window, which was wide open letting the rustling winds enter. I shrugged off my uneasiness and carried on walking the opposite direction, I was too frightened to go and investigate. This time, I caught up my speed, the faster I'm with someone that I'm comfortable with then the more I feel safe. I ended up at the living room, hoping there is actually someone inside. And it looks like there were, in fact, everybody was here, they were all looking the opposite direction staring at something, or someone to be more precise.

"Aphmau?" Everyone looked at me making me feel a bit anxious, I didn't like the attention that they were giving me.

"Hey, uh-" I stopped, I didn't really need to say anything.

"Oh! Uh... We have a guest." They walked to the side clearing the space.

A boy who looked the same age as me stood there looking at me as if I'll just vanish into fin air. He had green eyes, like the ones I have. I couldn't help but notice our resemblance, we both had the same features except for the fact that I had white hair while he had brown. Besides that, we look like each other a lot...

"Woah." I mumbled stupidly while walking slowly towards him, I was amazed by the fact that he actually looked like me.

"Hi, A-Aphmau..." Malachi seemed very nervous, I wonder why?

"This is Malachi, our old friend." Dante spoke making me look at him for a quick second before looking back at Malachi.

Malachi... Why did it sound so familiar? Who is this guy?

"Who are you? Why does your name sound so...familiar?" I question making everyone look at me confusingly.

He smiled, as if he was expecting this. "Miss me sis?"

The words got caught in my throats as I froze on my spot, I'm pretty sure that everyone else froze as well.

'Sis' that word rang through my head, h-he was my brother, Malachi is my b-brother. I knew he wasn't lying, it explained why he looked so much like me, and that no stranger would just come out of nowhere and claim to be my brother.

"S-Sis?" I said quietly.

If Malachi was really my brother, then that would mean I actually have someone by my side. Ever since mother passed away I felt like I had no one by my side, when Zoey left as well I felt completely shattered, but nobody needed to know that. And now Malachi came out of nowhere claiming to be my brother, a brother that I always needed from the start.

I dashed towards Malachi and hugged him tightly, he seemed to be shocked at first but then he wrapped his arms around me. I smiled at the comfort of my brother, I hid my face in his chest as he was so tall, we pulled away from the hug and without even noticing that I was crying he wiped away the tears that fallen down my cheek and kissed my forehead lightly.

Everyone left the room, giving us some time to talk.

"W-Where were you in my entire life?" I said making him look at me straight through my newly shed tears.

"I guess I should start from the beginning." He chuckled quietly.

"On the day Grandma died, she made me promise to look after you. Meaning, I couldn't physically interfere in your life, but only to watch you. I know it seems a bit stalkerish, but I had to meet you at the right time, after all it was grandma's last words. I'm so sorry that I wasn't there when you needed me." He looked down ashamed.

"It's not you fault, if grandma told me to do that, then I would've done the same." He smiled.

We were silent for a while before I spoke.

"So you know about everything? Like the vampires, witches, wolves, the whole resurrection thing." I asked.

"Yup! when grandma was alive she told me everything that would eventually happen in your life, the one thing is that I don't know how she knew all of this would happen."

I stayed quiet, I just wanted to savour the moment that I actually reunited with my long lost sibling that I didn't even know existed. I felt scared, what if something happens to Malachi, I would never be able to forgive myself if anyone even lays a finger on him.

No... I can't get close to anyone, it always backfires back at me, then I'll just shatter again until I'm completely broken and can't move.

Malachi and I talked for an hour, we caught up on things that I missed in his life, like how he grew up in an foster family that mysteriously died in a fire. We talked until I decided to get some rest, the sooner the night goes, the sooner I didn't have to worry about any danger that awaits for me. I slept with Laurance that night, although I thought I That I would be okay sleeping by myself, he insisted, because he can't bare the thought of me getting kidnapped again.

But little did I know that even with Laurance, I wasn't safe.

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This chapter is sort of like a filler, I just had to get the sibling reunion over and done with before the actual drama starts in the next chapter,😉

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