SERA's Pov.Thirteen years.Thirteen years since that night. Thirteen years since Gabriel's blood soaked my hands. Thirteen years since we became fugitives in our own country.We moved to Canada, then to England, then to New Zealand. I changed my name, altered documents, buried the past deep within myself. Lucas, Ethan, and Noah grew into tall, strong young men—taller than me, taller than the shadow of their father that lingered only in old, worn-out photographs.Lucas, the eldest, inherited Gabriel's thick black hair and dark brown eyes. He became the protector of his younger brothers, just like his father once was. He studied martial arts, weightlifting, anything that made him stronger."I won't let anything happen to you," he said one night, after a nightmare woke him. I hugged him, but he was already too big to hold.Ethan, the middle child, inherited blonde hair and blue eyes from the human side of our family. He became the mediator, the jokester, the glue that kept us together.
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