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Esmeray-

My alarm went off and I woke up with a groan. It was 5 in the morning. Master and Madam wakes up at 6. Before that I have to finish cleaning and cooking breakfast or else I would get an extra hour of beating along with the regular hour of whipping, carving, burning, kicking. Whatever makes them happy. Sometimes that too.

My body wasn't allowed to heal and the wounds are too many. Some have festered and turned green. There's no good skin on my back. I have open gashes on my abdomen. I am not allowed to clean them or apply medicine or even stitch them up. If I do, it means an additional hour of beating up.

How am I not dead yet? Because their doctor friend tends to me when I'm on the brink of death. My ribs are probably broken because its hard to walk or even breathe.

I haven't had food for days. I can only drink water. If I have food, I am made to vomit by Madam, who says I'm fat. But I feel my bones and I can even count them.

I shook my head to wave of those thoughts and did my morning routine. The cold bath gave me little relief from the pain. I quietly took some painkillers which I hid in the hole on the wall.

After dressing up in an old hoodie and pants, I went up to the kitchen, quickly cleaned the dried up blood from my wounds from last night and then cooked some breakfast.

It was 5:45 AM. And they will come down now. I quickly laid it down on the table and hurried back down to the basement.

It was 6:30 AM, but there was no sound. Maybe they were happy today.

But as they say, you shouldn't be too happy. The basement door opened and I heard a few footsteps. My body was already in pain and I wasn't ready for any more beating this early in the morning, so I hid myself.

"Where is she? Find her." I heard a deep voice.

I started panicking thinking they sent some new people to do that to me again. I felt a very sharp pain in my chest and my vision blurred.

Please, not today.

I prayed before passing out.

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Third Pov-

The King brothers always knew that Rivera Jones and her husband Clayton were stealing from them. But what the couple didn't know was that they could steal from them, because they were allowed to.

But today, today they would be their last day, because the brothers had got all the information needed.

"Nate, take a group from the back. Ethan, Lijah, stay together at the front and keep eyes everywhere. Rest of you, with me to the front." Alexander gave orders and the brothers gave a nod and started moving.

Alexander saw the couple having breakfast, his two men quickly went behind them and Alex directly stood in front of them and shot them in their heads. Of course they had a silencer on the guns.

The men held them and slowly placed their heads on the table.

"Alex, there's a little girl in that house. Just make sure she's fine. We don't hurt children. Be careful with her." Nate warned him.

"Okay, got it." Alexander replied.

"Boss, this looks like a basement. Should we check it?" His men whispered.

Alexander opened the door and walked downstairs. His blood boiled at the dried up blood on the floor, the walls. The whips, the blades, the knives stuck on the wall had dried up blood as well. Then his eyes fell on the torn and dirty mattress in the corner. There was a small bag of clothes and a few torn and worn out books as well.

Something in his stirred. His protective instincts flared up.

"Where is she? Find her." He ordered and he himself started looking around.

He knelt besides the dirty mattress and saw a small cover peeking out from under the mattress. He pulled it out and turns out it was a diary.

He opened it and what a coincidence, it was an entry from last night.

13th March 2023

Today I was whipped again. My wounds haven't healed and they are festering. I really wish to die, but they won't even let me die. Their friend always treats me and once he gives a go, they whip me again, beat me till I'm passed out. My ribs are probably all broken. The open gash on my abdomen is infected. I can't even clean my wounds, because I'm not allowed to.

How long? How long do I have to live like this? I wish I had a loving family like the girls at my school. They have brothers who treat them like princesses and I feel jealous. Why didn't I have brothers? They would protect me from all of these, wouldn't they? Why don't I have normal parents? Why do they hate me so much? When I cry, scream in pain, why don't their hearts bleed?

Like always they just wanted to beat me tonight and so they did. An hour of daily whipping and then they kicked me till I couldn't even make a sound. Why? All because they felt so. Do all parents do these? Why aren't the bodies of other girls at my school filled with bruises and wounds?

School was an escape until they started bullying me for my white hairs. My teacher said, it's probably genetic. But then why don't my parents have the same hair color? I have nothing similar with them.

Please God, if you are real, please help me once. I am losing hope. I am losing all my strength, my will to live. I want to die, but they will keep me alive somehow and then beat me to death again. I can't take this anymore. My body can't take this anymore.

Please let someone find me. If I have to live, atleast let me live a painless, peaceful life. I love school, I love reading, but I will give up both of it in exchange. Just this once let me live.

Esmeray.

Alexander's eyes were filled with tears and he hadn't even realised his brothers were in front of him and looking at him.

When he looked up, all his brothers froze.

Alexander King was crying!

He had fucking tears in his eyes!!

They looked at him with worry, concern in their eyes. He just handed them the diary and they took it. Soon, their jaws clenched, eyes darkened as they read it.

"Where is she?" Nathaniel asked his brother and Alexander shook his head.

"Boss, you need to come here." One of his men yelled and all brothers rushed to the other side of the basement.

The froze when they saw a tiny figure passed out in the corner of the room. The sudden instinct to protect her woke up in their hearts.

They've always wanted someone to protect, someone to spoil, pamper and give love to. Little did they know, they would find that someone in the place where they would have never dreamt even in their dreams.

Nathaniel rushed forward and checked for her pulse.

"Her pulse is very weak, Alex, we need to take her to the hospital. NOW!!" Nathan yelled and picked up the little girl her arms and ran out.

The boys ran after him, but Alexander stayed back.

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Alexander King-

If anyone had told me before today, that I would fall in love with a little angel, I would kill them for spouting such nonsence.

But here I was, I hadn't even seen her yet. Just reading her diary entry, woke up the fatherly instinct in me. I so badly wanted to protect her. I wnated to hide her away in my arms, away from this cruel world, even though I'm a part of it.

I didn't even know I was crying. I didn't even know when my brothers had arrived and looking at me with worry and concern in their eyes.

When one of my men called for us, we ran. And when we entered the other side, I froze.

There she was, as she described, her white angelic hairs tied up in bun, an old hoodie on her and some pants on, she lay there passed out. She had beautiful freckles on that spread on her nose and a little below her eyes.

They bullied her for having white hairs. They beat her up? Whipped her? The knives. What else did they do to her?

My mind was going crazy and my heart was bleeding with pain, with anger, with rage. I wanted to burn down everything.

I regretted giving those monsters and easy death. If I could, I would bring them back and torture them for a hundred years.

"Her pulse is very weak, Alex, we need to take her to the hospital. NOW!!" Nate yelled at and that broke me from my thoughts.

Everyone ran behind me, but my feet froze in place. I couldn't move at all. But I heard my name being called again.

I ran back, but stopped and picked up that diary. I tucked it in my gun holster.

"Get her books, that small bag and also, don't forget to take that small teddy. Actually give that teddy to me and keep rest of the things safe. Check if there's anything that looks important and get it all. Once you're done, burn this place down." I ordered and took the teddy that was handed to me and ran out.

I got into the car and drove away behind the car my brothers were driving.

"I'm right behind you, kids. Don't worry, I'm fine." I said over the earpiece.

"Alex," I heard Nate's soft voice.

"I promise I'm fine, my love. How is our little angel?" I asked and I froze when I realised what I had said.

Our little angel.

"Still passed out. She's running a fever too. We will have her checked out at the hospital. I've informed them already. Alice is already waiting for us at the hospital." Nate told me and I hummed.

"Okay." I didn't say anything after that.

I took out the ear-piece and called my friend who is also a lawyer. Mikhail Lorenz.

"Hey mate, you okay." His cheerful voice came and my lips slightly quirked upwards at his cheerfulness.

"Meet us at the King's Hospital. And get that police friend of yours as well." I just ordered him and hung up, not wanting to hear his 20 questions.

Little did I know that we would end up adopting the little girl and officially making her our little angel.

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