Chapter 238 - I Promise...

The silence that followed Emily's words clearly stated exactly how surprised everyone was with her decision. Yes, it was a decision and not a request.

"Emily, are you out of your mind?" Mark was the first one to come out of his shock and immediately stated how displeased he was from her decision. If it was up to him, he would already have taken care of that 'evil man' by now.

"Exactly, Em! It's not the right time to be soft-hearted. Especially towards someone like this man." Leo also tried to talk some sense into his sister. Though unlike the rest of his brothers he wasn't really into violence, the current situation was different.

They were talking about a man who had ruined the beautiful teenage of his little sister. He could still recall those days when she was too afraid to even talk with them and when she used to get episodes every time she heard someone talking to her in a sharp tone. How could he let go of such a man who made his sister suffer in the worst way possible?

Emily let out a small sigh before she spoke, "I know but I still don't want you guys to kill him. It's..." 

Unfortunately, she didn't get the chance to finish whatever she was going to say because everyone lost their calm and started speaking at the same time.

"This is ridiculous! What the heck do you think you are doing right now?" Mark seemed to be the most frustrated one out of everyone else present there in the office. 

"Em, please think again. This is the person who filled your life with pain and suffering. Are you sure you want to let him go?" Simon asked as he made her face him while gazing into her beautiful green eyes as if to see whether she was really speaking out what she wanted deep in her heart. 

"Sorellina, why are you even considering letting him off for his inhumane crimes? Aren't you aware that if you let him go now, he is going to continue with his shady business that will end up ruining even more lives?" Daniel also tried to remind his sister that the so-called Fifth master was a walking monster who liked destroying the lives of other people and especially children and mortals.

"Danny is right, Em. You should rethink all this before coming to a final decision." Christ was also there to pursue her to change her hasty decision.

And even though Rylan remained silent all this time, Emily could tell that her best friend was also confused by her decision but unlike the others, he decided to remain silent and she was thankful for that because she didn't want another person telling her that she was acting hopeless.

"Guys, let her speak first. Don't go around making judgements about her decision even before giving her a chance to finish what she wants to say." Shadow's loud and powerful voice finally silenced everyone in the room. Her brothers seemed a little taken aback as they first gave a quick look at Shadow before turning towards her with questioning eyes as if they were surprised that she had something more to say about her decision.

Domenic, Shadow, and Kaiden were the only ones who hadn't spoken anything yet about her decision of not killing the Fifth Master and Emily could tell just by looking at their faces that all three of them were aware that she wasn't being too soft at the moment. After all, she was no saint. How could she forgive someone who filled her life with so much darkness that she still had to struggle to control it?

Emily gave Shadow a small smile of gratitude and the man gave a slight nod in response. She then turned to face her brothers as she started speaking, "I'm well aware of what kind of person he is. I don't need you all to remind me what he's capable of doing and has done in the past. He's the only one whom I hate even when I know that 'hate' is a very strong word, I can't seem to find another word to express my feelings towards him. But killing him..."

She trailed off at that point as she needed a few moments to get herself together as the memories of her past once again threatened to appear in front of her eyes. Emily took a deep breath before she continued, "Killing him is like being merciful to him... and I don't want to show him any type of mercy at all. I want him to suffer a hundred and a thousand times more than what I have gone through. I want him to suffer even more than how he made others suffer all this time. I want him to beg for death, for relief from all the pain and suffering... but to never find that relief. It's a good thing that he's a vampire. He will be able to suffer for a long long time."

While her brothers felt better after hearing that she wasn't planning on letting that man go, they were surprised too to see her speak such dark words. It was the first time in the past five years that they had seen so much hatred in her beautiful emerald eyes that used to be always filled with kindness and warmth.

Domenic once again took hold of her hands and made the young woman face him. "Don't worry, Emilia. This is a promise from your brother, I'll make him suffer in the worst way possible. I will make him apologise to you and his other victims again and again until he will lost his voice and won't be able to speak anymore. I promise."

Emily nodded her head before she leaned to rest her head against Domenic's shoulder as she spoke, "Thank you, Nick. Thank you for being the father that I never have." She barely finished her sentence before she felt her eldest brother wrapping his arms around her shoulder as he gave her a tight and warm hug.

"Aww, look at these two. They are making me emotional.." Rylan commented from somewhere behind Emily and she heard the others chuckling at his dramatic words.