Half of their childhood was ripped from them. Taken at a young age they didn't know anything about the world they were brought into.
But at least they had each other
Nathaniel Walker and Everleigh Taylor were thrust into a dark world before their mi...
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Auriella Everleigh Soleil
"Hurry up." I whined to Lex who was taking his time on our run.
"How can you be exhausted then sleep for literally five hours then be the energiser bunny?" He grumbles, but chases after me. When I slow my pace to a jog he matches me pace, jogging next to me. "You know what, don't answer that. If I haven't figured it out by now then maybe I don't want to know."
"I could have gone by myself, you didn't have to come." I point out, he had gotten an alert when I woke up. It was something he had made me program on mornings when I just disappeared and gone on some sort of adventure. It freaked him out but at the time I didn't know why. I had gone on all sorts of morning adventures with my dad before school, whether it was hiking through the property or going swimming in the lake behind the house. We always found something to do. Adriano and Alexander slept in as long as they could before school. That drastically changed for Lex though when we moved in together, I was physically incapable of sleeping in unless I was sick, and even then I struggled to sleep.
"Yeah, no." He says I'm an idiot. "Like I'm going to leave you alone in an unknown town, halfway across the world from where we live. I might grumble but if it means keeping you safe then I don't mind at all."
"I can look after myself."
"I know you can, but you don't have to." He promised. "It's pretty much my life's job to look after you."
"And mine to look after you." I promise, then my eyes set sight on a spot on the top of a grassy hill. I look to Xander with a challenge in my eyes. "Whoever makes it to the pole over there first gets a favour from the loser."
"Oh you're on." When he said that we both started running the fastest we could.
Favours a system we had implemented when we were literal toddlers, when we were in captivity we didn't have anything to trade for getting the other to do things for us, thus the favour system was put in place. Favours could be used for anything, but we mainly used to for measly things like picking the activity or the movie. You could use three favours to veto the other person but those were very rarely used, that was in big decisions like missions and were only used in major circumstances.
All that was heard were feet pounding on the path and heavy breathing. Xander might have me beat in the muscle and strength department but agility and speed were my forte, meaning I made it to the spot seconds before he did.
"I win." I boast before crashing to the grass, laying on my back and staring at the clouds. Xander follows my suit, breathing heavily next to me. "What are we doing today? Lilliana and Nicholas are taking Gabriel and Emmeline somewhere and Ezra says they'll be gone until tomorrow night so we don't have any restrictions."
"Where'd they go?" Xander asks, and I shrug. I had no idea, to some city a couple hours away. It was clear those two were the favoured ones, the others often went overlooked unless it was to be in trouble. "We'll ask the other, Ezra seems sweet."
"You're saying that because of how alike we are." In terms of looks I look identical to Grayson and Elijah but personality wise, Ezra was the more extroverted version of myself. I sit up, leaning back on my hands. My breathing had slowed down and I was ready to make it back to the house.
