NOVARIA'S POV
Kelvin's words seemed to suck every ounce of sound from the room.
"And we have been dealing with all this ever since Aria arrived,"
Silence followed. A heavy, suffocating silence.
No one spoke immediately. No one argued. No one denied it.
And somehow, that hurt more than anything else.
I stood frozen at the top of the staircase, my fingers gripping the wooden railing so tightly that my knuckles turned white.
My heart pounded violently against my chest.
The brothers looked exhausted. Their faces were hard, their expressions tense. For the first time since coming here, they didn't look like the men who spoiled me, teased me, cuddled me, and made me feel safe. They looked like Mafia bosses. Dangerous. Cold. Strangers.
Tears blurred my vision.
"So what are we going to d
