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Tyler's parents had gotten a divorce when he was fourteen. He'd found out about it the day of his birthday. When they told him, Tyler had spent the rest of his birthday in his room, hearing his parents screaming at one another.

He didn't even come out when Caleb, Pogue, and Reid had arrived for the slumber party. Tyler didn't even react when the three had entered the room. Because the brunette hadn't even noticed that his parents had stopped screaming.

He spent the rest of the night explaining to his brothers what had happened. The screaming matches his parents had gotten into. How his father would leave for days on end before coming back. Finally telling them how his parents had decided to get a divorce.

Caleb had told him at the time that it was better than one of his parents dying. He'd still be able to see them both on a daily basis. Tyler's mother wouldn't expose the Covenant's secret because her son would be the one to be harmed by it. There was nothing to worry about.

That was until a few months later when she had remarried.

Wesley Sullivan was a rich man, and Tyler's mom didn't want to leave the lifestyle she was used to. She wouldn't adjust well. So she had married him.

What she didn't know was that Wesley hated Tyler. She never told him about Tyler's abilities, but the man still hated Tyler. The man also hated Tyler's friends.

And he'd shown that hatred in the form of fists, kicks, and overall beatings. When Tyler's mom would see the bruises, young Tyler told her it was from too much rough housing with Pogue and Reid.

When he'd turned sixteen, he would tell her it was from a fight with Aaron Abbot.

But when Reid, Caleb, and Pogue would ask, he'd tell them it was because he had been clumsy and had fell down the stairs. Or that he had walked into a wall. Or that he had walked into a door.

And those excuses worked for two years.

Until the boys had spent the night at his house for the weekend. Tyler had been called into Wesley's office, so the other boys were waiting in his room, waiting for their friend to come back.

When they heard a muffled scream, they'd each looked at each other in curiosity. Reid, being the most curious of the bunch, got up and left the room. Leaving Caleb and Pogue to follow him as he walked the hallways quietly.

He heard a yelp from inside Wesley's office, his eyes looking at Caleb and Pogue in confusion. Caleb and Pogue both looked at each other before they looked at Reid.

The confusion washed away when realization hit him. Caleb and Pogue tried to stop Reid, who opened the door.

He saw Wesley kicking Tyler, who had tears pouring down his cheeks and was trying to muffle his screams. His lip was bleeding, and he most likely had bruises forming from the kicks.

Without thinking all three sons eyes went black as they attacked Wesley. The adult flew across the room, hitting the bookshelf. They watched as the male fell to the floor, as Reid rushed over to Tyler's side.

When he touched the brunette, he couldn't help but flinch when Tyler shied away from him.

"You shouldn't have done that. He's going to be so mad when he wakes up. Oh god…" Tyler said, as more tears poured from his eyes.

He sat up and looked at his friends.

"Why did you do that? He's going to ask how you did it. And then he's going to hurt me again…oh god…"

Caleb and Pogue looked at each other before they looked at Reid, who pulled the youngest into a hug.

"If he knows what's good for him, he won't touch you again." Reid said, "And we'll tell him that Pogue and Caleb tackled him to the bookshelf. Don't worry Ty, your safe."

The brunette continued to cry into the blonde's chest, as Caleb and Pogue walked over. They joined the group hug, the three sharing a look.

They would definitely make sure it wouldn't happen again.