Chapter two
The study
"Start talking, father." Daemon said early the next mourning, as he sat next to his wife Jaenelle, with his sons, Damien, and Mephis, and his daughter Tara. His brother Lucivar and his wife Marion and their two children, Daemonar, and Maura. Saetan looked around the room and saw his two sons and their families, and the first circle. Firstly Gabrielle and Chaosti form the Dea la Mon race and their two twin sons, Dracin and Dalcon. Next to the windows were Elan and Grezande form the Tigrelan. With the two oldest of there five children Maleon and Teria. In the corner next to the door sat Karla and Morton. He always would be sad that they never got to live their lives. Morton had been killed in an ambush and was now demon dead. Karla had lost her legs due to witch blood poisoning by one of her third circle. Khardeen and Morghann stood near Jaenelle's chair with there two oldest, their daughter Gressina, and their son Enoch. Than next to his desk was Surreal a niece of sorts, with her current lover, Erinar. Looking over her shoulder protectively. One of his hands on her bulging stomach.
"Very well but no interruptions." He said a cup of yarrbrah in his hand. " Fourteen years after you were taken form me. A woman named Nichole came to my bed. She had earned my trust when she had saved me from a night of being at the mercy of tainted witches. It turned out to be a ploy. I learned this nine months later when she was pregnant and giving birth. She sent the child away to Hekatah, to be raised as the next Queen of the Blood. She had the healer tell me that the child had died in the birth; while she had one of her laden maids take the child away to Hekatah. Nicole died that night from giving birth, burned her own jewels out. When Tersa came back form the twisted kingdom and Dorthea was destroyed she told me what Nicole had done, and that my daughter had not died that night. I went off in search for my daughter. Tersa told me the village the maid used to live in. But when I got to the village and questioned the local coach about its history. The coach that the maid had been on had been attacked and everyone inside slaughtered. The bodies were destroyed after that. I gave up and settled that I had lost yet another of my children. Than I came home and told Tersa the news. She told me that I was wrong and that my daughter would find me. But I didn't believe her. I thought it best not to tell anyone and let more grief come into the family as we thought that Jaenelle was dead." He closed his eyes and leaned his head back against his chair. " Another of my children is alive and well."
The rest just sat in silence and stared at Saetan. Finally it was Lucivar broke the silence. "But where did she learn to fight like that and use those whips and what ever those other things are." He said pointing to the weapons that were pilled up on Saetan desk. There were dozens of daggers and two whips a short sword, poison darts and a few vials of poison, and a few other things that no one knew what they were.
" I do not know, my son. We will have to wait until she wakes up and than she can answer our questions."
Daemonar looked at his grandfather, and said what all the younger generation was thinking. "How can you know for sure that she is your daughter?"
" By the blood she carries and by this" he said holding up the silver locket that he had removed form around her neck. " I gave this locket to Nichole has a Winslow gift. It has a picture of me in it. We were going to put a picture of our child in the other side. That traitorous bitch" Saetan yelled coming to his feet with a roar. " She sent my daughter away to be raised by that bitch Hekatah. But she is back and alive and whole" At this he calmed down and resumed his seat.
No one said a thing. Jaenelle just walked over and kissed his head, and walked out to go to breakfast. The first circle following her example, until it was just Saetan and his sons.
"Lucivar why don't you put these weapons away. So we can talk to her about them later." Saetan said with a sigh as he and his sons got up to go to breakfast. "And I am placing you in charge of her. Don't let her escape."