Pirates and War

"Huh, forty years."Van scoffed, rolling his eyes "Tell the damm truth Nick the only people here is our grandchildren." Van stopped walking and folded his arms over his chest as he shook his head disappointed by his childhood friend and fellow demon he continued ranting out his frustration obvious "You know how special Karmen is why have you not told her anything about our people." Van shouted at Nick who stood frozen for a few seconds before he glanced over at a shocked and confused Karmen.

"What? Just wait a damm minute here." Jackson whisper shouted as he processed the words his great grandfather just spouted out . His brows raised up almost to his hair line and his eyes popped out as he realized a huge secret. Karmen's grandfather was hiding not only from the outside world but from his whole family " You're a demon too" He blurted out a bit to excitedly.

" No" Nick sighed agitated with Van for suddenly outing him in front of Karmen bringing his hand up he rubbed the space between his dark brows. " Half demon,my father was a demon and my mother was a human " he clarified

" And you knew I was half demon and half witch." Karmen ask her voice trembling slightly while a whirlwind wind of emotions clouded her mind mixed with pregnancy harmonies causing a flood of fat tears to start falling from her big brown eyes.

" Are you happy now, you made Karmen cry you insensitive ass." Nick yelled at Van as he stepped forward wrapping his strong arms around karmen in a comforting embrace pulling her head down on his chest as he murmured into her scalp " I didn't tell you because your mother never told anyone you were adopted.And by the time she told you It seemed that you were just like Ethan and never showed any demon abilities. I thought it would just confuse you. I love you with all my heart and never wanted to hurt you"He pushed her head back and held her face between his large hands kissing her forehead as he wiped her tears with his thumb.He stared into her big brown tear stained eyes " You know that, don't you?" He ask to see her nodding her head in response to his question.

Her mind was spinning with a million questions mostly about her childhood. She raised her brown eyes to meet his steel gray eyes that looked exactly like her brothers she ask him the first question that popped into her head at the moment. "How did you know?"

" I have some demon abilities and my senses are on par with most demons. I knew the first moment your mother brought you to the mansion after she found you." He sighed pulling her head back down on his chest as he rubbed her back in small comforting circles " Even as an infant I could smell your blood and I had my suspicious but it wasn't until you become a teenager that I knew for sure you were half witch. Your sent changed to that seductive scent that was undeniably the sent of a witch. However I knew you had demon blood the moment your mother walked in the door with you in her arms I could clearly hear your little heart beat . Then your mother handed you to me and your little smile stole my heart .Afterwards all I could think about is how to protect you and give you everything your little heart desires you're my baby girl and I love you. I thought growing up as a human was the best way to keep you safe. I never wanted you to seek out any witches or try to find your birth parents. I was afraid you could end up getting hunted by witch hunters or poisoned by witches." Nick explained as he gently stroked a sobbing Karmen's back to calm her down only to freeze again with her next question.

"Does my mom know I'm half witch and half demon." She mumbled into his chest.

" No sweetheart, she doesn't" he murmured taking a step back to hold both of her hands in front of them as he glanced over her shoulder towards the table where her parents were sitting to make sure no one else was coming to greet him.

Taking a deep breath he glanced back at Karmen with a long explanation"Sweetheart I'm going to share a secret with you ,one that I have been keeping for a very long time. You see I never told grandma I was half demon and we never mated. As you know she was a religious woman and I was afraid I would loose her if she found out."

He paused for a moment to let his words sink in before he continued " I aged my appearance to match your grandmother's as we got older.So you see she never suspected that I wasn't human. Your mother has no idea she is part demon either. I watched her and Ethan closely the same as I did you to make sure they didn't have any abilities. And all this time I lived like a human with plans to give my shipping business to you and Ethan at a normal human age of retirement. I'm only half demon the same as you. I have been planning to have this talk with you for a long time. I don't know how much Evander has told you about demons. However I know how smart you are and you will probably understand a lot more then what we do about this. You see there are just a few full blooded demons left in the world and each time they mix with a different species their life span becomes shorter and most of the offspring never show any demon abilities it's hit or miss. Take Evander's son and daughter for example, his son is alive and by appearance he looks to be around Ethan's age and his daughter as you know has already passed away at the normal age of a vampire. As for me sweetheart I'm way older then everyone thinks. As you probably guessed by now thanks to old blabber mouth over there " He gestured towards Van with his chin sending a heated glare his way.

" Blabber mouth" Van scoffed rolling his eyes at Nick " Karmen came to me seeking answers I didn't even know she was your granddaughter you pompous ass."


Nick sighed to flustered to argue with Van at the moment and continued with his story "I grew up with Evander in Vital neither of us had anything.Both of us were orphans from a war. We would sleep on the ground and hunt for food with a spear. After almost starving to death and countless cold nights of sleeping in a damp cave we banned with several other orphans to formed a make shift army lead by Evander. Long story short after planning for almost a year we over took the Castle and that's how Evander became king of Vital. Afterwards I took a ship from the previous kings fleet and became a pirate. I would captured other ships to help Evander build a larger fleet so that he could expand his empire. We worked as a team we would sail to neighboring islands on the ships that I captured and Evander would wage a war to claim the lands. Afterwards we split the resources I took the ships and we split the gold. I sold the other commodities across the seas that's how I started in the shipping business."

Jackson stood dumbfounded his head slightly bobbing from his grandfather to Karmen's grandfather as he listened to this unbelievable tail of pirates and waging war against villagers. He shook his head to pull himself out of the dazed state he was in to address a question him and Karmen had not yet decided on hoping that Van and Nick will help them decide what to do.

"Nick," Jackson called to get his attention solely on him for a moment.
" So now that we know about you,do you think we should tell Karmen's parents about her birth parents."

" No" Nick replied immediately releasing Karmen's hands to turn towards Jackson. "There's no need to upset her mother she would be beside herself worrying about witches. And there's no need for it .A witch can't hear Karmen's demon heart and neither can Monica she is as human as her mother was."

" What about Ethan should he know about you." Karmen ask concerned that Ethan might grow fangs the same as she did the night her and Jackson mated.

" Why would Ethan need to know sweetheart? Van ask glancing over at Jackson for a second to read his expression just in case he missed something that might be going on with Ethan " I'm only half demon the same as Jackson's grandmother was. I believe Ethan is like your mother he has never showed any demon traits."

Jackson shook his head. " I wouldn't be so quick to say that if I were you. Ethan may not have the heart beat of a demon but his athletic abilities are almost on par with mine. And that's quite impressive for any human considering my Vampire Royal bloodline and my great grandfather."