"Every great warrior must know at least 2 languages, you already know English so I'll now be teaching you Irish, do you know any others?" Griffin asked "I know Italian from one of the other kids, and American Sign language" Griffin nodded and said that was good
"Get a book from that shelf"
I nodded and looked at the old shelf choosing a brown leather book
"Oh, oh, oh not that one, haha it's private" Griffin said and instead grabbed a green book and handed it to me
"Study the first 3 pages I'll be back in a minute"
He left and I waited a few minutes and my curiosity started to get the better of me
What's in that book?
Why can't I read it?
Are they still keeping things from me?
Fuck this! No more secrets!
I got up from the desk and walked back to the old shelf, picking up that same book, I hesitated
Do I really wanna do this?
Go through someone else's stuff?
I hate nosy people yet I'm doing the same thing
No
This is okay
I'm not being left in the dark anymore!
I opened the book and.....
It was just records of our family tree, I flipped to the back and seen Enya, Doran, Collin and .....me above my name was Madison my mother and the name Arther that means he must be my father but the most confusing part is next to me is another son of Arther, his mother is unknown and his name is Chase my older half brother according to the record's he's 19
This book says it's upkept by Julian meaning he knows, this whole time he knew I had a brother and he kept it from me
"Hey! I told you not to touch that!" Griffin said running in "Who's Chase?" I asked and he looked shocked to hear his name "He's nobody" "My brother is nobody!!!"
My body lit with fire
"Ethan calm down" I growled "STOP KEEPING STUFF FROM ME, I'M PART OF THIS FAMILY TOO I DESERVE TO KNOW THESE THINGS AS MUCH AS EVERYONE ELSE" Julian had entered due to my screaming
"ETHAN STOP BEFORE YOU BURN THE HOUSE DOWN WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU?" He yelled
"WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME?, I'VE BEEN DRAGGED FROM MY HOME, ONLY TO FIND OUT I HAVE WEIRD POWERS AND DEMONS ARE CHASING ME AND NOW THAT I HAVE A DAMN BROTHER?" I was hurting so much and needed everything off my chest
"Get out" "what?" I replied "I can't have an out of control child get out until you can act like an adult or else don't come back!"
I stomped upstairs grabbing a hoodie and tied a leash to Hope walking back downstairs
"Ethan-" Julian tried to call me but I just flipped him off and tried to leave but he grabbed my wrist, hurting me
"Look I'm sorry, I lose my temper easily and I promise I'm working on it, come on stay and I'll tell you about Chase and your father" I let go of the door handle and took hope's leash off
"Okay...let's talk"
We went to his office and sat down
"What do you want to know?" Julian asked and I responded "What do they look like?" he sighed and opened his drawer handing me a picture
In it was a tween boy with black hair and green eyes like mine, next to him was a man with blonde hair and the same matching green eyes, he was muscular and carried a cross bow over his shoulder
"I was surprised you chose a bow, just like him, he was a proud warrior you know, an amazing man and boyfriend to your mother but when it was too dangerous to keep you and she gave you away, his heart was broken and he took Chase and left" Julian explained
"Do you know where he is?.... no lies this time please" it took Julian a few minutes
"Not exactly, last I heard he was at the giants causeway in Antrim, looking for Madison's lost sword" I looked to him
"We have to go" "No" "Pleeease?" "No" "Please Julian this is my only chance to find them please?" "Ugh...fine but you're bringing Enya, Doran and Collin for protection"
"Just Enya and Collin is fine" I said "Did something happen with Doran?" Julian asked and I nodded "Aoife have something to do with it?" "Bingo" I said and he sighed
"He gets so different around her, I don't get why, he's a great kid but it's like she manipulates him, please don't take it to heart just like the things I say out of anger, I think me and Jackson need to work on that"
"Agreed" I said and he laughed "Just please all go together, I'd prefer you all protecting each other" I grumbled "fine"
And the next day, we were on a roadtrip to Antrim
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This Means Family//Book Two
Short StoryBook 2 of They say life is a gift but is it really Ethan Wes has been dragged away from America and his family to Ireland with his absentee uncle and his wife as well as his strange cousins and their annoying cat's He learns the scary truth about...
