John took advantage of the situation to whisper to Ethan to have a chat with him and talk to him regardings his concerns about Roselyn's health. They headed toward the living room disappearing in few seconds leaving Roselyn once again alone with William.

"There is a problem," John said as he took a deep breath.

Ethan scoffed, "I would be surprised if there wasn't any problem. And I thought the royal people spent their days doing nothing all day." He rolled his eyes but John glowered at him.

"I am serious." He commented in a scolding tone of voice and Ethan composed himself, he folded his arms and tilted his head to the side.

"What is the problem?"

John dropped his gaze to the floor for some instants and then finally looked up to him, he cleared his voice. "Roselyn… I can feel she is getting stronger and that her chances of getting pregnant are increasing." John confessed, his forehead was creased.

Ethan widened his eyes and offered a toothy smile, "that shouldn't be a problem! Congr..."

John shushed him hitting him on his shoulder and gazing at the door hoping Roselyn didn't hear him.

"Ouch! Have you lost your mind?" Ethan scolded his brother confused by his gesture, he didn't understand why John seemed so worried. It was a miracle and the best news ever if a banshee would get pregnant.

"This is not good news. Especially now that there are snakes and demons in circulation. Do you know what they can do if they find a baby with great powers? I don't want them to harm either her or our child." John murmured, even if his voice was low his tone was furious and his eyes were flashing of an intense red.

Ethan swallowed down and all of a sudden he understood John's preoccupations. When demons escaped from the underworld their first purpose was to search for the most powerful babies to turn them into demons and grow them. There was a legend, hundreds of years ago when a group of demons invaded Earth to steal many supernatural children killing the parents who would dare to oppose their will and bringing chaos to the entire planet. Then all the magicians and witches in the world gathered together to fight them and after months of the war, the magicians finally won. They made a spell to humankind to make all the humans in the world forget what had happened but the supernatural creatures, who were immune to the spell never had forgotten what demons made and had been perpetuating the story for years to avoid similar things to happen again.

"Dear brother, the only solution is that you two have to stop procreating, then." Ethan tried to soften the atmosphere by making a joke about the situation but John didn't seem in the mood for jokes.

Ethan composed himself and offered a smile, "I mean you truly have to stop and meantime we have to fix the entire situation the sooner we can."

John nodded in resentment and pulled his hair back cursing the entire situation inwardly. Only God knew what he would be capable of doing if he found out who got the demons free.

When John and Ethan walked out of the room Roselyn and William were drinking some herbal tea on the table chatting about the pleasing lunch they had with the guests.

William thanked Roselyn for the great idea she had and told him how proud he was to see her and John together and doing nice gestures.

Ethan and John joined them in the kitchen receiving a glower from William, "it's bad-mannered to keep secrets from your wife John." William rebuked his son knitting his eyebrows down.

John smiled to Roselyn to reassure her, "it's not my fault. Ethan met a girl and wanted to ask me for some tips. Since I am such an expert with women." John winked to Rose making Ethan open his eyes in shock.

Roselyn giggled seeing Ethan's face turning pale and blushing in embarrassment.

"I haven't met anyo..." Ethan commented but when John kicked him behind the table he bit his tongue to change his approach.

"What were you two talking about?" he then asked trying desperately to drive the attention away. He glowered at John who despite his effort not to make it obvious was trying not to laugh when he saw his brother's face.

William raised his eyebrow, "a girl?" their father didn't seem willing to give up on that matter so easily. John seemed even more difficult to refrain from the laugh making Ethan even madder. John always wanted to have a brother not only to share with him the funniest moments but also to have someone to annoy. Ethan, on the other hand, didn't seem to have that much fun, he was embarrassed and unable to reply to his father's question since he know John lied but at the same time he couldn't reveal the truth.

"I was joking, he hasn't met anyone yet." John saved his brother from that embarrassing situation emphasizing the yet in his statement.

"We just talked about the plan." John continued even if William didn't fully buy John's statement and kept darting his gaze toward the two brothers trying to decipher where they were lying.

"I will go check on Abigail tomorrow. If she learns how to control her powers she may help us to kill the snakes. She fights very well." John continued gazing at Roselyn who as soon as she heard him naming her sister, she smiled and her eyes sparkled in joy. It was such a nice gesture of John to remember Abigail in such a drastic situation and if he wanted to ask her help it meant he trusted her.

"There are stronger demons and weaker ones. The one who attacked me and Roselyn was one of the stronger, its dimensions were huger than the two snakes I met with Ethan. So we also have to figure out what their strengths are based on and how they gain their strength and grow their bodies. There are many things we have to know before we attack them." John cupped his chin thoughtfully. "But when we will find all their secrets and their weak points, they will have no escapement. We will destroy them and will compel them to tell us the truth about the entire situation." He finished his reasoning causing silence to fall in the room. 

John sounded more determined than usual to find out what was responsible for the demons' escapement.. Roselyn noticed his resentment and wondered if there was something he was keeping from her.