I stared at David shocked to by what he said. Waiting to see how telling the truth would have such an outcome.

"When I told Emily, she didn't take it well. She called me crazy and ran away from me. I remember her driving off in her car calling me a freak," David continued his story, "Being the idiot I was, I went after her. She ended up running a red light and got into an accident. But sadly, she was able to barley crawl out of the car before Donny got a hold of her and right in front of me, he killed her."

"Knowing that it would hurt you," I finished for him. He nodded his confirmation with thin lips.

For the past few months, everyone has been trying to make me understand everything. But for some reason it is just not sinking in. Probably because it is something that is hard to believe. Ashley was mostly in charge of teaching me the basics and I think I was starting to get her frustrated. Probably the reason why I was talking to David now.

The one thing I was sort of starting to get was the different positions in the family. I got that Ricky was the head of the family. David's dad, John, was the advisor or something like that. David was the head of the family guard and Mike was his second in command. The relations in the family is where I struggled the most.

"I get that Donny is Ricky's brother, but why is he the way he is exactly?" I heard myself ask David.

He let out a heavy sigh because this was a conversation that has been said at least ten times before, “Donny was supposed to be the head of the family, but Ricky was given the position instead. No one knows why, but Donny flew off the handle and killed his own father in cold blood. Of course, the punishment for doing that is death, but Ricky couldn’t do it. He ended up banishing Donny instead," David answered, “The winner of the war is who ever has the family that is the last one standing.”

"Why was Ricky given the position instead of Donny? Wouldn't all of this have been avoided if Donny was just made the head of the family?" it made sense to me, but to David I might as well suggested that a dead king should be the head of the family.

"None of this could be avoided. Donny would still go bad and Ricky will still be the head of the family. Donny had a darkness to him that even his mother ended up dying to get away from it," David explained, "One downside to Gene V is that if a mother is to have twins, one is to be mostly good while the other is mostly evil. It has always been like that and we aren't sure the reason why."

This whole Gene V thing made my head hurt. It was just hard for me to grasp. Just last week, Ashley tried to explain the whole soulmate thing to me. Or, how every Seadonna had one person in the world only meant for them. It was a little far fetched, but she seemed to believe it because she had Ricky.

David's phone suddenly rang, making me jump a little bit. He let out a small chuckle as he answered his phone. He spoke in that language I never understood and I now knew that he only used it if he didn't want me to hear something. It kind of got annoying and made me curious. I have got to learn what language that is and learn it.

"What language were you just speaking?" I asked after he hung up his phone.

"Romanian," he responded as he started to get up and fold his chair, "And it is time for us to leave. Jake is finally free from whatever he was doing and he demands to see you."

That sounded so much like Jake. He was probably ready to tell me all that they made him do, complaining about every minute he had to endure.

"Leah, I still need to tell you the crazy thing and you aren't going to like hearing it," David mentioned as I got up and folded my chair. Making me look at him, “You’re a pure blood. A first generation of Gene V. Something that rarely ever happens anymore. But you are special. You can change who ever you want into one of us. Our blood is usually poison to anyone who doesn’t carry Gene V, unless it is your blood they have contact with. The last person with that ability was Ricky’s father and he still killed some people with his blood. Only a hundred percent pure blood that has no interfere of time can do it perfectly.”

“I can change who I want?” I was confused now and couldn't quite understand what he was trying to say.

“Gene V works in mysterious ways. But, it is usually passed down the family tree if a person likes it or not. Reason why Jared refuses to date anyone that has it. He’s hoping that it will just die out,” David answered. Wait! Jared is one of them?! How?!

“Jared is my cousin. His mother is my father’s little sister. She left the family in hopes to get away from the war, but her son is torn between being one of us or being normal,” David answered as if he read my mind. I was still shocked by the news, “As long as his blood doesn’t get in contact with Ricky’s, he should be fine.”

"What happens if it comes into contact with Ricky's?" I was dying to know.

"He becomes one of us," and with that David headed through the words towards the path that we walked on to get here. I just stared at his retreating form, trying to process what I had just learned. Jared was a Seadonna and it made me wonder if he knew as much about the family as they have told me. The only way to know was to ask him but he was getting married in just a matter of days, so he was too busy to even talk to on the phone.

Eventually I caught up with David and we started to head back to his car. He wasn’t going to explain anymore. The rest, he said, was something I just had to find out on my own. While we walked in silence I thought about everything I was told and tried to make sense of it. I was confused, but I also felt like I had finally found my place.

“David?” I heard myself say as we neared his car. He looked at me as we continued walking, “What’s with the black and red?”

David laughed a little as he hit a button on his keys to unlock the doors to his car. I think he even shook his head as he headed for the driver’s side, “That’s like me asking you ‘what’s with the black and blue?’, but every Seadonna favors a color with black. But, not all of the time since Mike’s wife favors pink and purple the most. It really doesn’t mean anything, but your dad sure has an odd obsession with the color green.”

“I’m even baffled by it,” I said smiling from ear to ear as I got into the passenger seat. I placed my seat belt in place as David started the car, “Thanks for bringing me out here David. I know I don't make things easy for you."

David smiled at me as we pulled out of the parking lot. But he didn't say anything else. We both knew that my words had a double meaning in them. The guilt still won't leave my heart or my mind. As we headed back to my place a small feeling began to form in my gut telling me that something bad was about to happen. I just wish I knew what it was.