A majority of the next three days was spent in the study, forcing any and all information I could find into my brain. It wasn't easy, since I had never been good with history of any kind, and that's all that this was for this world. And I couldn't lie, studying was absolutely boring. I was more than willing to procrastinate by escaping to the lake for a couple hours of each day.
To his benefit, Veren helped me as much as he possibly could, helping me take notes, and testing me to help me memorize important facts about not only my own lineage, but also about the lineage of my enemies.
Demons hadn't originally been evil beings. They had been a race living in this magical world just like everyone else. But, one day one began to show signs of dark corruption, which quickly spread to everything it touched. Soon the demons became known as rogue demons, because they had lost all sense of reason to a craving for power. All other races were susceptible to the corruption from these rogue demons, all except for my own lineage, making me wonder about what had happened with Kat. I had to remind myself that we had been on earth for a couple of centuries, so, we had mixed our blood with so much non-magical lineage, that it could easily make sense for us to eventually become corruptible. There was also the question of who Kat's real father was. Whoever he was, there was a chance that he hadn't been entirely human himself. If he was in any way related to a demon, or if he had at some point been exposed and corrupted by a rogue demon, then it wouldn't be too far off for Kat to have inherited that darkness in her bloodline, and simply none of us were aware of it.
Since my family line had always reproduced young, it wouldn't be too surprising if my mom had somehow conceived with an ex boyfriend, just prior to meeting Jacey's dad. She probably wouldn't have even known the difference in fathers, if you considered that both Katrina and Jacey looked more like her.
As for the Divine lineage, that was my ancestry, we were actually on an equal level to the demons strength, prior to their corruption. After corruption, they grew in power, but fell behind in sanity, making them both easier to kill and also so much harder to predict. Divine lineage was actually now the most powerful of the races, being stronger even than the dragon clan. But, since they were thought to be long dead, no one could confirm any of the details anymore.
Of course, now we all could kind of figure out that, we hadn't died out, but we had actually left to protect the other worlds. No one had ever considered that other worlds might have even existed, so how could anyone have guessed that my ancestors had left for them. But the rogue demons likely figured out that the worlds existed and saw it as a place to not only rule, but to gain enough power to come back for this one.
The last rogue demon that my family had fought, had been back when I was only 8. A little shy of 10 before now. I was the first one of our line to hold onto my powers, and I knew that I would be 18 soon. What I didn't know was, if there would ever be a time that I did lose my powers. Maybe I would have if I had stayed on earth, but here, there was a source of magic that I could feel all the way into my core. It spoke to me, though not in words. It fed my soul, teaching me something new every time I let it in. Yet it never taught me the one thing I wanted to know the most.
The link information remained ever just outside of my grasp. And I was interrupted or distracted every time I got close to it.
Veren would randomly show up in my room, wanting to talk, or others would appear, seeming to have heard that I needed something when there was nothing I needed. It had me seriously paranoid.
Each night, Veren would sleep next to me in my large bed, claiming that he was staying close in case of another incident like my first night here. I figured that he just wanted to stay close to me, whether because he had some kind of feelings for me, or maybe just to make sure that I stayed alive.
I had no doubt about his knowledge of my growing fondness for him, since he felt everything I felt. It seemed a little unfair of how one-sided such knowledge was, an irony that wasn't lost on me, considering I could read anything about anyone that I met. Anyone except for him.
On the few moments that he couldn't be with me, due to whatever responsibilities he had, he'd arranged for either Kaya or Stella to always be nearby me. I didn't like it, but it seemed that this was the kind of life I would have for the foreseeable future. Hopefully only until the situation with Kat was resolved.