UN: Darkest
LN: Steedman
DH:
Sebastian Blaise "Sebs" (51)
DW:
Winter Annora (50)
DS:
Daniel Sean (28)
--DW:
Kathryn Annika Acosta (27)
--DS:
Nathaniel Blaise (8)
--DD:
Charlotte Rowena (5)
--DS: Altan Quest (1, twin to Alex)
--DS: Alexander Phoenix "Alex" (1, twin to Altan)
DS:
Eoin Fionn (26)
--DW:
Autumn Evadne (25, twin to
Xander)
--DS:
Lucian Sean (5)
--DD:
Jasmine Lenore (2, twin to
Alastair)
--DS:
Alastair Rhys (2, twin to
Jasmine)
AD:
Catalina Yasmin "Cata" (25, Cuba)
--DH:
Xander Lucian (25, twin to
Autumn)
--DD:
Evadne Winter "
Eva" (5)
--DD:
Xanthe Niamh (2)
--DD: Isabel Maeve "Bella" (nb)
DS:
Draven Minax (23, twin to
Tristan) - disappeared
--D ex-gf:
Sydney Lucretia (23) - 'taken in' by our family
--DS:
Caspian Daniel (5)
--D half-brother: Nolan Jude (5) - Draven's (explained)
DS:
Tristan Corvus (23, twin to
Draven)
--DH:
Sebastian Carlos "
Bastian" (24)
--
AD:
Graciela Carmen Lorenza "Chela" (4, Guatemala)
DD:
Ariadne Carys "
Ari" (20)
-Dbf: Ethan Felix (19) - not marrying
--DS: Aidan Jasper (nb)
DD:
Aurora Celene "
Rory" (17)
-Dbf: Rowan Chase (17)
DD:
Lillian Xanthe "
Lily" (7)
Several months ago,
Rory came home, seeming extremely disturbed. She went straight to her room, locked the door, and called
Daniel on her cell phone. About ten minutes later, he showed up at the house, looking as if he had seen a ghost.
Rory came downstairs, and they left with no explanation.
Since
Rory was fourteen, she and
Draven have been talking to one another regularly. It turned out
Draven was in trouble and had asked her to bring
Daniel to his apartment. When they got there,
Draven greeted
Rory with a tight hug and a convincing kiss, and gave
Daniel a light hug, calling him
James. Irritated,
Daniel insisted he tell him what the
hell was going on, and
Draven took him inside. Once there, he told
Daniel his story.
Draven claimed that, a few weeks before
Caspian was conceived, he had been 'raped' by a female co-worker. The morning
Syd found out she was pregnant, said co-worker gleefully told him she was with child.
He had been ready to tell
Syd when she gave him her news, but he panicked, and, well, you know what happened. Now he was facing trouble from a local gang - his son's uncle was one of the members - and he needed
Daniel's help to get out of it.
Daniel was, of course, highly skeptical of his story - especially that he had been raped.
Draven stubbornly insisted, and
Rory backed him up, saying she had met the woman who did it when she dropped
Nolan off.
In the end,
Daniel reluctantly gave in to his job as the oldest brother and took
Draven to see Sebs.
Rory left them alone then, taking
Nolan to the park. When she returned,
Draven had a busted lip, a black eye, and a bloodied nose, thanks to
Daniel's ministrations. It turned out
Draven had once been a member of the gang, and his 'rape' had been part of his initiation.
Rory continued to insist they help
Draven, and
Daniel has never been able to deny
Rory and
Lily anything they want.
Draven is now in a drug counseling program and living with Sebs and me.
He and
Syd are on shaky terms to say the least, and
Caspian downright hates him. Unfortunately,
Rory and
Syd are doing most of the work with young
Nolan, who has had an extraordinarily confusing first five years.
Syd found herself unable to dislike the child, who I think looks just like
Draven did at that age.
Daniel and
Draven are hardly speaking, and
Eoin,
Tristan, and
Bastian are studiously ignoring his existance, as they have been for the past five years.