Inherited abilities

Yes mother, the tabloids always make up stories. But now you know the truth and when your friends ask you about Jackson and karmen you can tell them they are dating but there not engaged yet. A smile curved on her lips as she echoed what he just said " yet"

" yes mother, " yet"

Lexi raised her brows, as she hide a smirk behind hand. Alex noticed the sly look on her face asking her " sweetheart do you know more about what's going on then me?"

She waved her hand in the air, as she replied "no not really, what your saying sounds just about the same story I'm getting from her. She gets stars in her eyes when she talks about him.I just think she's being cautious because of Jackson's reputation."

Mother Sophia sighed, commenting "well we can only hope." She turned her attention to Alex asking " Alexander can you call my driver I would like to go to my penthouse and change before the dress designer arrives , I will be back at two."

He picked his phone up to text the garage seeing a unread email on his phone. Opening it he discovered the drone that was over the west wing garden had traces of hydrofluoric acid on it . This acid causes deep burns to human skin. It's the type of acid used to etch glass. He gazed up at Lexi asking " sweetheart, who knew about you going for a swim Friday."

Nibbling on her bottom lip a bit, thinking back to Friday morning ,there was only one person who knew exactly where she was at , but anyone who saw her walking through the castle could figure it out.

"Julie is the only person that knew, but I had a swimsuit on when I walked through the castle. And I didn't pay attention to who seen us going into the pool room."

"Sweetheart, I will take you to your room before the dress designer arrives, and I don't want you to leave your room with anyone except me or Jackson. " he turned slightly saying "Mother your car is waiting. I will take you to the entrance." Holding his hand out for Lexi telling her, "come sweetheart walk with me"

He is determined that she isn't going to leave his sight now until he finds the trader in his castle. With his mind searching for answers, his suspensions have turned from the kitchen staff to his head maid Julie. She knew when he took Lexi to the restaurant the first time she was attacked, she was the one who escorted her to the pool. And she also helped her pack for the camping trip. But Julie shouldn't have anything against mixed couples. He chose Julie to be Lexi's maid very carefully . He ran a background check on her right before he picked Lexi up at Whitley Castle. Julie is the head maid and very efficient,but that's not the only reason he chose her. Julie is a human the only human maid in the castle. Julie is also in a mixed relationship ,her boyfriend is a vampire. She seemed to have been the perfect choice. Both her and her boyfriend have excellent reputations. Julie has worked at the castle for about six years. And her boyfriend has a lawn service in the city. His business seems to be doing well. He mows several commercial properties and some of the large estates in Jackson's neighborhood. For young blue collar workers they are doing very well. They just purchased a nice home together in a newly established neighborhood ,just right out side the city. Surely he couldn't have been wrong in his choice or missed anything, but he's not going to take any chances now. Julie will be the next person to be questioned after he escorts Lexi to her room.

As they walked towards the main entrance of the castle, he pulled her close to his side telling her " sweetheart there are security cameras in your room, they are only connected to my phone, and I'm going to turn them on before I leave you inside your bedroom. And remember don't go with anyone except me or Jackson. You and Karmen can just hang out and do whatever inside your bedroom after the dress designer leaves. Mother I will have Rich send one of his men for you whenever you get ready to leave." His mother noticed how protective he was being, it made her nervous, she knows he's not the type to over react . This had her wondering what was going on. She paused her steps, turning to her older son asking him." Alexander just what has you so protective in your own castle today?"

"Mother there is a trader in the castle but not just a trader , this person has killed to keep their identity safe. And their target is Lexi, there has been three attempts on her life already. The last one was at the lake, I had a man in the dungeon, who shot me Saturday with a silver bullet. He's dead now but I didn't kill him, someone here in the castle poisoned him. And I guess they did that to keep him from talking."

Mother Sophia seem unbothered by the fact her son was shot Saturday, but then again why should she be ,it's not the first time he has ever been shot. However Lexi started trembling she clutched onto his arm, her heart pounded in her chest and head started spinning as her knees buckled underneath her .He scooped her up in his arms carrying her Princess style, he looked back over his shoulder telling his mother "we will see you at two o'clock today mother." He carried her up the stairs taking two at a time, straight to the bedroom laying her in the middle of the huge bed.

Setting beside her he dabbed her forehead with a cold cloth. Her eyes fluttered open , before she could get them focused, she heard his calming voice "are you ok sweetheart." Panic took over as tears rolled down her cheeks ,she sobbed and shuttered spouting " no Alex I'm not ok, when the hell was you going to tell me that someone shot you. When I'm burying you."

Laying down beside her, he pulled her into his arms, cradling her head with his hand his outer hand was draped around her waist, He spoke softly trying to calm her racing heart " sweetheart me getting shot is no big deal, I've been shot before, it's no more than if you got a bee sting." She sobbed on his shoulder, sucking in air trying to catch her breath . As she tried to catch her breath he continued to explain " sweetheart do you remember when I told you vampire kings have more freedom to go out in public. Its not because there are l

Fewer attempts on my life, it's because what will kill a human or most vampires won't kill me. I will be perfectly fine."

As heart beat slowly returned to normal, she brought her hand up to his chest clinging on to him, she mumbled into his chest "I just love you so much, I don't know what I would do if something happened to you."

Caressing her cheek with his hand, he kissed the top of her head, speaking softly trying to reassure her "sweetheart nothing is going to happen to me. The reason I have been busy all morning is because I love you and I feel the same way. I have been talking to my employees all morning trying to find out who it is that has been trying to hurt you. Jackson has been helping me, He's hearing is exceptional, he can tell people's emotions by their heart beat .I can do that too but I'm not as efficient as Jackson is at it."

She raised her head up to look into his eyes asking him" is that part of your abilities?"

"Yes, sweetheart Jackson and I have the same abilities, it's just mine are slightly different from his."

As curiosity took over her, a million questions popped in her head.

"Will our children have those abilities?"

That's something he really hasn't thought about, he and Jackson shared all of the same abilities but they differ slightly most of his are sharper then Jackson's, but Jackson does have a few that are sharper then his. Now his mind is wondering, will his half blood children have the same abilities. He and Jackson inherited all their abilities through the Eddington Royal blood line and not any of the ones from his mother's side.

They also got their blazing blue eyes from their Eddington Royal blood line. No other vampires have their blazing blue eyes. As he thought about it he really don't know how to answer her question, all he can do is give it his best guess.

"I'm sure they will have some of them sweetheart, but how many by, I don't know. Maybe that's something you and Karmen can talk about this afternoon, after your dress designer leaves .It will give the two of you something to do. She seems pretty smart, and has more knowledge on half blood children then I do."