Old Castle

As they stood at the front entrance of the old castle Alex pulled a creeping vine away from the doorway. After pulling it lose form the top of the door way he uncovered the Eddington coat of arms etched in the stone. It was still in pretty good shape. The heavy wooden door however was in a very rough condition . Jackson ran his hard around the door frame, pointing out the differences in the craftsmanship, telling him

"Alex this door isn't the original door it's one that has been installed in the last fifty years or so. It's been put up with modern tools. See the hole where the pintles used to be.

" I'll go to the City offices tomorrow, and ask about it . Who knows someone else may have been staying here beside that Thompson guy."

They walked on into the main entrance , Alex took his time looking at the exquisite architectural design, and ancient craftsmanship. This castle wasn't as old as the one he lived in ,but it had been neglected for many years. He turned his attention towards Jackson ask him

" Do you think some of the architectural features can be saved" he pointed towards the ceiling asking " like those copper ceilings and those beautiful candle lit chandeliers."

Jackson walked around telling Alex how the old castle could be brought back to its original state. He pointed out details Alex hasn't even noticed

"Alex, those ceilings can be cleaned, and those Chandeliers can be taken down and wired for electricity, just like the ones in the Eddington Castle. The walls have a few cracks . But we will need to go down into the basement to make sure it's not structural damage. "

Jackson ran his hand across the wall , like he was washing it with the palm of his hand saying.

" Alex, the walls are Granite and the floors are marble just like the ones in the Eddington Castle ,they can be polished and sealed ." He ran his finger through a crack in the granite telling him "And the cracks can be filled. He points his finger around the room explaining everything that needed to be done.

" The darkness of this room is because, the granite and marble are dirty ,and if you haven't noticed this room has no windows. They can also be added, It would really brighten up the place."

As they walked further into the old Castle. Jackson kept pointing out different things and telling him how they can be fixed.

" Alex this Castle wasn't built for a king so it doesn't have a throne room."He ran his hand along an opening in the wall pointing to a hole that had been bored out in the stone.

"Alex this is where an old iron Pin was set into the stone it was used to hang the door."

The whole time Jackson and Alex where walking through the old dirty Castle, the girls were trailing behind them, being careful not to touch anything. They wrinkled their nose and clenched their jaws when Jackson would touch the old dirty walls and floors. Lexi looks over at karmen , with a mischievous grin taunting her best friend.

" I'm glad that's not my man touching all those dirty things. You know, those hands are going to be all over you tonight."

Just as she said that Alex crouched down running his middle finger through a large crack in the marble floor.

Karmen shouted out

" And just where do you think that fingers going to be tonight." she flipped her hair over her shoulder and threw her head back. Laughing when she seen her best friend wrinkle her nose up with a disgusted look on her face.

Jackson paused for a moment pointing down at the elaborate vine design etched into the marble floor .. saying

"This is what is confusing to me ."

Not really knowing exactly what was confusing Jackson about a old Marble floor

He pulled his head up asking

"What's confusing about it, it's a marble floor that has a vine pattern etched into it."

He lowered his self on the floor running his fingers over the vine pattern in the marble,

making sure it was part of the original design .

"That's right Alex, but this castle was built as a gift. There is a lot of detail in this old castle, it was a elaborate gift for someone that was loved and cherished"

Chuckling a little, he shrugged shoulders saying

. " you know how Eddington's love their Princesses. "

I've heard the stories too Alex. It's tradition if you're born an Eddington Princess your treated as a Queen. No Eddington Princess has ever been sold or bartered for."

He Put his hand on his shoulder walking into a different room of the old castle . Raising his brows he peered over at his brother and ask him.

" if you're lucky enough to have a Princess how are you going to treat her."

"Alex, just like all the previous Eddington Princess. Their tiny rare jewels. Maybe we'll both get one. But that's not what threw me off the blood in that old-bottle I found belonged to a Eddington Princess. She wasn't traded off like cattle."

" I know Jackson, I questioned that in my mind, when Jordan sent back the DNA report. An Eddington Princess couldn't just marry anyone, the man had to prove his worth. "

With a mischievous grin , changing his voice to sound goulash and scary, he mummers

"Makes you wonder why her blood was in that bottle, this old castle could hold some big mysteries."

Amused by his brother's antics, he cracked a joke of his own.

"Just be glad you were born a prince instead of a Princess you could be married to some old king living in a foreign land somewhere."

Jackson couldn't resist , he had to say it

"Oh, you mean like Lexi."

"Fuck you" Alex retorted.