Old Folk Tails

The morning sun was just breaking the horizon and the brisk wind blew across the lake when Alex and Jackson walked out of the lake house this morning.

Alex stuck his head back inside shouting back at Lexi " sweetheart make sure you wear a jacket it's chilly out here this morning." Closing the door back, he nodded towards Jackson to follow him.

He and Jackson headed on down to the little barn to saddle the horses. Lexi walked back upstairs to get her jacket and Karmen went back into the bedroom her and Jackson had slept in last night to get her jacket.

On the way to the barn Alex questioned Jackson about the strange woman down town. " Jackson you say that woman down town yelled demon seductress."

" yeah Alex that's what the crazy bitch yelled."

Alex hesitated a moment but then he decided to tell Jackson a story of his own. " Jackson, we both know Karmen is some other species." Alex paused a moment to open the gate on the corral, glancing over at Jackson to see if he was following his line of thought also.

Jackson walked through the gate and Alex closed it behind them, as they both walked towards the little metal barn. Jackson raised his head up, his voice was calm but his words were confirming. " yeah Alex, she's got to be. You know I'm pretty damm sharp ,I love Karmen but I have been listening to the childhood stories Ethan and Lexi have been telling just like you have."

They walked on inside the small metal barn , Alex grabbed Coco's saddle and bridle from the tack area of the small bran. Jackson grabbed star's saddle and bridle they both walked over to the stalls and started saddling the horses, Alex continued telling Jackson his story.

" well you know Rich and I started our military training when we were only twelve years old."

"Yeah, I remember you going off to the training camp and only coming back to the castle on the weekend, I missed you while you were gone."

Alex chuckled and teased him a little bit.

" yeah I think that is when you stopped being a cry baby."

" Yeah, yeah , what ever. Go ahead and tell what happened to you and Rich at Camp."

" Well we had an old man who was a fighting instructor. He always called me by a nickname, he called me demon slayer."

Jackson looked up at him curiously asking him. " Alex are you really taking what that old woman said seriously and thinking Karmen is part demon. You have heard all the old folk tails about demons their evil and ruthless falling Angels."

"Jackson, just hear me out. Karmen has got to be part something that is a pretty powerful species. She could crawl when she was a new born and now we know she either can't be suffocated or she can come back from death. And who actually knows if demons are evil, a long time ago all the humans said vampires were evil creatures.

And just remember what else the old folk tails say about demons they are supposed to be enchantingly beautiful able to lead people into sin."

Jackson chuckled, sounding extremely amused "Alex are you saying Karmen lead me to sin."

His comment made Alex chuckle,

"No, that's not what I was saying, do you remember what Mr. Marlin said about grandfather, you know ,that he was a little wild like you before he met grandmother.

Well perhaps, grandmother and Karmen have something special about them, something enticing enough to make you and grandfather only want to be with them."

After thinking for a minute he still couldn't wrap his mind around what Alex just said it just sounded to far fetched and crazy.

Alex seen the confusion on his face and elaborated on what he was saying.

"Just clear your head a minute and think about what I'm saying. Okay ,tell the truth Karmen is a beautiful young woman. But she's not really the type of girl you have always been attracted to. Have you ever before even looked at a girl that didn't have huge boobs."

"Alex, I'll tell you the truth what attracts me to Karmen so much is the fact that she's intelligent. Your right about her not being physically as you say ,my type. But yeah, remember I did date that ballet dancer, she was like Lexi tall and thin."

"I remember, but wasn't that just a causal thing when she was in town for a show."

" Yeah, we never hit it off that much. She was to damm skinny."

Alex raised his brows, at what he just said reminding him what his beautiful little wife looks like. " And Karmen's not?"

" yeah Alex, but like I said ,what attracted me to Karmen was her intelligence. Big titty woman are a dime a dozen but there's no one else on earth like Karmen. She's truly one in a million."

Alex patted his shoulder leaving him to ponder over what he just said, before walking back into the tack room to get another saddle. " exactly, brother she's one in a million. The only one out of all the women you have been with that could hold your interest."

Jackson turned following him into the tack room to get Pepper's saddle trying to get Alex to clarify what he was saying.

" So Alex are you saying, the old folk tails may have a bit of truth. Demons do exist and Karmen is part demon."

" I really don't know, But I wouldn't say anything they said was true. If Karmen is part demon. She does have something special about her, but it's not anything evil.

And grandmother wasn't evil either, but grandmother and Karmen have something in common other then just that weird heart beat, something I believe you inherited from her."

" Alex are you talking about my IQ?"

Alex turned walking back to saddle his horse, nonchalantly answering him.

" yeah, look at all the books grandmother had, and who did she leave her book collection to. Her books was one of her prize possessions and I was her favorite grandchild. But she left them to her smartest grandchild , knowing they would be appreciated more."

What Alex was saying made sense, his grandmother was very intelligent, just like Karmen and it's possible he did inherit his intelligence from her . All the other Eddington men have always been like Alex, dangerous powerful creatures cunning and masterful leaders. But none of them had off the chart IQ's like himself.

" Alex, what your saying is scary. You really think there might be an extremely intelligent powerful species out there, just hanging out with vampires and humans."

Alex looked up not seeming to be bothered at all ,with a short answer." Yelp, we just need to find this gray headed woman today and see what she knows."

Back at the lake house Lexi and Karmen were still getting bundled up for the one hour ride back to the castle .

They had their appointment this morning with Dr. Burnheart at 10:30 and didn't want to be late.

The two girls quickly brushed their teeth and hair, not worrying about their appearance that much because they would need a shower and a change of clothes anyway after breakfast.

They slipped their jackets on scurrying on down to the little metal barn ,when Jackson heard the door open he changed the subject, he didn't know how Karmen might react to being called a demon. She is a little bit sensitive and a little cry baby. He didn't want to hear her whining this morning.

He glanced over at the door when he heard her sweet little voice." Good morning Star are you ready to go for another ride."

Walking over to her horse she rubbed it's nose and nuzzled it's neck. Jackson watched as her tiny little hand gently patting the horse. Thinking to himself ,if she is what a demon is like ,then all the old folk tails are bullshit.

Lexi walked over to Coco rubbing his soft nose, being one to always think about snacks she reached into her pocket bringing out a carrot talking sweet to him. " look what I have for you, your such a good boy."

Alex took hold of Raven's reins leading him out of the barn, to have the rest of them follow him. Everyone mounted their horse except for Jackson.He hand Pepper's reins to Alex walking back to the barn he closed and latched the door then closed the corral. Taking the reins from Alex he mounted his horse.