Lost track of time

The caretaker Delaney carried a lantern in his hand as he lead the two Royal couples up four flights of stairs to their bedrooms .

Seeing the ladies were having trouble with their steps. He stopped on the second floor and to get two more lanterns from a storage closet .He handed one over to Alex and one to Jackson . Alex walked behind Delaney the caretaker and Jackson walked behind Karmen so that the girls wouldn't stumble and fall down the long flight of stairs.

As they walked up the stairs, Delaney gave them information he thought they may need. " Your Majesty, my wife lives here on the island with me and she works here in the mansion as a maid. She freshens up the bed chambers once a week. You should find everything you need inside I think the last time your grandparents and great grandfather was here was about twenty years ago.

Alex paused his footsteps , hearing what the man just said to him, "my great grandfather " Alex questioned, he didn't know who this man was talking about, because his great grandfather had died before he had ever took the throne twenty years ago.

Hearing the foot steps stop behind him the man glanced over his shoulder, seeing Alex had stopped climbing the steps and waiting for him to answer , he uttered a short reply ."Yes , Your Majesty." seeing the King didn't continue he waited for Alex to continued what he was saying.

Alex looked at the man with the lantern in his hand, wondering if he had been on this Island to long . He began to think the man has lost track of time because of it.

He smiled kindly at the man, reminding him of how long his grandfather has been gone ." Delaney, it must have been longer ago than that, my great grandfather has been dead for about forty years now."

" Please forgive me Your Majesty , I wasn't speaking about your great grandfather king Andrew , I was speaking about your grandmother's father King Evander he is very much still alive." The man's words came as a surprise to Alex, he never knew his grandmother's side of the family. Back long ago when a woman got married she left her home to never return and her husband's family became her family.

Alex didn't know anything about that side of his family. But that didn't mean he wasn't curious to know about them.

" Delaney how do you know this?" Alex ask curiously,

"Because my father still has a fishing Boat , he stops by occasionally to visit, he and my mother moved back to Vital around one hundred years ago." The man informed him.

Alex had only heard of the island of Vital through some of the men in the Royal Navy And the stories they told , wasn't really made for mixed company. They told stories of wild woman and sultry nights in bars ,erotic massage parlors and brothels .

But never the less, he still wanted to go there and meet his great grandfather, that he has never had the pleasure of meeting. Seeing Alex had started to move again, the man in front of them did too. They now stood two doors in the middle of a long hallway .. The man with the lantern bowed his head speaking to the two Royal couples in front of him. " These two bedrooms are exactly the same. There's no modern electric lights but the bathrooms have running water, ,And if you need anything there is a call bell right beside the door.

" Thank you Delaney, I think we can take it from here. Alex said to dismiss the man.

Delaney turned on his heels to leave , but quickly turned back around holding his index finger up beside his head, and said.

"Oh yes I almost forgot What time will you be coming down for breakfast in the morning, Your Majesty?"

" I usually eat breakfast around seven."

Alex told the man before saying " Thank you, Delaney we will see you in the morning.

The man bowed, and turned to walk back down the dark hallway, leaving the two couples standing between the two doors.

Lexi moved closer to Alex, " it's dark, I can't see."she whispered liked it was a secret, clutching tightly on to Alex's arm. Alex pushed the door open and set the dimly lit lantern down on the table beside the bed . He glanced around the room for other lamps or lanterns to to light, He found two oil lamps beside the bed and some long candles in brass candle sticks on the dresser . He guided Lexi to the bed helping her sit before he lite the old oil lamps . " Sweetheart do want me to light some lamps in the bathroom room too." Alex ask , to see her nod her head.