Troubled thoughts

Queen Victoria raised her highly arched brows, she let out a deep breath correcting her daughter. " Lexi darling , I don't believe your aunt Monica and I coddled Karmen , it's just she was so different from you and Ethan we had to take a different approach with her."

" Yeah momma, that's right ,what ever you think ,"she chuckled , rolling her eyes at her mother . Adding " She played you and Aunt Monica like a fiddle."

" Lexi darling, I really don't think that's true Karmen was such a good little baby,

except " Queen Victoria shook her head

continuing " except at meal time."

Lexi chuckled, "yeah momma I guess you forgot about all those spoons you lost just trying to fed the little brat."

Queen Victoria peered over the table at Jackson ,who had his eyes glued on Karmen watching every bite she took. " That's right Jackson darling ,keep your eyes on her and never let the silver wear out of your sight"she sighed softly , reminiscing about the past ." I remember one time when she was only one, I was trying to feed her" Queen Victoria brought her hand to the side of her face shaking her head. " she had turned her little head so mean times away from the spoon ,she had carrots all over her beautiful little face. I turned to get the wet cloth off of the table behind me and when I turned back the spoon was gone. I don't know what she done with it, but I never did find that spoon."

Jackson raised a brow, quickly commenting " I'll make sure to keep my eyes on her and the silver wear" his eyes then drifted towards Alex , who also seemed a bit curious.

Alex cleared his throat his eyes landing on Karmen " Did I tell you King Evander popped in for a visit yesterday. He ask if you were enjoying the book he gave you."

" I really haven't had a chance to look at it but I will do that today while everyone else is fishing." She turned to glance up at Jackson slightly shrugging her shoulders.

She didn't remember making spoons disappear or anything else for that matter but she could tell Jackson and Alex thought it might be related to some type of ability she has.

Alex glanced around the table to see everyone was done eating. " Well let's go see if the fish are biting," he yawners excitedly, holding his hand out for Lexi.

"Babe go on out to the jeep with everyone else and I'll run upstairs and get your book."

He glanced up at Alex.

Alex immediately waved his hand " Come Karmen walk with me and Lexi."

King Charles noticing how protective the two young men are, jokingly asking " Are the two of you afraid someone is going to snatch my girls up and run away with them."

"They might, you never can be to sure about it." Alex stated with a slight chuckle.

They stepped out in front of the Castle to see the two Jeep's setting there with the suitcases already packed.

" Momma, do you need help to get in, Lexi ask.

" Queen Victoria huffed, " I'm not that old and feeble dear, your mother can still climb and get around by her self. I'm not that much older then your husband " she reminded her daughter.

Which was the truth, she was just a young woman of twenty two ,the daughter of free spirited couple who met at the Woodstock music festival . Who married a handsome prince twenty three years ago. Making Queen Victoria just seven years older then Alex.

Queen Victoria's statement made Lexi worry, she glanced at her beautiful mother taking in her appearance. Her curly blonde hair had been meticulously highlighted to cover the few gray hairs she has and give her a youthful appearance but anyone could still tell she was a woman somewhere around forty. Lexi's thin lean shape is almost the same as her except mother's except her mother has wider hips and a slightly thicker waist line Her mother still has sparkling blue eyes ,but she does have a few crows feet beside them that she has been thinking about getting Botox shots just to make her look younger and feel better about herself.

She glanced at Alex who didn't look a day over twenty five hopping what karmen told her was the truth . When she said that mating with Alex and having half blood babies would slow down her aging. She sure didn't want it to appear like Alex was married to his mother in twenty years.

But on the other hand she didn't want to look the same age as her own children. She shook off the troubling thoughts she was having when she heard Alex speaking to Jackson.

"We're going to take the road, but I still want you hang back a little bit ,just in case I need to hit the breaks. The deer are pretty thick this early in the morning." He called out over his shoulder towards Lexi and her mother. " buckle up back there, I might need to make a sudden stop if a deer runs out in front of us."

They head out of the main gates just to make a sharp right turn at the end of the stone wall that surrounds the West side of the castle.