Quite a team

When they arrived at the lake house, Alex and Jackson carried all the bags into the great room " Charles there's two empty bedrooms down the hallway there. Alex stated, pointing in the direction they needed to walk in. " I think Jackson and Karmen have their stuff in the first one on the right side, but the other one is empty."

" This is so nice everything is so beautiful, I love the elegant but rustic feel of this place it's so perfect for a lake house ."Queen Victoria gushed, her eyes wondering around the large and lavishly decorated room, landing on the upscale appliances in the spacious kitchen area

" Charles we need to redecorate our lake house. And renovate that horrible kitchen in ours."

Grabbing her hand Karmen pulled her over to the kitchen area " come aunt Vicky, I'll show you everything, this kitchen is amazing."

She pointed out different functions of the appliances as she took Queen Victoria on an extensive tour of the kitchen. Raving about the large, high end ,modern appliances everything from the stove with it's high out put burners and indoor grill features, to the built in dishwasher that blends in flawlessly with the beautiful cabinetry.

" oh, how I would love to cook in here." Queen Victoria wishfully said, bring her hands together underneath her chin.

" Alex raised a brow, " Everything should be stocked, if you would like cook, go ahead." He enthusiastically bellows out from across the room.

" momma, will you pleaseee make me some snickerdoodles ." Lexi begged with both her hands pressed together in front of her chest in a pleading jester.

Queen Victoria let out a puff of air through her lips, then chuckled softly realizing her daughter hasn't changed a bit.

" Yes I will , just go fishing with your father and remind him to take his vitamin pill at ten o'clock. Now make sure to come back around eleven,I will have lunch ready for everyone ." Queen Victoria happily chirped running her hand across the slick surface of the of the marble counter top admiring the sophisticated design of the beautiful kitchen.

Alex turned to King Charles, taking Lexi's hand he nodded towards the door "Let's go get our fishing gear."

" Alex, Karmen and I are going hiking in the woods, we're not going very far ,if you need me just give me a shout." He was Indirectly telling Alex not to worry if anyone came around trying to cause trouble he could be back in a flash to help.

" Yeah, be careful out there and if you see any of those big rats shout back to me and I'll come help you get rid of them."

Alex and King Charles walked out of the house with Lexi . They stepped into the garage to get their fly rods. King Charles isn't a king for no reason, he's a wise man. A wide knowing smile curled on his lips, fine lines creased beside his deep blue eyes he glanced over towards Alex . " I see you and your brother are quite a team." He blurted out.

Alex paused for a moment, and gave him a slight nod, " Yeah we are, he's the only one I trust completely. And he's more powerful than he even knows."

King Charles widened his eyes slightly,

" You don't say ?" He said ,but not in a doubtful way, more in a curious manner. Giving Alex his full attention to hear more about the handsome prince protecting his niece.

"Yeah, don't let that prissy model look fool you. That boys so fast you can't detect his movements and packs a hell of a punch. Alex chuckled " he's rung my bell a couple of times, when I was training him to fight."

" You personally trained him yourself?"King Charles ask fascinated by the fact that Alex took time out of his busy schedule to train his little brother how to fight.

The Northern part of the country had the most skilled military in the whole country. He just assumed he acquired his skills in the Military Academy like a lot of other sons of High society .

" Yeah, he's my little brother, I wanted to make sure he could protect himself. Alex nonchalantly said,adding "And I beat his ass every day until I was sure no one else could ever lay a hand on him."

"I'm glad to know that, as you know I don't have a brother, but I consider Karmen's dad my brother. And I love her as much as I do Lexi. We have all lived a little differently, we just thought of our children as one family with three children."

Alex patted his shoulder a warm smile gracing his face his and voice came out reassuring when he spoke , " I think that's an excellent plan. I hope to have a life like that for My children and Jackson's children. That's one of the reason I built this house."

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On the other side of the lake at the edge of the forest ,Jackson set underneath a tree with Karmen between his legs.

She held the ancient book that was gifted to her from King Evander in her hands. Jackson peered over her shoulder reading along with her as they both tried to decide which chants she wanted to try.

Jackson leaned further over her shoulder so that he could look at her face, he had got sidetracked earlier when they were on the way out to the lake and forgot about the story Lexi's mother had told at the breakfast table.

" Babe did you make those spoons disappear when you were a little baby?" He ask inquisitively, intriguing and baffled at the thought that a one year old could use any type of abilities. Not even Alex could use his abilities at one.

Drawing her brows together she gawked at him like he had lost his mind.

"What kind of crazy question is that? She questioned, lord Jackson I was only one. Do you remember anything that happened to you when you were one?"

" No Babe, let's just see if this book says anything about making things disappear, if you could do this as a baby it shouldn't be dangerous."