Rehearsal dinner

Suddenly a loud clapping sound echoed through the vast empty chapel everyone's eyes drifted towards the stairs that leads up to the balcony ,to see a handsome man in a black tailored suit applauding as he descended slowly down the staircase.

Alex whipped his head around,small blue flames flashed in his eyes for a moment, he quickly blinked his eyes ,smiling ." King Evander, what a delightful surprise, come meet everyone."

King Evander gracefully glided over to where everyone else was standing.

Alex nodded towards King Charles and Queen Victoria introducing them. " King Evander, I would like you to meet Princess Alexis parents King Charles and Queen Victoria." nodding towards king Evander, "King Charles, Queen Victoria. This is King Evander of Vital ."

" It's a pleasure to meet you Charles" King Evander smiled, offering King Charles a firm hand shake.

"The pleasure is mine, I have heard about your beautiful islands." King Charles said, smiling politely.

"You and your lovely wife must come visit sometime." King Evander offered, turning to

Queen Victoria, placing a respectable kiss on the back of her hand.

" We will try to do that sometime"

King Evander nodded as Alex turned towards each of the couples in the room. Introducing him to everyone there.

" Evander, I didn't know you were aquatinted with Alexander that well" Mother Sophia uttered. A little surprised with the sudden visit from the demon king she hasn't seen for over thirty years now.

" Alex and I have become quite close here recently, he and Jackson actually came to visit me last week." King Evander replied, raising his brow slightly.

" Please join us for the rehearsal dinner ."Alex invited.

Everyone stepped out of the Chapel into the hallway strolling into the direction of the dining room.

King Evander took Mother Sophia's arm trailing behind the others. " Sophia, did you ever tell your sister about me." He whispered , slowing his pace to keep their conversation private.

" No, but that shouldn't be a problem,it's been over fifty years since you last seen her and look at Alexander and Jackson if you didn't know better they could easily be mistaken for Henry and Phillip ."

" Well, Alexander defiantly is his father made over, with his big muscular body and powerful aura. Huh, and I guess you're right, as reluctant as I am to say it. Jackson is the spitting image of that damm gigolo Henry with his elegance and charm."He chuckled

" Well dear, we will just reintroduce you to her, As King Evander the third . "She smirked

" Your such a beautiful smart lady Sophia, it's no wonder my grandson was so captivated by you." He said in an alluring soft spoken voice.

She rolled her eyes, " And you have the nerve to talk about poor Henry that way. It seems to me Jackson might have taken after you." She chuckled

" Could be." He shot back.

King Evander and Mother Sophia had purposely slowly there pace to chat privately with each other. When they pulled the door open to the dining room nobody was inside .

Mother Sophia huffed, " Alright Evander do your thing and find them."

" Be patient Sophia." He chuckled closing his eyes for a second. " Their in one of the gardens dear."

" Come on, I know exactly where they are." Sophia said ,dragging him in the direction of the west wing garden.

When they stepped out side in the garden area a long table had been placed in the center of the the patio . It was set casually with a plan white tables cloth and beautiful dishes with blue hydrangeas on them.

Silver buckets set in the middle going down the whole length of the table filled with different types of wine, beer and soda.

The kitchen helpers had already

began to put different types of hord'oeuvres and food out on a buffet table for everyone to serve themselves.

King Evander pulled a chair out for Mother Sophia to set ,taking a seat beside her , he glanced towards Alex, promptly apologizing for their tardiness "I'm sorry we are a bit late Alex,I got a little sidetracked by a phone call I needed to take and your Mother was gracious enough to stay behind to show me the way."

"Completely understandable." Alex nonchalantly replied.

Lexi picked the food for the rehearsal dinner, she wanted the evening to be fun and relaxing, not some formal dinner that needed to be eaten with eight different forks and spoons.

She wanted everyone to forget about fussy unimportant things and just enjoy themselves laughing and chatting with each other.

And it seems after the buffet started filling up with the scrumptious baby back ribs, pulled pork and delicious sides dishes like Nana's baked beans, Aunt Vicky's baked Mac and cheese and Queen Victoria home made coleslaw, nobody else complained either.

Bonus: Recipe Queen Victoria Coleslaw

1/2 med head of cabbage chopped

1 carrot chopped

1/2 small onion chopped

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Dressing

1 cup mayonnaise

1/4 cup sugar

2 Tbs white vinegar