Chapter 20
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After rapping up Elena's wounded hand Alexzander pushed his chair back, an putting the wooden box back its original place. Elena watches as Alexzander continues on what he was doing, "I have a quick question if you don't mind" Elena asked Alexzander. He grunts giving it as a okay for Elena to continue "why did Cullen...", she hesitated a bit when saying the warlocks name. Alexzander turns to Elena wondering why she became quite all of a sudden, still sitting on the chair gripping on her yellow dress. "You alright?, you stop suddenly" Alexzander asked as he placed two plates form, Elena quickly looks at Alexzander trying to find the right words to say. "Well what was your mother like" Elena gave Alexzander an awkward smile, hoping she avoid giving out her original question.
"Well that's an odd question coming from you but no my mother didn't like Cullen if that's what your implying, cause you know my mother never met Cullen" Alexzander says not looking up form his plate. Elena puffs up her cheeks giving Alexzander a glare "I was just wondering what she was like," Elena scoots the chair to the kitchen table as Alexzander placed her plate down. Elena looks down it was just a piece of bread two to be exact, she thought it was going to be a meal but then again she's in a hole different country. Alexzander can see Elena's confused look he smirks a bit, he leans forward with a fork "it's Piroshki native to our land quite delicious with thick sauce."
Taking the fork from his hand she could feel how ruff his hand is, Elena blushed a bit from the contact of their hand taking back her hand fast. Alexzander takes his fork to start eating "but for your question about my mother, she was a happy go lucky person she saw the best in everyone." He to a bite for his food scraping more into his fork, taking a bit then finishing what was in his mouth "but the same time my mother was a stern woman if things weren't in order, or did something that was bad she was ready to pick a fight." Elena picked at her food that crumbled each time she stabbed her fork into the food, "you talk highly of her was she one that kept your father an you together?" Alexzander looks down at his plate "she was the only one that kept us together but she's gone now nothing can change the pass," he takes his plate to the sink an wash the dishes that were there.
Elena eats her food thinking what Queen Victoria was like "if I might ask why do want to know about my mother, kind of out the blue with you was it Smirah that told you?" Elena turns to look at Alexzander "Smirah known your mother?, I thought now I'm thinking about it she must have been here longer than anybody." Alexzander nods at her comment "yes ever since I was born she was my nanny, but now that Jake and Borgan are here she mostly takes care of them more."
Turning around Elena asked another question about them "how did they come to the palace?" Alexzander looks up then turns to Elena "well Jakes father was an adventure but his mother is a maid here, his father hasn't been back nearly god Jakes like what 13 he'd been away 7 years." Elena gave a shocked look "he's been gone that long", Alexzander puts the dishes up then goes back to his seat "yes but don't worry he's alive been sending letters to him." Alexzander leans back crossing his left leg over his right clamping his hands together, putting his hands on his knee "an Borgan was found during when Jake was playing in the woods." If Elena was going to stay here for a bit at least she'll get to know a few people, "okay what about Conner how he get here you know the captain of the royal guards."
Alexzander smirks "he's not a Captain he's a General he watches over the soldiers an dragons, an I have give him credit with out his knowledge I'll be 6 feet under." Okay Elena though Conner if need anything dealing with anything military an nature, he's the guy to ask "alright Mylene how you met her you two seem close." Alexzander placed a hand on his chin if he had a beard he would be scratching it, "well as kids Mylene's Parents came here to find a safe place to settle down." He chuckles of thinking of the memories "an the day of seeing the boat dock an a 7 year old Mylene jumping off the boat, with a missing tooth asking if I wanted to play but I never gave an answer though, she dragged me away from everyone so she can take a look around the town." Elena smiles an thought of Alexzander being a small child dragged by a energetic Mylene.
"That day was short lived though when we ended up destroying a statue, that was there even before king Kritis" Alexzander cringed at the thought. Elena leans in a bit "were you two found out?," Alexzander looks at Elena an nods "oh heck yeah that were my mother stern personality came in, we straight up had to fix the statue it's still kind of wonky till this day." He crosses his arms an have his legs uncross getting a bit numb, from the position he was at "but with LIarm an Foloki their story's will come another day." Getting up from his chair an taking Elena's plate but she hurry's to take it from him, "it's alright you made the food at least let me clean it." But Alexzander lifts the plate out of her reach "don't get me wrong I'm quite glad for the hospitality, but your hand is cut deep an soap getting in the wound won't help it."
He walked pass Elena throwing her food in the trash then going to clean the plate, "so what are you going to do now the blizzard is still going?" Elena asked Alexzander stop an thinks for a bit "well my best beat is to take a dragon, all the way to were the giants live an ask there." Elena feels the Fairy move around her hair that wasn't tied back, then a small voice like a mouse asked if she was done here. "Umm...alright is anyone you taking with?," Elena ask she wondered cause when they got back from their last adventure everyone went home. Alexzander turns to Elena "no just only me an if you're going to say what a bad idea I know full well aware that my life will be in danger," he leans on counter that was close to the sink.
"You serious don't get me wrong I do things my own way knowing it's the right thing to do, but no back up what happens if you're trapped in the blizzard an can't get back here, I thought the mighty Alexzander was smarter then he looks" Elena gesture towards him thinking that he'll get himself killed. Alexzander walks up to Elena seeing small moments an moves her hair back revealing the fairy, she steps away at the contact but Alexzander already had a hold of the fairy. Elena saw the fairy struggling in his grip trying to break free, she hurry's to Alexzander's hand trying to get him to let go. "What are you doing she did nothing wrong," she pulls at his hand forcefully but was stop when Alexzander's other hand grabs hers. "I know but fairy's around here are like massagers they hear an bring back what was said to them to their care taker," Alexzander says as the fairy puffs up an huffs turning away from him.
Elena watched on what was unfolding still wanting Alexzander to let the fairy go, "can you please let her go please I just found her under my bed cold an shivering please." Still having her hand on Alexzander's large hand , he looks down at Elena seeing that something was bothering her. Not wanting to escalate the situation he hands the fairy back to Elena, the fairy slides into Elena's hands that were cupped to make sure the fairy won't fall. Sighing of defeat Alexzander turns to leave Elena in kitchen believing it's getting late, Alexzander rolls back his shoulders an rubs the back of his neck. "By the gods I'm getting to old for this" Alexzander says under his breath, he walks out of the kitchen not really giving a goodbye to Elena.
After watching Alexzander leaving her behind the fairy stands up an touched Elena's chin, she was trying to get Elena's attention. Elena looks at the fairy that took her fingers in her mouth making a big smile, Elena covers her mouth to not burst out laughing not knowing if Alexzander full left. She puts the fairy back on her shoulders before leaving on the table was a book, sighing an rolling her eyes Elena could see Alexzander left it there by accident not wanting to hunt for him. Elena takes the book with her an heads to the bedroom she was staying in, the book was dark blue with leather corners it had a few pages falling out. Knot really knowing what it was she placed the book on her nightstand, after she took the short way back it would have been a lot shorter if she wasn't so tired.
Elena sits on her bed once again as the fairy flys to the nightstand, an sat down on the cotton ball an watched Elena get under the covers. She wanted to call Zozo again just in case if Cullen comes back, but was she up again to deal with Cullen thinking about it hard. Elena breaths in an closed her eyes if she's going to meet Cullen, its going to be a fight that he won't forget. Tucking her right hand under the pillow Elena looks out the window, the blizzard was calming down but still blowing more snow to the ground.