[Bovice]

"I will." Alicia said with a smile. "Sleep tight, and I will remind him." She said as she went down the stairs. She made it outside by the barn. "Holden remember no riding." She said peering into the barn.
"I know!" He yelled back. "Damn he knew I was gonna try." He said smiling at the horse. "Your a good boy aren't you?" Holden asked as he pet the horse. The horse let out a content snort. Holden laughed, "Well you didn't have to sneeze all over me." He said with a smile. "I should go check on your new friend." Holden said with a wave. "Now don't look sad I will be back." Holden said with a smile.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon chuckled slightly as he heard Holden. Of course I knew..I know all. He placed his arm over his eyes, blocking out the light. He knew he wouldn't sleep well, or at all at this point. All he wanted to do was break those two horses before his other two arrived.

[Bovice]

Holden walked out by the horse that Solomon gave him. "Shh girl its ok." He said as he walked to her slowly. The horse was slightly apprehensive. "I'm not going to hurt you." He said as he held out his hand. The horse slowly walked up to Holden, and put her nose into his hand. "Ya that's a good girl." He said with a slight chuckle. "I think I will name you Kali." He said with a smile. The horse shook her head. "So you like that?" He asked very amused. "Come let's get you inside, I'm hungry and I am sure you are." He said as he grabbed Kali's halter. He led her into the barn and put her in the stall next to the other new horse. "Now you two be nice. I will come and give you food after I eat ok?" He asked knowing they were scared of each other. He walked out of the barn and saw Alicia, "I think I'm getting the hang of calming horses down." He said grabbing her arm.
"I agree with you, now you better eat like you said you would. Just ask for Anne she will make you some food." Alicia said as she led Holden into the house.

***

[Evil Tink]

Solomon sighed as he slowly came out of his sleep. He noticed Holden was now inside, perhaps getting something to eat. He better be..its been over 36 hours..poor boy must be starving He was content to lay there though, enjoying the relaxing moments of time. With a sigh, he sat up, narrowing his eyes, "What, Jaclynn?"

"Don't take that tone with me. You may have everyone else fooled, but I know the truth. As soon as your little act of stalling is up, I will do my job, and what you should've done days ago." She laughed then disappeared.

Solomon sighed, laying back on the bed. She was right though. It would only buy them so much time. Hopefully, by then, Solomon could make a decision about Holden.

[Bovice]

"He's gonna have to be turned soon you know." Alicia said as she felt Jaclynn disappear. "Now Holden eat." She said demanding.
"I will, just be quiet." Holden said as he took a bit of the food in front of him. "Mmm this is really good." He said with a slight bit of food left in his mouth. "How much do vampires have to eat?" He asked as he grabbed another bit.
"It depends, if we use our powers a lot then we have to feed a lot. If we hardly use our powers then we can go two months at most without blood. That's also depending on the vampire." She said crossing her arms.
Holden nodded and kept eating. This was the best lunch he's ever had.

[Evil Tink]

"Yes I know, I will worry about it when the time comes again. For now, I'm just going to let Holden enjoy the peace." Finally, Solomon got out of bed, heading over to his closet. He picked out a a red vest, white shirt, black slacks, and a fresh black tie. He smiled, quickly changing and tying the tie.

He headed downstairs to where Holden and Alicia were in the kitchen. "Anne is a wonderful chef, isn't she?" He smiled, leaning on the counter and crossed his arms. "Sometimes, I have her whip me up something just because she's so great."

[Bovice]

"Yes she is." He smiled. "Can I help you train the horses?" Holden asked with bright eyes. He took a drink of water, and took the last bite of food on his plate. He got up and walked over to Anne. "You are a wonderful person, and there's something about you. I'm gonna have to paint you one of these day's." He said as he gave Anne a hug.
"Your a wonderful person to Holden." Anne said hugging him back.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon nodded, "Of course Holden. When you're ready, you can meet me out there. I'm going to give them some hay and let them in the outdoor arena. Alright? I would suggest staying in here or finding something else to do Alicia. I think two vampires might scare them a bit much." He walked up to Holden, pulling him close and giving him a quick kiss before heading outside.

[Bovice]

"I was gonna go and check on my mom. I'll see you later Holden." Alicia said as she gave Holden quick hug. She teleported to her mom.
"Ok." Holden said hugging Alicia back. "Solomon." He said as he caught up to him. "I named my horse her name is Kali. What are you gonna name your horse?" He asked walking right next to Solomon.

[Evil Tink]

"Don't you want to shower? Ah, you're just going to get dirty again I suppose. Either way, I haven't decided yet. I'm waiting for just the right one to come to mind." He wrapped his arm around Holden's waist as they walked. "Kali you say? A wonderful name."

After a few minutes they finally reached the newly built barn, "You want to turn them out after I get the hay out? Be sure to keep their halters on. We'll let them roam about for a moment before we do anything else. I just want to make sure they can be in a pasture together. Give me about...4 minutes?"

He let Holden go, changing course to the left to where he had all the hay stored. He grabbed a bale and threw up onto his shoulder, hefting it out to the arena. He split it into three piles then hurried out figuring Holden was about to lead one of the horses out.

[Bovice]

"Thanks." He said with a smile. "Ya I can do that, I won't take them off. Ok." He said as he went to Kali's stall. "Hey sweety are you doing ok?" He asked as he opened the door. He walked in and clipped the lead rope onto her halter. "Come on." He said gently pulling on the rope. Kali followed Holden out to the arena. He unclipped the lead rope from her halter. "I'm gonna go get the other horse." He said as he closed the fence.

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Solomon leaned on the wooden fence, watching the young Appaloosa roam around the arena. He was pondering over names for the black Stallion. He mulled over a few names, nodding a few times as he decided on a name. "Oh that reminds me..I'll need to order them some tack. Damn, I completely forgot.."

[Bovice]

Holden got to the stallion's stall. "It's gonna be ok." He said as he opened the door. He clipped the lead rope onto the horses halter. "Let's go." He said as he led the horse out. "I think you are gonna love Kali, she is very beautiful." He said as he made it to the arena. He led the horse in and shut the fence, he unclipped the lead rope and went over by Solomon. "Am I crazy? I'm talking to the horses like they are people." Holden said as he leaned up against the fence.

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Solomon shook his head, "Not at all. I do it all the time. Don't you recall back at the fair?" Solomon watched the two horses as they went about the arena. Every now and then when they got too close to each other, one would squeal and the other would try to nip. Solomon gently entered their minds, trying to settle them down just as the wind changed directions.

His scent wafted into their noses sending them into a bit of a craze. "A dammit...I knew that was going to happen." He ducked into the arena, going through the slots in the fence, but remained on near the fence.

The stallion bucked and snorted, falsely charging a few times before backing off and galloping to the other side of the arena. Kali on the other hand, remained. The horse had been here a bit longer than the stallion, so she wasn't quite as nervous.

[Bovice]

"Oh ya." Holden said with a chuckle. Holden got a little nervous when the stallion went a little crazy. Holden went to the other side of the arena to calm him down. "Shh its ok boy, he's not going to hurt you." Holden said as he slowed down his steps so he wouldn't spook him anymore than he already was. The horse stepped close to Holden, he headbutted Holden in the chest knocking him the the ground. "Now that wasn't nice." Holden said not trying to get up. The horse looked down at Holden, and started to rub his head on Holden's chest. "Well if you had an itch all you had to do was ask." Holden said with a smile looking back at Solomon.

[Evil Tink]

Solomon was about to stop Holden, but froze. Holden would have to learn to recognize horse behavior anyway. Besides, he might be able to calm the stallion. "Just make sure he doesn't get a good whiff of you..you smell a bit like me from contact. Although, it might do him some good, but just stay out there for now." He slowly approached Kali, speaking soothingly to her while keeping her mind calm, "Shh, it's alright girl. I'm not going to hurt you." He got about 3 yards away when she squealed, reared up, and hurried off to the other corner. He sighed, it was progress.