Free Unwanted Blood by L.S. Darsic

path which leads down to the beach. Once we reach the beach there is a lighthouse further down to the south.
    “Wow, this is beautiful here. I love it!” I proclaim to Finn who looks at me smiling brightly.“An! This reminds me of Tennessee minus the ocean of course.” I yell over to Anja who looks to be awestruck.
     
    “It does. I love it here. Its so pretty. I like the city but the country is just something I will always be drawn to.” Anja replies in agreement.
     
    “Do you want to head back to the castle or we could go to the town for some lunch and drinks?” Alec asks
    “Let's head to town. I would love to see it. When we drove through last night I couldn't see much” Anja replies excitedly.
     
    “Can we give the dogs a rest first and walk around the beach for a bit, I want to take some pictures?” I ask Finn with a smile
     
    “Sounds like a plan” Finn smiles back, jumps off his horse and walks over to me to help me down. Grabbing me at the waist to help me down, Finn holds on a little longer than necessary and bends down like he is going to kiss me but at the last minute he winks and walks over to grab the horses. Talk about mixed signals! What a tease
     
    Egypt and Phoenix are already playing in the water and chasing each other. So much for  them taking a break. Finn leaves the horses to eat some dune grass and walks over to the water to watch the dogs play.
     
     
     
    “Well they seem to be enjoying themselves” I say lightly into Finn's ear. Let's see how he likes someone sneaking up on him. Damn it. All he does is smirk at me over his shoulder. Its like he knew I was there. Bastard.
     
    “Well I am going to go walk down to the lighthouse and check it out.” I call over my shoulder as I walk away. Soon Finn is at my side and Egypt is trailing slowly behind us. Guess I am more interesting than play time in the water.
     
    “So Finn, how long has this lighthouse been here? Anything interesting facts you care to give me?” I ask with a quirk of my eyebrow. Maybe he will be a bit more open than our car ride last night.
     
    “I am unsure how long its been here, lets just say a verra long time and as for interesting facts, well I am told it is haunted by a highland warrior who was hung from the dooryard” Finn replies as if this is the most boring thing he could ever tell me. I love ghost stories! Especially the ones that take place in old buildings. I used to watch any ghost hunter show I could find till it became redundant and fake. Alright, so I know most people would consider them all fake but some seemed real at the time. Now I despise TV shows because its the same shit over and over. So I am reading books during my spare time which recently has been a lot because hey, I'm a single loser. If I didn't have Egypt and needed to give her play time I would probably never leave my house unless its go to work. I live a riveting immortal existence as you can see.
     
    “Finn! How is this not interesting to you?!? I LOVE ghost stories” I gasp
     
    “Well, I guess you will have to show me what is so interesting about them” Finn chuckles
     
    “Can we go inside the lighthouse? I don't want the owners to get upset or anything”
    “I am positive they won't mind you looking around, seeing how my family owns it” Finn replies with an eye roll
     
    “We don't have to go if you don't want, or I can go by myself if you want to go back and hang out with Alec and Anja” I try to compromise.
     
    “No, no. Its fine. I need to keep an eye on you anyway. The building is verra old, I don't want you falling through the floor during your ghost hunt. Plus I will keep you safe from the ghosties” Finn smirks
     
    As we start walking towards the lighthouse Egypt gets more tense and rigid in her posture. Maybe she senses ghosts! I stop and take a few pictures of Anja and Alec off in the distance with the ocean and cliffs as a backdrop, it is so pretty here.
     
    “So do you enjoy taking pictures?”