honestly, his time line is very simple up until now. they would have had a small community/town outside of edinburg and while they had a front to their hunting i imagine they could have used his help for an odd or end job or even if he just needed some place to sleep, as long as he wasn't a vampire, he was more than welcome to stay in one of their rooms. whatever it may have been, the strain and tension between elex and his family would have been obvious. depending on his artwork, maybe it could have been when his family was opening an inn and wanted a mural painted or something. and part of his compensation was a bed and food while he worked?