I know it's been a while but I've been having problems with this story. Sorry, but here it is anyway.

"Are you sure Jax?"

"Oh definitely," she grinned at her twin brother whilst holding up the potion she had just asked him to put a drop of blood into.

"But... I mean... triplets?"

"Well, you're going to be a father soon too."

"I seriously didn't think there would be three babies."

"It's not so impossible." she shrugged as she shook the vial in her hands. "Plus, with the time you've been away I wouldn't be so surprised."

"How long til you get results on that?" Jacob asked as he swaggered into the kitchen at their own house.

"Just a few minutes Jake," Jacqueline answered as her best friend took a seat right next to her brother.

"What exactly are we going to find out with that?"

"The potion will turn red if pregnant and the shade will determine the month. The darker it is, the farther along you are."

"Any way to tell if it's a boy or a girl?"

"There's another potion for that." she smiled. "But Alex won't be able to take it since his not four months along or further."

"Why not?"

"It's the time when the baby's magical core would be formed and that usually is tied to gender."

"But how did you know that there are three babies?"

"We don't know anything about Alex's pregnancy yet." she smirked.

"Then who's having triplets?"

"Papa is!" they replied at the same time.

"You've got to be kidding me."

"No." she smirked at Jacob. "Well, here we go." she smiled. "Just as expected, you're about six weeks along."

"Oh." Alexander smiled and laid his hands on his abdomen. His abs had already softened but it was not yet visible. "I'm pregnant." he whispered. Jacob went behind his husband and wrapped Alexander in his arms.

"Yes, you are." Jacqueline smiled at the couple as she slipped away. They needed time to themselves to let the information sink in, after all it was one thing to have an idea and another to actually confirm it.

"We're going to be parents." Jacob held his husband's face gently as he stared into jade orbs.

"I love you Alex."

"I love you too Jake."

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"Dad?" Jacqueline frowned when he saw his father sitting on their porch. She had walked home from his brothers' house only to see the potions master brooding on the swing. "What are you doing outside? Where's Papa?"

"Your Papa refuses to let me inside," he patted the seat next to him as he spoke. "His cravings are getting worse."

"What do you mean?" she asked as she sat next to him.

"He was asking me for sardines on peanut butter sauce and when I told him that I would have to go to the store to get them he started crying. He complained that I did not love him enough to keep the house stocked up on food that he liked and then he locked me out using his magic." Jacqueline began snickering beside her paternal father who in turn glared at her. "I'm so glad you find my predicament amusing." he drawled.

"You do realize it's the hormones talking, don't you Dad?" when his glare intensified she dissolved into another fit of giggles.

"Of course I do."

"But?" Sebastian shook his head and refused to answer. "Come on Dad, I have a stash of peanut butter and sardines in the kitchen. I seriously don't know how you got on with all these hormones when Papa was pregnant with us."

"Ah, but you forget that there were only two of you." Jacqueline giggled softly as she passed the threshold to their house without delay.

"Jacqueline?" Sebastian called out to his daughter when he was still unable to get through the door.

"I'll get Papa to release the wards," she laughed as she bounded up the staircase towards their parents' room. Sebastian shook his head as he settled to wait back on the swing. "Papa!" she called out and then opened the door. "Why aren't you letting Dad inside the house?" she found her maternal father dozing off in their bed.

"What are you talking about?" Orion opened sleepy eyes as he spoke.

"You put up wards that prevent Dad from entering the house." she settled next to him on the bed and smiled as he pulled her close. "What did he do?" Orion yawned widely before replying.

"I don't remember." he answered making Jacqueline laugh.

"Well, can you at least take it down? He's been there for hours."

"Oh, I didn't realize..." tears formed in her father's eyes and she was hard-pressed not to laugh at him. Jacqueline took Orion into her arms and soothed him as he sobbed, his own emotions overtaking rational thought at the reminder that he had punished his loving husband for something he couldn't even remember.

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The hairs on the back of his neck were standing, it felt as if he was being watched. As a double spy for both sides of an unforgiving war, it was never good to ignore his instincts. Sebastian looked around subtly as he went back to sit on the swing. Enhanced hearing listened to the soft voices of his husband and daughter as they talked in the room, further along the forest he could hear the softest footsteps of the crawlers but on the northern part there was total silence. It was the type of silence that betrayed the presence of a predator. Pulling into his vampiric powers, he sank into the shadows while leaving behind a copy of himself to avoid alerting the intruder to his disappearance. Before he could even get too close, he was assaulted with a familiar and menacing magical energy. It was one he associated with the worst manipulator he had ever worked with and it was someone he resented for taking Alex away when he was merely a baby. Sebastian went back to the house while dispelling his image, this time thankfully being allowed into their home without difficulty. He went straight up into their room to look upon his pregnant mate and his daughter.

"Dad?" he knew Jacqueline could see the worry in his eyes but he refused to speak about it, not when Orion was in the room. He did not want to do anything to scare his pregnant husband. Orion was already exhausted as he was. "Papa said he couldn't remember what you did to make him mad." she instead said, allowing Sebastian to take the lead of the conversation.

"Perhaps it is better that way. Being upset will not do any good for the children." Sebastian said as he entered the room completely to sit on the bed next to his napping husband.

"How very Slytherin of you Dad," Jacqueline smirked at his sire. "But perhaps you're right." she then smiled. "Would you like for me to prepare our dinner? You can rest with Papa while I'm cooking."

"That would be fine."

"Don't worry so much Dad." she rose from her own position next to her maternal father then kissed Sebastian's cheek. "Rest." and with her final order she left her parents and closed the door, satisfied that they had their privacy when she felt the wards go up as soon as the door was fully closed. It had been set to activate once the door was closed and would not let any sounds out though they could hear people talking from the other side of the door should they be inside the room. Jacqueline went to the kitchen to begin making dinner, shaking his head at the inevitable talk they were going to need to have once Orion was asleep.

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He howled to the moon after his transformation. It hurt, still did even after decades of being able to transform but he had to continue. The great wizard promised him his mate if he continued to do as he was told so he would listen, just as long as he kept his promise. He'd been sent to America, miles away from his home in England chasing after his mate and he found him pregnant with that vile creature's cubs. It was no matter, he would just kill the cubs and mount him until his mate was full of his own cubs. He howled once more to the moon, scenting his mate and running off to find him. If only he'd paid closer attention to his surroundings, he might've been able to stop what was going to happen to him.

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Sebastian stared at the werewolf who dared prowl in his territory. He knew what the wolf was thinking and he wanted nothing more than to kill the beast for wanting to harm his children. He leapt out of his hiding place, silence still his long time friend as he followed the wolf through the woods. They had planted a false trail, one that had Lupin running right to their trap. On the other end of the trail waited the Quileutes. They were all there to protect their pack, just in case things got too out of hand for Sebastian himself but he wasn't worried. Though filled with the instinct to protect his mate and their children, he was also more clear-headed than his opponent. Orion was at Jacob and Alexander's house. They were being protected by Jacqueline and Jasper while Adrian, Dominic and Evangeline stayed outside in case Lupin tried to go back there. Soon, he would kill the werewolf and their family would be safe.

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"What is going on?" Orion asked for the eighth time that night. He had been whisked away for a surprise sleepover at his sons' house by his daughter and her boyfriend but he could sense the other young wizards just outside their house and he knew something was going on. "Jacqueline Alexis Prince! Don't you dare lie to me young lady!" though seven months pregnant with triplets, he was still quite intimidating especially for his daughter who had been his only companion for the majority of the past six or so years. "Where is your father?" Jacqueline looked away knowing she couldn't deny his Papa anything. "Please Jax, just tell me what's happening. Not knowing is just putting me more on edge."

"I~"

"Calm down Orion," despite his protests, Orion could feel himself relax at the soothing tones in Jasper's voice.

"Don't you use your powers on me Jasper!"

"Everything's fine. You're alright. Just relax." the blond continued talking. Normally, he wouldn't even be able to feel any of the wizards' emotions but at that moment Orion's worry was too much even for his magic to hide. Or maybe that could be attributed to the babies who were sapping him of his own energy, either way it was proving to be in their advantage as the heavily pregnant wizard slowly relaxed into sleep. There was a deep sigh of relief from his girlfriend whom he was quick to comfort.

"Thank you." Jacqueline whispered to his chest and Jasper said nothing as he held her tight. Upstairs, in the master bedroom Jacob had Alexander in his arms soothing his pregnant mate with his mere presence as his father-in-law dealt with the threat to their family. It should be over soon, or at least he could only hoped it would be.

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"What do you want with my husband?" Sebastian growled at the man crouched in the center of the silver-lined cage. As was planned, the werewolf had followed the false trail to where the Pack had been waiting. Once in the center of the open space they had prepared, they'd sprung the trap and caught the werewolf in an iron cage with silver imbued in the metal. There was just enough silver in the cage to force the werewolf to revert to its human form but keep it contained enough without killing it. "What do you want with my husband?" the repetition of his inquiry was answered with a snarl. Lupin, bare in his human form, tried to pounce on Sebastian but he was stopped by the cage that was only large enough to hold his frame if he was sitting down. "Why has Dumbledore sent you here?" another snarl, this one answered with a howl from one of the younger members of their pack. Sam barked at Seth in reprimand but the pup held firm. He stood growling at the werewolf, hackles raised trying to intimidate the larger man into talking. "Why are you after my mate?"

"Mine!" that finally got a reaction from the werewolf turned human.

"Yours?"

"My mate!" it was obvious he was feral in his form and was not in the right mind to answer their questions but Sebastian wasn't one to be deterred. He delved into the memories the werewolf was projecting, seeing the images flashing in his own mind as they happened in Lupin's life. Then he saw it, a memory of a very pregnant James Potter in the arms of the werewolf they now have trapped. Sebastian pulled back from the wolf's mind in shock once he realized what it all meant. Dumbledore had done this, not just to the Prince family but even to those who had sworn their loyalty to him. Lupin had not meant to hurt Orion, he had been made to think that Orion was his dead mate, that Orion was James.

"What happened?" Sam approached the vampire, still in his wolf form. The Quileutes knew of Sebastian's mind reading powers and were taking advantage of it to communicate with him even while they were still transformed.

"I can sense a strong confusion spell on him," Sebastian said. Never removing his eyes from the man who was doing his best not to touch the bars of the cage. "Dumbledore has made him think that my mate is his. But his mate has been dead for sixteen years." there was pity in the onyx-eyed vampire's eyes, one that he couldn't hide especially since he knew of the pain it caused to be torn from your mate. It explained why Lupin had taken Alexander at Dumbledore's behest, perhaps he was trying to replace the family that he had lost.

"What should we do?" Sam asked again.

"Kill him. There is no pain worse than that of losing your mate." Sebastian said as he turned to face the Quileute. "And he is not like you. One scratch could cause changes in a normal human being. He could kill someone with a bite, or worse turn them into a werewolf too." he spared another glance at Lupin then looked back at Sam. "I suggest you kill him in the cage and dispose of the body by burning. I have no knowledge of how it would affect shifters if they were scratched or bitten by an infected werewolf." he left the clearing, eager to get to his own mate. Just another one of Dumbledore's evil deeds came to life and he could help but think how lucky they were that they had been able to escape the man's insane machinations. A pained howl echoed across the evening sky followed by triumphant howls from the Quileutes and Sebastian hurried his pace. He needed to get to his family soon. This revelation had shaken him worse than any other experience he'd ever had serving the two megalomaniac masters he had had in England. If Dumbledore had confunded Lupin to think that Orion was his mate then what else was he capable of?

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