This chapter has been a bitch to write. My muses just wanted to fight with me on this so i hope you like it. Enjoy


"Viking, I don't have time to mess about with you, but I want to meet my great-granddaughter."

"She's in the kitchen with her grandmother right now, but we need to speak first. Actually I need to give you this first." I handed him the letter and watched as he opened it.

I could feel the magic release as he opened the letter. I would have been surprised if the letter hadn't been spelled in some way. He sat there and read the letter without any expression on his face until I saw a tear roll down his cheek. I have known the fairy prince a long time and this was the first time that I had ever seen him cry. "How could I have let the situation go that far?"

"I don't know, but I'm not about to let it get that far again."

I watched as the prince regained his composure. "It won't. I have a secret weapon. I know where Lochlan, Neave, and Breandan are. I will be able to take them out with hopefully minimal fuss and zero causalities."

"Do you need any assistance taking them down?"

"No, I have a couple of tricks up my sleeve. They'll never see it coming."

"I'm just sorry I couldn't get this information to you before Breandan killed your son."

Niall looked completely confused at my words. "What are you talking about Viking?"

"Breandan killed your son Fintan."

"No he hasn't. Fintan is safe in the palace back in the Fae Realm. I saw him just before I came here."

I zipped out of the room and into the kitchen next to Sookie. "Dearest, can I speak to you in the other room for a moment?"

She was just finishing up her meal. "Sure Sweetie. I'll be right back Gran." Sookie stood up and I took her hand and led her into the living room. "Lover, when you said that Breandan killed Fintan, do you remember when it happened?"

"No. I found out about it when Things One and Two we holding me captive. Why? Has something happened?"

I took her hands and sat her down on the sofa so that I could look her in the eye so that she would see that I was telling her the truth. "Sookie, Fintan is still alive."

The gasp from the doorway let us know that Adele was standing there. "He's really alive?"

"Yes Adele. Niall saw him just a little while ago."

She cringed when I said Niall's name and her whole body clenched when he walked into the room. "Hello Adele."

She looked up at Niall with daggers in her eyes. There was more between these two than I knew and I would definitely be finding out, but not right now.

Sookie was giddy seeing her great-grandfather and I watched her run over and threw her arms around him. "Grandfather, I never thought that I would see you ever again."

He was tense for a moment before he hugged her back. "Oh Granddaughter, I am so sorry for the mistakes that I have made in the past."

"It's all right. We have a second chance to be a family." I watched my beloved's face light up at the thought of a big family.

Sookie came over to me, took my hands and gave me this big doe eyed look that she knew that I couldn't resist. I knew that I was in for something that I probably wasn't going to like. "Sweetie, would it be alright if we have a nice family dinner party? Jason should meet the family we never knew we had and I really want to meet Fintan and maybe start off better with Claude and …" She stopped short and I could see that she was remembering something important. She looked over and Niall. "Claudette is still alive, isn't she?"

"Yes, I spoke with her and Claudine just last weekend."

"Is she working at Hooligan's with Claude yet?"

"Actually, they are suppose to be starting there next week."

"NO!" Everyone was startled by Sookie's outburst until she continued. "The woman that owns the club is going to murder Claudette when she and Claude decide to go and work in another club."

I could actually feel the power building around Niall. I pulled Sookie away and she slid her arms around my waist. I knew that she could feel the power too. She knew about it mentally, but physically she was still knew to all of this and I could feel her fear, but she tried to hide it. "Who is this woman who would hurt my granddaughter?"

"What are you going to do to her?"

"What she was planning on doing to Claudette."

"NO! You can't kill her. She hasn't even done anything. If Claudette and Claude just go and work someplace else there won't even be any problems at all."

Niall managed to pull his power back into himself and saw how upset he was making my Sookie. "Alright my dear, I won't hurt this woman and I will advise my grandchildren to find another place of employment."

I could feel the relief wash over Sookie. "Thank you Grandfather."

"Now on to more pleasant things. When would you like to have this family dinner my dear?"

I looked down at Sookie as she looked up at me. "Eric, is it okay to have a dinner party here for my family?" I could feel how nervous she was asking me this and I didn't really know why, but I decided to torment her a bit.

"No." I had everyone looking at me shocked that I would refuse such a small request. I could feel the hurt and disappointment rolling off of Sookie in waves and I couldn't let her feel that way any longer. "If you don't mind delaying it for a week or two we could have the dinner party in our new home." I watched Sookie's jaw drop and Adele and Niall were both smiling me. "Do you remember when I said that I had a house that I wanted you to look at, but that I hadn't bought it yet?" She nodded. "Well, that was a tiny fib on my part. I saw the house and I just knew that you would love it, but I didn't want you to feel like we had to keep it if I was wrong and you really didn't like it." I looked down at her and she had tears streaming down her cheeks. "Oh my love, why are you crying? You know that I hate to see you crying."

"Oh Eric, these are happy tears. I can't believe that you bought us a house of our very own."

"I remembered for my human years that a woman needs a home of her own to prepare for her family. We only have a short time before out son arrives."

There was a collective gasp behind us. "Your Son!"

Sookie's tears instantly dried up and she gave me a look that told me that she wasn't happy with me. "Honey, this was not the way that I wanted our news to be shared."

"It was going to come out eventually Lover."

Adele came over and took Sookie's hand. "Sweetie, is there something that you need to tell me?"

You didn't need to be telepathic to know what Adele was thinking. "No Gran, vampires aren't able to have children that way." The sadness was rolling off of Sookie and it hurt more than I could admit that I couldn't give her what she wanted, but I didn't have time to dwell on that now.

Sookie led Adele over to the sofa and they sat down so that she could explain what was happening. "Gran, by next summer you are going to be a great-grandmother."

"Are you and Eric going to be adopting a baby?"

"Yes, but he will be your biological great-grandson."

"I don't understand Sookie."

Sookie took a deep breath before she continued. "Hadley Gran." Tears instantly came to Adele's eyes. "Eric found her when he was down in New Orleans. Gran she was going to tell a very powerful vampire about my telepathy and that vampire was going to come after me. Eric made it so that Hadley would be safe and that when her son is born she is going to let us take him."

"Sookie, a baby should be with his mother."

"Gran, this is Hadley that we are talking about. She can't even take care of herself, besides I have more in common with him that she does."

It took Adele a moment before she realized what Sookie meant. "Oh Sookie, he's a telepath like you, isn't he?"

"Yeah he is Gran. I don't want him to grow up like I did, not being able to be around people and not being able to keep out the voices. I want him to have as normal a childhood as possible, and also Eric and I can protect him from any other supernaturals that would try and come after him."

"Are you sure that you can do this Sookie?"

"Yes I can Gran. Eric is going to be here to help me and I'll know better than anyone what he'll go through as he grows up."

I stood back and watched Adele absorb this information and a smile spread across her face. "I always thought that Jason would be the first one to make me a great-grandma. I can't wait to meet the little one. What's his name?"

I looked to Sookie to answer that. We both knew that his first name was going to be Hunter like before, but would his last name be Stackhouse or Northman, or would he have his mother's last name or would he keep his father's last name? I kept my eyes on Sookie as she spoke. "Hunter Stackhouse Northman." I couldn't stop the smile from spreading across my face that matched the smile that Sookie had on hers. He was really going to be my son in name if not in blood and I couldn't wait.

Sookie and Adele right away started planning how they would decorate the nursery and what they would need for the baby and also how Sookie wanted to decorate the new house. "I have some pictures of the house on my computer if you'd like to look at them. I'd take you to see the house in person, but I won't be able to get the keys and take possession until the end of the week."

"That would be great Baby."

I zipped downstairs at vampire speed and grabbed my laptop. I loaded it up to the pictures on my way back upstairs and set it in front of Sookie. "Here you are my love. The computer also has wireless internet access." I pulled out my wallet and handed her my American Express Black card. "We are going to need a houseful of furniture, appliances, linens and towels, plus everything needed for an infant. I want you to browse for anything you like and buy everything your heart desires."

Sookie reached up and pulled my face down and kissed me. "You are so good to me. You are going to be the best husband and father ever."

I kissed her back. "And you are going to make the most fantastic wife and mother ever." She smiled up at me and I couldn't stop myself from smiling back. It was just so warm and contagious. "I'm going to talk to Niall some more. If you need me, just call and I'll be right there."

"I will Honey." We kissed once more, then Niall and I headed back into my office.

I sat down at my desk and as I watched Niall I realized that he had been awfully quiet while listening to the earlier exchange. "You're being quite quiet this afternoon. Is there a problem?"

"I have another great-granddaughter and a great-grandson on the way. It's just a lot to take in all at once. Where do you have her staying?"

"She's in Maine. There are fewer vampires there and nobody knows her. I have people watching over her just in case something should happen and also just to make sure that she stays safe."

"Maybe it would be better if I took her with me back to the Fae Realm until she's ready to give birth."

That sounded very suspicious to me. "I don't think that would be a good idea."

"And why is that? She is my kin. I could see to her needs better than anyone as well as keeping her protected."

"How do we know that you wouldn't keep her and the baby there no matter what? Sookie would be distraught if she didn't get to care for this baby she so desperately wants." I paused debating whether I wanted to bring up this very sensitive subject, but I knew that I would make a deal with the devil himself if I could give Sookie what she wanted. "Is there any way that you know of for a vampire to biologically father a child?"

Niall looked surprised at my question. "Is there a reason that you are asking me this?"

I hate it when people answer a question with a question, but for now I'd just have to suck it up. "Sookie wants to have a baby of her own and I want to know if there is a way to make that possible."

"There are plenty of clinics that specialize in fertility, you would just need to find a donor."

"I already suggested that, but she wants to have my baby."

Niall stayed quiet for a few long minutes before he spoke again. "She really wants to have you baby?"

"More than anything and I hate that I can't give her what she wants so badly."

"I don't know if I can do anything, but I'll look into it."

"That's all that I ask." I paused for a moment. "So what are you going to do about the Fairy problem?"

"I know where they are going to be in the next ten days. I have options to where we can take them out. They will be dealt with quickly and quietly."

"If you need my help I'm more than willing…"

"They are in the Fae Realm. You couldn't help even if you wanted to." I did want to more than anything. I wanted those psychotic Fairies to suffer the way that my Sookie suffered under their hands. I was just going to have to settle for knowing that they would be dealt with and would have the chance to do it again. "I must be on my way. I need to prepare my guards for the attack." I nodded my head. "Tell Sookie I said goodnight and to call me when she has her dinner party planned." I nodded again and he popped away.

I sat back and I could feel and hear that Sookie and Adele were still engrossed in babies and shopping, so I left them to it. I turned on my desktop computer and took care of some of my sheriff duties and some work for the bar that I could do from here.

I don't know how long I had been working away, but I knew it had been awhile when I noticed that it was dark out and I heard Sookie come into the room. "Hey Baby, what are you doing?"

"Just getting caught up on some work that I have been neglecting my love. How did you and Adele make out shopping?"

"All right I guess. We haven't even put a dent into what we need for the house, but I think we put a bit of a dent in your credit card."

I knew my lover well and I highly doubted that. "How much did you spend Lover?"

"Fifteen hundred dollars." I couldn't stop myself from laughing. She could have spent fifteen thousand dollars and it wouldn't have put a dent in that card. "What is so funny?"

"Darling, that card I gave you has no limit. You could have spent ten times that amount and you wouldn't have put a dent in the card." She just stood there with her mouth hanging open. "Are you all right Lover?"

"Wow!"

"Is that all you can say?"

"Yep."

I knew that money was always going to be an issue with us and I didn't want to get into it with her tonight, so I decided to change the subject. "Where is Adele?"

"She went to bed. She's had a long day."

I reached over and pulled Sookie down into my lap. "You've had a long day as well my love. Maybe you should get to bed too."

I could tell that I had definitely distracted her from the money issues for now as she ran her hands up my chest and around my neck and into my hair. "I think that's an excellent idea." She leaned in close and whispered into my ear. "But I'm not tired."

I couldn't stop a wicked smirk from appearing on my face. "Oh, I'm sure that I can find a way to wear you out."

"Oh really? And how would you do that Viking?"

I loved it when she called me that. "Well, let me show you." I held her tightly in my arms and raced downstairs to our room at vampire speed/ I undressed us both on the way and gently tossed a naked and laughing Sookie onto our bed. She squealed as she bounced, but I grabbed her ankles before she fell off the bed. I pulled her to the edge of the bed and situated my head between her thighs.

I placed her legs over my shoulders and went to work on her sweet pussy. I knew just how to work my lover so that she was clutching my hair to get me closer to her and arching herself off the bed in pleasure.

"Oh God Eric, bite me please. I need you to bite me." I have never been one to deny my lover her pleasure. I slid two fingers inside of her and pumped them as I slid my fangs into her thigh. It still surprised me how much sweeter and purer her blood tasted now. There were no traces of Compton or the maenad or any of the other creatures that had attacked her and tainted her blood. It was all just pure Sookie and was better than anything I had ever tasted.

As I was drinking I could feel my lover clench around my fingers and she cried out as she came hard under my attentions, but I knew that we weren't done yet. I sealed the wound on her thigh and kissed my way up her body.

I stopped and paid special attention to the most beautiful breasts that I had ever seen. Sookie was gripping my hair and even tighter and moaning under my ministrations. I paid each breast equal attention, but it wasn't enough for my woman. She pulled me up to kiss me and clung to me tightly. "Please Eric."

I couldn't help teasing her. "Please what Lover?"

"Don't tease me Eric, please."

"Tell me what you want Lover and I'll give it to you."

"I want you to make love to me for hours until I can't walk, then I want us to exchange blood with you again."

"Your wish is my command Lover." I slid gently inside of her and we both took things slow and gentle. There was no need for a frenzied fuck. This was us making love, being connected and just being close to each other.

We kissed and touched every inch of each other. I had never felt more connected to anyone else before in my entire existence. I hoped that someday Sookie would let me turn her. I knew that if she kept taking my blood we could have several decades together, but to me it would only be seconds in my existence. I could feel that Sookie was close to coming again, so I put aside the unhappy thoughts from my mind and focused on my love.

I bit into my wrist and placed it to my lover's lips. She latched on and sucked greedily. I increased my thrusts as I sank my fangs into her shoulder and it wasn't long before we came together.

Sookie pulled away from my wrist when the wound healed and I healed my bit mark on her shoulder. I looked up at her and she had blood on her lips. I couldn't stop myself from kissing her and she kissed me right back.

I pulled away when she needed to breathe, then I pulled out of her and laid down next to her. She curled up next to me and I held her close to me. "That was amazing Baby. I definitely won't be walking any time soon."

"I aim to please my love."

"So, what did you and Niall talk about?"

"Lover, you are tired now. You need to rest and we can talk about this tomorrow."

"No, now, please. I'll be able to sleep better if I know what you two talked about."

"Alright my love." I filled her in on my conversation with Niall."

"Do you really think that he'll be able to take out the Things and Breandan?"

"Yes I do. He knows where they are going to be that puts him at a great advantage."

"What about him taking Hadley to he realm until Hunter's born?"

"I don't trust him. He might just want to keep the boy knowing that he's telepathic, maybe he does have honorable intentions, I don't know. I will have to think about that before I make a final decision about that."

"What about the other thing?" I could feel anxiety coming off of Sookie in waves with just those few words.

"Yes I did."

"What did he say?"

"He said that he would look into it, but I don't want you to get your hopes up Sookie. I don't want you to be disappointed if there isn't a way."

"I can't help it Eric. If there is even the slightest chance that I can have your baby I am going to have hope."

"Well I don't want you to obsess over this. We have our son to think about and look forward to having. He'll be here before we know it."

"I know, but we still have Thanksgiving and Christmas to think of first." She paused for a moment and was deep in thought. "Eric I just had the perfect idea."

"About what Dearest?"

"The dinner party I want to have. We can just do it for Thanksgiving and by then we should be in our new house."

"That sounds like an excellent idea. Will you need any help with the cooking or with serving the mean?"

"Heck no. Gran and I love to cook, especially around the holidays. Hey, do fairies even celebrate Thanksgiving?"

"I'm unsure Lover, but I think your family would make the exception to spend time with you."

"Could we have Christmas in our new home too Honey?" She finished her sentence with a yawn.

"We can do anything you want my love, but now it is time to sleep."

"Okay. Goodnight Sweetie, I love you."

"I love you too." I placed a gentle kiss on her lips and it didn't take long for both of us to fall asleep.


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