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A Fairy Prince is announced

Chapter 37

"You can't be serious" I snapped at Niall

"Oh, but I am. It has been seen. It is destiny. At first I believed it to be you, but your fate lies elsewhere." Niall side glanced to Eric as he spoke to me. "He is to be heir. I will not change this. He is to be named next week."

"He is to young and what if he doesn't want this? She has seen other events that did not take place it is possible that this is wrong too" I argued. He was my son. I did not want them to take him.

"I am naming him and that is that granddaughter. I highly doubt you have changed your position on being heir" I shook my head no to him. "Then it is done. He will stay here being raised by his parents. I will send him a tutor or Preston can begin preparing him in politics and other things he will need. Another guardian has been chosen and will be sent along with his materials for learning his new station. Do not make me be a bad guy in this, please. He will make a fine High Prince. Train him in it do not make him hate what he is to become." Niall finished and popped away.

I sat there with tears in my eyes and my mouth hanging open. I did not expect Niall's news to be this. When he arrived he spoke of all the changes taking place in Fairie. With Brendon and his followers dead a time of peace was coming. I was glad to hear that, but I did not expect him to demand my son be his heir. This was not good news.

I looked to Eric, Evina, and Preston for guidance on how to save him from this fate. The next words I heard shocked me even more.

"Niall is not incorrect in this, lover." I was fuming. How could Eric agree to this? I was about to start yelling when he held his hand up silently asking me to hear him out. Oh, this had better be good because three fairies were death glaring him down right now.

"What I am saying is who's to say Hunter does not want to be King. I believe that he should choose, but we cannot or rather we should not try to influence him in this decision. If he came to us and said he wanted to be President would we discourage him or help guide him to his goal. Is this any different? The same way that if we glamorize being High Prince, why wouldn't he want that. We must remain neutral in this."

As angry as I was I had to take what he said into consideration. What if Hunter did want this? I mean I did not want it because the love of my life was here, but what if Hunter did feel different; could I really be the one to say no because Ididn't want him to go? Hunter had never even been to Fairie. Maybe my selfishness was ruling my judgment.

I looked to my fairies to see what they thought. Preston was the first to chime in.

"Niall is my Prince, but it is you I am sworn to. I will follow your wishes your majesty. I do have to agree with my King though" he gestured to Eric "he himself took a position he did not particularly want, but it is not that bad. Knowing Hunter the way we do he is as stubborn as you are so even if he is named that does not mean it is cemented."

Evina nodded agreeing with her husband. "We all know how stubborn he is. If when he is of age this is something he does not wish for, he will not be forced. What I know is he will look to you and Eric as his parents for guidance. How you handle this will influence his decision." she said softly "as a guardian I do my duty. I serve my master with pride. Because you are not the normal royals I have learned to change, but my duty has not. As High Prince of Fairie, Hunter can rule as he sees fit. He can be as close or distant to his subjects as he wants. You have begun to raise him with heart. That will not change. Preston will teach him Fairie history and politics and we will train him in battle. He has the best strategist any one could ask for in a loving father. We need to give him a fair choice."

I knew what they were saying made sense, but thinking of my son being so far away hurt me. I didn't mean to, but I did what I always had. I threw a tantrum.

"I can't believe you all. You want me to just send my baby away to another realm and be happy about it. How could you guys even consider any of this? He wants to take my son from me and you guys just want to hand him over." I stood up and ran to our room.

I couldn't be around them. I just wanted someone to tell me that keeping Hunter here was right and Niall was wrong. I wanted them to say that Hunter would be High Prince over our dead body, but they didn't. I knew in the back of my mind that this was my issue and their arguments were sound, but the mama in me wanted to snuggle my baby next to me and never let go of him.

All my crying and pouting was interrupted by the bedroom door slowly squeaking open. My back was to the door and I didn't want to see Eric right now so I did not move.

"I won't do it mama. If you say I shouldn't, I won't?" Hunter's voice whispered. I snapped around and saw his young face with tears streaming down it.

I motioned for him to join me in bed as he did so many times in the past. Any time something had scared him in the night and Eric wasn't here to comfort him. He curled up next to me. I rubbed his shaggy blonde hair. How could I be so selfish?

EPOV

After Sookie went upstairs I turned to the fairies. They had surprised me when they agreed. I did not want to lose my son either, but I just wanted him to make a fair choice.

Evina, Preston, and I understood what it was to not have any choice in life. All of us had choice taken from us at one point or another in our lives. Evina being born a guardian, all her long life she trained to be by Sookie's side. She did not have the option to leave the guardian order. It was unheard of; the same way that even now she would die for Sookie. It was her duty regardless of her having a mate and child. On that same note, Preston had no choice in what his wife did. He knew from the first day he chose her there was a chance she could die for her charge. He could not choose to take her place or talk her into leaving her duties. He did not want to, but he had no choice in the matter if he did.

I myself have had many choices to make in my long life, but one I did not have was to have this long life. I was made vampire without having a say. There were many things that my maker did not let me have an option in. It was something that I swore I would not do as a maker myself and other than training and safety I never have. Pam was given the choice of becoming one of us and has completely embraced her status. I want my son to have the same option. He needs to know the pros and cons of taking a kingdom or not. I do not want us to make this decision for him then learn that it was something he would want. No parent wants to have their child hate them because of a choice they made for them. Sookie needs to understand this for herself. That is why I did not chase after her. She needs to work this out on her own. If we push this on her she will fight it even more.

We all hear footsteps approach Sookie and my room. Though he tries to be quiet he is still heard by us we know Hunter is creeping in to be with his mother. We listen as Hunter tells her he won't do it if it is her wish then climb in bed with her. I hear her whispering to him.

"It will be your choice Sweetheart. Daddy, Aunt Evi, Uncle Preston, and I will show you all your options and the decision will be yours to make. Just know whatever you choose mommy and daddy will always love and support you."

And there it was. The loving mother that Sookie was could not deny what she knew was best for her child.

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