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WARNING! VERY ADULT CONTENT AND LEMONS!
Chapter 52
Things happened like the speed of light, the car came to a screeching halt in front of Alcide's home, the guards all came running to meet the car. Eric was out of the car and had Sookie in his arms, her blood pooling on her white sweater. "Where is she?" Eric yelled at anyone who would answer.
"This way Sir." Ted waved him on. Eric was running through the big entrance toward the room doctor was waiting in. He saw the tiny doctor in her scrubs prepared for him.
"Viking, lay her down here." They had draped the long coffee table with a sheet to lay her on. "Everyone out, except the Viking and Amelia." Amelia walked forward looking at her pale friend. "Alcide, get these men out of here." The doctor gave the Were a commanding look, he did as she asked.
Amelia knelt beside Sookie. "What do you need me to do?"
Eric was pacing, his fangs were down and he was livid and scared out of his mind. He took his phone out of his pocket and began making calls, he was yelling at his caller. "Viking, go take care of what you need to do and come back. Your screaming will not help her." She hissed at him.
He pulled his phone from his face and gave her the evilest look she had ever seen. Then he thought wisely about his actions and strode out of the room to send his warriors out to apprehend who did this to his wife.
"Ok, we need to roll her and see if we can see where the bullet is." Amelia turned Sookie on her side. "Good it went straight through." The doctor started getting items out of her bag. "I am going to clean this wound then we will let Eric give her blood and it should heal right up. It has not hit any main arteries or done much damage." The doctor had her hands over Sookie's body, her eyes closed and she was concentrating. "Grab us some cotton towels, we will need a few so we can get her cleaned up." Amelia jumped up to do what the doctor asked.
Eric rushed back into the room. "What can I do?" He looked beside himself.
"Sit down before you drive me mad." She gave him nod toward the couch.
"Sit down! My wife if bleeding to death!" He growled at her. Amelia appeared with a handful of towels.
The doctor told Eric hold Sookie up so Amelia could remove Sookie's dress , Amelia lifted the dress up her body and off her then draped the sheet across her belly. Sookie lay with her bra showing, Eric hissed, the doctor looked at him before she spoke. "No she will not bleed to death, the bullet went in her chest and out her back. You are going to give her blood in a moment and then heal her wounds. She will be good as new in about an hour." The doctor smirked at him.
Eric sat hard on the couch, he was so relieved, if the doctor wasn't in the room he would have wept. Amelia handed the doctor the towels and Dr. Ludwig took out the antiseptic to clean her wounds, she poured the liquid into the towel then sat it on Sookie's belly for quick access. Amelia knew it was going to hurt Sookie. "Eric, you might want to come over here. This is going to hurt her."
He looked angry again and glared at the doctor. "Why must you hurt her? Can there not be anything else you can give her?"
The doctor got a needle ready and then filled it with a vial of medicine. "I will give her a pain shot now but it wont take affect by time we start to clean the area. It will numb her a bit, I can't give her too much because of Gunnar." The doctor picked the towel up. "Alright, call Alcide in here."
Amelia hollered for her husband and he came rushing in. "Hun, we need your help to hold her down." Amelia looked like she was about to cry. Alcide came to the side of the table across from his wife, he looked at Amelia, she took a deep breath and composed herself.
Eric came to kneel on the end of the table where Sookie's head was. He leaned over her and kissed her lips. "I love you Sookie. This will only hurt for a moment and the doctor will have you better in no time." She was moaning and trying to open her eyes. "Hurry, she is coming too."
The doctor worked quickly and Sookie bucked under the doctor's application of the antiseptic, she was crying out and tears began to roll down her face. They lifted her up to do the her back. "Hold on Sook, she's almost done." Alcide felt so sorry for her, she had one thing after another happen to her.
Dr. Ludwig lifted the medicine soaked towel off her skin, the area was red and bleeding still. "Alright Viking, give her your blood now." In a flash Eric ripped his wrist open and put it to her mouth, her trembling lips took his wrist right away.
Eric watched as his wife took his blood. His other hand was caressing the side of her face, he leaned to her ear. "You are doing wonderfully my love. Everything will be fine now, you will feel better in a few minutes." The wound began to close on his arm and the doctor told him to feed her again. He did and when it closed again he looked to the doctor for guidance.
"Lets sit her up and see her wounds." The back was closing but not fast enough. "Eric, close her wounds, lets get them closed to stop the bleeding." He nodded and began to licking her chest first which looked the worst. She whimpered as he did. "You will be fine little girl, your husband got you here quick and we got you all fixed up." Dr. Ludwig got another needle out and filled it with a vial again, she looked at Eric. "Antibiotics." He nodded his head and continued what he was doing.
The doctor took her blood pressure and watched her carefully for about thirty minutes, every ten minutes she would take Sookie's blood pressure again. "How is she?" Eric asked.
"Better, her pressure is much better. They almost got her heart, it was too close this time Eric." He knew what she was saying, he knew it with everything he held sacred.
He looked to Alcide and Amelia. "You two go ahead and take care of your son. I appreciate all of your help. I am going to take her to lay down if the doctor thinks it is a good idea."
"Yes, keep her calm for a few hours so her blood pressure doesn't spike. If she gets light headed or nauseous call me right away. Have Mark check her pressure about every thirty minutes for awhile." She vanished.
Eric picked her up and took her to their room. Her eyes opened slightly as he laid her down. "Eric?" She was a bit hoarse from crying earlier, her head a bit hurt too.
He smoothed her hair out of her face and gently kissed her. "How are you feeling my love?" Eric sat next to her.
She blinked and her eyes moved back and forth like she was trying to see if she was alright. "Did I get shot?" She was beginning to remember what had happened.
"Yes." He was rubbing her arm trying to comfort her.
Sookie looked at Eric's shirt, it was covered in blood. "Are you alright? Did you get shot too? What about Mark and Gary?" She tried to sit up, she was beginning to panic.
He took his hands to her shoulder to push her back to the mattress. "Lover, I am fine, the guards are fine. You on the other hand are an incredible pain in my ass. I swear if I was human you would have taken ten years off my life." He shook his head.
"Oh my God Eric, Gunnar!" She looked like she would cry, her hand went to her belly.
"Our son is fine. You are healing and you need to rest now. Everyone is fine." He wanted to reassure her so she wouldn't worry anymore. She closed her eyes. "First thing on our list is to get our fleet here bullet proofed so this never happens again. That is my fault for not being better prepared."
"Sweetie, who would have even known someone would ambush us today! How did they know we were even out?" Sookie looked at him flabbergasted.
He agreed. How did someone know where they were going today he thought? "I will find out do no worry Sookie."
She looked at the blood on his shirt again. "Are you sure you are alright?"
He smiled. "You are the one that had a bullet in her chest and you are worried about me. I was not harmed Sookie. You were, now lay back and rest. Mark will be in every thirty minutes to check your blood pressure so be prepared." He wiggled his eyes are her.
She closed her eyes before she spoke. "Have you caught them yet?"
"The teams are out now. We have makes and license plates, they will not make it till dawn." Her husbands voice was lethal.
She nodded. "Ok. Will you bring the kids in to lay with me?"
He shook his head no. "Sookie, you need to rest, they will want to play and you need to be still."
"No they wont. They will lay down with me if I ask them too. Enar will know, so will Johan. Erika will lay down because her brothers do. Please Eric, I want our babies close to me right now." Her eyes welled up with tears.
Eric stood up, put a clean black Fangtasia shirt on himself and got her out a spaghetti strapped nightgown and helped her in it. Like lightening rushed out of the room. He had the twins in his arms and Johan was running behind him. Johan rushed at vampire speed when he saw his mother, he was next to her in a flash. His hand went to the place she was shot. "Mommy, oh mommy! Are you better?" His bottom lip began to tremble.
"Baby, daddy made mommy all better. See?" She moved the strap of the gown and all there was left of the wound was a puckered red spot. "It will be all gone soon. Daddy did great didn't he?" Sookie looked up at Eric, he smiled and sat the twins next to her. Erika looked sleepy and Enar never took his eyes off Sookie. His little hand reached over to her, his light began and Sookie gasped. "Enar, mommy is fine." Her second son closed his eyes and the light disappeared. He laid down next to her and cuddled.
Eric smiled at his children, they were truly beautiful. "Sookie, I must go. I have to deal with this. If you need me for anything just call my cell alright?"
She smile up at him. "Ok, I love you. Please, please, please be careful."
He leaned over and kissed the kids, then his lips found hers. The kiss was long and loving. "Um, you taste delicious my love. I will see you when I get home. Rest now." He was gone in a flash.
Sookie held Johan to her. "Baby, are you ready to lay down with mommy?"
He looked at her seriously. "Mommy I love you."
Her eyes welled up. "Oh, I love you too Johan, all of you." She kissed his little face and squeezed him tight. She pulled the covers up and held him to her as she laid back. The pain medication was making her tired, her eyes closed and was asleep in less than a minute.
"Sookie, I need to check your blood pressure." Mark whispered to her.
"Um, ok." Her eyes didn't even open, she pulled Johan tighter to her and went back to sleep.
"My love, wake up darling. I need you to eat something." She heard Eric, but didn't want to wake up, she was so comfortable.
"Uh huh." She rolled over and pulled the covers higher.
"Sookie, you have not eaten since this morning. You must eat now, do not make me force feed you." He was teasing her but she was so cozy in the covers.
She blinked, her eyes barely focused. "The kids?"
He smiled. "Lily came up and got them awhile ago. Mark said they were laying with you, all cuddled but would not move off the bed because they wanted to be with you. She said it was adorable."
Sookie yawned. "Will you look at the wound?" She sat up still groggy.
"Of course. Are you having any pain, light headed or sick?" He asked as he moved her nightgown to look at her skin. It was perfect as it ever was, no scar or indication anything had happened. "Perfect my love." He grinned.
Her hand went to her belly. "Are you sure Gunnar is alright?"
His hand went to her belly. "You know he is fine Sookie, do not question your intuition where your son is concerned. I feel him, put your hand right here." He pulled her hand to the side of her belly. "There he is."
Sookie smiled. "Ok." She looked at him. "Tell me what happened."
He looked into her eyes for a moment then stood up. "Sookie, you have had enough for one day, we can discuss it another time."
She looked at him, he had different clothes on then when he left the house earlier. "Eric, I am your wife, I asked you and you promised you wouldn't keep secrets from me."
Eric winced, she used the promise against him. "The trackers found the location of the men who shot up our car. They were part of the Fellowship. They were disposed of."
"Why are they after us all of the sudden? I mean, they took you first then the bombing, the attacks, now this." Sookie looked to him for an answer.
"I wish I had the answer." He put the tray of food in front of her. "Now, enough chatting, eat."
She looked at the food and realized she was hungry. Taking a big bite of her mashed potatoes she grinned. "Do you have to go back to work now?"
He nodded. "I have to meet with the Sheriffs, the sooner I get these things done the sooner we can go home."
"Well, go take care of what you need to. I am going to eat and lay back down. I have a little bit of a headache." She took a drink of her milk.
He narrowed his eyes. "Do you feel sick?"
"No, I am fine. I am sure it was from the pain medication. I don't do well with them usually, they make me sick most of the time but since I had all your blood it probably kept me from getting sick." She had a fork full of green beans and popped them in her mouth.
"If it feels worse Sookie, I want you to call the doctor." He crawled up her to kiss her. "I mean it Sookie." Again his lips found hers.
"Ok, ok! I will, if I feel worse I will call her." She leaned into the kiss, his lips were so soft, she could feel his fangs. "Can you do me a favor?" He stopped kissing her and looked at her attentively. "Hurry back, I need my husband." She grinned and he laughed.
He stood up. "Go to sleep. I will be very late tonight, if I do not this evening I will see you in the morning." He kissed her again and left her laying in the bed. She closed her eyes and went back to sleep.
Eric got in the car alone to head to Stan's house. That was where he was meeting the other Sheriffs and Isabella tonight. He hoped he could get this done early so he could head home. But he knew there was a lot of items that needed to be addressed. Grabbing his phone out of his pocket he called Pam. "Pamela, how is Vegas?"
"Hello Master. It is fabulous as always. How are things on your end?"
"Sookie was shot by Fellowship extremist today." Eric hissed.
"Fuck! Are you serious Eric? Is she alright?" Pam asked concerned.
Eric growled. "Yes, we got her to the doctor and the wound was clean. She is at Alcide's home resting."
"Eric, we really need to do everything we an to rid the world of these hypocrites. They preach their love and then blow up a building. If they want to us to turn them then why do they not just ask?" Pam asked dryly.
"If all goes well we wont have to worry about it." Eric snickered.
"I will be in Louisiana on Saturday for Johan's party. We are still on track for that, correct?"
Eric smiled at the thought of his son's birthday party. "Yes, Pam, Saturday my son turns two. Do not miss it. He will be crushed if you do not come to see him."
They said their goodbyes as Eric pulled up to Stan's. Isabella was standing in the living room with the Sheriffs as he walked in. "Good evening my King." She bowed to him as he walked in. The Sheriffs also bowed, each came to Eric, knelt down and gave their fealty to him, he nodded to them and they stood at attention.
"Please, be seated." They took seats where they were available. Isabella introduced all the vampires from the different Areas then the meeting got started. Eric laid out his requirements to the Sheriffs, expectations then fielded questions.
A Sheriff Eric was familiar with from Area 2 stepped forward. "Your Majesty, we understand there was an attempt on the Queens life. What can we do to assist you with retribution concerning this blatant attack on our kind?"
Eric's fangs popped. "Thank you for your offer Malcolm, they have already been taken care of. I will be asking each of Kingdoms to help with the removal of their kind. I will leave no Fellowship of the Sun member alive after what has happened."
Malcolm looked around the room. "Of course my King." Eric nodded to the old vampire.
"I will leave the decision on how and when to Isabella. She is your Lieutenant for Texas, I expect nothing but loyalty and hard work from my subjects. I hope we understand each other." He looked among the crowd and all bowed.
The vampires spent the next two hours discussing items of importance and when they were finally done and the Sheriffs began leaving Isabella came to stand next to Eric. "I will leave no stone unturned concerning this Eric. I told Stan for years these people needed to be eradicated but he chose to let them live their little pathetic lives. This is as much his fault as theirs." Isabella's fangs popped.
"I am glad to hear this Isabella. Your devotion to this cause will be tested I am sure but remember they do not differentiate, they will stake you just as quickly as they have tried to do to me. Leniency is not an option here." He looked her in the eye.
"Of course my King." She smiled then changed the subject. "I have put this place on the market as you required. Stan was not a vampire that liked flash, he was more of substance. I have already received several offers concerning it. I am sure it will be sold quickly."
"Good, I will send you a list of other items I would like you to handle via email. Tomorrow I will be having a fleet of cars purchased for our use when we are here. I took our security for granted today, I will not travel without better security in the future." He glanced around the house.
"Of course, I will help in anyway I can. Did you want to go through the house tonight?" He nodded and she began to walk him around the house. Together they went through the house thoroughly.
It was close to 4 am when Eric left Stan's house to head back to Alcide's. Eric spent the drive thinking about what to do next about the attacks on his family. He drove though the city to get back to his family. He knew if he could keep Sookie close to home that was his best bet until he had a handle on what was happening. It angered him that she was hurt today, Dr. Ludwig made it perfectly clear she could have died if the bullet would have traveled a different direction. He really needed to revisit her being turned again. As much as he wanted more children he wanted her more, there would be nothing to stop him from keeping her with him forever, no matter the cost. The car came to stop in front of Alcide's home, the guards were everywhere. He nodded to the his vampires as he went into the house. Alcide was in the living room feeding his son. "Alcide, is Adam ill?"
Alcide turned his head to look at Eric. "No, he was just hungry. I enjoy feeding him so Amelia pumps so I can feed him too."
Eric smiled, he enjoyed that too when Sookie did the same. "They are miraculous are they not? Who knew a child could bring such happiness to ones life."
"Yeah, they are pretty fantastic. He is something." Alcide smiled at his friend.
Eric sat next to him and looked down at the growing little boy. "He looks so much like you Alcide."
"Yeah, he does. Like Johan looks just like you. Pretty cool huh?" Adam's little eyes were closed and he was sucking the nipple hard.
Eric shook his head. "If someone would have told me it was possible to not only have a child but one that looks just like me I would have bet everything I owned on its improbability. I look at my son and just stare at him sometimes."
Alcide chuckled. "You are a lucky vamp Eric."
"How has she been?" Eric asked referring to his wife.
"Sleeping. Amelia checked on her a couple times, Mark has checked her pressure. She is doing really good. Scared the shit out of me. Man, I would like to get my hands on the bastards." Alcide's eyes narrowed.
"No worries there, it is done." Eric looked at his friend who looked back at him then nodded.
"Good. Assholes deserved what they got. It is one thing to go after us but our families, that crosses the line. She's pregnant for crying out loud." Alcide rubbed his son's head.
"Yes, I do not believe they could care one way or another." Eric looked into space. "I am going up." He stood. "Thanks for your help Alcide, you are a good friend.
"Back at ya old man." Alcide smiled up at Eric.
"Good night Adam, keep daddy up for awhile." Eric winked and left Alcide and his son alone again.
He walked in the room to find Sookie in bed with Enar. His son was laying against his mother with his little head in the crease of her arm, his hand on her chest. Eric closed his eyes and contained himself, he wanted to weep at the site of them. Quietly he went to the bed, picked his sleeping son up and carried him to his bed, Enar still sound asleep. He kissed his children and went back to the room. Eric got out a pair of shorts and pulled them on then crawled in the bed with his wife, pulling her close. Her eyes opened slightly. "Hey."
He smiled. "Hey."
She yawned. "Are you just getting back?"
Eric gently moved the hair out of her face. "Yes, my love. Go back to sleep." He kissed her nose.
"No." She wrapped her arms around him. "Make love to me."
"Darling, you are tired, rest." He closed his eyes to keep from pouncing on her.
"Eric, make love to me, please." She whispered to him.
He pulled her closer to him, his hands rubbed her arms up and down. "Sookie."
She moved her face to his, her eyes met his, he could see her love for him, it was looking at him, their bond began to swirl gently around them. "Love me Eric."
Her hands pulled his shorts down his long legs, she rubbed the flat of her hand over his lower stomach, down his legs until she gently took him in her hand. Eric rolled her over, his face looking down on her, their nose touching. He whispered to her as he pulled her legs up to gently enter her. "I do love you Sookie, I love you so much it hurts sometimes. I feel like I cannot get enough of you." His face never left hers, his kisses were tender and loving, just like his hips. His shaft was gentle, meticulous but soothing. Sookie panted almost in a whisper, his movement careful on her, he didn't want to hurt her, he only wanted to give her his love for her. They spent hours making love to each other, Eric taking his time, her taking his love and giving it back. They kissed softly, they spoke words of love, their bodies caressing each other until they gave each other release. Gently they took each others blood, quietly they crashed together holding each other tight. Sookie's eyes filled with tears. "Sookie, my love, did I hurt you?" He asked her against her ear.
She shook her head and whispered to him. "Oh, no. I feel so loved, you make me so happy Eric."
He smiled and kissed her softly again. "I could not be happier either, my love. I love you so much." Eric rolled on his back, pulled her up on top of him, she laid her head on the crease of his neck. "Sleep now my love." He pulled the covers up their bodies and she sighed. Eric rubbed her back until she was asleep, he held her, his eyes welled. The love they gave each other had filled their bond, it swirled like the wind around them. Her feelings for him were bouncing all over the bond. Their feelings for each other grew every day, it was the strongest it had ever been and it was impregnable now, that made Eric happy. He knew this woman would always be his, no matter what happened. They would be one forever. Closing his eyes he let sleep take him.
Eric woke and Sookie was gone. He growled, her not being in the bed with him in the morning was really getting on his nerves. That he knew he was going to speak to her about, he really wanted to feel her next to him when he woke. He chuckled anticipating her response, she was going to tell him he was crazy, she had things to do in the morning. He got up and went to the bathroom to shower and change. He knew he wanted to spend time with his children this morning so he put on a black tank top, black track pants with a white strip down the legs and flip flops. His hair he left hand in his face.
He heard her before he saw her. "Are you sure about this information Gary? I need to be sure this is correct. Eric will not be happy if this is wrong."
Eric stopped before coming into the living room. His wife was standing in the middle of a group of Were's, she was wearing a pink and white summer dress, her hair was up in a pony tail and she had on white sandals. She had diamonds on her ears. The kids were playing on the floor beside them. Gary spoke to her. "Yes, ma'am. I confirmed it myself. The information is correct."
Eric stepped into the room. "What information is this?"
Sookie turned and smiled. "Morning sweetie. I asked Gary to check out the realtor we went to see yesterday. I got a strange feeling about her but her mind I couldn't read. You might want to see this." She handed him the information Gary had gathered.
Eric looked at the group, then his wife and he grinned. "Are you running the investigation now my bride?"
"Hey, you get a bullet in your chest and see if you don't take an interest. Read it." She frowned at her husband.
He opened the folder and there was Stacy Clark, a photo of her in the newspaper dated five years ago, holding a big plaque from her church, the Fellowship of the Sun. "So she is the one that tipped them off we were at her office, giving them time to catch up to us." His fangs ran down.
"Yep, that's how they found out we were coming back on the highway." Sookie looked mad.
"Well, nice work my wife." He leaned over and kissed her. "Good detective work Gary." He looked at the guard who nodded to him.
"Thank you your majesty. I believe we need to plan a little trip to the realtor do we not?" Gary wanted to wrap his hands around the woman's neck himself for what he did to Sookie. She was sweet and kind, how could anyone want to hurt her.
"Actually, I believe I will deal with this myself." Eric knew exactly what he would do to her. Gary nodded and told the Were's to get back to work.
Erika was calling to him. "Daddy? Kisses!" Her arms were out to him from the floor.
Eric laughed and walked to his daughter picking her up. She was in a light purple sun dress, with dark purple and white polka dots, purple sandals and a purple and diamond barrette in her pretty blond hair. "My Princess looks beautiful this morning. Do you like your new barrette daddy got you sweetheart?"
Her little hand went to her hair, her fangs came down and she smiled. "Yes. Pretty daddy."
He hugged her tight. "Just like you my dear." He kissed her cheek then went to Sookie.
"Good morning my love." He kissed her longingly for a few minutes until Erika started tapping him on the side of the face.
Sookie's eyes closed and she sighed. "Wow Eric."
Grinning he kissed his daughter on the neck then sat her down. "Good morning my sons." The boys looked up and told their father good morning. "What do you have planned today my love?"
Sookie shook her head. "Staying close to here, I think we should stay in. We can play with the kids, look for some houses on line. Oh, and the dealer called. I spoke with him but I think he wants to talk to you."
Eric looked at her shocked. "You spoke to the dealer about the fleet of cars?"
"I am sorry Eric, was I not supposed to?" She looked embarrassed.
He chuckled, his wife was getting more and more involved in the business end of their lives and he loved it. "No, no. I am thrilled you did. I just thought those things you let me deal with." He smiled at her.
"I want to help you Eric, if I can make a call or something to take some of the burden from you I will. All you need to do is ask me. I am your wife Eric, I want to help where I can." She looked up at him.
"Like your taking the ball and running with it concerning the realtor. Sookie, I am truly proud of you. You are a wonderful wife." He leaned in and kissed her.
"Thanks." She looked up at him. "Do you need to work this morning?"
"I have some things I need to get done but we can look at houses online first. How about we get our lap tops out, we can multi-task for a bit, then we can take the children out to play before lunch." He kissed her temple.
She smiled. "Let me go get them. Is your lap top in your bag?" He nodded his head at her. "I will be right back."
He knelt down to talk to his children when she came back with both lap tops and a warm True Blood. "Here you go sweetie." She handed him the blood and put the two lap tops she had stacked on each other on the table.
Alcide came in. "Hey guys. Amelia and I are taking Adam to see my sister. You guys doing ok?"
Eric stood to go to his wife. "We are fine Alcide, thank you for everything."
"Don't thank me Eric, you guys are family. That is what family does." He smiled and told them he would see them later.
Eric led Sookie to the couch and handed her the lap top and she smiled. He sat right next to her, his body touching hers and took his in his lap. "You pull up some homes for us to look at while I answer some emails." He kissed her again then they got busy. Eric was checking emails, texting and making calls in between looking at properties. Sookie watched the kids closely as she looked on the internet, Eric watching them all out of the corner of his eye.
"Wow, look at this one Eric." She pointed to the huge home sitting on a big piece of property about thirty minutes out of the city. It had virtual pictures and Sookie clicked on it, the place was gorgeous. "It is too much money Eric. Seriously." She went to click it off and he stopped her.
"Sookie, we must have a place we can be safe in. If this place is big enough, enables us to upgrade a place for the guards and has all the thing we want in a home then we will look at it. Do you like it?" He looked at her seriously.
"It is beautiful but no way we are spending that kind of money on a place we wont even be in that much. There are lots of other options." She looked up at him.
"Bookmark the site Sookie. Keep looking and we will make a decision later, alright? I would pay five times that to keep you and our children safe." Eric smiled.
"Only way we are buying that house is if we get it for a quarter of that price." Her mind was churning.
"Look at it, talk to the owner. Who knows what comes of it." He went back to working on his lap top.
She just shook her head and kept looking. Her phone rang, she looked at the caller ID. "Hey Jason."
"Sook, how you doing?" He seems like he was in a good mood Sookie thought.
"Good, you doing ok?" She asked looking at Eric who heard the conversation loud and clear.
Jason cleared his throat. "I am doing good. Listen Sook, there is a rumor going around, about you and that church in Texas, that you had something to do with that."
"What?" She was shocked. Eric held his hand out. She handed Eric the phone.
"Stackhouse, what are you talking about?" Eric asked him.
Jason stuttered. "Um, well I was at a bar in Monroe and I overheard some guys talking about the whore of vampires burnt their church down in Texas. Said they were planning on retaliating every chance they got."
Eric closed his eyes. "You said you were in Monroe when you heard this conversation?"
"Yes, sir. I acted like I was curious about them, asked how I could get involved. I got a number of the one who was doing all the flapping." Jason smiled to the phone.
Eric laughed. "Stackhouse, you surprise me yet again."
"I will text the number to your phone right now. You want me to go back to the bar and see if I can find out anything else?" Jason was proud of himself.
"No, let me handle it. Nice job Jason. Here is your sister." Eric looked at Sookie and his eyebrow went up. He was impressed with her brother, for once.
"Thanks Jas. I am not thrilled about being called, what was it?" She had heard the conversation too, her hearing was about as good as ever.
"Whore of vampires." Jason said.
She winced. "Yeah, that. You will be at the house on Saturday right?"
"Sis, I wouldn't miss my nephews big 2! I bought him something cool!" He laughed.
Sookie shook her head. "Jason, I specifically told you not to do that. Johan has everything any little boy would want, he doesn't need anything more."
"Sook, he is my first nephew, don't give me no crap for wanting to do something nice for him." He laughed again.
"Ok, remember, 8 pm on Saturday."
"I will be there Sook, don't worry. I love ya. Kiss the kids for me." He was being really nice.
"Love you too." She hung up.
"Well, I must say that brother of yours is coming around." His phone beeped with the text of the phone number he promised.
Eric watched as Enar came to the couch to stand in between the two of them, he was looking at Eric oddly. Eric smiled and sat his lap top to the side of him next to the couch then picked his son up. "I see my son is hungry." Sookie turned to watch Eric prick his finger and put it in his son's mouth.
"Eric, do you think we should start giving them True Bloods now?" She looked at him concerned.
"We can try if you wish. They have done well with just my blood. Enar seems to be the one who wants blood the most. Maybe we will supplement his diet with it first." Enar was closing his eyes as he took Eric's powerful blood. He laughed all of the sudden.
"What's so funny?" Sookie looked between them.
Eric looked at her then back to his son. "Enar, open your mouth for mommy." Sure enough his fangs popped down and was puncturing Eric's skin again.
"My vampire babies." Sookie smiled at her kids. "How cute they are." Her face got really serious. "Eric, can you teach them to control their need to feed off people?"
"They are not starved for it like most vampires. I can sense a vampire who is lusting for blood Sookie. I do not feel that from my children, I sense they are hungry, not a craving like we vampires get when we are young and unable to control our urges. If they did not smell like vampire and have my traits it would be difficult for another vampire to know they are vampires." Enar fell sleep on his fathers lap. Eric gently cradled him, rubbing his belly.
"Ok, I just don't want to have to keep them separate from people like you have to when a vampire is first turned. I guess we would if we have to for their own safety." She touched Enar's legs, rubbing his soft skin.
"I think they are growing into their traits not forced into them. Do not worry my love, I have kept a close eye on the three of them. This one I think needs more blood." Eric looked down at his sleeping son.
Sookie nodded. "I will try giving him some tonight and see how he does with it." She went back to looking at properties online. Eric held his son close while they did. Eric's phone rang. He looked at the caller ID then stood up, he laid Enar next to his mother and left the room. Sookie absently rubbed his belly while Eric was gone.
Erika was fussing and Sookie knew it was time to put them down for a nap. Johan was doing well, he was sitting reading his book. "Johan are you getting tired baby?"
He shook his head. "No mommy, Erika is, she is getting grumpy." He looked to his little sister who had a look on her face like she would burst into tears at any moment.
Sookie sat her lap top down on the table. "Come on sweetie, lets get you down for a nap." She leaned to pick her up and Eric came back in.
"Here Sookie, let me take her for her nap. I will put them both down. You stay here with Johan." He took his daughter from Sookie and she immediately laid her head on her fathers chest. "My sleepy Princess. Lets put you and your brother down for a nap." He picked up Enar and took them to their portable crib in the room next to theirs. Eric took the monitor off the table and checked to make sure the receiver was on, then headed back to Sookie and Johan. Johan had moved to the place Enar vacated with his book.
"They go down ok?" Sookie looked up at him.
"Both sleeping soundly." He tapped the monitor, he handed it to her. "I have to take care of some business. I planned on spending the day with you and our children but something has come up." He sat next to her and took pulled her to him and kissed her. "I hope you are not angry."
She giggled. "No, of course not. I understand sweetie. Go do what you need to. Will you be gone long?" Her mind was racing, she knew what he was up to but she wouldn't bother him about it.
"I should be home soon. We will have a quiet evening with our children, dinner and then we can watch a movie. Alcide has many new movies there next to the TV." He indicated with a nod of his head.
Sookie smiled. "I will hold you to it." He laughed, kissed her and left the two of them. "Looks like it is just you and me little man. What shall we do?" Sookie pulled him into her lap.
He pondered it for a minute than smiled. "Read a book." Sookie laughed as Johan got comfortable so they could read together. She sat with him for about an hour before he started to doze off too. When she was sure he was asleep she picked him up and carried him to put him down in the room with his siblings. She carried the monitor outside only to find Lily in the backyard, she was sitting out in the sun with her lap top. "Hey Lily. What are you up to?"
Lily looked up with her sun glasses on. "Enjoying the sun. Why don't you put your suit on and join me." Sookie loved the idea and grinned then went to put her bikini on. The one she packed was a tiny orange bottom with a white and orange polka dotted top. When she tied the top and adjusted her breasts she realized it wouldn't be able to wear this one much longer, her belly was beginning to bulge, her breasts were getting bigger every day. Digging in her luggage she took out her wrap and her sun glasses to go back out to sit with Lily.
"Wow, Sookie, that is a cute bikini. I bet hubby loves you in that!" Lily grinned at her.
"Yes, well I don't think I can wear this much longer. I just bought it when we were in New Orleans." She sat on the chaise lounge chair next to Lily and frowned.
Lily laughed. "I know for a fact I would wear that for as long as possible at least until I couldn't get it tied any more!" Sookie rolled her eyes.
"You wouldn't have that problem, you have a great figure." Sookie smiled at her.
Lily looked at her straight faced. "Sookie, you are hot. You have every guy in any room staring at you whenever you are around. I would kill to have that effect on men."
Sookie looked at her like she was crazy. "Mark adores you, he is gorgeous."
Lily giggled. "Yes, he is. I really do love him, don't get me wrong but any girl would like to do what you have the ability to do to men. They drool over you when they are around you."
"No they do not!" Sookie protested.
"Ok, whatever you say." Lily went back to her lap top and Sookie got comfortable in the chair to get some sun.
Eric drove the car off the road to a deserted area surrounded by woods. He rushed through the trees to the other end to watch what he came to see. He saw a car pull up the drive way, then another. A couple got out of the car and went to approach the woman, they shook hands and she directed them to the house which was well off the beaten path, the house was surrounded by trees with not a neighbor to be had for miles. Eric put his leather gloved hands in his pockets and waited. About a half an hour went by, the couple came out smiling, the woman behind them. She waved them goodbye then went back into the house then came back out with her purse and other items in her hands. Eric waited until she was standing next to her car and about to open the door when he rushed up behind her, putting his hand around her mouth. "Seems you can not keep that mouth of yours quiet now can you Ms. Clark?" His fangs were down and he leaned into her ear to whisper to her. She tried to resist but he had her in a vice grip, she wasn't going anywhere. "I think you and I will take a little ride." He could smell her tears running down her face. "Get in the car and if you so much as make a noise I will kill you. Where is your cell phone?" She dug in her purse and took it out, he slipped it in his pocket. He grabbed her by her hair and pushed her into the driver side, he flashed to the other side and got in, they weren't going far he knew.
"Why are you doing this to me?" Stacy sobbed.
He flashed his fangs at her. "For the same reason you sent the Fellowship after my wife. She was almost killed, now it is your turn." He smiled wickedly at her. She began to sob more. "Drive."
Stacy started the car, put it in drive and her hands shook on the wheel. She drove down the drive way slowly. When she got to the end of the driveway he told her to turn right. She looked at him panicked. "We cant go that way, the bridge is out, it goes down into the into the canyon." She knew the minute she said it was what he planned. "No! I didn't do anything, it wasn't me!"
His face changed to evil, his eyes were glowing and he was lusting for her blood. "Two choices, drive or I will rip your fucking head off. Take you pick." She looked toward the road and drove. "Speed up." She did. "Faster." She was crying so hard she could barely see, Eric didn't care, she would be dead in a few minutes, it would only add to the effect if she swerved or ran off the road sooner. She had a hard time but she managed to stay on the road and as they got closer she tried to slow down, he pushed her leg down to make the accelerator go even faster, too fast, his hand went to the door handle, when the car began to plummet he opened the door and jumped out, taking flight. The car crashed at the bottom on the rocks. The metal was mangled and he could smell her, she was dead. He levitated down just enough to make sure, never touching the ground. He grinned, job done. He took her cell phone, threw it against the rocks along where her purse landed and flew up away from the wreckage. He was back to his car and on his way home within minutes.
Eric walked into the house, it was dark out. He found his family eating at the table. Alcide looked up from his dinner and his eyes met Eric's, they nodded to each other. Alcide went back to his food. "Hey! Look babies! Daddy is home like he promised."
All Eric could do was smile. His children were so happy to see him, they talked and smiled up at him. "Hello my beautiful family. Are you having dinner without daddy?" He leaned down and kissed Sookie.
"We waited until 7 and the little Northman's were getting hungry." She smiled up at Eric.
"I am sorry my love, I had something that just could not wait. I will join you if that is alright." He sat down next to Sookie. Trish appeared with a warmed True Blood for him. He looked over to Enar who had a sippie cup, it was filled with blood. "Sookie?" He looked at her then his son.
She smiled. "He didn't want it at first but he has taken a few sips. I didn't want to force him but he seems to be warming up to it."
Enar picked his cup up and showed it to his daddy. "Here daddy."
Eric took his cup and smiled. "This is your cup my son, do you like it?" He handed the cup back to his son who held it with both hands.
His son looked at his father then to the cup putting it to his lips. "Yum." His fangs popped. The group of adults all laughed at the little boy who looked oddly at everyone didn't understand why he was so funny.
"I would not describe it that way my warrior, but if you think so than I am thrilled you enjoy it." Eric beamed at his son.
The group chatted while everyone finished their dinner, when desert was served Sookie declined. "None for me, I am about to burst now." She stood and went to Johan to release him from his chair. "Do you feel like watching a movie with us sweetie?" Sookie turned her head to look at Eric.
He smiled. "Let me take a quick shower and I am all yours." He stood, took Erika out of her chair for Sookie and sat her on her feet. "Princess, help mommy pick out a movie and we will watch one together."
She squealed and hugged his leg. "Yeah!" His daughter let him go and he rushed to their room to take a quick shower. He washed his hair and body then got out of the shower, dried and put on a grey Fangtasia t-shirt and a pair of basketball shorts in dark grey. He left his hair down, he wanted to give Sookie incentive for later. Smiling he went to the living room to see his family waiting patiently on the couch for Eric to come back.
"Did you pick a movie?" He asked as he entered.
"Your daughter did, she wanted Little Mermaid. I think it is because of Prince Eric." Sookie rolled her eyes.
Eric looked at his daughter. "I have never seen that one. Is it good?"
Sookie giggled. "Oh, its adorable. It is her favorite movie right now."
Eric went to sit next to his wife, pulled the twins into his lap and Johan cuddled between them. The screen came on and Erika squealed. Eric held her tighter. "You like this movie little one?" She turned to look up at him and smiled her mother's smile. Eric was a puddle of love for her, he kissed the side of her face.
Eric was enjoying the movie when his daughter pulled his hand to her face, pulling his finger into her mouth and bit down. The little fang prick began his blood to flow and she sucked on his finger while she laid back on his chest to continue to watch the movie. Sookie turned to look at them. "She has you in the palm of her hand Eric."
He smiled. "And what a glorious place to be my love. I would not change it for anything in the world."
The kids didn't make it through the entire movie but Eric wanted to finish watching it. He was curious to what had caught his daughters attention and he was pleased with the movie. When the credits ran Sookie looked at him. "Did you like it?"
"It was lovely. I see why my Princess likes it." He sat up with the twins in his arms. "I think it is time to put our children to bed and spend some time together." He wiggled his eyes at her.
"I am right behind you." She held Johan tight and followed behind her husband. They had the kids in the bed and he picked her up to carry to bed.
When they were inside the room he set her down. He sat on the side of the bed and pulled her to stand in front of him. "My love, we need to figure out a way for you to be in the bed with me in the morning when I wake. I can not go all day without touching you, it is driving me mad." He waited for the argument that never came.
"Sweetie, I miss you too. I will try really hard to be there when you wake, just remember I can sense our kids. I can't let them wait if they need me. I wont promise I will be in bed with you all the time but we will try ok?" She kissed him.
"You surprise me my love. I expected you to balk at me." His fangs came down.
She shook her head. "I would be insane to tell you I didn't want to be in bed with you in the morning. I love our time together."
"Then lets not waste another moment." He laid back taking her with him. They kissed for a long time before Eric got them both undressed and spent hours riding her hard until she passed out from exhaustion. When she was finally curled up facing him sound asleep, he put his hand on his son and began to speak to him softly in Swedish. He could feel the bond between them open, his son was moving around and sending love to his father. Eric knew this was bliss, he couldn't have been happier. It was a good day all around, he spent time with his children, got some messy items taken care of, made love to his wife. It was a very good day. He pulled his wife close to him and nuzzled against her between her breasts and fell fast asleep.
