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Chapter 7

Eric's POV

I had to stop by to get blood and clothes a few minutes after leaving the warehouse where Felipe de Castro had kept me prisoner. Even though I was flying, somebody could have spotted us and that wouldn't have gone well. Plus, I was really struggling carrying Pam with me.

First, the weather was not in our favor tonight. It had been storming and the sky was not opening anytime soon. Lightning was a threat that we vampires took seriously. We were lighting magnets due to our vampirism. However, we had to take our chances tonight.

We flew over a house in the middle of a large property without neighbors nearby. That was the perfect setting to feed and get clothes without getting human's attention. As we stood by the front door, I could hear the sound of only one person in the house. With the sunrise fast approaching, we didn't have that many choices.

The surprised face of the old lady when she opened the door was priceless. To her credit, she recovered fairly quickly as she conveniently ignored the burns, cuts, and bruises. Instead, she concentrated on scanning my naked body up and down, multiple times.

"You're 40 years late, young man," she said with a big smile on her face.

I had to smile back. She was wicked. "I wonder if I could borrow some clothes. I think my current situation would get too much attention if I'm seen by humans," I told her.

"Aren't you cold? You poor thing. I have some clothes that belong to my son who is now living a few hours from here. He used them when he came to visit last time, but it's been long," she spoke as her eyes continued harassing my body.

"I truly appreciate your gesture ma'am. May we come in?" I asked her and she immediately stepped aside "yes you may," and waved her hand for us to enter. Truly, the lady barely looked at Pam's way. Her eyes were too busy performing a microscopic anatomy test on me.

"Would you like to take a shower first?" the enthusiastic lady asked.

"I would take you on your offer, but the sunrise is upon us and we need to get home," I replied.

"Well, in that case, follow me," she said. "I have to go up slowly because of my acute arthritis on my joints," she apologized. We walked up the stairs slowly and then turned to the second door on the left. She produced a pair of long blue jeans and a blue t-shirt from the drawers. "He didn't leave a pair of underwear, but even if he did, I doubt you could fit all of you in it."

I smiled showing her the tip of my fangs at the frisky lady. "This is more than enough. Your kindness and generosity is much appreciated. It will not go unnoticed," I replied to her while I got dressed as quickly as I could without startling her. We then went down the stairs, slowly. Pam was sitting on the couch waiting for our return.

I wanted to drink from her just to get enough energy until we found another human, but her heartbeats told me that she had some kind of a heart condition and her heart was a ticking bomb. Her advanced aged body wouldn't survive it.

"We must leave now. Again, thank you for your help," I repeated myself as we walked towards the front door.

"I don't agree with those Fellowship of the Sun guys. In the eyes of God we are all equal," she said and I could tell she was being honest.

"Thank you ma'am," I replied. I took Pam up in my arms and off we went into the air.

While the lighting had stopped, the dark clouds promised more to come. We finally reached my house, the one that nobody knew about it with the exception of my children, Pam and Karin. It was located in an upscale subdivision outside the city limits.

I called Karin two days ago through our bond and she arrived last night, an hour before we did. She waited for us in the back porch, and her facial expression when she saw us told me everything I needed to know about our current physical condition. At least I was dressed.

I placed Pam on the living room sofa; it was imperative for her to not walk to complete the reattachment process. I was pleased to find that Karin had fetched two humans for us.

They stood still. Their red faces full of rage were a big temptation to my hunger. Their pulsating aorta called for my attention.

"Damned demons. You are an abomination to nature," one of them said.

"God will banish your soul from His house and we will help Him to clean up earth," guys number two said.

"Where did you find them," I asked Karin while I approached the humans.

"Inside a Fellowship church at a nearby town," she shrugged.

"Consider this my contribution to the environment," I smiled at them as my fangs elongated. The horror in their faces was priceless.

We stored their bodies in the garage for later disposal and went for our dead sleep.

"You need to feed from me. That will stop the silver poisoning your blood," I told Pam.

"Master, you need your strength. She can feed on me," Karin said.

"My blood is older and stronger. It will help her recuperate faster," I stated.

"You can feed her tomorrow. Tonight, you need your strength," Karin argued.

"Your wellbeing comes first," I looked at Pam and Karin and then continued, "I will heal in my sleep. Pam got tortured worse than me. It should have been me, not her," the guilty feeling was consuming me.

"No sense. The best way to punish you was through me. The minute Felipe de Castro finds out about Karin, he will use her against you too," Pam stated.

"We will see about that," Karin said.

"For now, feed on me and then let's go to sleep. Tomorrow will be another day," I commanded. Pam drank from me and Karin didn't protest again; she was a woman of a few words. The sunrise was upon us and we needed time to pull ourselves together for our upcoming ordeal.

The sunset was here and I woke up slower than usual. My recovery was almost complete, but not Pam's. Hers was going to take at least a couple of weeks. I went to check on Pam who was sharing the guest room with Karin. Karin was awake while Pam was still dead to the world. It worried me that she was still sleeping, but I knew that her body needed it for the healing. Her skin was already looking better.

I called for Pam to wake up, but it took her almost thirty more minutes to come back from the dead. When she woke up, she was slightly disoriented at first, but that was normal after the silver poisoning.

"Drink," I told her and she took the wrist without questioning me. Once she was done, I gently pushed her back to sleep, "sleep more," I commanded her while I tucked her in her blanket. She closed her eyes and was once again dead to the world.

I heard the back door and I went to see that Karin had two more humans for me.

"More friends?" I asked her.

"I found them leaving a restaurant," she replied.

Same as the yesterday's humans, these have been compelled to not move or scream. The two women mewled, terrified of what was going to happen to them.

I fed from them, but didn't kill them. My body was definitely feeling better, but was not completely recovered. I went back to sleep too while Karin took the humans back to where ever she found them.

Tomorrow I'll have to meet Felipe de Castro and Freyda for the wedding contract. I couldn't wait to see Sookie, but right now, it was not appropriate. Sleep slowly took over me again as I planned how to get rid of that wedding contract, Freyda, and Felipe de Castro.

Note: Note: I hope you're enjoying the story. Eric needs our support now more than ever. Felipe de Castro and Freyda are threatening our beloved couple. What could he do to fix this problem? Stay tuned for the upcoming chapters! Love must conquer no matter what! Reviews are more than welcome. Let me know your thoughts!