Eighteen months later, Eddward hands his toddlers to his mate. He is about to go hunting, alone for the first time since the children were born, much to his Kevin's insistence. "Are you sure you can handle them?"

"Yes... I handled Danny just fine, didn't I?"

"Daniel was a lot older..." Eddward points out looking at his squirming toddlers.

"Eddward... Go! We'll be fine! I promise! If anything happens, I'll let you know first thing."

"Well, alright... I love you" he says kissing his lover, then their children and flitting off into the night.

As soon as the door shut, Kevin whirled around taking his wolf form and landed on all fours, growling lightly. Both of the toddlers squealed with delight but while Elizabeth crawled away to hide, Victor crawled forward and fisted his little hands into Kevin's white mane.

About thirty minutes later, Eddward feels a trill of panic float through their bond and he freezes looking back in the direction of the house. 'What happened?'

'Nothing... just playing hide and seek with them!' Kevin said quickly.

'I'm coming home' Eddward snips cutting off the speech part of their bond, keeping the emotional part open as he flits back to the house.

"Shit... Elizabeth! Come out, come out! Papa's coming home! If you love Daddy, you'll come out! Give me a clue..." Kevin feigned a cry.

Eddward arrives but sees only one child with Kevin frantically searching for something. "Kevin! Where. Is. My. Daughter?"

"Why do you always think something bad has happened? Just relax, I got this..."

"What are you looking for then?" Eddward asks crossing his arms.

"Duh, were playing hide n seek... I'm seeking her..."

"She is a child. Ho-" Eddward is interrupted by Danny trotting in. "She isn't in the bathroom eitherrrrrrrr- Hi Eddward!" he says awkwardly before flagging his ears as the vampire's eyes turn red. Daniel was smart enough to know where he was not needed and he didn't want to get caught in anything that was about to happen to his brother, so he quickly and quietly bowed out. He wanted to spend time with my ailing mother anyway.

"Kevin Anthony Barr, where is my child?!" he hisses.

"Babe, relax! I know right where she is but I'm letting her think that I don't so she thinks she's good at the game. Go hunt again or something... I sure am hungry! Can you get me something to eat?"

Eddward's growls but then his eyes widen as he catches movement above the ginger's head. He dashes forward just in time to catch his daughter from falling off the cupboards. As soon as she is in her Papa's arms, she immediately begins to cry. Eddward stands back up and Kevin can literally feel the anger radiating off him.

"I knew she was there! She was perfectly safe! I was gonna catch her!" Kevin whirled around and backed up, holding his hands out before grabbing his son and clutching him to his chest.

"Give. Me. My. Child!" Eddward growls.

"No! He's mine too!" Kevin growls back.

Victor reaches out for Eddward. "Papa!" he squeals happily.

Kevin just clutches Victor tighter to his chest "I helped make them, Eddward. They're mine too! Give me my daughter!"

"No! She almost hurt herself because you weren't paying attention." Eddward snaps bouncing the fussy toddler reaching for her brother. "Give him to me and -YOU- go get food!"

"No, you give her to me and you go back out and get food. I've gotten food for the last 18 months! Spoil me for a change!"

"Well I would if I could trust you with our children, which I obviously can't!"

"Coming from the man who left our infant children in the care of a mad scientist's son who almost accidentally crushed them?!" Kevin sassed back, remembering when Eddward got Kev to babysit for a day when he was sick. Kevin arrived just in time to prevent his children from being flattened by a falling piece of lab equipment. Edd gave Kev hell that night for that…

"Kevin Barr, you give me that child or so help me we will not lie together for a fortnight."

"What is that?! A month?! No, you're lying in that bed with me every night, god damnit! You can't make these demands with OUR children!"

"I can when you lose her!" Eddward laughs astonished that they were even having this argument.

"Nope!" Kevin stomps off to the bedroom.

"Dada!" Elizabeth yells after him.

"You lost our child, you don't get to act all high and mighty! Give me my son!" Eddward followed his huffy mate.

"No! Give me my daughter!"

Eddward sighs. "Kevin, give me my son and go hunt please. They need to eat."

"Not until you chill the hell out."

Eddward sighs and calms down. "Please give me Victor" he says gently.

"Are you going to be an ass me?"

"Not if you promise never to take your eyes off our toddlers again."

Kevin sighed loudly. "Fine, but the whole point of that game is to help them, ya know? And when can they come with us? They're 18 months..."

"When they can defend themselves under an attack. They haven't been able to fully transform yet; just a tail here and an ear there..."

"I went out with my father before I was a year. It's fun... come on, come with me?"

Eddward shifts uncomfortably looking at his twins in his arms "I don't know."

"Come on... like us, they will find joy in watching a kill. Start them early and then we won't have to have a 10 year old brat who can't hunt for himself."

Eddward sighs softly and bites his lip. "If you promise me they will be safe..."

"Of course they will! Especially if you come with! Come on, pleeeeaaasseee?" Kevin whined with a pout.

Eddward smiles softly. "Well, alright."

"You hold onto them! Let's go!" Kevin quickly took his wolf form and took off out the front door, howling loudly for his father and brother.

"Hold tight to me, my darlings" Eddward smiles flitting off into the forest after them.