Chapter 6

She awoke Wednesday in the late afternoon, the sun only now starting to go down. Having decided to spend the night in the cubby with him she vowed to eventually get her room light tight. Her fairy instinct told her the sun was soon to go down for the night and so she turned her head slightly, pulling the thick fur blanket over herself and her eerily still Viking. Not wanting to risk waking him, she stared at the ceiling for a few moments, taking in all that had happened over the past days and what was to come tomorrow evening. Her pajamas she had dressed in before heading to bed last night still fit, though the bottoms were a smidge snugger than she remembered them being. But as she let her hand fall to her midsection, she knew that this would all be worth it and had to laugh. It was funny that she would only be pregnant a fraction of the time a normal human would and she laughed again at the fact she was not only a faerie, but a faerie-vamp. Her smile faded as dark thoughts crept into her mind, that should others discover what she was, what she was carrying, what further danger would she be in? even after she had the baby, she was still a very race creature indeed and that alone would make her quite a prize. She shuddered to imagine what her baby could bring for someone unsavory.

"Penny for your thoughts?" a voice broke her from the dark her mind had traveled to and she was fairly unsurprised to find the body nest to her stirring, her brown eyes meeting those gorgeous blue eyes of the Viking . "I had a troubled rest…..I could sense you were a little…..off."

She have him a rueful smile. "I know o worry too much, but can you really blame me? Look at our track record. Kidnappings, killings, all the blood spilled….I mean I have come to accept it as a part of my life but now we have this to worry about."

"You know I wouldn't let anything happen to you…to either of you…" she felt his hand graze her face gently before settling on her steadily growing bump.

"I hope I can fit in the dress decently enough tomorrow. At this rate, I am going to look-"

"As beautiful as you do now." he interrupted. "Besides, its just more for me to play with." he nodded at her chest and she looked down, sure enough she had gotten a little…larger in that department as well.

She slapped him playfully and laughed. "You're terrible."

He grinned devilishly back at her and she couldn't help but think back to the night they met. And she told him he had frightened her that night. To which he laughed. "Miss the longer hair?" he teased.

She laughed again, feeling nature call and as she went up the ladder to head to the bathroom, she thought she heard something. And with her acute hearing, she knew very well she hadn't imagined it. Walking out onto the front porch, she was fully prepared to use her power to protect herself but the blow hit her in the back of the head and the last thing she saw was paws approaching her, a wet growl emanating from more than just one. The last thing she saw was the shadow of a vehicle pulling fast up front. And with the sunlight still present, a angry Eric, who had heard and felt her fright, had left the cubby and had raced to the porch to see what was happening. But the half dozen wolves-half shifted and half in human form-had been prepared, shooting him with silver bullets from guns. And as powerful as he was, the combination of sun and silver brought him down, toe the amusement of the wolves. Falling to his side, he felt his skin start to burn and yet, he still tried coming at the wolves, who laughed and taunted him as they made their escape, closing Sookie in the rear of a windowless van, the scent of iron, the one thing that could weaken her as silver did to vamps. Cursing his luck, he was forced to escape back into the shade of the house, knowing that daylight was soon to be ended but he was still in no position to go after her. Ignoring the pain that he felt as he used his fingers to pluck out the bullets that were in his legs and torso, he was relieved to see the wounds heal but was angrier than he had been in some time. Wasting no time, he raced to the cubby where his cell phone was and made a few quick texts and a single phone call

Explaining what had happened to Sookie, Eric was on no mood to get into any real long winded talk with her brother, suffice it to say he needed to get the word out to at least the deputy so that he had some extra help in the search for the vehicle. No sooner had the sky turned dark did Pam and Willa appear, ready to help however they could.

"They couldn't have gone too far….I mean, I smell those dang wolves and its….nasty." Pam sneered, her nose crinkling in annoyance. "But they did a decent number to you." she nodded to his white tank top that was covered in blood. "But my question is how did they know about her, I mean, it is a well guarded secret. You wanted us to glamour anyone you even thought knew what she was before and now being what she is, carrying what she is….."

"This is what I feared the most would happen to her, and now with her being in the state that she is….all I want to do is rip those wolves to shreds."

"Now without us you aren't, I for one, have had enough of those things giving y'all a hard time….though I guess that Alcide wasn't terrible, pity how he went down…." Pam replied. "Anyway, we can fly overhead and see of we can catch their scent, we may not know exactly where they went but there aren't a ton of weres living in this area." she suggested. "Are you feeling up to it?" a steely eyed gaze and a fanged smirk told her her answer.

"When I find out how they learned about her, they are going to certainly regret stepping foot onto her property." he replied. "shall we?"

Nodding, his two progeny followed him into the darkening night sky, hoping to catch the scent of the devious wolves, knowing that it likely was not going to be as easy as they would like it to be to get her out of their clutches.

She was groggy as she felt the moving vehicle rolling, her stomach feeling slightly nauseated. But weakened by the cuffs on her ankles and wrists was more than enough to keep her powers useless and she dared not reveal the extent of her unusualness, in regards to the vamp part of her nature. Still, she wanted nothing more than to break free, to destroy these things before any harm came to her/ then again, she knew harm would certainly befall her and the baby should she try something stupid.

"Look, I don't know what you freaks want with me…..I knew some wolves before and you guys? You pale compared to the ones I knew. They were decent, hard working and brave. You guys? You are just a bunch of rejects. Pack rejects, no doubt. But what do you want with me?" she asked warily.

The five in the van with her grinned. "We smelled you when we were coming through town and knew there was something about you….we heard rumors of you from our former leader. A leader unlike any we ever knew and in his will he ensured someone loyal to him would know the secret that would leave us in good shape. That we could get to him through you. Bait in a pretty blonde package." one of the wolves explained, looking at Sookie up and down. "We got ourselves a new leader, almost as good as the former one we had. The one your vamp killed years back."

It didn't take a genius to figure out who these wolves once worked for. "Edgington? You worked for him?" Sookie asked slowly.

"You really think there weren't more of us out there? There are dozens who followed him for years. Some whole families of our kind followed him on every continent. But our new leader happens to be a progeny of Russell, twice as old as your vamp. And if you though Russell was something, you ain't seen anything yet. See, he sent us to get you because his maker told him how special you were….how you taste. And he has paid us well to come get you and though no doubt he will come after you, well, he may come but he won't leave where we are taking you. Carter cares not if he lives or dies, though he would prefer that he isn't killed in his effort to rescue you. He is a rare one, that Viking of yours…..but there is something else about you…." one of the wolves went to sniff her and she was disgusted by the sweaty stench of the three that were examining her closer. And leaning back, one opened his eyes in amusement. "Well there certainly is something more special about that faerie blood of yours….looks like Carter is getting a two for one deal, ain't he?" Sookie was somewhat relieved that somehow they had failed to detect her other secret, hoping that she could use it to her advantage. That, she vowed, would be her last resort.

Her fear overtook her, her fear of that they would do to her and her baby. But also the fear of what could await Eric when he inevitable came to get her back. And that light, that faerie rage magic that had brought down a building days ago reemerged from her body, even though she was bound in the iron. As she let loose the magic, she cut through four of the wolves with her, leaving the fifth to escape through a hole that had been blasted open in the roof. She felt the vehicle come to a grinding halt and the power was already retreating, having taken a toll on her body. Yes, she had slain four of the wolves but two et remained and as she slumped to the ground again, new bonds of iron put on her, chains too added to the mix, she saw a figure hovering through the roof and her hopes were dashed when she saw that it was, in fact a blonde vampire. Just not the one she had hoped for.

To Be Continued