A/N Is there anyone still with me on this story? I am so sorry that it took so long for this chapter. The muses have just not been cooperating with me on this one, but i finally got it going. I hope you enjoy and leave my some review loving. It motivates me to write more. Enjoy!

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EPOV

My lover was turning into quite the little vixen. I couldn't believe that she had asked me to fuck her like that. I enjoyed it immensely, but I would have figured that her Southern sensibilities would have kept her from wanting something like that. You can imagine my pleasant surprise to be proven wrong.

I had curled up around my lover afterwards and let sleep take me over. It was a strange sensation to decide when I wanted to rest rather than have death pull me under at dawn. It was going to take some getting used to, but it was wonderful that I could sleep whenever my future wife was tired.

I had only been asleep a couple of hours when a soft knock at the door woke me. I got up, slipped on a pair of sleep pants and went to see what Hunter needed. I opened the door and there he was with tears in his eyes. This was almost more painful then watching Sookie cry. "Hey little man, what's with these tears so early in the day?" I had checked the clock and it was just before seven.

"I had a bad dream and I'm hungry."

I scooped him up into my arms and wiped away his stray tears. "What did you dream about?"

"I dreamt that the bad man had me again and I was seeing him hurt my mommy all over again."

I held him to me tighter to give him the comfort that he needed. If Bill Compton wasn't already dead, I would make him wish that he was. The emotional damage he did to this child would have earned him years of torture by my hands. "Hunter, that bad man is never going to hurt you ever again. I know that you have seen some terrible things over the past couple of days, but things are going to get better for you. Me and your Aunt Sookie are going to take such good care of you."

"What about when my cousins get here? They will need all of your attention and then you won't have any time for me anymore."

This child was too smart for his breeches. I set him down and looked into his eyes. "Hunter, I promise that no matter how many cousins you have, your Aunt Sookie and I will always make time for you. Okay?"

"Seven."

I couldn't stop the confusion that came over my face. "What do you mean Hunter?"

"When you talk about my cousins the number seven keeps popping up in my mind."

That was new. "Do things like that happen often?"

"No, this is the first time."

Sookie and I would have to talk about this. It could be that he had good instincts, not that I really thought that Sookie would want to have that many children, or it could be an extension of his telepathy. I decided to not worry about that or any possible psychological damage he may have suffered and decided to go with his basic human needs. "What would you like for breakfast?" I scooped him back into my arms and carried him downstairs to the kitchen.

"Pancakes!" He was so excited over something so simple. I knew that Sookie wasn't going to approve, but I was going to take Hunter shopping and buy him anything and everything that his little heart desired. He had suffered so much lately, I wanted him to know that there were people that cared and would take care of him.

I set him down at the table, fixed him a glass of orange juice and went to work making his breakfast. Contrary to popular belief, even though I didn't need to eat, I still knew how to cook.

I worked at the counter that was in Hunter's sight and put on a bit of a show as I made his pancakes. It brought a smile to his face and that warmed my cold, dead heart. The fact that he could still be smiling and finding some enjoyment in life after everything that had happened told me that he was a strong young man.

As I was mixing up the batter I felt a strange sensation come over me and my mind became disconnected and all kinds of images came to me. I don't know how it happened or how I could possibly know, but I knew that I was having a vision of the future.

I was in another kitchen in another house, but I was making pancakes like I was now. I knew that it was five years in the future. Hunter was ten, the twins Sookie was carrying now were 5 and the twins girls not far off in the future were three. I looked further into the room and I saw my Sookie waddle in, ripe with a set of triplets. There were the seven that Hunter had known about. I really hoped that Sookie didn't get this vision anytime in the near future. If she knew about this third pregnancy, I don't think she would ever want to have sex with me again. She was going to be pregnant for the majority of the next five years and I didn't think she would take to well to that fact.

I watched as the future me was making pancakes for all of my beautiful children. I knew that sometime in the next five years that Hunter would agree to let Sookie and I officially adopt him and that filled me with joy. As I looked at my other children it was almost too much for me to take. They were all so beautiful. My sons looked identical to me, except they had their mother's brown eyes and my daughters looked identical to their mother except they had my blue eyes. They were all perfect and I was anxious to know what the triplets this future Sookie carried look like. She was carrying two girls and another boy. I was going to have four sons and four daughters to care for. It was more than I could have ever hoped for.

I realized that there must be some reason that I was having this vision besides seeing my children, so I focused on what was happening. Sookie and I were talking to each other telepathically. Did you come up with a plan to find her Sweetie?

I always have a plan Lover. I focused on my feelings and I realized that it was Pam that Sookie was talking about that had been taken. Pam was always so careful, who could have taken her? There was something strange about this vision. The future me wasn't as worried about Pam has I should have been. There was something that I wasn't getting yet. Are you going after her this afternoon?

Yes.

Aren't you glad that I told you to keep that a secret?

Yes my love, but I think that it's time that I test out to see if our other little secret will work on someone else.

My vision jumped to later that day. The sun was high in the sky and there was a warehouse. I could see inside and Pam was chained down in the basement. I could feel the silver burning her flesh and my anger grew inside of me. I watched as my future self popped into the basement with her. How in the hell was I going to be able to pop like a fairy?

I pushed that thought aside for the moment and focused on what the future me was doing. I'd grabbed onto the silver chains wrapped around her with my bare hands. I waited for the pain that I knew was coming, but nothing happened. More strange happenings. I was becoming more confused by what I was seeing than informed.

I focused back on what I was doing to Pam. I was somehow sending my ability to safely walk out in the day into her. If I could do this, why hadn't I done it sooner? I watched as I pulled her slowly healing body into my arms and popped out.

I came back into the present and realized that this whole vision had only taken a few seconds. It was a lot to process, but I had a little man that I had to feed, so I went back to making his pancakes.

When I'd finished cooking and Hunter was eating away I let my vision run through my mind several times. The fact that Sookie and I were going to have seven children was a blessing, but the rest of the vision left me very perplexed.

It would seem that at some point in the future Sookie was going to acquire the ability to share powers and she would be sharing them with me. I didn't really know how I felt about that. Power means almost everything in the supernatural world, but I had always been happy with the power that I had. I didn't think that I wanted more power, but that would have to be something that I would have to think over.

This whole situation would warrant a discussion with Niall at some point as well. I wasn't completely familiar with Fae powers, but some of these just didn't seem Fae like. I knew that I should call and talk to Niall right away, but I had to attend to my son. We had shopping to do.

I sent Hunter up to get ready while I cleaned up the breakfast mess, then I went upstairs to our room. I dressed in a black tank top, jeans and boots, then I went to check on Sookie. She was sleeping peacefully right were I left her. The sheet had slipped down below her ever growing baby bump and exposing her luscious breasts that seemed even bigger now that they were last night. I wanted to reach over and touch her has my fangs dropped down, but I knew that I didn't have time and she needed her rest so my sons would grow big and strong.

I couldn't stop myself from gently caressing her baby bump. It was still hard for me to believe that I was going to be a father after all these years. I had resigned myself to the fact that I had lost that opportunity. Having it back was going to be a big change, but one that I was more than ready and prepared to embrace whole heartedly.

As I ran my hand over my love's growing belly, I could feel to distinct thumps against my hand. My sons were letting me know that they knew that I was there. I could feel how happy they were through the bond I now shared with Sookie. It was like there was now three separate lines to the bond, one to Sookie and one to each of my sons. "Daddy has to go out for a little while boys so you be good and let your mother rest. She needs to be strong and rested to care for you both." I felt love and warmth coming from the boys. I couldn't stop the smile that spread across me face. "I'm taking your big brother shopping, but we'll be back very soon. I love you boys." I leaned down and kissed where each boy had thumped my hand, then I leaned down and kissed Sookie gently on the lips. I pulled the sheet up around her so that she wouldn't get cold. When I knew she was snug I went downstairs where my eldest son was waiting for me.

I led Hunter into the garage and I wanted to take the corvette to show him what a real car was like, but I knew that there would never be enough room for everything that we were going to purchase today, so I headed for the SUV instead.

I opened the door and looked inside, then back at Hunter. He was still young enough that he would need a booster seat for him of some kind. I knew that Sookie didn't conjure one and I really didn't want to wake her up since she was sleeping so peacefully. I was tempted to fly some place really fast and pick one up, but I wasn't comfortable leaving Hunter here alone.

I don't know what made me do it, but I closed my eyes and pictured the type of booster seat that we would need. I had seen them on television and in catalogs. I focused on it being here and set up and all ready for Hunter to sit in it.

I heard a noise and when I opened my eyes there it was. Apparently Sookie had already given me at least one power. I don't know when she had done it or even if she realized that she had done it, but this could definitely be an advantage. It also brought up a whole list of questions that I didn't have answers for. I pushed them aside for now and got Hunter in the car and we were off.

I wanted to take him to the mall in Shreveport, but I didn't want to take that great of a chance of getting recognized, so I decided to head to the mall in Monroe. I drove much faster than I was suppose to so the drive wouldn't be so long and somehow none of the cops and state troopers I passed going well over the speed limit didn't notice me at all. Now that could come in really handy and save me a hell of a lot of glamouring.

Hunter and I talked about the kinds of toys and games that he would like to have as we drove along and he seemed really excited about shopping. I had almost expected him to be uncomfortable with me since essentially I was a stranger to him and a vampire to boot, but he wasn't. I hoped that this trip would help us bond and help him see that he was safe now.

When I parked the car I could actually feel his excitement. It was like he was a part of the bond too, but on a very small level. I assumed it was because they shared blood, but I wasn't a hundred percent sure. More questions, yeah!

As I got him out of the car I looked around and what he was excited about when I realized that I had parked in front of the toy store. "Can we go in the toy store first Uncle Eric? Please, please, please!"

"We will go in little man, but we need to get you some clothes and shoes and furniture for your room first. It might take awhile to find just the right bed that you want."

His eyes got big as he thought about that. "Could I get a racecar bed?"

"Of course."

"What about a rocket ship bed?"

"Anything your heart desires little man."

"What if I want a bunk bed with a ladder and a desk under it so that I can have a place to color? That is the bed that I really want. I like being up high."

"Then that is the bed that you must have. We'll make sure that it is exactly what you want."

We walked inside and luckily the stores weren't terribly busy since it was still fairly early in the day. I hadn't thought of the consequences of bringing a novice telepath out around people. I was used to being out with Sookie who has control of her shields.

I wished that Hunter could have a nice, normal day for once where he didn't have to struggle to keep the voices out of his head. I had been holding his hand as I thought this and I could actually feel the power flow through me and into Hunter. I stopped and watched his face to see if he was hurt or if I had done something bad to him, but I watched a huge smile spread across his little face and he visibly relaxed. I didn't know what to think until he pulled me down so that he could whisper into my ear. "Thank you Uncle Eric."

"What for little man?"

"For making the voices stop."

I hid my shock really well from what I had done. This was definitely going to take some getting used to and I definitely was going to have to work on controlling it. "Hunter, you can't hear anybody?"

"Well, it's more like a radio with the volume turned down low. There is still a little noise, but not like people screaming in my head."

"I don't know how long this is going to last, but I know that it's not permanent."

"I'll take what I can get." He took my hand and started dragging me. "Come on Uncle Eric." I let him pull me wherever he wanted to go. I would do anything to keep that smile on his face.

As we went from store to store picking out everything that he needed I could see how happy and he relaxed he was. It made me happy to see him like this probably for the first time. I wanted him to be able to feel like this all the time, but he'd been given his telepathy for a reason. It was a part of him and it wasn't up to me to take it away.

After we purchased him a whole new wardrobe and furnished his room with everything he wanted that would be delivered early the following week, I loaded his clothes into the SUV. I could see the Hunter was practically jumping out of his skin to get into the toy store. I was tempted to tease him that we didn't have time to go it, but I couldn't do that. "Come on little man, we have lots of toys to purchase." Hunter ran into the store and I couldn't stop myself from running in after him at human speed.

I grabbed two carts on my way to catch up with him. Hunter stopped short when he saw that I had two carts and looked up at me. "We are not leaving until both of these carts are overflowing with toys." Hunter's smile grew even bigger as we started going up and down the aisles. I could see that he was still hesitant to put things in the cart.

I kept checking the weak bond that we had and every time that his emotions spiked as he looked at a toy it went in the cart. After doing that a few times it was enough that he started filling it up on his own.

It didn't take the two of us long to fill up both carts. There was one more part of the store that we needed to hit, the electronics apartment. Hunter really wanted a Game Boy and I had been wanting to get a Wii for awhile and I was using Hunter as my excuse to get one.

The salesman had gotten me the two game consoles and I was looking over the games. I wanted Hunter to have some fun games, but it wouldn't hurt to have something educational as well. The educational game brought up another round of questions that Sookie and I would have to discuss. Would Hunter be able to handle public school? Is there a Supe school that we can send him to? Do we want to find a special a tutor for him so that he can be home schooled? Definitely something for us to discuss and think over very carefully.

I had two games that I wanted Hunter to see and make sure that they were ones that he would want to play. I turned to show him and he was gone. I looked around and he wasn't in my line of vision. I could feel him in the bond and he wasn't panicking, but I was starting to. I wanted to scream for him to come back here, but I didn't want to attract attention to myself or Hunter.

I was running through my mind where he might have disappeared to when I heard a little voice that made me relax for a half a second until I realized that it was in my head. I'm in the bathroom Uncle Eric. I really had to go."

Hunter, can you hear my thoughts?

Not usually, but you were practically screaming in my head.

If I could I think I would be getting a headache right about now. Everything that had happened so far today was becoming a bit too much for me to handle. Hunter, let's keep this between us until I have a chance to talk to Aunt Sookie. Okay?

Sure Uncle Eric. He came around the corner and I showed him the games I was holding. He liked both of them so they both went into the cart.

I was going to have us take one more turn around the store when I suddenly started getting this really bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. It wasn't coming directly from Sookie, but I could feel that something bad was getting ready to happen at the house and I needed to get back to Sookie.

I hurried us to the check out and through the line as quickly as possible making sure that I picked up batteries and head phones for his new Game Boy. If there was going to be trouble I wanted Hunter to be distracted so he wouldn't try to get involved and so that he hopefully wouldn't get scared.

I was driving home even faster than before and we were half way there I could feel panic coming from Sookie. It only lasted a few seconds, but I knew something bad was happening. I put my foot all the way down on the accelerator to get home as quickly as I could. I sent Sookie love and comfort through our bond and tried to let her know I'd be there as soon as I possibly could.

It took me less time than I realized to get home. I pulled into the driveway and I could feel that Sookie was calm now, but I was still worried that something had happened to her.

I scanned around for any danger, but there wasn't any close by. I got out and helped Hunter out, lifted him up and zipped him into the house and to Sookie.

I set Hunter down and immediately went to see if Sookie was harmed in any way. She said that she was fine, but I could see that she had put on her fake smile. I couldn't tell if it was for my benefit or Hunter's, but I knew that something was wrong.

She sent to me telepathically that there were four Weres in the backyard that had broken into the house. I wanted to rip them apart for coming after my bonded, but I knew we needed to find out what they were doing here and who they were working for.

I asked what we should do with Hunter to keep him occupied for awhile. She suggested that he put his new things away. I could tell that she wasn't happy with all of the things that I'd bought for him, but we discuss that later.

I went out and gathered all of his stuff in my arms and made it up in only one trip. I made sure that he was all set to do this himself, then I went downstairs with Sookie. As I walked down the stairs I watched her wave her hand and a wave a power went upstairs. She told me that she was making sure that Hunter wouldn't hear whatever we were about to do to those Weres.

As we went out into the backyard and Sookie was wielding her powers on those Weres I knew that we would have to sit down and have a long talk about them and a lot of other things, but when, I had no idea,

Knowing that these Weres were here to avenge Russell just pissed me off. I wanted to drain them all dry and rip them to shreds, but when Sookie suggested that we make an example out of them I knew that was exactly what we had to do. Her saying this and even coming up with the idea made me so proud of her and I realized that she was going to make an absolutely magnificent queen.

I wanted to ravaged this new, bloodthirsty Sookie, but those Weres had to be dealt with and Sookie mentioned that there was still a wedding that she needed to finish planning. I couldn't stop the smile that spread across my face and the happiness and excitement that flowed through our bond as I thought of our wedding. I could hardly wait to marry this fantastic woman and get started on our life together.

Sookie sent the Weres to an abandoned warehouse where they would stay sealed up until tonight. She told me that it was time to make phone calls so there were witnesses to this execution. I wanted to help so that Sookie could relax and rest, but she thought that it would be better for me not to advertise my new day walking abilities yet. I wanted everyone to know, but after my vision this morning I realized that she was right.

I told Sookie to go to my office to make her phone calls while I made her and Hunter lunch. She was shocked that I would stoop so low to do that, but I told her I wanted to take care of her and my sons. She shed some tears at me calling Hunter my son and we both agreed that those arrangements would be moved at his own pace. (It was easy to agree when I already knew the future!)

Sookie told me what she and Hunter wanted for lunch and I went into the kitchen to fix lunch for my family. I was just pulling out what I need when I heard Hunter ask Sookie telepathically if he could have strawberry milk with his lunch. She was shocked that I had heard him, but I had actually heard their whole conversation. More things to talk about at a more opportune time, but at least our communication could come in handy.

I made Hunter's lunch first and zipped it upstairs to his room so he could eat while he finished put his new stuff away, then I went back down to fix Sookie's sandwich if you could really call it that. She had been eating some very strange things lately. I made a mental note to ask the doctor about it at our next appointment.

I fixed Sookie's lunch at a slower pace than I normally would so that I could listen to her conversation with Herveaux. It started out as normal polite conversation until she mentioned that we were getting married. He called her a fang banger and I wanted to rip him to shreds for it. Nobody calls my fiancée, bonded, and queen a fang banger. She was and always will be a lady that deserves and should demand respect.

I stood in the doorway and growled at what he was saying to her. Sookie tried to send calm and love through the bond, but it wasn't really helping me to calm down. I was angry and I wanted blood, but that would have to wait for later tonight.

I knew that if that mutt didn't change his tune pretty soon something drastic was going to have to be done and Sookie wouldn't like it, but I could not be seen as a weak ruler. I tried not to think of that particular option for now and listened to the rest of their conversation. Sookie stood up for our relationship and put that Were in his proper place. I was so proud,

I brought Sookie her lunch, then went upstairs to play with Hunter while she made her calls. He was still surrounded by tons of stuff that needed to be put away, so I helped him with that.

By the time that we finished he could hardly keep his eyes open. I lifted him up and tucked him into his bed. He was asleep by the time his head hit his pillow. I could hear Sookie talking away, so I went into our bedroom.

I started up my laptop and did some shopping for the wedding, then I searched for some local real estate companies. I found one I liked and picked out a couple of houses that I wanted to take a look at sometime after the wedding.

With our family growing so rapidly I knew we would definitely need a bigger house. This place was meant to just be a safe house, not any kind of permanent residence. We were also going to need security in our new home with our new position and I was almost one hundred percent positive that my lover wasn't going to like it, but it was a necessity.

I bookmarked the properties that I liked, then my mind wandered to what would be the best way to kill those Weres. I wanted them to suffer, but executions were usually swift justices. They had come after my soon to be wife and my sons. If anything had happened to them nothing and nobody would have been safe from my wrath.

I was lost in my thoughts when my Lover called to me telepathically. She was feeling frisky and horny right now and requested that we play a little game of cat and mouse. I was more than up to that particular challenge. My inner predator was awakened by this challenge.

With her ability to pop now, she was very allusive prey, something I enjoyed very much. It was no fun to catch your prey right away. The game didn't last long though because all the popping had worn Sookie out within fifteen minutes and she was more than ready to get to the more pleasurable part of our game. I zipped up to our room and was more than happy to accommodate her.

When we were both satisfied and Sookie was curled up next to me I realized that I had never asked her who had sent the Weres. I knew they weren't organized enough to work without a master. She was almost asleep and I hated to disturb her, but my curiosity got the better of me.

When I heard the names Victor Madden and Felipe de Castro come out of her mouth as the ones controlling the wolves I knew that this could quite possibly be a very big problem. We were going to need reinforcements if those two were coming after us. Felipe was not someone who would take no for an answer and he always got whatever he wanted and was willing to take it by any means necessary.

I realized then that he had found our about Sookie and he wanted her, but he would only get her over my dead ashes.

Sookie asked me to wake her to give her enough time to shower and eat later and I agreed. I knew that she could hear the strange tone in my voice, but she was asleep before she was able to ask me about it,

I waited a few minutes to make sure she was deeply asleep before I slid out of the bed and got out my cell phone. I had some favors that I'd saved up over the years and I figured now was the time to call them in.

I left messages with a dozen different creatures that I hoped would be able to help us. I hoped they wouldn't take to long with their responses. I could feel that more trouble was coming and sooner than we thought, but I had to wait to worry about that for now. I had an execution to prepare for.