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Chapter 45
The next day Eric snuck out early to do some shopping. He was gone most of the morning. When he got back he found the kids, Sookie and Lily in the large sitting room that now was more intended for the kids. Toys, a portable crib, books and blankets were scattered around the room now instead of stuffy nick knacks. Sookie had asked the staff to put the expensive pieces away so that the kids could play and not worry about breaking things. Eric leaned on the door jam watching his family. Johan saw his father first, his legs running to his father. "Daddy! We missed you!" His son was always happy to see him.
"You too my son. I missed you all of you." He smiled around the room looking at Erika playing with a doll and Enar was pushing his behind off the floor.
Eric stood and watched his second son, he was grabbing the cushion on the chair, he had himself up on his feet. Eric whispered to Sookie, she looked to Eric and then followed Eric's gaze. Their eyes watched as Enar took his hands off the chair and his little feet moved forward without holding onto anything for support. Eric was afraid to move, that it would scare him and he would fall. Enar was far from afraid, his eyes went to his father and he squealed and held his arms out for Eric. Eric rushed to him. "Come to me my son." Eric stood maybe two feet away from Enar, it was a task big enough for him to complete, his little face grinning as he concentrated on how to get to his father without falling. His little legs moved slowly, one foot forward, then the other until he took about six steps and fell on his behind. Eric thought his son was done but no, Enar put his hands next to him and pushed himself back up. "Sookie, look at him."
She hadn't taken her eyes off either of them. Sookie sat completely still the entire time, she wept all the while watching her son take his first step to his daddy. "I see him Eric, look at him go!" Everything told her to rush to him, pick him up and not let him do this, she wanted him to stay little forever. But he wanted to be mobile, he had since the day he was born.
Eric held his arms out again, he stepped back a step to distance himself again so Enar would have another challenge. His son did not disappoint, his wobbly legs moved again, one in front of the other. This time he did it and at the end he flung himself at Eric who swooped him up. Eric was giddy. "My son! You are amazing!" Eric planted kisses all over the side of Enar's little face and loved every minute of it. Sookie sat smiling, her kids made them both so happy. Eric walked and sat down holding Enar. "Hi." Eric looked at his wife.
She was wiping tears from her face. "Hi." She leaned in and kissed him.
"How are you feeling today?" He nodded toward her belly.
Her hand went to her stomach and rubbed slightly. "We are good this morning. A few butterflies just now, but we are feeling fine."
Eric grinned. "Well, I believe I will take my children outside to the court yard then. Johan needs to practice his sword and the twins could use the fresh air. You, my beautiful bride need to go and rest."
She shook her head and stood up. "I will before the meeting tonight. I actually have some work to do." Turning to walk away she heard her husband growl, she giggled. "Now, Eric, no need for all this jealousy. I thought we talked about this yesterday?"
He just shook his head and took his kids outside. Sookie went to Eric's office to do some work. Picking up the phone she called Amelia. "Hey mama! How are you and that cute baby?"
"Hi Sook, we are great! How's things in New Orleans? I wish I could be there with you." She sounded great Sookie thought.
"Miss you too. Things here are great, but nothing we cant handle. How is Toni doing?" Sookie was reading an email Toni forwarded to the King.
"Really good. She is catching on, she knows a lot of this stuff already now she is just doing it on the bigger scale. Did you get the emails she sent you that she forwarded to Eric?" Amelia got her lap top out to go over some stuff with her.
"Yea, I am reading one now. Eric will be pleased she is doing well. Is there anything I need to take care of right away?" The fax machine was going off and Sookie turned in the chair to get it. It was something for Eric so she put it on top of his pile on the desk.
"Check over the emails she sent you. There are some requests for appearances again, which I know you wont go to. There are also some from vampires asking to attend Johan's birthday party. What the hell is that about? You haven't set a date or made any plans yet have you?" Amelia sounded mad.
"No, I will talk it over with Eric. He wants this to be a coming out of sorts for Johan. I am not really happy at all about it but Eric has his own agenda where this is concerned. I want to do it before his birthday so on his birthday itself we can do something low key, just us family at the house. What do you think?" Sookie hoped Eric would go for it.
Amelia giggled. "That would be great, I think it is a good idea." The two talked about things, Sookie told her about Eagle, about the fainting spell, Johan's fangs, the zoo and Amelia laughed and told her the most exciting thing she had going on was dirty diapers. They caught up, Sookie gave her some things she needed taken care of and ended the call.
The next call Sookie made was to Toni. She knew she was at the their house today working in the make shift office Eric was having built for her. "Hi Toni, how are you?"
"Hi Sookie, how is New Orleans?" Toni sounded happy to hear from her.
"We are good. Listen I just wanted to make sure that there wasn't anything you needed from me. You know I have my cell and you can call me anytime if you have any questions or things you need to let me know about." Sookie put her best southern voice on.
"Oh, I know we are up to speed on our end of things. Actually I did have something I needed to talk to Mr. Northman or Mark about. It is about one of the workers here at the house. Is the Kings or Mark there for me to speak with?" Toni asked shyly.
"Yes, let me grab my cell phone and I will call you back when I find Eric, alright?" They hung up and Sookie to the table next to the couch where she had plugged her phone in when she came in. She walked through the palace to the back door where the kids and Eric were practicing. Walking through the doors she head the clashing of swords. "Eric?" She saw her husband who was intently watching Gary the guard and Johan training. Eric turned to her and nodded for Gary to continue and walked to Sookie.
"Yes, my love?" Eric gave her his undivided attention.
She looked at her son who was smirking then back to Eric. "I just talked to Toni. She says she needs to talk to you about a worker at the house, well, you or Mark." She dialed the number and handed Eric her cell phone. He nodded to her.
"Yes, Toni, what can I do for you?" He listened as Toni spoke. His eyes narrowed a bit. "You have not spoken to the Johnson brothers or Mark about this yet?" Again he listened. "I will send Alcide to take care of it. Thank you for your quick response to this. I will handle it. If you find anything else off please notify me immediately." Eric hung the phone up. "Toni recognized the name of one of the employees on the list of the work crew from one that her husband has on his new no access list for the base."
"Is he still working at the house?" Sookie looked at her husband concerned.
"He isn't there today but I will call Alcide and ask him to handle it." Eric took his phone out of his phone and dialed Alcide. Eric walked back toward his son.
Sookie went back inside and saw Mark on his phone. She waited until he was off the phone. "Mark, Toni called and said one of the workers at the house is banned from the base. Eric is calling Alcide now."
Mark nodded his head. "I just got off the phone with the military police. I get an updated list weekly, or daily if it changes. Let me go talk to Eric." He squeezed her arm to let her know it would be fine and went to find Eric.
Sookie went back to Eric's office to finish working. She worked through the mail and made piles, Eric's and hers. Surprisingly there were many requests for the upcoming Northman birthday party requests in her piles. Frowning she opened them, read them each and made a pile to show Eric. Lily tapped on the door. "Hi Lily, come on in."
"Hello Sookie, I just put the kids down for their nap. Eric worked Johan pretty hard so he was really tired. Enar and Erika went right down too. They were having fun playing in the courtyard." Lily smiled at Sookie.
"Ok, great. Thanks for everything Lily." Lily turned and left.
Sookie continued sorting the large stack of mail. When she was through with the mail she spent a few hours going through emails and doing some shopping on line, her head came up when she heard Eric come in. "Hi sweetie." She looked back to what she was doing.
"Everything alright my love?" He sat across the desk from her, crossing his leg at the angle. Eric could feel her frustration about something, what he didn't know.
She pointed to the large stack of mail on his desk. "Mail from all over. They want to come to a birthday party we haven't even talked about." Her face was riddled with anger.
"I think we should discuss it now Sookie. I have held off because I know how uncomfortable you are with this whole situation but it is important that we do this. Our son must be introduced formally to our world." Eric wasn't giving her an option and she knew it.
Her eyes glowed with anger. "Then why are we discussing it. You already have made the decision for both of us. He is my son too and I have no say in it! I will tell you one thing Eric, if anything happens to him because of this I will never forgive you." She was shutting down and he knew it.
Sookie could have slapped him and it would have hurt less. Her words stung and he didn't like it one bit. "Yes, he is both of ours and as his father I know what is best where my world is concerned. You may not like this but truly there is nothing you can do to stop it. We will host his party here in two months time, one week before his actual birthday. There will be two nights of celebrations, one very formal with people coming from all over the world, the second will be much smaller scale with just close personal friends and family. I can coordinate the entire event if you wish not to." His fangs came down he was so angry.
"No, I will do it. Give me the dates and I will start the guest list. We can sit down tomorrow and you can add who you wish to the list. I don't care who comes or if they even show up." She glared at him.
He stood up and leaned on the desk. "Do not cross me on this Sookie. I am very patient where you are concerned, sometimes too much. You are my wife and the Vampire Queen. It is time that you realize there is more to your responsibilities then just giving advice and being pal's with the other Kingdoms."
"How dare you!" She stood up putting her hands on her hips. "I am not talking to you about this right now. You want to be a ass then fine!" Sookie walked around the desk and headed toward the door.
Eric hissed to stop her. "Sookie."
"Do what you want Eric. Leave me alone!" She turned and gave him a dirty look and walked out of the office leaving him standing there alone. Eric wanted to throttle her. He knew how to protect his family and what gave her the right to question him about this. Well, she wasn't winning this one. His son would be introduced to the super natural world and she would have to find some way of dealing with it.
Sookie walked down the hall to go out into the court yard. She needed some air before she killed someone. How dare he talk to her like that, accusing her of doing nothing but being some fluffy gossip where her responsibilities of the Kingdom was concerned. Then on top of that to tell her she had no choice but to accept this.
She went to sit on one of the stone seats that faced the pretty gardens. Part of her wanted to scream, the other part wanted to cry. All she knew was she had sacrificed so much for this life and her kids safety wasn't something she was going to negotiate. Why was Eric so adamant about this? "My Queen?" Sookie turned to see Little Eagle standing behind her.
"Hi Eagle. I am sorry, I didn't hear you come out here. How are you?" Her voice was cracking.
"I am well. I, on the other hand should ask you the same. Is everything alright?" He walked closer to her.
She shook her head. "Fine, everything is fine."
"May I sit Sookie?" He looked at her curiously.
"Sure." She smiled at him.
"Sometimes it helps to talk about it. I am a good listener, my people come to me with all types of issues. I try to be as bipartisan as possible." He grinned at her.
She sighed. "Eric and I had a disagreement about the birthday party for Johan."
"Ah, Pam mentioned it. She said she has some concerns about his being introduced to the world since he has gained a pair of fangs." His eyebrows went up.
"Yes, well not only that, he is so little. Vampires have a tendency to use people with gifts like mine. I am really worried about this. Eric seems to think that it is job as his father to make this grand stand where Johan is concerned. He doesn't care what I think and that isn't fair, we are his parents, I have a say in what happens to my son." The tears came down now.
"Sookie, you and I both know that Eric would never do anything to hurt his kids. You and those three babies are his world. He and I have spoken at length about this and he is right." He put his hand up to stop her before she could speak. "Eric will be able to control who and where his son is shown to the world. It may not make sense but you and I both know the showmen the vampire world is. Johan is very important to his world Sookie. You know it, I know it and so does Eric."
"It doesn't make it easier though." She wiped the tears from her eyes.
"Trust him Sookie. Has he ever done anything to intentionally hurt you?" She shook her head no. "He knows what he needs to do to protect his family. Let him take care of this." He looked at her confident in what he was saying.
"So you think I am just being silly or petty in how I feel?" Tears were on the brink of flowing again.
"No, please don't think that is what I mean. Your instincts as a mother are accurate Sookie, it is your instincts that help you make the right decisions where your children are concerned. You will be cautious where this party is concerned and it will keep you on your toes where Eric may be more emotionally connected because it is his species. Do not let anyone make you believe you are being silly where your kids are concerned." He took her hand and squeezed it and calm came to her. She closed her eyes and embraced it.
"Thank you Eagle. I suppose your right. I can't thank you enough for listening. It means a lot to me that you understand." She took her hand back and stood. "We will be having jambalaya for dinner. Will you be joining us?"
"Yes ma'am if you will have me." He smiled. She smiled and went to find Eric. She needed to fix this.
He was in the office on the phone. Bill and Pam were sitting waiting for him to get off the phone. Eric's eyes narrowed at her as she walked in. She ignored him. "Hey Pam, Bill. How are you both this evening?" She smiled sweetly at them.
Pam grinned. "Delightful mistress. I was hoping to see you tonight. I have missed you."
Bill chimed in. "I am well, thank you for asking. You look lovely my Queen."
"Thank you Bill, Pam. Could you two give me about five minutes with Eric?" She smiled at them both.
"Of course, tell him we will talk to him after dinner." Pam winked and lead them out of the office.
Eric hung up the phone and set it carefully on the desk. Sookie breathed deeply and looked at him. "Look, I know you think I am being a brat about this party for Johan. I just need you to understand that I only have the best intentions Eric. You and my kids are my world. The supe's of the world are frightening and I am scared to death about this party." He started to speak and she stopped him. "Hold on just a second. I don't have to like this but I will do as you ask. I know in my heart you would never do anything to hurt him. Just do me one favor ok?" He nodded. "Hire assassins, demons, hell hounds, I don't care just make sure you have enough security here to protect him. Please."
Eric stood up and walked to the other side to her. "Thank you." He leaned and kissed her. "I am sorry I was so short with you about this issue."
"Me too sweetie. I cant guarantee I wont pout and act like a brat about this because I am really worried about this." She looked away.
He laughed. "That I am sure you will do." He leaned in and kissed her.
"Ok, I am going to have dinner with the family. You coming?" She smiled at him.
"I will be there in just a moment." He smiled and she left.
Sookie walked to the dining room and stood in the doorway looking at the creatures at the table. It was full of her family and she stopped to smile at them. Pam, Bill, Mark, Lily, Nigel, Stephen, Little Eagle, the kids were all around the table, talking, laughing and eating. All that was missing was Amelia, Adam and Alcide and the picture would have been complete. Eric walked up behind her and whispered in her ear. "Why are you not in there with them?"
"I was enjoying looking at them. Its our family, minus the Herveaux's, if they were here our little family would be complete." She turned and smiled. He nodded, leaned down and kissed her.
"Come on my love, lets go eat with our kids." He pulled her in by her hand.
The rest of the week went as planned. The vampires came and went, their meetings all went really well and Eric was pleased with the results. He informed all the Sheriff's they would be meeting more frequently as well as the Kings and Queens. He was a hands on leader, he spoke to the Sheriff's daily but he felt face time kept them on their toes.
Sookie had the family at the table feeding them lunch when Eric came in from a business meeting he had with local business men, Amelia's father included. "How did it go?" Sookie was handing Enar his sippie cup.
"Well as can be expected. We have a lot of work to do." He looked irritated.
"Why don't you go and lay down to relax. You look like you could chew nails." She stood up and went to hug him. He wrapped his arms around her.
"Yes, I am a bit stressed out. I can not wait to get home. This week really has taken its toll on me." His anger and frustration was swirling in their bond.
"Lets take it easy today. We can rest today and get up early to head home. You know, I love it here with all the excitement and shopping but I love our home." She squeezed him tight and looked up at him.
He kissed the top of her head. "Me as well. I thought about moving us but I thought I would you would not want that after all the time we spent building and decorating. It just seemed easier to expand then to move"
"Your right, I wouldn't have wanted to move, I love our home. I was against you adding on to it at first but I see the thought process now." She smiled at him.
"Yes, when the house is done I am going to have the area cleared behind the house and have some quarters built for the guards and staff. I thought of putting some cottage style buildings out there as well for our love birds and for guests who want their privacy." His eyes were full of mischief.
"Really? You would do that for Lily and Mark?" She was shocked, Eric always accepted Mark because she had cared for him and his professional talents but Mark was definitely not his favorite person, less now that he and Lily were an item.
He looked her in the eyes. "I suppose it is best to allow them to have their relationship and accept it. She would be a lot happier that way I suppose."
"Ahhhhh, aren't you the cutest thing." She smirked teasing him.
"Wife, I am vampire I am not cute. Vampires are definitely not cute." He growled at her.
She giggled and hugged him tighter. "Ok, ok! Relax. I was just teasing. Go lay down and rest. I am going to get the kids down for a nap here shortly, do some packing then maybe if you are a good vampire I might come and wake you up." She winked at him. He had her over his shoulder paddling her behind playfully before she realized what was happening. The kids were laughing at their parents. "Eric Northman, put me down!" She was laughing so hard she was losing her breathe.
He set her back on her feet, pulled her up and kissed her hard on the lips. "Yes, you better wake me, I will be waiting." He smacked her ass and swaggered away.
Sookie got her to do list done, kids napping, packing done, some emails and phone calls she needed to return before they left. She spoke to the palace staff about some items she needed taken care of and then went to find Keri the palace head of staff. Sookie found her in one of the guest rooms. "Hi Keri." Sookie smiled at her.
"Hello my Queen, what may I do for you today?" Keri was a pretty woman, about thirty five, tall with dark brown hair she always wore in a pony tail.
"I wanted to touch base with you about a few things before we leave. I would like to get a room ready for Johan, his own room. I will make some arrangements to decorate his room before we come back. Also, I really appreciate you having the things put up as I asked in the sitting room. I would like to make it more kid friendly, more plush furniture, a bigger tv and less clutter. I was thinking we could use the big living room adjacent to is as the formal living room. I will email you some ideas of what I would like to go in the room to make it a place Eric can receive his guests and it be more masculine for him. I am not fond off all that pink de Castro has in that room." Sookie knew what she wanted.
"I think that is a great idea. I know the children really like the sitting room, it is perfect for them since they can just step out the door and go to the back court yard. I will work with the staff to get his room ready. Do you want it close to you?" Keri asked.
"No, not necessary. I want to leave the room next to us open for a while. I like the idea of him being on the other side of Lily's room so that one may work. It is a good size and we can put bunk beds in there maybe so Enar can stay with him if he wants him too. Johan likes being close to his little brother as you know." Sookie smiled.
"Yes, he is a good big brother. Just let me know what you need and I will make sure it is taken care of." She smiled brightly at Sookie.
"Thank you." She headed toward their bedroom. Looking at her phone she realized it had been two hours since Eric went to lay down. She opened the door to find him naked, well she assumed he was. He just has a sheet draped around his mid section and he was turned on his side, his bangs were in his face. She growled, there was nothing more sexy than when her husband's hair was in his face, he looked like a college guy who should be surfing. Silently she tip toed to the bed then took off all her clothes leaving them in the floor. Standing for a moment she contemplated her next move, he looked so comfortable, so peaceful, she almost felt bad waking him. Changing her mind about waking him she leaned down to get her clothes.
"Sookie." His sleepy voice called her. He rolled over on his back, his eyes still closed.
She grinned. "Hey sweetie." Dropping her clothes back on the floor she crawled up on top of him straddling him. He was beginning to be really happy to see her. She giggled and put her hand on gracious plenty. "Looks like you missed me."
He growled. "Maybe, maybe not." He was teasing her.
"Well, you can't exactly hide this." Her hand was moving up and down on his cock.
He moaned, his pretty blue eyes opened slightly. His hands went to her breasts and lightly squeezed them. "Um, seems bigger my love."
"Thanks, just what I want to here, you can barely keep your hands off them now! All the other babies they didn't start getting bigger to way farther along." Sookie frowned.
"I will definitely enjoy the next eight months or so." He pulled her down to kiss him. Eric was mellow from his nap, he wanted to take his time and enjoy their time together. It didn't take long before she was on his shaft and they were pushing and pumping on the other, hands clawing, pinching, stroking. Eric kept their pace slow, Sookie was thrilled with it, she wanted to love him, to take the love he wanted to give. Taking their time, they climaxed quietly holding onto the other. Sookie laid down on his chest, he gently rubbed her back. "Sookie, I love you."
She giggled. "I love you too sweetie." Looking up she looked at him curiously.
His eyes met hers. "What is it my love?" He knew what she needed he wanted her to tell him.
She looked away. "You forgot about me today."
He put his hand to her face making her look at him. "I never have forgotten about you darling." Rolling her off him he sat up against the headboard, then he pulled her up to sit between his legs. "I enjoy sharing my blood with you like this, you between my legs, my fingers touching your clit. It makes me so hard and I love making you come against my hand."
Sookie gasped. "Eric!"
"Are you going to get proper on me now Sookie?" He seemed almost disappointed.
"No, I mean….no." She laughed. "I like when you talk to me like that, it just shocks me that I do like it."
Eric's head fell back laughing. "That is because you are no longer that inexperience woman you were three years ago. Now you know what you like and you know well what I enjoy in our love making. If I thought you couldn't handle the words I would not say them. Tell me what you want Sookie."
She blushed, he knew she was a bit nervous. She didn't usually talk that way when they weren't in the throws of making love. "I want your blood." She whispered.
"Sookie. Tell me what you want. What you really want me to do." He commanded her this time.
Sitting up straight she leaned against him. "Eric, I want you blood. But I want you to touch me." He growled. "I want your fingers on my clit Eric, I want you to play with my clit while I come, please give me your blood and make me come." She panted the words. He knew she was really aroused, he could smell her, his beautiful wife was ready again.
"Tell me my love. Do you want me to touch you?" He whispered against her ear.
"Yes." She gasped.
"What Sookie, what do you want me to play with?" Eric asked her.
"My clit." She closed her eyes.
"There is my beautiful wife. Like this?" He put his finger on her lightly moving really slow.
Sookie moaned. "Yes."
"Just like that?" Eric touched her a little harder then licked the side of her face.
"A little harder, just a little bit ok?" She opened her eyes as he did as she asked.
His fingers moved on her for a bit, he knew she wanted more. "Is that enough lover? Do you want slower Sookie? Faster. You need to tell me."
"Oh Eric." She was close but not there yet, she needed him to go faster. "Faster Eric please go faster."
He grinned and obeyed. His unmerciful fingers moved faster, then faster still, his wife's body was moving against his hand, his free hand still squeezing her full breast. He felt her getting ready and he took his hand off her breast, bit into his wrist and held it to her mouth, she latched on like it was a life line. He leaned down and bit her neck and together they cried out on each others wounds as they came together. Sookie was breathless, her head leaned against his chest, her eyes closed. Eric's wound on his wrist was closed then he slowly licked her skin to close hers.
"Did you enjoy that my love?" He was running kisses down her neck and side of her face.
She shook her head. "Yes, I did. I don't know what it is about saying it that makes it so exciting."
"You need to say it more often, I love hearing the words. It makes it more pleasurable for me too you know." He nibbled on her ear.
"Really? You like it when I talk like that? If I said things about your body you would like that too?" She turned her head slightly to look at him.
"Yes, I would love to hear you say the words talking about my anatomy. You can call gracious plenty that name all you want but there are many different words Sookie." He laughed at her.
"I am not an idiot Eric. I just didn't know that was something you wanted. Now that I know you might need some soap to wash my mouth out." She kissed him softly.
He laughed against her. "How about I use the soap in another part of your body?" His fingers touched her rear entrance and she yelped and jumped off the bed.
"Alright mister! You have had enough for now. Come on, lets get in the shower and go entertain our kids. How about we watch a movie or something?" She held her hand out for him to help him get out of the bed.
He smiled taking her hand. "That would be wonderful. Maybe we can let Johan pick something out. He has good taste in movies."
Sookie laughed. "Eric, I am not watching Shrek again, we have watched that a million times already."
"Fine, then maybe my wife can find us something entertaining." He followed her to the bathroom to take a shower together so they could get to their family.
They went to the sitting room, took the kids and some how the Shrek movie got watched again. Together they cuddled and watched the movie laughing until the end. When the movie came to an end the twins were sleeping and Johan was close to falling asleep. Eric and Sookie tucked their kids into bed then went to get some sleep themselves. Both were excited to be going home the next day. Eric undressed them both then carried Sookie to the bed, gently laid her down and got in next to her. He pulled her close and they fell asleep in each others arms.
The caravan pulled in front of the house, Sookie was so glad to be home. Granted she and the family had fun on this trip, no blood shed on any trip was a plus, but she just wanted to be home. She was shocked to see the amount of work that had been done while they were gone. The guards, Lily, Trish, Mark, Stephen and Tray were unloading the bags and kids to take in the house. Sookie stood looking at all the work, there were people everywhere. Eric stepped behind her. "My love, they are close to being done. I was told the house will be done in two days, they are finishing things up as we speak. Paul is supposed to have some plans for the items we talked about. I did forget to mention one thing."
She turned to look at him. "What?"
"A pool." He stood back to see her expression.
She blinked. "A pool? You want to install a pool?"
"You do not like the idea?" He sounded disappointed.
"No, I love the idea but what about the kids Eric. Pools are dangerous." She didn't like the idea of her kids being around it and something could happen.
"Well, what if I told you the pool company I spoke to has many different devices to secure the pool so the children can not get in it without supervision. There seems to be a cover we can put on it to keep them out of it, it is mechanical and there is no way the children could get to it, well without using their powers of course." He looked her in the eye.
"Lets see what our options are. Maybe we can find some new innovation to keep them out of it without us around. I have always wanted a pool." Sookie smiled at him.
Eric took her hand and they began walking the property, he pointed out things, asked her opinion on things and made a mental note on what changes she wanted to make. He would do anything he could to make her happy and if she wanted something so miniscule he would take care of it for her. After they got about half way to the back of the property she stopped. "I never knew all this was ours Eric."
"Yes, I bought the biggest parcel I could find, well the property sort of spoke to me when I came to see it." He looked out over the area. Remembering the day he came to see the property the first time it was like it knew that he would find her and be bringing his family here. It was fate.
"It is really beautiful out here, the trees, the peace and quiet. I remember when we came out here that night and we were making out under the stars. Gosh, if I knew where those kisses would eventually take me." She smiled and stood up to kiss him.
"That night changed us both did it not? I am truly lucky." He hugged her. He picked her up and in a flash had her to the end of the property line. "See, this is the end of it here." He sat her back on her feet. She roamed around taking in the view.
"You have good taste Eric, you always know what is perfect." She went to him and they kissed for a long while before breaking the kiss so she could breathe. "Ok, lets get home. We have babies at home." She touched his handsome face, he looked down on her with those blue eyes and rushed her home.
Sookie and Eric went into the house and she wanted him to show her around the new additions. There were new light tight bedrooms, her new office and some surprises she had no idea about yet. He took her to the first one and she stood looking at what was a playroom for the kids. "Eric, was the living room not good enough for the kids?"
He looked around. "Yes, but I thought that with the expanding brood we have it would be wise to give them a room that they could play in." He smiled at her.
The room was simple but well designed. He had thought of everything. She looked around at the shelves to put their shoes, boxes of toys he insisted were learning toys, a play house, a big flat screen TV, tons of kids movies and books lined the wall, a couch in front of the TV, a tiny table and chairs with a tea set on it, tiny workshop tables and an open closet full of different costumes in various sizes. There were so many items in there it would take her a week to figure out what it all was. "Eric, this is too much!" She stood in the middle of the room shocked.
"No, the items in this room will keep our children's imaginations moving. They will play in here together, Adam will come here and play in here with our children since he is part of our family too." He smiled at her. "Come, lets go and see the other room." He took her hand. On the far side of the room was a large door that opened up to another room. It was done in a light yellow. There was a adult sized desk with a lap top sitting on it, a file cabinet behind that and on the wall was a big chalk board. In front of the desk were a dozen kids desks and chairs, each had a lap top on it, there were posters, pictures, maps all over the room. One wall had a large shelf full of books. There was a large monitor on the back wall. "What do you think?" Eric looked at her.
Tears came to her eyes. "It is their own classroom?" She couldn't believe Eric had done it. When they looked over the blue prints no where were these two room included. "You snuck this in?"
"We never knew we would have more than one child. Since we plan on having more children Sookie we need to be able to home school them properly. Their education is key, I am sure when they are older they will want to go to college but their primary education we will have to do here so we know they are safe." He hugged her, she was still crying. "Do not cry lover, it is a good thing."
"No, you are the good thing. I couldn't have picked a better father for my kids. You really are amazing Eric." She held onto him tightly.
They finished the tour and when they were done Eric picked her up and carried her to the bedroom. "I want you to rest for a while. I will take care of the kids and when you get up we will have dinner before I head to Fangtasia."
"Do you want me to come with you?" She asked softly.
He smiled. "If you wish, I would be happy if you come with me."
She crawled in the bed and fluffed her pillow. "Wake me in an hour, ok?"
He smiled and left her to get some rest, he went to his office to work. Spending a little bit longer than an hour working he shut off his computer to take care of his children. When they were done eating and in the playroom with Lily he went to wake up Sookie for dinner and to get ready. He found her up, showered and dressed putting her make up on. "Hi sweetie."
He walked over to her and kissed the top of her head. "I thought you were resting."
She turned, her hair was poker straight down her back, she was wearing a deep purple summer dress with black beading, it had spaghetti strapped, the bodice was tight around her swelling breasts, the waist was tight and the skirt was narrow and fitting. She had a wrap in her hand she began to put around her shoulders. There were diamond and platinum drop earrings in her ears. Her neck she left naked. He looked down to see the shoes she had on were black leather high heels that showed her perfectly manicured toes. "Do you like the dress Eric?" She smoothed the front of it.
"Sookie, take the dress off." His fangs came down. Her scent was driving him mad.
"What?" She looked up shocked.
"You have one minute to take it off or I will rip it off you." He growled. She didn't know what to do, she was sure he would like the dress, she looked down confused. "If you won't take it off Sookie then I suggest you find some way for me not to ruin in while I fuck you. Bend over Sookie." He was hissing at her.
"Eric, I just got dressed." She was squeaking.
"I do not care. Bend over!" He advanced on her and pulled her up to kiss, she resisted for a few minutes until his lips were sending waves of pleasure to her lower regions, she was wet and now really horny.
She pulled away from him to breathe and whispered. "Eric."
He had the skirt of her dress up, his hands on her hips holding tight, her turned holding on to the top of her vanity table and pounding hard in her before she finished saying his name. She knew she had put on a new pair of panties and they were miraculously gone in shreds somewhere. "Mine, you will always be mine Sookie!" He was growling and fucking her so hard she didn't know if she could take it. Her moans and cries as he thrust into her only spurred him on, he was like a wild animal, the moans, the growling, the intensity of his pumping inside her. She held on to the vanity table tight and stopped resisting and when she did the experience became earth shattering. His primal taking of her made her scream over and over for him to do more to her, fuck her harder, faster. He was yelling and howling so loudly she giggled a couple of times because she knew everyone in the house could hear. "Now, Sookie, come for me now!" She was ready, she was more than ready, she gave into the feeling and she almost collapsed as she climaxed crying out. Eric pumped inside her a few more times before he released inside her calling her name. He slowly pumped completing the act and eased the grip he had on her hips. Sookie's white knuckles on the table released and she pulled away and he grabbed her to take with him to sit on the bed. Sookie could feel him, he was shaking and the bond told her had almost lost control for a minute, something he didn't like at all.
"You sure know how to make a girl feel good, my handsome husband." She smiled and wanted to make him feel better about his over powering lust.
He shook his head. "Seeing you stand there you smelled and looked so amazing."
"You didn't hurt me Eric, you know you didn't. You were in control, you know you were." She turned and wrapped her arms around his neck.
"No, I was lusting hard for you Sookie, I wanted to bite you and drain you but I didn't. I knew if I took your blood like that I wouldn't be able to control myself." He looked at her with regret in his eyes.
"See! You controlled it all on your own. I didn't have to stop you, you did it all by yourself." She leaned in and kissed him. "You know what we forgot to do when we built this house?" She wanted to get his mind off of it now.
"What?" He looked at her curiously.
"Sound proofing this room." They both laughed hard. He fell back taking her with him. They laid like that for a few minutes then got up. Sookie went back to the vanity table to get herself straightened up again and he went to take a shower. He came out and dressed in all black, his Fangtasia t-shirt, jeans and boots. Sookie was done getting dressed and she walked up behind Eric and hugged him. "You look great sweetie, sexy as ever."
He turned and looked at her. "Thank you my love. Are you sure you are up to going out tonight?" He put his hand on her belly.
"Yes, Gunnar is up for anything. He has been a good sport the last few days." She placed her hand on his and they could feel his energy. "See." She looked up at him. He smiled at her brightly.
"If you are ready lets get going." He took her hand and lead her to the stairs. Alcide was standing in the foyer talking to Bill. Sookie said hello and went to check on the kids and eat quickly.
"Well, Eric, I had to hold the guards back, there was so much racket up there we didn't know if the house was being invaded or not." Alcide grinned at his friend. Bill didn't find it funny.
"Next time mongrel, I will open the windows so you will know what a satisfied woman sounds like." He grinned right back.
Bill looked at them both. "I do not find your banter funny. Both of your wives are really to good for either of you." He stomped away.
Eric and Alcide laughed at each other. "You headed to the bar?"
Eric nodded. "Yes, Sookie and I are going together." He walked to the kitchen to get a True Blood. He put it in the microwave and heated it. Taking it out he drank half of it in one drink. "How is Amelia and the baby?" They sat down next to Sookie who was eating her plate of food Sergio had left her.
"Good, Amelia has really done a great job. She is really a good mom. Adam is so happy and hardly ever cries. I got lucky." Alcide was beaming.
"Yes, I think we both hit the lottery with our spouses did we not?" Eric looked at Sookie who smiled. Sookie got up after eating to check on the kids. Alcide and Eric talked a few more minutes and Eric went to find Sookie. She was watching the twins sleep. "Ready my love?" She turned and smiled then took his hand.
He took her to the waiting SUV outside. Bill and Nigel were in the front seat. Eric held her close the entire ride. They were almost turning into the parking lot when his phone started ringing. "Eric? Look." The parking lot was full of news vans and police officers.
Eric answered. "Pam? I am outside." He clicked his phone closed. The bar had been open a little over an hour but it was packed because he was expected tonight. His eyes narrowed in concern.
Pam was standing at the back door. "Fucking Fellowship! One of their lunatics came here wielding a gun! Shot two humans and got off two shots on Felicia."
Sookie gasped and immediately started to cry. "Is she ok?"
Pam nodded. "She is healing but they used silver. She is in my office laying down." Sookie started to walk away and Eric grabbed her arm. She gave him a look and he told Nigel to go with her. She found Felicia laying on the couch and she looked clammy. "What can I do for you Felicia?" Sookie's eyes filled with tears again.
"I am healing mistress. Thank you." Felicia winced while talking.
Sookie looked at Nigel. "There has to be something we can do." Nigel left in a blur, he brought her two True Bloods.
"This will help her to heal faster." He handed one to her that he had already opened. "Eric is asking for you my Queen."
Sookie went out to the main bar where Eric was talking to the police. He looked like he wanted to rip someone's head off. She saw Pam standing behind the bar and went to talk to her. "How are the two that were shot?"
Pam nodded. "Superficial wounds but wounds no doubt. I almost ripped the guys head off. He is in custody." Pam gave her a fangy grin.
Eric walked over to them. "Close for the night Pam, call me when the rest has been taken care of." She smiled at him and he took Sookie's hand. "Come my love, lets go home."
She pulled him back. "Don't you want to find out what the police are going to do?"
He looked at her. "They have my cell Sookie, the detective and the hospital will call me as soon as they know something."
She sighed then nodded. "Ok, I am sorry."
He got her back in the car and they drove silently to the house. "You could have been there tonight, it could have been you shot instead of one of the fangbangers .If…" He sounded really mad.
"It wasn't and I am grateful no one was seriously hurt. That is all that matters." She held his hand tight.
"No! Those bastards will pay for this. I will wipe them all off the face of the earth." His fangs ran down.
She turned to look at him. "If it isn't them it will be someone else Eric. As long as there is one group there will be an opposing group. You know how the human world works."
He did, he had lived in it for over a thousand years. It didn't make it any easier. Eric told Bill to hurry home, he had things to do and he needed Sookie home and safe. When the car was out front the hurried her in the house, kissed her and told he would be late so not to wait up. She stood watching him storm out of the house. After she heard the car leave the property she went upstairs to take a quick shower, dressed in pajama bottoms and one of Eric's t-shirts. Laying down she prayed nothing would happen to her husband tonight.
Sookie woke the next morning, Eric's side of the bed was never slept in. She sat up worried. Reaching over on the table she grabbed her phone, there was a text message about four a.m. from him. "I will not be home tonight love you."
It was almost nine in the morning, she got up, took a quick shower, put on a bra and panty set in light blue, a Bon Temps t-shirt and shorts. She combed her hair up into a pony tail, grabbed her phone and hustled down the stairs. Lily had the kids in their chairs feeding them. "Hi my babies." She kissed each and looked at Lily. "Everyone doing ok this morning?"
"Yes, everyone is just fine. Enar is a bit fussy, his teeth I think are bothering him." Lily looked at Enar.
Sookie looked at her son who looked a bit grumpy. Eric always gave his kids his blood every day and he wasn't home to do it. "If Eric isn't home in a bit then I will call the doctor." Lily nodded.
Trish came out of the kitchen. "Morning Sookie, how are you?"
"Hey Trish, I am good. How are you?" Trish set a plate with poached eggs on toast and ham on a big plate. "This must be a plate for Alcide! I can't eat all this."
"You didn't have much at dinner last night. Eat." She set down a big glass of milk too.
Johan looked at his mother and between bites he spoke to her. "Mommy, Gunnar needs his breakfast too." He smiled.
"Ok, you win baby." She dug in and ate every bite. Shaking her head at her plate she must have been hungrier than she thought.
She and Lily were cleaning up the kids to put on the floor to play when Alcide came in. "Hey Sook, heard about the shooting at the club. Where is Eric?" He looked around.
She stepped away from the kids. "He left last night, he text me about four and said he was fine but I haven't seen him this morning." Her nerves were on edge.
"Don't freak out. I am sure he is fine. You know how he gets sometimes. He probably went to lay down at Fangtasia or at Pam's." Alcide got his phone out. "I will call and see if I can find him, ok?"
She smiled at him. "Thanks Alcide."
Toni came in the front door. Sookie could hear her talking to one of the guards, Sookie went out to greet her. "Hey Toni."
Toni looked at her. "Welcome back Sookie. How was the trip?"
Sookie smiled. "Great. Listen, we have some things going on this morning. There was a shooting at Fangtasia so if you get any calls or anyone contacts you about it just get information on the caller and do not give any statements about it ok?"
Toni looked concerned. "Absolutely, don't worry I know how to handle this. I will let you know by the end of the day who has called about it. I won't make any comments to anyone. Can I do anything else?"
Sookie shook her head. "No, just do what you do and that will help. Check in with Amelia for me." Toni nodded and went up to the office.
Alcide stepped to her. "He isn't answering his phone. Maybe he is sleeping. Can you feel him?"
Sookie did, he seemed fine. "Yes, he is ok. I don't feel anything out of the ordinary." She got her phone out and text him. "Sweetie, if you get this just let me your ok, love you." Alcide told her to call him if she needed him, he was heading home.
The day went by pretty quick. Sookie spent the day with the kids and when she had them down for a nap she went to do some work with Toni. It was almost dinner time and Lily stopped by the office. "I am taking the kids down to eat, are you coming down?"
Sookie looked at the clock on the wall. "Wow, I didn't realize how late it was. Yes, I will be down in a minute. Toni, you go ahead and take off." Toni gathered what she needed and said good night to leave.
Nervous now, she tried to concentrate on Eric. He seemed fine still but why hadn't he called? She walked down stairs to eat dinner with her kids. They were having pot roast which Johan loved. Enar was getting fussier so Sookie got her phone out to call the doctor. She spoke to the doctor who said she would have someone drop something off for Enar in about a half an hour. Sookie was grateful and told her thank you. Taking Enar out of his chair she held him close to comfort him, it seemed to help. Sookie cut up tiny bites of carrots for her son and he only would eat a few. Dinner completed Mark came in the dining room. "Sookie, do you mind if we take the kids to the living room to watch a movie?" He was actually smiling. Walking toward her he handed her the bag the doctor had sent over. e
She blinked a couple times. "Ok, sure go ahead. I have some things I need to take care."
Mark looked at her oddly. "Lily, take the kids in and I will be there in just a second ok?" Lily looked at them both, smiled, set Johan on his feet and took the twins to the living room.
"What's going on Sookie?" Mark knew something was up.
Sookie looked at him. "Eric hasn't been home since he left last night, he hasn't called. All I got was a text message at like four this morning."
Mark took his phone out. "Nigel can you come in please." He closed his phone. "I am sure everything is fine Sook."
Nigel appeared. Mark looked at him. "Have you heard from Eric?"
The vampire looked at them both. "No, he isn't here?"
Sookie shook her head no. Mark took his phone out again. "Pam, have you heard from Eric?" He listened to her. "Ok, call me if you hear from him." He listened again. "No, Sookie hasn't physically spoken to him since he dropped her off last night." Again he listened. "Thanks, let me know." He closed his phone. "She hasn't talked to him since early this morning.
Sookie started to panic. "If Pam hasn't heard from him something is wrong."
Nigel walked to her. "Don't panic. He could have had something come up and he had to leave the area." Nigel was making excuses he knew were unlikely. Eric would have called Pam, him or Sookie if he had gone somewhere.
"Nigel, the last time this happened he promised he would never do this to me again. He promised he would call, text, contact one of y'all. Something is wrong." She closed her eyes and tried to feel him, the feeling of him was more faint now, he seemed fine but father away.
Nigel nodded. "I will go out and see if I can track him. If he comes back before I do please call me." Mark nodded and Nigel was gone in a flash.
Sookie wanted to cry but she knew it wouldn't do any good. "Where is he?" She dialed his phone and it just went to voice mail. "Eric, please call me. I am worried and so is everyone else. Don't do this to me again." She closed her phone.
"I am sure we will hear from him soon." Mark looked as her concerned.
Sookie nodded. "Go watch TV with Lily, I will call you if I need you." She turned and walked into the living room to wait.
About an hour went by and her phone rang. "Hey Pam."
"Sookie, you haven't heard from him?" Pam was concerned too.
"No and I swear when I do I am going to strike him down just so he won't forget this. How dare him do this to me again!" Sookie was getting mad now.
Pam clicked her tongue. "I do not understand where he could be. I know he was very upset about the Fellowship, but why would he be gone all night and day. He has not contacted me with any instructions or need of my help. Has Nigel started searching?'
"Yes, he left a little bit ago. I am sure we are all just over reacting but why would he do this? He cant just call one of us?" Sookie was getting sick of this.
"I will be in touch Sookie." Pam hung up.
Sookie found things to occupy her time, she cleaned out drawers, got out glass cleaner to clean windows, she dusted furniture. Hours went by and nothing. Mark found her in the guest room cleaning. "Sookie, we put the kids down for the night. Why don't you go and lay down, someone will wake you when we hear from him."
She turned to look at Mark. "Thanks Mark." She went to put the items in her hands away and went up to her room. Changing into her pajamas she crawled into the bed and stared into the dark. The bond was fainter even now, but she sent love through it hoping she would feel him more but it stayed the same. "Please don't be hurt Eric. Please." Hours went by and she laid waiting for the call and nothing. She finally got up and walked downstairs. Bill and Alcide were talking to each other in the foyer. She rushed to them. "Have you found him?"
Alcide turned to look at her. "No, we haven't found him yet. He still hasn't called any of us." He looked really concerned and Sookie couldn't take it. The tears started.
"Do you think something has happened to him?" The tears were hot and fast running down her face.
"I don't know Sookie. I am not going to sugar coat it and you know it. We just have to wait until we find him. Don't get upset, lets just wait and see ok?" Alcide hugged her and she tried to control the tears.
Bill looked at her. "I am going out to check the grounds. Go back to bed and rest. Eric will be angry that we did not take care of you in his absence." He tried to smile at her. She turned and went back up the stairs. When she got back in her room she began to sob and those sobs eventually lulled her to sleep.
She woke it was really early, before dawn. Her eyes blinked as she tried to remember where she was, what was going on, why she was so tired. She quickly grabbed her cell phone, no messages. Getting out of the bed she rushed downstairs to see if the vampires had left yet. Pam was standing in the living room pacing. "Pam?"
Pam's petite frame turned to look at Sookie. "Nothing, Sookie. No one can find him and still he has not called." The concern on her face almost broke Sookie in half.
Closing her eyes she tried to concentrate on him and now it was like he was too far away to pick up. The bond wasn't closed she could tell, he was just too far away. 'I cant feel him anymore." Sookie went to the chair and sat in it.
Pam nodded. "I must go to rest, I will try to call him one last time. I am going to stay here for the day alright?"
Sookie stood and walked to Pam and hugged her. "I will see you tonight." Pam nodded and left to go to rest.
Sookie knew now that she would have to depend on the Were's. They were good trackers but Sookie felt more comfortable when the vampires were looking for him. If there was something wrong they were more capable of handling the dirtiest of jobs. Alcide came through the front door. "Sookie, the vampires are going to rest."
Nodding she knew the guards would be changing. "We cant even send anyone out to find him because we don't know where he is."
Alcide nodded. "He took his car. Mark has the authorities looking for it. Problem is we don't know which direction he went."
"Go home Alcide, there isn't anything you can do. We will call when we know something." She looked up at him, he looked tired.
"You need to go lay down Sookie. Remember the baby, Eric would be pissed if we let you get upset and sick. Come on, head upstairs for me." He stood in front of her and held his hand out to help her up.
Taking his hand she stood up. "Good night Alcide." She walked up the stairs again to lay down. When she got in the room she climbed in the bed and closed her eyes, all she could do was cry. "Eric, please come home. You need to come home." The bond was completely quiet.