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Chapter 63

Fangtasia was closed, the parking lot empty until the caravan of cars began to file into the lot. Eric and his warriors were parked and heading in the door, Nathan stood waiting for them. "Master." He bowed to Eric as he came in.

"Everything taken care of Nathan?" Eric looked around the bar.

"Yes, things have been….quiet." Nathan's fangs came down.

Eric chuckled and turned to the warriors. "Stay, I will call you when I need you." He went to the basement door, opened it, walked down the stairs not bothering to turn on the dim light and stood where the iron chains hung from the ceiling. The siblings were bloodied and burnt. "Seems you have some sort of reaction to lemons I see. Sad, sad." Eric hissed at them.

Neave looked at him. "Fuck you Viking."

Eric threw his head back laughing. "No, I believe I will fuck you, hard and non stop until you tear in half, like you thought about doing to my wife."

Lochlan chuckled. "Do what you wish, you think you are so smart don't you vampire?"

Eric pretended to contemplate what they had asked. "Why yes, I believe I do. Which of you wish to die first?"

"You don't have the balls to kill us." Neave was goading him.

"Actually yes I do." He pulled his sword out of his back and took his stance. "Who wants to watch the other die?"

The laughter that came from Lochlan was the evilest he had ever heard. "I think we should have fucked her, at least we would have gotten some enjoyment….." He didn't get to finish his sentence, Eric chopped off the leg.

"Oops." The screams began. Eric walked to the box of lemons that were sitting next to the wall, bit into it and squeezed the lemon over the open wound, the screams got louder. "Seems you have an issue there Lochlan." Eric grabbed another lemon and did it again. Neave was straining against the restraints. "Don't waste your energy, you wont leave here alive, either of you."

Eric took out a smaller knife and as quick as lightning he had cuts all over Lochlan's body. The sobs were pathetic. "Stop!"

"Not on your life, I am going to do what you did to my wife, I will even let my vampires feed off you, drain you almost dry. Fairy blood they just love. Actually, I think I will let them play with you for awhile before I cut you in half to meet your death." Eric walked to the stairs. "Nigel."

The vampires and Were's came down the stairs. "Help yourself to the Fairy blood, when you are through I will continue their torture." Eric grinned, his vampires attacked the Fairies and bleeding them almost dry. The fae were crying out, screaming, fighting hard against the chains they would never be free from. Until almost dawn Eric continued their torture, cutting, slicing, antagonizing, burning. He took a few pictures on his phone just because he felt like it.

Eric did as he said he would, when the vampires were done with them and they were just moments from death, he pulled each of their faces to look at him one last time. "This is for what you did to my wife, make sure you tell your cell mates in hell about what I will do to anyone who touches my wife." He sliced them both in two with the sword he had carried with him for centuries and let them flake away. Eric stood alone in the basement of Fangtasia, all the vampires were gone, he had dismissed the rest of the guards, he walked back upstairs. He went to the tiny bathroom of his office to clean up then walked into the main bar. Alcide sat in the booth waiting. "I thought you went home with the rest of them." Eric came to sit across from him.

"I thought I would wait for you. It has been a shitty twenty four hours, I just wanted to make sure you were alright." Alcide looked Eric deep in the eyes.

Eric nodded and smirked slightly. "Thank you Alcide, you are always here when I need you."

Alcide chuckled. "That is what friends are for" He looked around then back to Eric. "You sure you're alright?"

Eric stared into space for a moment. "I will be when I get home and hold her and my children." He slid out of the booth and looked Alcide. "You ready?"

Alcide did the same. "If you need to talk Eric, I am here. I know what I would be going through if it were Amelia, if that happened to her."

"We were doing to wonderfully, the kids were thriving, Sookie was happy. They just reinforced her need to be concerned about Gunnar's safety. How do I tell her that she is safe, that my children are safe when they take her from our home?" Eric looked at him angrily.

Shaking his head he looked at the floor. "I think maybe you might need to talk to the council and see if there is something they can do. I haven't seen anyone who was so foolish to hurt any of you like that in a long time." His head came up to look Eric in the eye.

He nodded. "Yes, I will speak with them." Eric headed toward the door. "You heading home?"

Alcide chuckled. "I am running by a job site first then going home. You?"

"Home, crawling into bed with Sookie and my children. See you later." They separated and Eric drove the corvette like a mad man home. The drive was short, he got home, nodded to the guards at the gate, parked in front then rushed upstairs. Sookie was up feeding Gunnar.

"Hi." Sookie smiled at him when he came in.

Walking to the bed he sat next to her, Gunnar was asleep but still eating. "Hi. Did you get any sleep?" He touched her face, she leaned into his hand.

"Yeah, between feedings. Are you alright?" She looked him up and down. He changed his clothes she noticed.

He smiled. "Of course my love. Is he through?" She nodded and he took the baby and put him in the crib. Johan, Enar and Erika were sound asleep next to her.

"Eric?" He looked down on her. "Will you help me take the kids to the nursery?" She looked up at him and smiled.

Shaking his head he looked down on her concerned. "Sookie you need to rest."

"Please Eric, Lily is here, she will watch them so we can play." She smiled.

Eric picked Johan up, took him first, then the twins while Sookie took Gunnar. Lily came into the nursery as they left. Eric greeted her. "Good morning Lily, please keep an eye on the children, Sookie needs some rest and I too am going to bed." She smiled and told him of course. He picked Sookie up and carried her to bed.

Sookie leaned over to whisper into his ear. "I need you Eric, I need you touch me, kiss me, love me. Please." His fangs popped as he lowered her to the bed.

"I do not wish to hurt you anymore than you already have been." He looked down on her desperately.

Her arms went up, he went into her embrace, she held him tight. "You wont Eric, you will only love me, just like that is what I will do to you, love you." She kissed the side of his face, his neck, his shoulder, he leaned back to look at her. She smiled up at him. "Will you roll over on your back for me?" He nipped her lip before he did. Her hands helped free him from his clothes, when his body was naked she ran her hands over his perfectly cool skin. "Yum."

He chuckled. "Yum? You make me sound like an desert of some kind."

She put her hand over her mouth and giggled. "The best, most decadent kind. I am lucky enough to sample it every day." She leaned down and kissed him, their bond opening wide, it was full of so many emotions Sookie had to sit up and let it calm down. "Wow, do you feel that?" Sookie took his hands in hers, their fingers entwining.

Nodding he closed his eyes. "Yes, do you feel how much I love you? I adore you Sookie." He pulled her down his arms wrapping around her. "I need you so much, I know I would not make it one day without you."

"I keep fighting to stay here with you Eric. I am not giving up, I was promised forever and I want that. I want it so much, maybe that is why these things happen, you know? Maybe it is supposed to be a reminder of what I have and not to take it for granted, that what good would it be to have a perfect life, the perfect husband, the most perfect children if only I didn't appreciate what I had." She looked at him.

"I suppose that is one way to look at it." He chuckled and rubbed her back. Sitting up she pulled her t-shirt off her, throwing it on the floor, Eric's hands went up to her breasts. They were still so swollen and full of milk, she moaned when he touched them. "Do they still bother you?"

She nodded. "Yes, but your hands on them feel so good. Touch me Eric." She closed her eyes and straddled his lap, lifting her body up, she put her hands between them. "Oh, gracious plenty is so hard." Her hands stroked him, he growled as he gently played with her breasts. "You make me so wet Eric, I was in so much pain but I still wanted you last night, I knew if you were in me I would feel better, you would make me feel better."

Eric's eyes closed, he let the sensation of her hands on him wash over him. Eric moved his hands to her hips, he moved her to line up with his cock and she put her hands on his chest to brace herself and moved down on him, her head came down, she moaned as his length stretched her insides. Eric quickly came up, flipped her on her side and had her legs in the air. "Let me make love to you my beautiful bride, I need you so desperately, I want you so much Sookie, more than anything in my life." His head came down to kiss her neck as he gently stroked her clit as he pushed inside her. Her back to him, he pulled her right next to him, he needed her to be close, he needed to feel her warm body against his. Eric found his pace, it was slow but strong, his body moved against her gently, each push inside her had he panting. "Do you like that my angel, does it feel good?"

She had her eyes closed. "Oh, Eric, it feels so wonderful, don't stop, please don't stop." He smiled and gently kissed the side of her breast. She looked at him and smiled. "Take it." His eyes narrowed and he shook his head no. "I need you to bite me Eric, please." As he slowly made love to her he leaned back over to the side of her breast and pushed his fangs into her skin. "Yes, Eric, oh yes." Her body jerked, her orgasm was gentle but completing. She sighed as their love making continued.

Eric licked her closed and smiled, kissing her shoulder. He was moaning too, his body was so close, Sookie could feel it, her back side pushed down on him as he thrust up. "Slow down Sookie, I want to savor this." He was shaking his head to keep from coming.

"I want you to come for me love, please, I need to feel you in me. We have all day to make love, the rest of our lives." Her insides were gripping this cock, he shivered, his body couldn't hold on any longer. As he began to come, he pulled her closer to him and called to her as he did, she followed behind him, the sound of him calling her name made it happen for her. They were shaking, Sookie's heart was pounding and she was panting. She turned over, wrapped her arms around him and kissed his chin. "I love you Eric. You've made me whole once again."

He pulled back and looked her in the eyes. "Sookie, you believe it is me that does that? I am humbled." He blinked, he didn't know what else to say.

She smiled up at him. "Yes, it is you that does that, your love fills up all that is missing in me when bad things happen. You show me how much you love and need me, I cant believe how lucky I am." She hugged him tight. They both fell quietly asleep holding each other.

Sookie woke, her breasts were hurting, Eric was awake holding the baby. "My son is hungry it seems." He smiled at her.

She sat up, moved the covers down to expose her breasts which were almost ready to leak. "How did you know?"

He looked at her breasts and smirked. "I could smell the milk."

She laughed. "No, seriously?"

"Seriously, here, he is ready." Gunnar was beginning to fuss, she put him against her and his lips eagerly grabbed a hold of her nipple. "See, I told you he was hungry." He moved closer, put his arm around her, holding them both to him. "You look so lovely when you feed my children, it is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen."

She rubbed his leg with her free hand. "Your just saying that to butter me up so I will have sex with you again." She giggled.

Looking over at her he frowned. "Sookie, you know how beautiful you are to me, don't be silly."

Her other hand hugged Gunnar closer to her, he was making the little "um" sounds as he ate. Eric leaned over and put his hand over his head, playing with his curls. "Is it not strange how each child is so different in looks and personality?"

She nodded. "That the genetics. What fun would it be if they all looked exactly the same or acted the same." Her face looked up. "Have you seen Erika?"

He nodded. "She was eating breakfast when I went down to check on them. She asked if you were coming to eat breakfast with her."

Sookie blew out a long breath. "That is a relief, I was really worried I had done something to really mess her up. I tried to close off the bond so the kids wouldn't feel it. I guess I didn't do such a good job of it."

"You did all you could Sookie, do not second guess yourself. We are all going to be on edge for a little while, that is normal." Sookie moved the baby to her other breast, his eyes opened and he smiled up at Eric as he looked at his father. "Is he smiling at me?"

"Ask him?" Sookie said.

"My son, are you smiling at daddy?" Gunnar laughed and took the nipple back into his mouth. "He is! That is incredible."

"Yea, well, they all are Eric. Besides, having a vampire child, that is pretty special. I cant wait to see what he is capable of. I wonder if he will be advanced like the other kids, they all walked so early, talked early. I mean I can carry on a conversation with any of them. Johan has been able to read since he was what eight months old. They all speak four or five languages now."

Eric laughed. "Yes, English, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, German and I have been teaching them French."

"Seriously?" Sookie looked up shocked.

"I will hire a few more coaches for them, I want them to be able to speak any language available to them." He smiled.

"That is a lot, how many languages do you think you speak?" She always wondered that.

"A hundred give or take, some are no longer in existence, it helped me to be able to main stream centuries ago." He kissed her temple.

"You know sometimes when you speak your accent comes through, its mostly when you are angry or when your really aroused." She never told him that before, she giggled.

"Really? I never paid any attention." He smiled at her.

"Yep, you sometimes speak in Swedish or when you are coming your face changes and your accent really comes through." Her eyes glowed at him.

He laughed, hard, scaring the baby who whimpered. "Sorry my son." He touched his little head. "I will pay closer attention."

"Stop! See I tell you something just to tell you and you make fun of me." She tried to scoot away from him jokingly.

"I am not making fun of you, I am glad that you pay that close attention to what you do to me when we are making love my bride." He leaned down and kissed the top of her breast.

"Oh, I do trust me. I have the most sexy, loving, incredibly handsome husband on the planet that just happens to be super well endowed. Trust me, I pay attention." She wiggled her eyebrows and he burst out laughing, this time making the baby cry.

"I am sorry my son, shush, daddy did not mean to scare you. Mommy is just stroking daddy's ego and he is loving every moment of it." The baby closed his eyes again and was fast asleep. "Sookie, would you like to go out with me this evening?"

She turned and looked at him. "What?"

He smiled. "Would you like to go out with your husband tonight for a couple hours? You can pump in case we are late but I do not think we will be out too late."

She looked down at the baby. "I don't know Eric, he is so tiny."

"Lily will be here and Trish plus all the guards. No one is going to hurt him. It will do us some good to get out of the house for a couple hours. Alone." He had a wicked look on his face.

"Where are we going?" She grinned.

"Surprise my love, it is a surprise." He picked the baby up and took him to the crib and put him in it. "Lay down, you need to rest. I will check on our children." He kissed her and pulled the covers up.

Her hand caught his arm. "Hurry back ok? I wont fall asleep until you come back." He nodded, put his clothes on and went to find his kids. They were in the learning room with Lily.

"Hi Mr. Northman, how is she?" Lily looked up at him then to the kids.

"Better, thank you. I will be taking her out for a few hours tonight. Will that be alright?" He knew she would have no issues with it but he wanted to be polite.

"Of course, I am sure it will do her good to get out for awhile, sometimes just getting some fresh air helps." Lily smiled.

"Thank you. Are the children alright?" He went to kiss each.

"We are in the middle of a lesson, but they are great." The kids were all smiling at their father.

"Good, call me if you need anything." He strode out of the room to find Trish. She was in the laundry room. "Morning Trish."

She turned to look at him. "Viking, how is she?"

"Better, the wounds are healed, she is still worried but I think time will help with that." He smiled at her. "Did you get a chance to speak with Tammy?"

Trish smiled. "You knew I would Eric, she is just as pleased that you would ask as I am. You know how we feel about you."

He grinned. "You two have nagging me for centuries."

"And we will continue. She will come by tomorrow and meet with Sookie, if that is alright?" Trish continued folding clothes.

"That will be fine. I will let her know. I look forward to seeing her." He nodded and left the room to go to the kitchen. Sergio had Sookie's plate ready. "Thank you Sergio." Eric took the tray and climbed the stairs, Sookie was playing with Gunnar. "I believe I personally put him in his crib my wife, what is he doing back up?"

She looked embarrassed. "He was lonely."

"No, you wanted to hold him. Sookie, he needs his rest too." Eric sat her tray next to her on the table. "Here, let me have him, we will sit next to you while you eat your breakfast."

She smiled and handed him the baby, she leaned over and took her tray. "Thanks Eric, I could have come down to eat with the kids."

"You will rest, you can see the children after their nap." Eric tickled Gunnar under his chin, the baby was squealing. Eric was smiling ear to ear.

"See, its not so easy to resist him is it?" She popped another piece of food in her mouth.

He shook his head. "No, I keep seeing my little vampire son and thinking how incredible he is." Eric's hand touched his little face then put him on his chest lightly patting his diapered bottom. "Sookie, I need to talk to you about something, promise you will hear me out before you refuse."

She stopped eating, set her fork down and braced herself. "Oh, Eric. Please don't give me any bad news, I don't think I can handle it today."

He smiled. "It is not bad news love, remember we talked about hiring another nanny to help with the children?" She narrowed her eyes at him. "Please hear me out. Trish's sister is a nanny, she has worked for me over the centuries, obviously not in the nanny capacity, but she is a great cook and housekeeper like her sister. She loves children and I asked Trish to arrange Tammy to come and meet with us tomorrow so that you can get to know her and see if you would be comfortable around her."

"Eric." Sookie frowned.

Eric kissed his son's face, then turned to look at her. "Sookie, we have many things we need to attend to now that our son is born, we need to attend parties, events and such. It is too much for Lily, she is wonderful, do not get me wrong but with she and Mark are so serious about each other I do not want to wear her out. We will have her to stay with the children during the day and Tammy can take the nights in case we have plans and can help you with them at night."

Sookie looked at him for a minute. "Are you sure she likes kids Eric? Is she nice?"

Eric chuckled. "Yes, you will see, she and Lily will get along wonderfully, she is a very sweet woman, I would not let just anyone around our children my love."

Sookie smiled. "I know but we need to talk to Lily, she needs to be involved. I want her to know she is not being replaced or not doing a good job. I couldn't survive is she quit."

"That is why I felt it important to bring someone else in. She and Mark can spend their evenings together, not always of course, like when we travel or we have special events or situations arise. I want to give her the ability to rest and be able to spend time with the children teaching them. We can eventually find someone to help her, like a teachers assistant when the children get older." Eric watched his son sleep, he was amazed at how much this child looked like his human son.

She looked at him concerned. "Alright, but isn't that expensive Eric, you already have so many staff and guards, can we really afford all of this?"

He smiled. "My darling, you could hire a thousand more staff members, we would never make a dent in the money that we have. Please do not worry yourself over something as minor as money." He stood to put the baby back in the crib. "Finish your food, we will take a bath when you are done then go speak with Lily. After which you will take a nap."

She stuck her tongue out at him and finished up her tray of food. She put her tray back on the table, Eric picked her up and carried her to the bathroom. "Eric, what if he wakes up?"

"He will not wake lover, I can sense how tired he is, besides we will know when he wakes. I feel him just as strongly as I do you or the other children." He ran the water and added the bubbles in the tub. He got in, gently sat down with her in his arms and pulled her to him. "Feels lovely does it not?"

Nodding she laid back and closed her eyes. "I could fall asleep like this. You make me feel so safe." He kissed the top of her head and began washing her body. His hands moved up and down on her, she moaned. His touching her body made her adrenaline start to pump, she began to pant. "Touch me Eric, touch my clit and make me come."

Eric laughed. "My little vixen, you say such things."

"You love it when I talk dirty to you and you know it." She leaned back and he took her mouth in his, their lips greedy against each other. "While you play with my clit I will give your rock hard cock a little attention. Would you like me to stroke you Eric?" Her hand was on gracious plenty moving up and down on him. His eyes closed, nodding he growled. "I take that as a yes. I can feel it Eric, it is so big and long. I love to touch it." Her pace quickened on him.

"Sookie." He whispered against her shoulder.

His hands went down her stomach to her middle. She spread her legs and he put his fingers against her nub. "Yes, Eric. Rub it, go slow but rub me until you make me come. Would you like it if I suck you. Will you like me to do that Eric?"

"You need to stop, I will not last another minute you keep talking to me like that." Eric hissed at her.

She turned around, her hand went to the plug of the tub letting some of the water out, leaving just enough to keep them somewhat warm. Pulling her self up against his ear she spoke to him while his hand went back to her center. "Yes, Eric, right there. Play with my nub while I kiss you, then I am going to put my mouth around you and make you come in my mouth."

Sookie didn't get a chance to do what she promised, her grabbed her by the hips and pushed her down on his lap, they both cried out. Sookie straddled her husbands legs, his hand was still rubbing her nub, she put her head against his shoulder as the first orgasm took her quickly. "Yes, come on my hand my love." The shocks rocked her body, she put her arms around his neck as she continued pushing down on him while her body shook.

"I am not done with you Viking!" Her body found a new rhythm, it was deep and hard and Eric thought he would explode, his body was peaking, the sounds of his wife moaning on top of him was driving him up quickly, he couldn't think of anything but how good she felt against him. Sookie bit down on his shoulder, pulling blood from him. "Bite me Eric." He did, he leaned into her forearm and bit her as easy as he could, he licked the blood that trickled down her arm. Sookie panted, she began to see the lights in her eyes flashing, her insides gripping Eric's shaft, sending them both crying out for the other. Sookie collapsed against her husband's chest. 'Eric, wow."

He pulled her back to look her in the face, his eyes full of concern. "Are you alright? Did I hurt you?" His hands holding her tight to him.

She nodded. "I feel fine Eric, you sure do make me feel fantastic. Lets get washed up and get dressed."

Eric's arms wouldn't release her. "Sookie, you need to take it easy, you are going to wear yourself out and get sick. I dislike it when you do that." His eyes were locked on her face.

"You and I will go out tonight like you said, I will get to bed and rest tomorrow. All I have to do is meet with Tammy, you can stay home and supervise my resting." She grinned.

Eric looked so serious. "Promise me Sookie, you need to promise you will rest."

She put her hand on his face. "I promise. I will take it easy the rest of today and tomorrow. Come on, lets get out of this tub." She quickly washed them and he helped her get out of the tub. He stayed close to her, he helped her dress and do her hair even after she protested. He took her by the hand, the other arm he put Gunnar in and when they were ready to go see Lily he held them both tight. Lily was walking out of the living room as they came down.

"Hey Lily!" Sookie was so happy to see her.

Lily grinned. "Hi Sookie, how are you feeling?"

Sookie nodded. "Better, thanks. Eric has a proposition for us, do you have a minute to sit and talk?"

"Sure, in here ok?" Lily asked. Eric nodded, they walked into the living room and sat down.

Eric looked at her across the table. "Lily, you are very important to us, you are a wonderful influence to our kids. We know since you have come to work for us you have become family. Our kids love you, Sookie said today she could not survive if you were to quit." Eric looked at his wife and smiled. Lily giggled. "We want to free up some of your time so you have more to spend with Mark." He said Mark like it was difficult to say. "Trish's sister is a nanny, I would like you and Sookie to interview her to take care of the children in the evening until you arrive in the morning."

"You don't have to do this. I love taking care of them, they are angels." Lily looked at the two of them serious. She watched Eric gently rub Gunnar's head.

Eric smiled. "Yes, we know we do not have to do it but now there are four children and there will be more. We want you to be able to have free time, concentrate on lesson plans and taking care of them during the day. You work very hard for us and we appreciate it. I want to give you twenty percent raise. You will be responsible for helping Sookie coordinate with Tammy, if we hire her. Of course when we travel or have special circumstances we will need you longer during the evening."

Sookie looked at Lily whose mind was racing. "I will always be open to help anyway I can, you know that. I love those kids like they are my own."

Sookie smiled. "That is why I cant have you quitting. I would rather Eric hire someone to take some of the burden off you so you can have a life with Mark or time for yourself. We have been so swamped with supe stuff, the babies and all the traveling it didn't dawn on me till the other day you haven't had a day off since you came to work for us. Our kids have thrived with you in their lives, I will do anything I can to keep you with us as long as you want to stay."

"I am not going anywhere. I want to stay, even if Mark and I move to the next level or have kids I am sure we can work out something." Lily saw Sookie's face, it was like a Christmas tree it was so bright.

"Yeah! We will work it out. Don't worry." She looked at Eric who smiled at her, he only wanted his wife happy and he would do anything in his power to do it.

"Tammy will be here tomorrow to interview. I want you to sit in on it with Sookie. I know Tammy, I have known her a long time but I want you ladies to feel comfortable around her.' They both told him ok. "My wife is going to check on the children with me then she is laying down for a nap. We will be leaving at seven tonight after Gunnar's feeding."

"Got it, you two go and take care of what you need to. The kids will be fine, don't worry." Lily stood as they did, Gunnar whimpered.

Eric picked her up with his free arm and smiled. "Nap time my bride." He whipped them up the stairs to the nursery. Quietly he opened the nursery door, stepped inside and he set her on her feet. He put Gunnar in his crib and pulled the blanket up on him.

Leaning over each bed Sookie kissed them. Erika was last, her blue eyes opened and when she saw Sookie she smiled up at her. Her daughter whispered to her. "Love you mommy."

Sookie wanted to cry but she smiled down on her child. "I love you too pumpkin, go back to sleep ok? Mommy will see you at dinner." Erika closed her eyes to sleep.

Eric smiled as his wife doted over her children, adjusting their blankets, smoothing their hair, touching each. He leaned into her ear. "Lets go lover, you need to rest." He wrapped his arm around her and led her to their room. He turned the covers down and helped her get in.

She looked up at him and held her arm out for him.. "Your going to lay down with me right?"

He shook his head no. "I have some work to do before we go out tonight. I will wake you in a few hours so we can have dinner with the children if you wish before we leave." Kissing her he stood and turned to leave. She watched her handsome husband leave her to sleep. She sighed, fluffed her pillow and closed her eyes to sleep.

Eric walked into his office, Claude was sitting across from his desk. "Northman."

Eric came around to sit in his chair at his desk. "Crane, thank you for meeting me." Eric's voice was dull.

"What is this about?" Claude looked across at the Viking.

His eyes met Claude's. "The council will require Fairy to close the portals to this world. I do not want any fae left in this world that are going to be a danger to my wife and children."

Claude sneered at the vampire. "I care about Sookie, I wouldn't hurt her intentionally."

"Yes, I understand that, will you be going back or staying here?" Eric got right to the point.

"I need to think about it." The Fairy was getting irritated.

Eric nodded. "Do not take too long, I want this done immediately. Xavier has assured me it would happen quickly."

"Fae doesn't want to hurt Sookie, Eric. It was those demented assholes that did it to her."

He frowned.

"I know who did it Crane, I just want to make sure it never happens again. I will wipe out any and all threats against my family."

Claude stood. "I will get back to you." He popped.

Mark tapped on his office door. "Hey Eric, mind if come in?" Eric waved him in. "Listen, I want to say thanks about what you and Sookie are doing for Lily and me. I know she is upset she wont get to spend as much time with the kids but I think the time she gets will be better."

Eric nodded. "We do not want her to quit Mark, she is too important to my children and what is important to my children is she stays. If that means giving her free time to be with you than I will do that, my children mean that much to me."

Mark chuckled. "You really are a nice guy under all that vampire crap."

Eric narrowed his eyes. "Funny." He stood. "Did you get the list of assassin?"

"Yes, I have, we will meet with them later in the week. I have called some of the most extreme I have ever known. They will do what you need them to do." Mark handed his a folder.

Eric looked down and leafed through the profiles and pictures. "This is something that only you, Alcide, Nigel and myself will know about. I want it to stay that way, understood?"

"Yes, I think that is best." Mark looked at Eric who nodded and he left the vampire standing in his office.

After speaking with Mark, Eric spent a couple hours getting things done, he got through reports and items that needed his immediate attention, emails, messages, bank statements. He looked up, Eric could feel his son, he was awake and crying. Rushing to the nursery Lily was bouncing the baby. "Here, let me have him." Eric took Gunnar and held him. "What is wrong with my son?" Gunnar's face was full of tears.

"He just started crying, he has never cried." Lily was patting his back.

"Go on and take care of the children Lily, I have Gunnar and I will get him calmed down. Thank you." He sat in the rocking chair and spoke softly to his son. He put his finger in his sons mouth, his fangs pierced Eric's skin and he began sucking his father's finger. "Are you hungry my boy?" After a few minutes Gunnar began smiling. "There's my handsome son."

Sookie walked in to see her two vampires cuddled together. "What are you two up to in here?"

Eric's head came up and he smiled. "Look my son, your beautiful mommy is here to give you kisses." Eric held the baby up who giggled as he watched his mother come closer to him.

"Well aren't you two the sweetest things?" Sookie smacked a big kiss on the side of Gunnar making him laugh and Eric smiled as his wife's lips met his. "You look so sexy sitting here rocking our son Eric. Who would know that would be a turn on?"

Her husband's head fell back, he laughed at her last statement. "Yes, who would have thought so. I will stay right here day in and day out if it gives me an advantage." He wiggled his eyebrows at her.

"Nasty!" She giggled and took Gunnar and hugged him. "Baby, are you hungry?" Eric moved over in the chair and she sat next to him. "I think you are aren't you pumpkin?" She pulled her shirt up and opened her bra, his fangs were already down anticipating his feeding. "He is getting greedy isn't he?" Sookie laughed.

"They are impossible to resist if I do say so myself. I have to fight the urge to dig my fangs in as well." He chuckled.

Sookie shook her head. "Sweetie, where are the kids?"

He smiled. "Lily has them downstairs. We can go down and eat with them if you wish before we begin to get ready for our date."

"Date? You're taking me on a date?" She grinned at him.

"Yes, of course. My bride and I have not had a night out, just the two of us in awhile. I would like to show her off a bit. She is too beautiful to keep in the house." The smile on her husbands face was priceless.

She turned to look at him, he knew what she was about to say. "Eric, the baby."

"Which will be fine for a couple hours Sookie. I know your anxiety about this child, I am not dismissing it, please do not think that I am. You know what is best for our children, if you feel that adamant about us not going we will not." Eric hugged her to him tighter.

Sookie shook her head. "I don't know why I have so much fear where he is concerned. I don't want to be that kind of mom to him. I want him to be loving and happy like the rest of our kids."

"He will be, you felt this strongly about Johan, remember?" He looked at her seriously, he wasn't dismissing her and she was relieved about that.

Nodding she looked down at the baby. "Yes and I was a mess for weeks until you made me stop being foolish. If I get too crazy you will stop me right?"

He laughed. "You are not foolish Sookie. I will keep my eye on you, trust me."

The baby finally feed and back to sleep Eric took him from Sookie and carried him down the stairs to where the rest of the children were going into the dining room. "Mommy!" Erika saw her first and rushed to her.

Sookie knelt down and picked her daughter up. "Hey baby, I missed you today!"

Her pretty face lit up. "I missed you too mommy." Erika leaned in and gave her mother a big kiss and Sookie looked at Eric who was smiling at them both.

Eric walked to them, leaned over to whisper to his daughter. "There is my Princess, I adore you my darling." He kissed her on the top of the head and had her squealing.

The boys got hugs and kisses letting their parents hello, Sookie watched Johan levitate into his chair and Enar liked the idea and did the same. "Sons, nice work." Eric was proud as a peacock. Sookie just shook her head and put Erika in hers. "Tomorrow we will go out flying, we need to get some practice in."

Everyone talked and laughed while they ate dinner. Eric drank his True Blood while his family ate dinner, he held Gunnar close to him. Lily was smiling at the whole of what was this unique family. Eric nodded slightly to her. When Trish took the plates away Eric looked at his wife. She knew they needed to get a move on. "Babies, mommy and daddy will see you guys later. Be good for Lily alright?" Standing Sookie kissed each of her children and waited for Eric to do the same.

"I will take the baby to the nursery Lily, do you have the monitor?" She nodded to Eric, it was attached to her side. "Very well."

Sookie smiled. "There is breast milk in the fridge if he happens to wake up, I just fed him so you have a couple hours at least."

"Sookie, don't worry, I have it under control. Go have some fun." Lily began helping the kids wipe their faces. Sookie and Eric took the stairs, she went to the bedroom, Eric went to the nursery to put the baby down.

Walking into the bathroom she started the shower, stripped off her clothes and got in. She looked down on her body, just two days ago it was bruised and cut up everywhere, her mind flashed the faces of Neave and Lochlan, she grabbed the tile to steady herself, she began to breath heavy feeling almost like she was going to pass out. "Sookie?" Eric had opened the door and was standing watching her, he was naked.

She closed her eyes and straightened up. "Hi sweetie." She tried to put on the best fake smile she could.

He got in behind her. "What is going on my love?" He turned her around to look at her.

Shaking her head she couldn't look up. He put his hand under her chin to make her look at him. "I just had a flash of those bastards."

"You mean Neave and Lochlan?" Eric could feel her terror and it angered him.

"Yes." She tried hard not to cry.

"They are both dead Sookie, they died by my hands and my hands alone. I promised you I would kill them and I have. Our warriors took out the rest of the Fae on Earth. When the portal is closed there will be none but your cousins, if they chose to stay here. I will make sure of it." He pulled her to him, hugged her tightly to him as the water washed over them.

She nodded against his chest, she knew what he had done. "I know, I just haven't dealt with it yet, I will though." She sighed and pulled away grabbing the shampoo. "Will you wash my hair?"

He took the bottle and began to do as she asked, then he washed his own. Eric took the body wash off the shelf and then began to lather his wife up, paying close attention to her breasts. "I love you my bride."

She giggled. "I love you too my handsome Viking." Standing on her toes she kissed his lips, soft and gentle. One thing lead to another, her legs were wrapped around his waist and they were in the throws of love making before Sookie even knew what happened. When they both climaxed and exchanged blood Sookie put her feet back on the ground. "You sure know how to make a girl lose her track of concentration."

His head turned, he was puzzled by that statement. "I do not understand."

"I was trying to feel sorry for myself and then you put your hands on me, next things I know we are at it like teenagers." She grinned at him.

Laughing he looked at her. "That I understand. When I have my incredibly sexy wife naked and soapy in front of me, what is a vampire to do?" He pretended to be innocent. She rolled her eyes, turned around to finish their shower and turned off the water.

When they stepped in the bedroom she looked at him. "What am I supposed to wear?"

He walked behind her. "I would prefer nothing but since we are going out I recommend sexy, comfortable and flats." She smiled as he bit her shoulder playfully.

Sookie took out a pair of panties in off white. "Is it a dress or pants kind of night?"

"Either, just make sure you are comfortable." She watched him put on a pair of black dress pants, aqua blue dress shirt and boots. He combed his hair back and put his wallet and phone in his pockets. Sitting on the side of the bed and leaning back he waited for the show of her getting dressed.

She pulled out a silk dress she bought in Nevada, it was just above the knee, in black, off white and different shades of aqua patterns. It was silk, long sleeved and had a plunging neck line, her push up bra she put on made her breasts look even bigger. As she slipped the dress on Eric's fangs popped down. It wasn't so tight she couldn't move but it fit her like a leather glove. "How's this?"

He stood and walked to her. "You must wear this for me again my love. I do not know where you find these dresses but I must say you look like a Goddess in them." Kissing her let her go so she could finish getting ready. Going back to where he was before, he sat and watched her finish getting ready. She put her hair up, her neck looked delectable, she put on diamonds on her ears and her wrist leaving her neck naked. When she sat on the vanity she put her make up on, lightly then stood to get her shoes. She bent over in the closet to get her shoes and Eric was behind her, pulling her behind to his lap. "You need to hurry wife, or else I will rip this off you and fuck you, hard." He was hissing.

"Eric! You're the one that said sexy and comfortable! Now back up." She giggled.

He let her hips go, growled, backed up closing his eyes. "I am aware of what I told you, I just did not realize how hard you would make me."

She slipped her flats on her feet and then stood with her hands on her hips. "We just made love in the shower Eric. I know, I was there." She moved around him to get her handbag out of the closet putting her cell phone, keys, ID and credit card inside.

He kept his eyes closed trying to concentrate. "Are you ready?"

Walking back to the closet she grabbed her black silk wrap and smiled. "Yes, I am ready, lets get you outside in the air." She took his hand and lead him down the stairs.

Nigel and Bill were coming in the door as they walked down the stairs. Both males fangs popped down, Nigel grinning, Bill frowning. Nigel spoke first. "My Queen, you look like something out of magazine. I hope my King knows how lucky he is."

Sookie laughed. "Yes, I think I just reminded him in the shower how lucky he is."

Eric could barely keep his composure, his head whipped to look at her and grinned wickedly. "You better move that gorgeous behind of yours to the car wife or I promise you we will not make it to our destination." His fangs were still down.

Giggling she let Bill open the door for her, she walked out and Bill gave Eric a dirty look. "She is Queen Eric, you should make her dress like one."

Eric had him nose to nose and pushed up against the door. "She is Queen, the most beautiful one I have ever seen in my existence. Speak poorly of her again and I will let Nigel use you for a chew toy. Do I make myself clear Compton?"

Nigel was hissing and smiling at the confrontation. Bill lowered his head. "I am sorry my King."

Backing away he looked to Nigel. "Watch my family Nigel." He nodded to the King and went to do as he was told. "You, leave tonight for New Orleans. I will speak with you tomorrow." Eric walked out the door, Sookie was standing on the porch waiting for Eric, the car was parked in front of the house. "Ready my love?"

Sookie smiled. "Yes, I see we are taking the corvette. Is it safe for us to go out alone?"

Eric nodded. "I have guards in place." He opened the door for his wife, helped her in and closed the door. He got in the car, started it, looked at her and smiled. "Lets go enjoy our evening." He put the car on the road to their destination.