"Mary, you said the dream was weird? I would think it would have been terrifying. I mean, a werewolf and a... vampire? I think that would scare most people," Amber asked.
"Well, normally I suppose it would, but like I said, it was weird, it was like I knew instinctively that neither of you would hurt me. Dreams are funny sometimes," She said, looking Amber right in the eye.
"You're not able to be hypnotized are you?" Amber asked.
"No, though I could feel a strong compulsion to follow your orders. So I played along to see what was going on. I was wondering why I had such a strong compulsion to trust you. I know no one in this house would harm me. Don't ask me why but I do," She answered.
"You're right; none of us will harm you. The only human blood I've ever drank was by my old masters' hand, and then from a glass. Luna has never harmed a human," Amber explained. "Please don't tell anyone our secret, they wouldn't understand. We would be hunted down and killed."
"Don't worry, I won't. But I think you should know, Jenny will know about you. She... sees things sometimes. Maybe it's from being beaten so much, but it didn't start until after... after Bill moved in," Mary said.
"Any idea how many children there are in the house?" Shawn asked.
"No, not exactly. About ten I think. I'm not allowed near them anymore," She turned back to her drawing. "They are generally kept in the basement until someone brings one or two upstairs."
Amber got up, "I'll be right back, I want my laptop."
Mary chuckled as she drew. "A techno-vamp. You're in love with them both, aren't you?" She said glancing up at Shawn.
"More than life itself. You should know they are in love with each other, too. It's a strange thing; a vampire and a werewolf in love. PMS around here is a real bitch," He said.
She looked up at him a moment, then burst into a laugh. "I bet!"
Amber walked in at that moment, and noticed Mary's grin. "What's so funny?" she asked, one elegant eyebrow arched.
"He told me PMS around here is a bitch!" Mary chuckled.
"Well it does get pretty 'hairy' around here," Amber said with a straight face.
Mary's chuckles turned into a full laughing fit as she looked at Amber, who smiled herself.
The afternoon progressed with small talk and details of the inside of the house. A couple of hours later, Shawn excused himself as a bark sounded at the rear door. A few minutes later Shawn and Tera walked back into the room. Tera was wearing a robe.
"Tera tells me that she was followed back here. If someone knocks, I would like you to answer the door, please," Shawn said to Amber, who nodded with a small smile on her face.
"My pleasure," She purred.
Shawn chuckled, knowing that if 'the someone' who knocked was rude, she would 'correct' him. "Just... don't kill them."
"Why not? They certainly deserve it," She said.
"I think a more creative punishment for them can be arranged," Shawn explained. "I am told known child molesters really don't last long in prison, and what time they do last is not a good experience."
Everyone got a glint in their eye at his words. Child molesters are not a very welcome addition to a prison community.
"Even if they manage to... survive... the new living arrangements, I am sure we can make even better arrangements for them," Shawn said. His cell phone began to ring. He looked at the caller ID and saw it was the office. He handed the phone to Mary, who answered it.
"File Room," She paused during which time a man's voice could be heard.
"I need to find documentation supporting a discrepancy in the records."
Pause.
"Yes, it's what we have been doing. So, yes they know, just not who."
Pause.
"Yes, I'm alone, and can cover this."
Pause.
"You want it to point to who?"
Pause.
"Okay, it may take a bit more work, but I think I can do that."
Pause.
"I can stay in here all night if I need to."
Pause.
"Ummm, with those changes, maybe three or four more hours. I'll have to actually create some of the paperwork."
Pause.
"Okay, I'll fix it before I come home."
Pause.
"Uh, Yes, master. Thank you, master."
She waited a minute more and pressed her finger to her lips to indicate silence. Then finally hit the end button. "He always stays on the phone for a few seconds; trying to see if I hang up on him. He may have been listening for others in the room, too. He told me he wants me to create a paper trail that leads to Tera. He thought that would be really funny."
"Well, his days of giving orders are over," Shawn said as the doorbell rang. Amber smiled and rose to go answer it. Shawn followed; hiding near the door so he could overhear the conversation.
"Can I help you?" Amber said after opening the door.
"Yeah, I lost my dog, and I was wondering if you may have seen it?" The man asked.
Shawn stole a glance around the corner to look at the man. It wasn't Mary's boyfriend, this guy was overweight and balding. He was panting like he had been running, but was openly staring at Amber's body. She was smaller than him, very trim and almost skinny. She had a very nice-looking body. Shawn knew she was a size 4 as he'd had to go shopping for her. She was wearing a tight t-shirt with no bra, and semi tight jeans.
The arrogant way he was checking her out, though, was not the way to get her to be nice. The last thing this stupid oaf wanted to do was piss her off, but he had no way of knowing that.
"On second thought, to hell with the damn dog. I'll take you back to the house instead," He said as he reached for her arm.
Peeking around the corner again, Shawn was in time to see the man blasted backward off the steps. It occurred to Shawn that he didn't even see Amber move, only flinch a little.
"I don't think so," She said calmly. "Now I can see why your dog ran away." She averted her eyes as headlights washed over her. Two vehicles were pulling into the drive. She turned and walked past Shawn, "I think your friends are here," She said. She gave him a kiss on the cheek, and walked back to the living room, leaving the door open.
Shawn walked out on the front step, and watched as John and several other men and women climbed out of two Chevy Suburbans. Two agents walked over to the man lying unconscious on the ground. John Paxton and the rest of his crew walked up to Shawn.
"What's the story with this guy?" John asked as a way of greeting, and nodding his head in the direction of the man.
"He followed Tera back from doing a recon. He's one of the guests of honor for tonight's party. For some reason, though, he thought he was following a dog," Shawn shrugged.
John chuckled, "A dog, huh? I see Amber is still with you. How is everyone?"
"We are good. It's been awhile, John. Let's go inside, I've coffee on and some information you might find useful," Shawn said.
He led the procession of agents though his living room, to the large dining area. He said quietly to John, as they made their way to the dining room table, "Do you trust everyone?"
Amber was already sitting at one end of the large table with her laptop, typing away at something. One of the smaller female agents was looking over her shoulder with her mouth hanging open.
"With my life. I've worked with everyone here. They are good agents," John answered.
The last to enter were the two agents that had gone to check on the man in the driveway. They dragged him between them; he was handcuffed and aware of his surroundings. He saw Mary, and his eyes got big. He tried to speak, but couldn't do anything but groan in pain.
"His jaw's broken, sir. We should get him to the hospital," The female agent said.
"Make him as comfortable as possible. If we take him in, the local law enforcement will hear of it, and we'll be in trouble." He turned to Shawn, "Do you have a room we can stick him in? I'd rather keep him isolated for the time being," He asked.
"Sure. Tera, could show our... guest... to the spare room?" He turned back to John. "It does have a window, but if he tries to escape that way we'll hear it." He glanced at Tera.
John nodded in understanding. "Agent Harris, would you keep him company? We should have more soon enough." The agent nodded and followed Tera out of the room.
"Okay, Shawn, from what you've shown us here we have the front door, the back door, plus a 'bolt hole' tunneled from the basement? That's pretty damn elaborate. Not to mention the security system looks to be state of the art. Anyone got any idea how we can get to the house without them running?" John looked around at the assembled agents.
Amber had moved her laptop to the far end of the table. One of the agents; a petite and very young-looking girl had moved over behind her. She was standing there with her mouth agape watching Amber.
"Uh, sir, I think we may have that covered," The young woman said.
"What have you got, Agent Raines?" John asked.
"Sir, she's hacked into the security system for the house, I think," She said, indicating Amber.
"Amber, hacking is illegal!" John said, laughing.
The pale woman looked up at him, nonplussed she said. "Not in this case. We built the security router for that system. I simply used our maintenance password to get into the system. I only have enough room on the computer to record about five minutes of video so you guys better move fast. I have also disabled the alert function so if you trip a sensor, it won't call the police."
John just shook his head in wonder. "Still, I don't think we could use any of that as evidence."
"John, when you go in, I will shut down the power and the UPS's for the computers. This system is part of the house network, so I can get to everything. I think you should be able to find enough on the computers to get a conviction. However, they have a small editing room in the basement. I would think they have plenty in the safe there as well."
"Okay, I already have warrants from a federal judge to cover our asses. Now here is what we'll do... " As he laid out the plan of attack, Tera came back into the room. She listened as he gave the agents their assignments, and they left to get into position.
Tera pulled John and Shawn back over to the map. "There is one more thing, John. I didn't put it in my notes, but in this area you will find a large area with a lot of small graves in it," She said, as tears ran down her cheek.
John looked shocked for a minute, then remembered who he was talking to. "Damn. I was hoping we would be able to find all the kids still alive. Now we'll have to figure out a way to show that we 'discovered' this, or questions will be asked," John said softly.
Mary had been sitting quietly in a corner, forgotten by everyone, until she spoke, softly. "Check the video surveillance from the day before yesterday, around 3:00pm."
"Agent Palmer, what the hell is going on? Who are these people, really?" Agent Raines asked. She had been assigned to man the command post there in the dining room with Amber. She had returned to one of the trucks to get her gear.
"Agent Raines, Sonya, I will explain everything after this operation; but for now, please, just trust me?" John asked her.
She shook her head, but said. "You owe me, John." She started to unpack her equipment, and Amber helped her get tied into the network.
Shawn had just started to doze off when she returned. He reached into the back and grabbed the towels before getting out. He walked up to her and realized she still had blood on her fur.
"You didn't wash off?" He asked.
She shook her head.
"Why?" He asked.
She stood and walked a couple of yards down the path and turned to him.
"You want me to follow you?"
She nodded.
"Okay, just a sec," He said, walked back to the truck, and locked it up. They were about a hundred yards down the path when he realized he was still carrying the towels. He shrugged it off, and continued following the large wolf.
A half mile along the trail, Shawn heard the sound of a creek nearby. Tera looked over her shoulder at him, and turned off the path. He followed her to a secluded grassy beach just a few feet from the trail. The area looked to be a camping spot, though it was hard to tell in the dark.
Tera waded into the water, and started to splash around, rolling and playing in the shallows. As Shawn moved to sit on the grass and watch her, she stopped and looked at him. She tilted her head to one side, and growled a bit. It sounded more like a growl of frustration than one of menace.
Shawn sat looking at her for a minute before he stood, chuckling, and started to take his clothes off. She didn't go back to playing, but watched him closely.
"Holy shit! This is cold!" He exclaimed as he began to wade into the water. If he didn't know better he could have sworn she was laughing at him.
The cool water actually started to feel good, and when he got knee deep he sat, feeling his nuts draw back into his body. Tera waded over to him and lay down in the water next to him. He reached out and began scrubbing the dried blood out of her fur.
As his hands passed over her body, he felt less fur, and noticed that her body seemed less wolf and more human. He realized with a start that she was changing back. He remembered she had told him she needed to sleep off the evening's meal before changing. He was concerned, as her smiling face looked up at him.
"Hi, love," She said.
"I thought you had to sleep off the meal?" He asked.
"I did. I took a run and then a nap beside the truck."
"I guess I really don't know how all this works. Even digested, I don't see how this little body could hold what the other one could." He said as he caressed her belly. Despite the icy water, he felt himself getting hard; she was even prettier than before.
"It can't. Uh, do you really want to know all about that? It's rather icky, and I would rather talk about something else," She said. He felt a small warm hand wrap around his cock.
She moved around him, so she could straddle his lap, but not yet close enough to slip him inside. "I was worried you would be really big, I am very happy with your size." She leaned forward to kiss him softly on the lips. The kiss grew more passionate, and Shawn raised his hands to caress her pert breasts.
He had one arm around her waist holding her to him, and he felt her reaching behind herself. She was slowly jacking his cock with her other hand, holding him near the edge. He broke the kiss and tried to lower his mouth to her breast, so she raised a little to aid him. He heard her moan as he took a nipple into his mouth and felt her pelvis begin to rock slowly back and forth. She released his cock, and put her arm around his neck to hold onto him as he sucked her chilled nipple into his mouth. Her hips were rocking harder and he was about to push her down onto his hard shaft, the tip of which had been teasing her labia. He felt her grab his shaft and pull him farther back.
He felt her put him in place and began to push herself down onto him. He realized he was entering her ass, as his head slipped past her sphincter. She moaned loudly, and pushed harder, trying to get him inside of her rear passage. He looked up at her in surprise, and she placed her mouth against his and forced her tongue into his mouth, moaning loudly the whole time. She was almost wild, desperately trying to get his cock into her, but it still took a bit of time to get him fully seated.
When at last she had gotten him all the way inside, she broke the kiss, "Oh blessed Goddess, I've wanted this for so long!"
"Tera, what..." Shawn started to ask.
She silenced him with a finger on his lips. "My Love, I know you probably don't really love me yet, but could you please try to make love to me now. I need you so badly. Please?"
Shawn looked at the woman who had stuffed his cock up her ass. A realization came to him then, one that took hold of something deep inside of him and brought tears to his eyes in its strength. "Tera, I do love you. I think I've loved you for as long as I can remember. If you had come to me as Selene, I still would have welcomed you into my arms. I've loved you forever, and I always will." Slowly raising her off his lap, and then pushing her back down in a long slow stroke that had her shuddering.
She looked deep into his eyes to see the truth of his words. She clamped her tight ass onto him and she came, screaming her orgasm to the night. In the distance a howl could be heard answering her.
Shawn tried to continue the slow pace, but found he couldn't move as she shook through the orgasm. She held him tightly and when she finally stopped screaming lay her head on his shoulder keeping him deep in her bowels, she rocked her hips, sending a wonderful sensation through his body. She was still gripping him very hard as she began to slide up and down in him. She kept up some of the rocking motion, too. He was very quickly filling her tight ass with his seed. She screamed again as she felt him erupt in her ass.
She stayed on his lap, his cock softening inside of her bowels. Her head resting on his shoulder. "I love you, Shawn Freeman. This is going to be very hard."
He held her to him, caressing her back and softly kissing her shoulder and neck. "What's going to be hard, my love? Besides the obvious? He chuckled and caused his dick to jerk within her.
A sharp intake of breath was his sign that she felt it. "You scoundrel," She said. "Sharing you. You have to have a child so the legacy can continue."
He sighed, and held her tighter. "I want to have that child with you." He said softly.
He held her as she cried softly on his shoulder. He realized that her shivering was due more to the cool water than her emotional state, though. He stood, his cock slipping from her, took her in his arms and waded back to shore.
He sat her on the towel he had placed there to watch her. She was quiet as he took another towel and dried her off. He put his shirt around her shoulders as he grabbed another towel and dried himself off. She stood as he picked up his clothes, and the towels, and she took his hand. They walked back to the truck in silence.
Shawn had made a few phone calls while waiting for the teams to get into position. He knew a couple of EMT's that would be willing to help out, and that were off duty. He had met them when he hired the fire department to give CPR classes at the offices and plant. The two ladies lived together, and said they would help. He also called the plant nurse he kept on staff, and asked her to stop by the plant and load up as much of her infirmary supplies as she could. The two EMT's would meet her there. Shawn then left to pick up the van Amber had rented. He would be picking up the kids, and bringing them back to his house for treatment.
It took all of another hour and a half before everything was ready. Shawn radioed John that he was set. Tera was in a second van, and both had one of the EMT's. Once they had been told of the operation, they insisted that they should go along. The nurse treated the man's broken jaw, but didn't give him anything for pain. The look in her eye said she would rather this man be put to sleep permanently.
The raid happened at about 2:00am and went off without a hitch. Amber had effectively neutralized the security system, and the guards that were outside were quickly taken by the agents. All told only eight men were taken alive, two had been shot trying to fight their way out the bolt hole, but all 13 children were rescued, and one young woman.
Mary's boyfriend, Bill, was caught sodomizing a severely beaten Jenny in a bedroom. The vaults in the video editing room produced 143 hours of horror. Videotapes confiscated from the security station led searchers to a field behind the large house. Forty-five small bodies were exhumed and sent to the coroner's office for identification.
Agent Raines and Amber hacked and decrypted the files on Bill's hard drive. Obtaining a list of who was involved and digital video footage of a number of public figures with small children.
The first thing John did upon seeing the footage was place a call to another friend at CNN. The following weeks of investigation resulted in 250 arrests. The largest child pornography and slavery operation in the country was shut down. The twenty-two people involved in the local operation were sentenced to death by lethal injection in a federal court. The graphic nature of the crimes against the men and women involved were not downplayed in the press. Surprisingly, no one protested the courts' ruling.
They arrived back at the hotel late in the evening. Though they had not spoken, Tera had not been more than a foot away from Shawn the entire time. She got dressed in the front seat of the truck as Shawn drove. They parked the truck, and walked up to the room, hand in hand.
They entered the room and Tera turned to Shawn. In silence she took his clothes off him again, and then stripped herself. She took his hand and led him into the bathroom and gave him a shower. Every touch full of love, every caress full of promise. They kissed tenderly as soft hands gently washed the other's body.
After they dried each other, they returned to the bedroom, and crawled in bed still naked. After shutting off the light, Shawn lay on his back. Tera snuggled up tightly beside him. He felt tears on his shoulder again, and caressed her wet, red hair. Her transformation was complete now; she had dark red hair that hung to mid-back. Large C-cup breasts, and a small body. She stood no taller than 5'2" and couldn't weigh over a hundred pounds, Shawn guessed. The muscle that her body showed was amazing; she looked to be in very good shape. It was almost like he was holding a child.
She sniffed a couple of times, then turned as if she could see him in the very dark room. "I love you, Shawn."
He tried to look through the gloom at her, but all he managed to see was a dark shape. "Tera, I love you," He said softly, still caressing her hair.
Tera slid down the bed, taking the covers with her. Shawn was about to ask what she was doing when he felt a pair of soft lips on his semi-erect shaft. He groaned in pleasure as his cock sprang back to life. Tera had her mouth completely down over his shaft and he grew into her throat, her tongue stoking and caressing him. It was so outside what he had felt before, that he came very quickly. Tera never let up; she kept her lips against his groin and continued to suck his shaft, the swallowing motions keeping him hard.
This was also new to him, but she backed off and started giving him a normal blowjob. As he built back to a new peak, she stopped and slid up his body, dragging a nipple over his throbbing cock, and up his belly. She threw one leg over him and straddled him again, this time he felt the hot wet moisture from her pussy against his cock. She was so wet; it felt like she was pissing on him. She put her hands on his chest and raised herself up into a sitting position, never breaking contact with his dick. She started rocking her hips again, sliding her pussy up and down his shaft, spreading the sweet nectar all over him.
"Shawn," She said, not stopping her movements, "I can't get pregnant. I can't give you that child. I do give you all my love, and all of my body," She said, and pressed down on a forward move of her hips, pressing his cock into her. When she rocked back, it pushed into her very tight, dripping pussy. He felt an obstruction as he was entering her; she forced him through it. A shuddering whimper escaped her throat as she forced him through her hymen. She stopped as her hips again met his; he pulled her forward and wrapped his arms around her.
"It's enough baby. Our love is enough," He whispered to her. "We can share this love. I won't be with anyone else without you."
"What do you mean?" She sniffed.
"I love you so much it's all I can think about. But you do need me to have a child. If I must, then you will be a part of its creation. We will find another to share in our love. We will do this together," he vowed.
"I love you so much Shawn. I love you!" She pressed her lips to his and he slowly began moving inside of her. He pulled out almost all the way, then slowly pushed back into her.
Tera moaned loudly and started shaking, her pussy tightening more on his slow-moving cock. She was having an orgasm, and every move by Shawn increased its intensity.
The emotion of the moment took its toll on Shawn as well, and after a few strokes, he began to fill her womb with his seed. She collapsed on top of Shawn and he managed to get an arm around her before they were both asleep.
John called Shawn a couple of months later to ask if he could come for a visit. Mary and Jenny had stayed with Shawn and his ladies, but hadn't joined them. Amber was working with Jenny to try to repair the emotional damage done to the young woman. When Shawn announced the news of John's visit that evening, he thought he saw a sparkle in Mary's smiling eyes. He saw the same one in Amber's eyes when he mentioned Agent Raines would be coming, too. He just shook his head and decided to look for a bigger house tomorrow.
Shawn, Tera and Amber had lived in a large, four-bedroom rancher since starting up the business. The house had been paid for years before, and Amber had been investing their extra money. With the purchase of the other two companies, she created a new corporation as a tax shelter; Freeman Holdings, with Shawn, Tera and herself as the board members. She was one very smart (and very sexy) vampire.
Shawn found a place about a week later, an old farm house just outside of town. The house was falling down and the outbuildings were gone, but he bought the land anyway, and called the architects he used to build his offices, and the plant.
The evening before the meeting with the architects, John and Sonya arrived. Shawn was surprised when they pulled up in a sedan instead of a big SUV. Since it was a warm June evening, Shawn had fired up the grill. Amber sat at the kitchen table away from the window, fiddling with her computer, and Tera and Mary were busy in the kitchen. Jenny was taking a nap.
"Welcome back, you two, it's good to see you again," Shawn said as he let them in the door.
"Thanks for having us," John said. Sonya just smiled.
"The girls are in the back, come on in," Shawn closed the door. He couldn't help but notice Sonya's tight little butt encased in painted-on Levi's as he followed them.
After the rounds of greetings, Shawn asked the two newcomers; "I was just about to throw some shrimps on the barbie."
"I didn't know you knew how to barbeque shrimp!" John said accepting the beer Mary handed him.
"I don't. How do you like your steak?" Shawn chuckled.
Mary also offered Sonya a beer, but seeing that Amber had a glass of dark red wine, she pointed and asked, "Can I have a glass of that instead?"
Mary looked a little stricken but Amber bailed her out. "Sweetheart, this isn't wine."
"Oh," Sonya said. "Do you have any wine? Beer doesn't usually agree with me."
"How about a wine cooler?" Mary offered.
"Perfect. Thank you." Sonya sat next to Amber.
The food was cooked and dinner was set outside as the sun was going down. Tera stepped outside and bent her head as the last rays of light left the land. Shawn put his finger to his lips letting his guests know to be quiet for a moment. He stepped up to Tera, and took her hands, bowing his head also.
A few minutes later Shawn and Tera raised their eyes to look into each other's, Shawn bent in and kissed her tenderly on the lips. "I love you," He whispered to her.
"I love you, too," She replied.
They turned and, hand in hand, walked to the table. Before sitting down, Tera walked over to Amber and kissed her tenderly as well.
As she moved back to sit on the other side of Shawn, John spoke. "You know, after all these years, you three are still so in love. How do you do it?"
Amber answered for them. "Shawn and Tera's love is eternal. They have honored me by including me in it. Something that strong can never die."
"That's beautiful," Sonya said softly from her place next to Amber.
"Sure, it's beautiful now, just wait a week!" Shawn said, and was promptly slapped on each shoulder by his ladies.
"What happens in a week?" Sonya asked.
Amber got a playful look in her eyes. "Luna comes for a three day visit."
"Who's Luna?" Sonya asked, glancing at John, who was chuckling. He pointed at Tera.
"Okay, I must not be connecting to the network here; I have no idea what you guys are talking about," Sonya said, looking totally confused.
"Luna comes to visit during the three days of the lunar cycle, dear. Once a month, it affects me, too, though I thought that becoming a vampire would end that damned cycle," Amber said.
Sonya still looked lost, so Amber took pity on her. "Sweetheart, John told you about Tera and I, right?"
The girl nodded.
"Okay, now think what PMS would be like for us?"
Sonya sat for a second thinking, then winced and totally straight-faced said to Tera, "Wow, that must be a real bitch!"
Shawn was taking a drink from his beer, and snorted out his nose at her remark. The rest of the table, except for Sonya, burst out laughing. Even Jenny could be seen to chuckle.
Amber stopped laughing long enough to hug Sonya to her side, and amid chuckles explained to her that Tera turned into a female wolf.
"Oh shit!" Sonya exclaimed and joined the laughter.
After a few minutes the laughter faded away, and they began the meal. Shawn looked at John at the other end of the table. "So, John, enough suspense already, I know you well enough to know this isn't just a social call. What's on your mind?"
John grinned at his old friend. "We want to work with you. I've always had an interest in the supernatural, and as a result of that, I've usually been assigned to x-file cases. We did good work here and I want to do more, instead of getting laughed out of the office all time. To be totally honest with you, my family name has not always been Palmer. I found an old notebook once that read like a Bram Stoker novel. It was a diary of my great-grandfather's. His name was Gabriel Van Helsing. Actually I think there is another 'great' or two in there, but you get the point.
"The FBI isn't where I want to be, but I did enjoy the work. I guess what I'm asking is; How would you like to form an investigation agency? Both Sonya and I still have our contacts at the bureau, and they will also let us know about any 'weird' cases."
Shawn had stopped eating and was looking at John. "Still have?"
"Uh, yeah. Sonya and I have been talking about this for awhile. We both resigned the bureau three days ago. She hasn't been on a field assignment since the operation here. She was reassigned to the analysis section. Not what she wanted, either."
"I have to admit it does sound interesting. It would certainly help Tera," Shawn said, thinking.
"Well, I know I sure felt good about what we did here. I wouldn't mind doing more," Amber said. She placed her hand on Shawn's arm.
Tera looked thoughtful for a few minutes. "It would be helpful to have more information as to where I need to go. However, you all have to know that I couldn't stand seeing any of you hurt trying to help me. What I hunt is very deadly."
John chuckled. "My grandfather left some interesting ideas and concepts in his notebook. Such as a formula for a liquid silver that he never got to test, and using mercury to slow or knock a werewolf out."
Tera shivered listening to John's descriptions. He noticed, "Tera, I want you to know, I trust you completely. I wouldn't allow anyone on our team that wasn't 100% about that. The same goes for you, Amber. Granted, I didn't trust you at first, but Shawn and Tera love you and trust you. That's good enough for me."
"It seems the girls would like to do this. Mary? Jenny? How do you feel about this?" Shawn asked.
"Shawn, you don't need our permission to do this, we're not really part of the family," Mary answered.
"Yes, Mary, you both are. You live here, and we care about you. That's all that counts," Tera said.
Jenny looked at her mother with tears welling in hopeful eyes, and nodded slightly. "Well, how can we say no to that? We'd be happy to be a part of this," Mary replied. "But what could we do?"
"There'll be plenty, I'm sure," Shawn said. "I'm having a new house built, but I don't think it'll be finished for at least a year. I guess until then, we can turn the garage here into an office. We can find an apartment or something for you tomorrow, or you can stay here with us. It'll be a bit cramped but I'm sure we can find beds for everyone."
"Damn Shawn, thanks! That certainly helps with immediate problems," John said.
"Oh am I getting ideas!" Amber said. "Ideas we might be able to sell; at least to the military, and possibly to law enforcement agencies, too."
Shawn and Tera chuckled. "Well, anyway, the architects will be meeting with us here tomorrow night. I would like everyone to be here to help with ideas, okay?" Shawn looked around the table to see everyone nod in agreement. When he looked at Jenny, she smiled sweetly, and looked down. She really was a beautiful young woman. Shawn could never understand how someone could do anything to hurt her.
The meal was pretty much over by this point. Jenny knew her time had come. She'd seen this when she'd first met Amber. She was still having a few problems with depression and anxiety, but tonight she wanted to complete what she felt was her cure. She hadn't spoken since the night of her rescue; what use did words have? She rose from the table, her move attracting everyone's attention. She stood beside Amber, put an arm around her and leaned down to kiss her softly on the lips. As she stood up she noticed an almost stricken look on Sonya's face. She reached over and caressed her cheek, letting her know this didn't mean what she was thinking. The table had gone silent watching Jenny. She moved over to Tera, and kissed her the same way, but this time she took Tera's hand, and placed it on her belly. Tera looked up at her questioningly. Jenny met her eyes, then looked to Shawn.
Tears formed in Tera's eyes as Jenny's meaning came to her. She threw both arms around the younger girl and pulled her close. Jenny smiled, and caressed her head. She dropped a kiss on the top of Tera's head and pulled away.
Her smile grew as she moved down the table to her mother and John. She took her mother's hand, and placed it into John's. Giving each of them a kiss on the cheek, she continued to move around the table. Stopping between Amber and Sonya, she put their hands together as well, again kissing them both on the cheek. She stepped around Amber and took her other hand, joining it with Shawn's but placed them more in front of him. She stepped around Shawn, and added Tera's hand to Amber's and Shawn's. She then placed her own hand over the joining of the three, and looked intently at Amber.
"You've had a vision, and this is what you've seen?" Amber asked.
Jenny nodded, smiled and placed her left hand over her belly, and looked at Shawn with loving eyes. As she looked, the love turned to wonder, and she tilted her head to one side. She took her hand from the joined ones on the table and caressed his cheek. She got a huge smile on her face and moved back between Amber and Sonya. She took Ambers hand and placed it on Sonya's belly. When Amber gave her a startled look, Jenny smiled and nodded toward Shawn.
"B-but I'm gay!" Sonya said. "No offence Shawn, but I'm just not attracted to you."
Before Shawn could say anything, Jenny giggled and rolled her eyes. She motioned that Sonya should push her chair away from the table. Sonya did as she asked, confusion clearly written all over her face. Jenny took Amber's hand, and pulled her up guiding her to sit on Sonya's lap facing her. Amber sat, and put her arms around the young woman. Amber gave her a quick, soft kiss on the lips, but they broke it up to see what Jenny was up to. She had taken Shawn's hand, and pulled him to a standing position behind Amber, motioning for him to kneel. Once he had done that, she placed his hand on Sonya's hips. Once she had finished arranging thing to prove how a lesbian Sonya would get pregnant, Jenny stood back and looked pointedly at Sonya.
"Oh," Sonya said.
Amid chuckles, Mary said, "Gee, don't we get a harem, too?" Everyone chuckled more, except John.
"I don't need one," He said and caressed her cheek with the back of his fingers. Mary almost swooned.
"You know, this family just keeps getting more and more
interesting," Tera said.