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Chapter 1

Sookie's POV

Finally some peace and quiet. I really haven't noticed how busy it's been around here until now. Eric's maker is finally dead along with his young, brother I guess you would call him. Dermot is no longer cursed so now I get to spend time with him and as an added bonus, there's no one coming after me. Yet. It's almost too good to be true.

The past few weeks have been very nice. Claude and Dermot moved back to Claude's house so I have the big farmhouse all to myself again. Merlotte's is the same. Same backwater drunks coming in for beer and food. Some of them grabbing my ass and some of them get hit with my tray. But even with all this peace and quiet I've been getting these really bad headaches.

"You okay Cher?" Sam asked, pouring the drink I had just asked for.

"Yeah Sam, just another headache. It'll pass in a little while." I replied leaning against the bar with my head in my hands, pressing my fingers to my temples.

"You've been getting these headaches a lot lately. Have you gotten it checked out?"

"No not yet, I think I might make an appointment when I get home or maybe tomorrow morning." I sighed.

"Okay Cher, just take it easy. I can't be losin' my best waitress now." Sam joked, placing my drink on the tray.

"Thanks Sam."

The next few hours went basically the same. People would come in, order food and drinks, Sam would worry, and I would tell him I'm fine. When it was almost time for me to go home my head started to hurt really badly and I started to get nauseous.

"Sam I'm really not feeling good, can I head out a few minutes early?" I asked, practically leaning over the bar.

"Yeah Cher, you're not looking to good, I really think you should try and get to a doctor tonight, Do you want me to drive you?"

"No Sam, I'm fine I just really want to get home so I can lie down and rest."

"Okay Sook but if you need anything you let me know, and don't worry about coming into work tomorrow, I'll get someone to cover for you for a few days."

"Thanks Sam I promise I'll be back tomorrow though, I really think it should pass by tomorrow."

I stood and walked to Sam's office to get my purse out of the drawer. As I was walking down the hallway, pulling my keys from my purse, I was hit with a blinding pain and then everything went black.

Eric's POV

When I rose for the night I could tell right away that something was wrong with my Sookie. With my vampire speed I dressed, grabbed my phone and was out the door, flying to help my Lover.

I soon landed on my Lovers front porch. Not needing and invitation, I walked in like I owned the place. What I noticed first was there was an unfamiliar scent wafting through the house. Second, I noticed the shifter sitting in the living room.

"What happened shifter? Where is Sookie?" I hissed, my anger getting the best of me.

"I don't know. She's been having bad headaches for a couple of days, but today she seemed worse. I tried to get her to go home and to go to a doctor but she wasn't having any of it.

"Close to the end of her shift she asked to go home saying she felt worse and I let her go. A little while later I went back to my office and I saw her lying on the floor. I put her in my truck and I drove her home. She's in her room now and I haven't heard anything since I got here. I figured you would want her to see Ludwig but I don't have her number, so I just brought her here to wait for you." He finished, talking a deep breath.

Without answering him, I pulled out my cell phone and hit the doctors speed dial.

"What now Viking?" The doctor snapped.

"Get to the farmhouse now." I answered just as sharply as she did.

"I'll be there soon." She disconnected on me. Damn dwarfs.

I turned, ignoring the shifter, and walked to her room. When I opened the door, I was at Sookie's side in the blink of an eye. Looking down at her she looked very pale and drawn. Her cheeks looked slightly hallow and under her eyes were dark, like she hadn't slept in days. If it weren't for the fact that I could hear her steady breathing and heartbeat I would have thought she were dead.

"She looked like this and you didn't think I would wan to know this?" I growled at the shifter as he had followed me to her room.

"She didn't look this bad when I brought her home. She was paler then usual but she wasn't this run down." He retorted defensively.

POP

The little doctor popped in, bag in hand.

"Move Viking, I doubt you're the one I'm here for." She said pushing passed me to my Lover.

"What's wrong with her?"

"I don't know but if you let me do my job I'll let you know."

I left the doctor to her work and I went down the hall to the kitchen to get myself a TrueBlood.

"You can go shifter." I dismissed.

"Fine but I want to know what's happening with Sookie." He demanded.

"Maybe." I told him as I had no intention of telling him anything to do with my bonded. "Don't expect her at work for a while. She will be staying home until we figure out what is going on." As he walked out the door I returned to my Lover and the doctor.

"You need to give her your blood now." She told me as soon as I got to the door.

I bit into my wrist immediately, holding it to my Lovers mouth, holding her up and helping her swallow. After the first mouthful she began to stir and swallow on her own, holding my wrist to her mouth, swallowing until the wound closed.

Soon after letting go of my wrist she fell back into a deep sleep but she didn't look quite as pale and the black spots under her eyes were barely noticeable.

"What's happening to her?" I asked as I laid her under the blankets and settled her head on the pillows.

"She's transforming, and before you ask, I don't know what it is she's transforming into but whatever it is her little body can't handle it without your blood. So while I try to get word to Nial about this, I want you to give her blood at least two times every night, once as soon as you rise and once right before you go to rest for the day. Got it?"

"Yes I understand and I want you to know that I will be moving Sookie to my home, she will be safer there."

"Very well. I will return when I have talked to Nial. Call if anything changes." And with that she popped away.

"Oh my Sookie what is going on in that beautiful head of your and what is happening to you my beloved." I whispered in her ear as I pushed a stray strand of hair out of her face. I picked her up and carried her outside and flew us back to my house.

When we got there I carried her to my bed and took her out of her uniform and into one of my t-shirts. I pulled back the comforter and placed Sookie between the sheets and then covered her back up. I wrote her a note for when she woke and gave her a little more of my blood just like the doctor ordered and then I laid down behind her. I wrapped my arms around her and let myself be pulled into my daytime rest with my Lover in my arms.