Ch 1
Eric Northman stood in the doorway of his bar. It was just getting dark when a car pulled up. He smelled the air and frowned. A red haired girl climbed out of the passenger side.
"Danny, I'll get a ride home."
"You sure? I have hockey practice but call me and I can get you after."
"Don't worry about me." The blonde haired driver looked at the taller blonde in the doorway.
"You have pepper spray or something?" Danny asked as the red head opened the backdoor and slipped a bag over her shoulder.
"I'll be fine."
"He's even more scary then Jimbo on a bad day."
"Don't start about him."
"Kerrie, I can stay. I don't want anything to happen to you."
"Just go, you'll be late." Kerrie closed the door and gave a wave as the man drove away.
"Boyfriend?"
"Nope, my best friend."
"Good, I'm Eric." He said extending his hand.
"Kerrie." She said with a small smile. Kerrie was 17 years old and finishing up her last year of high school. "Why am I the only one risking exorcising this place?" Eric shrugged.
Kerrie bit her lip, she was a natural witch and knew she had abilities from an early age. The rest of her family were typical humans. She had heard about this job through a magick shop in Salem. Due to her age Kerrie couldn't join a coven and because she was dating a were no witches in Salem wanted to mentor her. Luckily she found a mentor online and they Skyped twice weekly. In the past 6 months of formal training Kerrie's powers had doubled and she now had quiet the reputation in exorcisms.
"Follow me." Eric lead her into the bar which had not opened for the night. "Will you be able to finish in an hour or so? If not I can have someone pick you up tomorrow and you could work in the afternoon."
"An hour should be good."
Kerrie put her bag down on the floor and started arranging candles and incense around the room and set up a small altar on the bar since it was facing north. Eric stood with his arms crossed watching the girl work. He walked to the door and smelled the were sent on the air. Kerrie glanced at the tall blonde's back and let out a breath. She knew Eric wasn't human but her experience with supe's was new. Kerrie had been dating a werewolf who was the pack leaders heir to the Laconia New Hampshire pack. He was living in Boston and hung around in the same crowd as Kerrie even though she went to private school and he was in public.
Danny, Kerrie's best friend for the last 3 years wasn't too fond of her dating Jimmy or Jimbo as everyone called him since as he put it she was a "good girl" and guys like Jimbo liked easy girls. Much to Danny's dismay they started dating almost 2 years ago and were currently separated after an argument about Kerrie working on this job. Kerrie signed on to exorcise Eric's other 2 bars and he was to provide her with a hotel room the following weekend since those bars were 2 hours outside of Boston in the college area of Amherst.