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Chapter 2

"What?!" Sookie tried to pull away from Erik but he wouldn't let her go even an inch.

"I could smell the ones who died here and Bill wasn't one of them. I would recognize his scent" he explained calmly. One of his hands moved to her stomach where he gently caressed her. Sookie barely noticed as she assimilated what he had told her.

Bill wasn't dead.

"It's time to go now" Erik's deep voice called to her from what seemed like miles away. She moved her head to look up into his eyes. He hadn't moved from how he had been holding her. "We will go to your house for the day until it is safe for me to look for him"

"Look for him?" she said blankly. Relief had turned her mind into mush.

"Yes" he answered lifting her up into his arms to transfer her to the passenger seat of her car. As he got into the driver's seat and turned the key in the ignition he looked over to her with what looked like glowing eyes. "I'll need you to explain to him that you are mine now".

Sookie sank into her seat as understanding dawned. That was why he had said sorry earlier. With Bill alive it would be harder for her to be with Erik. And she had no doubt that she was going to be with Erik. She had given him her word and there was no going back on it now. She knew that Bill would suffer if she tried to fight.

Erik would kill him if he had to.

And if Sookie didn't convince Bill that she wanted to go with Erik, than he would need to be killed before letting her be taken. A sob caught in her throat at her stupidity. If she had just waited he would have back to her, and they would be together. But now that was all over.

Before she knew it they were in front of her house and Erik was lifting her into his arms again. A part of her noticed the way his muscles rippled underneath her, but she pushed the thought away as she tried to focus on a way of getting Bill out of this mess she had made.

"Invite me in Sookie" Erik said calmly as he stood at the threshold.

"Go in" she whispered lightly, not even considering that she could have used her home as a sanctuary from him. He stepped in and closed the door behind him. As if he had been here before, he went straight to her room and put her down on her bed. She watched as he went to her curtains and looked at them critically.

"I have some black out curtains in the attic" she offered, knowing what he was thinking. "My brother Jason used them when he was a teenager. He hated gettin' the sun in his eyes on Saturday mornin".

"Show me"

Sookie got up and walked only a few steps before Erik had scooped her up into his arms again. "You don't need to carry me everywhere you know?" she told him with exasperation.

He only looked down at her seriously. "It's always best to be very close for the first month or so" he explained matter-of-factly. "It helps to solidify the bond"

Sookie knew her mouth was hanging open but she didn't care. He made it sound as if...

"Have you had other humans like this before?" she asked incredulously. She hadn't thought that Erik was the type to keep many pets.

"Only once" he answered her with his crooked smile on his face. She hated that smile; hated how human it seemed. "And Pam seems quite happy with how it worked out for her"

Eyes nearly bugging out of her head, she clutched at him as he headed towards the attic. Did that mean...?

"Yes Sookie" Erik answered her unasked question. "I plan on keeping you"

The black curtains had been hung up (stapled into the wall despite her protests) and blankets pulled back on the bed before her brain started to work again. She glanced to Erik and watched, mesmerized, as he began to undress. His pale skin gleamed in the light from the lamp, a stark contrast from the back jeans he still wore. She must have made a sound because, faster than her eyes could see, his eyes were on her. A blush stained her cheeks as she knew he had caught her ogling his well muscled chest.

"Do you feel safe with just the curtains?" Sookie asked, trying to find some way of stopping what she knew was inevitable. "All anyone would have to do is pull the staples out and pull them back and you'd..." she couldn't finish, not really knowing what to say other than 'poof'.

"A vampire sleeps very deeply in the day" Erik said calmly, apparently not surprised by her comment. "But I am very old and can maintain an awareness that would give me time to react to something like that"

At that moment Erik began to pull at the snap of his jeans. Sookie's attempt at a distraction crumbled. Despite being used to Bill's well-shaped body, Sookie felt her mouth water from looking at Erik. He wasn't an over-puffed bodybuilder type, but was still bigger than Bill. She thought it had to be his larger frame, and her embarrassment grew as her fingers longed to trail over his skin.

She had always thought herself to be a little more straight-laced than the rest of the women in town. And even after Bill, had been convinced that she was only so wild because she loved him. But now she was starting to think she was some kind of slut! The only thing that had stopped her from fucking her way through every guy in town was probably knowing their thoughts!

"What's wrong?" Erik asked as he watched the play of emotions cross her face.

"I must be some kind of slut or something" she answered dejectedly, not bothering to hide her thoughts from him. What was the point anymore?

Erik sat next to her on the bed and cupped her chin in his hand. "You will not talk about my human like that" he ordered her firmly. Sookie's eyes flashed up at him in surprised anger and Erik laughed with pleasure. "You are mine" he asserted softly, moving in to kiss her. After a breathless minute he broke away to stand once more, Sookie looking on helplessly. "No one else will touch you like that but me...so how can you be a slut?" he teased her lightly as he began to take off his jeans.

"I don't love you" she answered fiercely. He paused in his movements to look at her, but continued again without breaking eye contact. From her peripheral vision, Sookie could see him lower his pants until he was completely naked in front of her. She wouldn't let herself look, but it was a strain. Everything about him was so beautiful that she yearned to see the rest. She tried to bring the image of Bill to mind but couldn't. She was torn between guilt and a sweet sense of relief. Being here with Erik was a betrayal in itself, but feeling the way she did would help her push Bill away when the time came.

"What is it that you love about Bill?" Erik asked as he stood there shamelessly.

"I..." Her mind came up blank and she panicked. She knew that she loved Bill. What she was feeling must be a trick or something, he must be doing this.

"Have you ever heard of infatuation?" he asked, still holding her gaze captive with his own. "Is it possible that simply meeting a man whose thoughts you couldn't hear drew you to him? That the excitement of a vampire along with your first taste of sex simply made you think that it was love?"

"No!" Sookie denied vehemently. She tried to ignore the evidence that Bill had shared more information about her than she had thought. When she had first visited Eric she had been a virgin, but the only way he could know that was through Bill. "We love each other"

"He loves you, but so do other men" Erik said as he stepped forward. "But you would not be looking at me like you are if you were in love with him"

"I...I..." she stammered, trying to think of a way to argue against him. But deep down a part of her wondered. "How do you know what Bill feels?" she demanded, suddenly angry. "Did he tell you that when he was spillin' the rest of our personal business?"

Eric laughed softly and shook his head. "Bill told me...'your personal business' because he thought it would convince me that I would never win you from him. To convince me that you loved him"

"I do love him!" she insisted desperately.

"You want me" he negated firmly and broke the spell that had been on her the past minutes by moving forward. Her eyes moved down to take in the full scope of his nudity and her eyes widened. She hadn't known how true it was when she said that he was bigger than Bill.

She didn't have more than a second to look before he was on her. His hands seemed to be everywhere at once. And before she knew it her dress was unzipped and pulled down her body, leaving her with only panties to cover her. They were red to match the dress and she swallowed as Erik grinned at her.

"You are my favorite color" he whispered before leaning down and taking one of her tightened nipples into his mouth. Sookie arched into him as heat shot through her body. His cool fingers pinched her other nipple in tandem to the pulls of his mouth and she could feel her hips rock at the sensations. It seemed as if every twinge in her breasts throbbed in her clit until she was as wet as she had ever been. His hands were rough at her waist as he pulled at her underwear but she didn't care. She had discovered with Bill that she liked it a little rough and hurried, and Erik was giving her exactly what she wanted.

Her legs opened and curled over his hips as she tried to pull him in. She wanted to feel his cock rubbing against her slick heat. He didn't resist, chuckling hoarsely at her eagerness. Their moans mingled as the head of his cock nudged her entrance. She felt as if her whole body was tingling and couldn't stop from positioning herself as she wanted. She rubbed herself so that his penis stimulated her clit and cried out his name from the sensations.

"Sookie" Erik grunted as he levered his hand between them and took hold of his rod. She braced herself for his entry but he traced her folds with his tip, only dipping in to transfer more of her slickness to him. Then he ground himself gently into her clit, not letting off the pressure until she was panting from it.

"Erik, oh god, Erik" she gasped as he brought her to orgasm. Just as the aftershocks began to fade he speared her with his cock. His size added to the shock and as he quickly began to pump in and out she began to come again, this time her inner muscles milking his cock. He groaned and pushed deep, giving her a fuller release and simply enjoying the sensations of her orgasm around him.

When she had finished and her legs were hanging limp off of him he grinned and started it once more. Starting off slowly he would pull completely out before pushing completely back in. He kept that up until she was moaning again, her head thrashing from side to side. When her hips began to undulate underneath him he let himself go. Thrusting in and out of her tight warm channel, he gritted his teeth and stared down at where their bodies met. His balls tightened at the sight of his cock pushing in and out of her and he moved faster and faster. His fingers moved to pinch and flick at her clit as he pounded her hard. Just as she came for the third time he let himself go. Sookie could feel him orgasm and it gave a renewed strength to her own until tears were streaming down her face and she was clutching him to her chest.