Chapter 2
"Can someone please fill me in?" I asked.
Pam started "Well I didn't think that much of it when Eric was late last night. He's been a bit distracted lately with the takeover and" she looked at me with a smirk "other personal issues. I thought at first he might be here with you Sookie or handling business he didn't tell me about. I left him messages but I still haven't heard back. I should have worried earlier but we were busy and it was almost closing time before I realized something must be wrong. Eric doesn't necessarily tell me all his moves but he's never been out of contact for this long. I've been looking for him since. I've checked all three of his homes in the Shreveport area. I called Bill just before daylight to see if he had heard from him and so he could start helping me look as soon as he woke. I tried to call you Sookie but you didn't call me back so I came here as soon as I woke. I was hoping....." She trailed off. She had been hoping Eric was with me and just not responding. If Pam, Bill, nor I knew where Eric was that couldn't be good. Pam was practically attached to him and he wouldn't have travelled without letting her know. He wouldn't have traveled voluntarily that is.....
After Pam's explanation the little kitchen was silent. Two vamps and a telepath were thinking as hard as they could. We were all coming to the same conclusion. Eric wouldn't voluntarily leave without telling us that meant he didn't leave of his own free will. If Eric had been taken, it wasn't some random carjacking or such thing. There were few who could handle the likes of Eric Northman and live.
"Sookie can you feel him?" Pam asked. I didn't like the hopeful tone in her voice.
I thought for a second. I reached out into the bond and tried to feel him. "He isn't dead." I said finally. "I would know if the bond had been broken. He isn't near either though or I would feel him more strongly." I could always tell when Eric was getting close now. It was almost like a second entity entering my mind and feelings. It usually made me feel elated, lusty, and warm. I felt a sudden pain as I thought of what it would be like to lose that. No need to be thinking the worst Sookie! Eric was alive and he was one of the toughest creatures on this earth. That thought reassured me a bit and I tried to calm myself.
I continued to try to probe the bond. I closed my eyes, opened myself, and tried to feel my bonded. I reached out and let his name roll through my mind over and over. ericericmybondedericericmybondedericmybondedericeric at that moment, we got an answer. Suddenly anger and pain seared through the bond. I dropped to my knees on the kitchen floor and cried out. I had a clear thought from Eric. He was in trouble and he was reaching out to me through the bond. Tears streamed down my face as I felt his rage and pain through the bond. I got one clear picture from him. Then he was gone. It felt like my soul had been suddenly sucked from my body. Feeling him had been painful but losing that feeling was virtually unbearable. I could barely breathe. With Bill's help, I shakily sat down in a chair. Pam and Bill were now standing and looking down at me expectantly.
"Victor" I whispered through my tears.