Ok, so I couldn't sleep! Here's one more chapter for the evening!


Eric's POV

As we were lying there, I looked into at Sookie and said, "You know you make me very happy. My time with you has been the happiest, in my whole existence. When I'm with you I remember who I am. I am not just a sexy, powerful vampire. I am a man with feelings. I really want nothing more than to be with you always." She really didn't respond the way I wanted her to. She just gave me that crazy, nervous smile.

Finally she told me she was glad I was happy and that she was also happy. Then she asked me if she could ask me a question. Not exactly the response I was looking for, but at least she didn't completely blow me off. She actually asked me if I was really only going to pleasure her. She couldn't believe that I would possibly gain any satisfaction from pleasuring her. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Does she think that little of me? I don't have to get my dick wet to be sexually satisfied. When you have had all the sex I have had in my lifetime. You learn to take pleasure in pleasuring others. I explained to her that giving is just as good as receiving in my book. I even used an analogy she would understand. She then started laughing.

I love it when she laughs. We both laugh a lot when we are together. I have fun with Pam, but the fun I have with Sookie is the best. She fucking completes me. "Sookie," I said. "You know I would do anything for you." She responded, "Why do you ask?" At that point I was getting ready to tell her of my fate, but like the chicken shit I have become, I fucking got scared and changed my mind. "Oh, no reason in particular, I just want you to know that," I responded. Then she said, "Eric, thank you for being here for me. You don't even know what it means to me. You have really been so good to me these past few days. Even though you weren't physically the one who saved me from the fairies, you did so much for me. I know I wasn't very nice to you, about not saving me, the other night. I just wanted to let you know I am sorry for that. You may not have been there to save me, but I'm sure you were coordinating the effort and I know you were giving me strength through the bond."

When she said those words to me I knew I had to tell her. There was no putting it off any longer. The time is right and whether it goes good or bad, I have to do it. I then said, "Oh Sookie, I have to tell you something about that night. You remember, I told you I would tell you why I wasn't there and that you would understand. Well, I really need to tell you now; I think it is the right time for you to know."

She looked up at me with that nervous smile on her face again. I did not know how she was going to react, but I desperately hoped she would understand. "Sookie," I said, "Do you remember when you called me and asked me to get you protection from Felipe?" "Yes," she said. "I asked him for you, but he said no. Since you needed protection from the fae, he felt it was too great a risk to our people to give you the protection." "Oh, no," she interjected. I could tell she knew what I was about to say from the look on her face. I continued, "I sent Bubba to you, I arranged for Bill to watch out for you. When Bill called me and told me you had been taken, I called Niall. I was on my way out of my office to come here to your home to meet up with Bill and Niall when Victor intervened."

"When Victor stopped me, I was so worried about you that I lost my cool and let on to him why I was leaving. That I was leaving to save you. He said some really horrible things about you so I, well I took his head. Felipe arrived and unfortunately there was a witness. He knows I went against his orders to protect you. Sookie, he charged me with treason." She asked, "What does that mean, Eric? Treason doesn't sound like a slap on the wrist. What is going to happen?" I replied, "The trial was supposed to have happened when I returned from the clinic. Felipe sent me there to finish the job I started. He could have kept me locked up, but he set me free to save you. Actually I think he wanted me to get us uninvolved with the fae war, by finishing it. I was supposed to report to my trial tonight, but last night when we got back here I talked to Sandy, who informed me that the trial had to be postponed until the annual kingdom meeting in Las Vegas. It is in three weeks."

She began to panic. She said, "Eric, what does this all mean? What is going to happen at this trial? I said, "If I am found guilty, which I am, I will die my final death. That is why I want you to stay with me. I want to spend all the time I have left with you. You are really everything to me. I will gladly die my final death, if it means you are safe." "Guilty," she screamed, "guilty! So protecting me makes you guilty! They know that I am your wife! You are not supposed to protect your wife! And why would you say you are guilty?" "Sookie," I interjected, "I am guilty of going against Felipe's orders. I did commit treason and you are a human, regardless our commitment. A vampire should never put a human before other vampires."

At that moment I knew I had said the wrong thing. Sookie's face turned red and she began screaming at me. "Human," she said. "Because I'm human, you were not supposed to save me because I'm human even though I am your wife in their eyes! This is all a big mistake! I can't believe you! Right now, I can't stand you or your vampire way of thinking and I think I would like you to leave! If you truly cared about me like you say you do, you would not think you were guilty! Get out of my house! Your invitation is rescinded!"

When she told me to leave and that I did not care about her it broke my heart. I grabbed my pants and started backing right out of her bedroom and right out her front door. Where did it all go wrong? First we were enjoying are evening and then she hated me.

I flew back to Shreveport. I arrived at my home shortly before dawn. I went in my house and went right to my bed and thought about her. I thought about what she said. I realized that she was right. Even though I went against Felipe's orders I did it for my wife. That is not treason. That is what a good husband does. The fact that she is human should be irrelevant. I married her to protect her and that's what I did. Now I finally realized that I had to find a way out of this and fight for her. I was not giving up on my life or Sookie.