Hi everyone

This is the very last chapter of this story. Thank you again all of you for reading this story.
I also wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


EPILOGUE

Now that Cataliades was gone, Eric couldn't stay up during day. He was like any other Vampires. A magical field that Cataliades had thrown around the Castle before he'd left, still protected them from any external danger. So Sookie was spending her days alone, sometimes she got visits from Sam, mostly in his Human shape. It felt strange for her to talk to him, because in her eyes he was still the nice dog, but she had learned to know him and realized that he was a really kind man. Eric showed her clearly that he didn't agree with this new friendship, but she had no other company.

She missed Cataliades a lot. So much in fact, that she was still keeping a fire in the fireplace that used to be Cataliades'. When she looked at it, she was still hoping that she would meet his little eyes or hear him say something to her.

A few days after his departure, she realized that her curse hadn't been completely removed. She could still hear Human's mind. She didn't understand why she wasn't freed. She didn't say a word to Eric at first but he quickly noticed that Sookie seemed lonely.

One night, as they were lying in bed, Eric was lingering in the soft scent of her hair when he told her that she could be his bonded. When Sookie heard him explain what a bloodbond was, she was scared that they would be cursed like Cataliades and Eric had been. However, Eric promised her that it was nothing like a pact. It was an old engagement between a Vampire and a loved one. Sookie had seen honesty in his eyes and she realized that he was asking her something greater than she could have guessed. This bond would be eternal, or at least as long as one of them would die. It was a way of telling her how deeply he loved her. She responded by kissing him and whispering a soft yes between her kisses. That night, they opened the bloodbond.

Eric grabbed the silver knife that he had stolen from the High Pythoness to cut a small opening on his chest so she could drink his blood. The next days, they performed the two other blood exchanges.

The morning after the last exchange, Sookie felt different. As Eric was resting, she could still feel him deep inside her. There was a strange humming that was making her feel safe and complete. The first nights, they enjoyed their bond mostly by staying in bed, so much that in the end Pam started to make fun of them. Afterward, Eric felt in their bond that Sookie was keeping something from him and she told him about her telepathy. He gazed at her in silence and Sookie could tell in their bond that he was worried for her. Instead of alarming her, he convinced her that it was a gift that she could use for their own benefits. Sookie didn't feel that way though, she still saw it like a curse. But Eric's passion for her made her forget everything.

His passion burned so deeply inside her that she could not spend time away from him. After a few nights, Sookie realized she lost herself in the power of their bond. Eric didn't see anything wrong with that, but Sookie explained that she'd never depended on anyone before him. She wanted to try spending time away from him and Eric agreed by leaving for a few days. He had to meet the High Pythoness and follow her to meet several Kings.

The first day, Sookie felt empty. Eric had closed the bond from his side so she could 'be herself' again, but it was making herself even worse. Pam tried to cheer her up but quickly gave up and told her to just cut her wrists already. The second day Sookie spend the day in bed and when night came, she left the Castle and went to see Freyda. She had moved away a few months before in a little house.

As she sat down in front of Freyda, Sookie stared at her and finally said in a cold voice.

"I am still cursed Freyda."

"Your curse, Freyda, hasn't left me."

"You were freed by Cataliades my dear."

"I was not. I can still read Human's minds."

Freyda gazed at Sookie in silence.

"It was not your curse my child."

Sookie gasped.

"I don't understand."

"The curse was that only a sincere love would see your true face."

Tears stung her eyes.

"The telepathy must always have been in you Sookie and the curse must have enhanced what you already had inside you."

"So this means I'll always bear this curse."

"Sookie it is not a curse. You have a gift."

This reminded her of what Eric had told her. "Eric said the same" she said finally smiling.

"You my child, have made the most dangerous pact." She told Sookie with mischief.

"What do you mean?" Sookie asked worried. After all Freyda knew more than anyone else about curses.

"Don't be scared Sookie. It is the most dangerous pact because it's the most powerful of all. Love."

Sookie smiled. "Yes, but I feel so empty without him. I hate that. During day, I seek the humming deep inside me and at night I need to feel him around me, close to me." She added blushing.

Freyda eyed her suspiciously. "There is another way you know?"

"Which one?"

"You're not ready yet." She mumbled staring outside.

When Sookie left her, she was thinking of Freyda's word. They were not leaving her but she couldn't get their meaning. Not until the fourth night. Just as night rose, Eric opened his bond again and send her a strong wave of love and longing. Sookie was lying in their bed and the emotion she felt was so powerful that she almost suffocated. She tried to send back her own longing and received a wave of desire. It was then that she understood what Freyda was mentioning. That night she made her decision.

She took a last look at herself in the mirror. Her long blond hair was cascading down her back and she was wearing the same dress as the night she met the High Pythoness. She smiled at herself. Now she could finally enjoy herself in the dress and tell herself that she was pretty.

She moved to the door and opened it. It was another surprise from Cataliades before he left. He gave them one other magical opening in the Castle.

She opened the door and the fresh air hit her. She stepped outside and walked barefoot in the grass enjoying the feel of the sunlight on her skin. She stood there, her eyes closed for some times before she walked down to the little wooden house.

Inside, the table was dressed with a plate for one person and a glass for another one. She had spent the whole day preparing this moment, cleaning the house and getting ready. She was nervous. Tonight she would share her last meal.

She checked everything and went back outside. She walked on the fresh gress, the flowers moving around her. She tried to memorize all the colors, the bright blue of the sky, which was reflected on the glittering lakes.

She sat down and contemplated the mountains, and the beautiful landscape around her. Slowly the blue sky turned into pink and violet as the sun slowly disappeared behind the mountains.

Sookie stared at the last rays until they completely disappeared. She closed her eyes as she felt the warm feeling invading her blood and smiled when two strong arms encircled her.

"Lover you look beautiful" Eric whispered in her ear and slowly bit her soft skin sending her shivers.

Sookie leant back against his chest and looked at the moon above them.

"This is going to be my new sun" She murmured.

"Don't be sad Lover"

"I'm not." She turned her head and kissed him softly. "Let's go inside." She added and stood up.

They walked inside the little wooden house and Sookie lighted the candles. Eric sat down on the chair and followed all her moves carefully.

Sookie was no longer nervous. She knew she was making the right choice. She put her dinner on the table. Her favorite meal, the one that her Gran used to make for her birthday. She looked up at Eric and smiled at him. She could feel that he was worried.

"Would you like some blood?" She asked him even if she already knew the answer.

"Not now. I'll have my favorite flavor soon." He told her with his seductive voice.

She ate her dinner, telling Eric what she had done for her last day. When she finished, she put the plate in the old sink and turned around.

Eric was standing right behind her. They stared at each other in silence. Eric slowly stroked her cheek then took her hand.

She had no worries even though she had no idea of what was waiting for her in the future. So she followed him on the bed and kissed him back.

He stared at her intently, holding her face between his hands.

"I love you so much Sookie Stackhouse." He whispered.

"I love you too" Sookie whispered back.

He laid her down on the bed, kissing her passionately. He took her dress of, then removed his own cloths. They made love as if it would be the last time and just as Sookie reached her orgasm, Eric bit her neck and drank her blood. She held on to him as she felt life leaving her body. Tears ran down her cheeks and she let go her very last breath.

In a few days, Sookie would rise as a Vampire under a sky filled with bright stars. The eternity shared with her loved one.

THE END

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