Chapter 11 Waiting for the sun

"Well well well. Looks like we have a showdown here, don't we?" Antonia said to me with a wry, crooked smile as we stood apart from one another like we had since she announced who was really occupying Marnie's body. I hadn't been able to do anything but stand there like an idiot once she had spoken and it wasn't because I was under a spell or anything. I was just generally taken aback and when I was caught off guard like that, I tended to just freeze in place until I was able to function again. I watched as Antonia moved closer to me, her eyes trailed on my face like she was studying me. "You're the girl that came into the shop aren't you?"

"Maybe I am." I replied, finding my voice as well as feeling in my limbs and I stepped back, wanting as much distance between us as possible. And as I kept my gaze tightly on her for any sudden movement, I couldn't help but snap back a comment of my own. "And you're the bitch that cursed my husband."

"Oh, you have quite the mouth on you despite your innocent looks. Marnie warned me about you." Antonia's heavily accented voice came out of Marnie's mouth, causing such a contrast that it was hard to believe it wasn't just Marnie making that sound. She really was possessed by this ancient necromancer who stared at me with all knowing eyes. "You know what else she mentioned?"

"Oh I can only imagine that could be." I hissed back at her, knowing I was probably doing more harm for my self by answering her back with such a tone but I could not help it. I was face to face with the witch who had stolen every memory from my husband and had destroyed my life in the process. I was not going to play nice with her. "Whatever it is, I don't want to hear it..."

"She said she could sense a power in you and now that I'm standing here with you, I can sense it as well. You have witch blood in you, I can practically smell it on your skin." Antonia went on, touching on the point that nearly every witch could tell about me when I was in their vicinity. I was use to hearing it by now but it didn't mean it was any less creepy. I had accepted that I had this power inside of me, but there was no way I would ever give in to it and explore it. I just did not care to have it. But Antonia seemed intrigued by it considering what she said next. "You would make a powerful necromancer, my girl. I could help you with that."

"Um yea, I don't think so. I have no interest in being a witch" I gritted my teeth so hard that it made my jaw ache. "But I will tell you what I am interested in. You removing the curse on Eric, now that I would like to see happen."

"That's just not in the cards little girl. Your husband deserved it for threatening my kind. I am not a witch you want to offend because I will retaliate. The vampires back in my time experienced that when I forced them all out into the sun. They underestimated my power. Just like Eric Northman did." Antonia laughed, clearly proud of herself for what she had done. It wasn't so much her words that were shocking but it was the images that were racing through her mind right now, showing me just how she had forced the vampires from the 1600's out into the day light to burn into a pile of ashes. It chilled me right now to the core to see that and when she met my eyes again, I saw her lips twitch upward. "And if you're not careful, you will be presumed guilty by association. And I might just have to burn you along with your precious vampires. I will do what I have to do."

"You can stop with the empty threats, you don't scare me." I shot back at her smug face, feeling my defiance flare up inside of my chest and it occurred to me right then that I was not in the least bit afraid of her. Even knowing what she had done to the vampires back in the day and seeing what she did to Eric, I just was not frightened at all. I was more angry then anything. "And you are the one that should be careful. You pissed me off and I am the wrong person to mess with right now."

"You stupid little girl..." Antonia frowned, her hands twitching noticeably as she raised her palms up to face me. Her mind was racing, forming something in a another language that I could not recognize but I guessed she was trying to cast a spell. "You are going to regret that..."

"No way in hell." I didn't waste another second in waiting to react and my own hands shot up in defense and before she could utter a word out loud, the white light burst from not only my palms but every single one of my fingers. I watched in fascination as the beams hit Antonia clear in the chest and sent her flying off of her feet and blasted her down the road from me. I dropped my hands to my sides, my fists clenched hard as I was proud that I had been able to defend myself against a necromancer. I had refused to be a victim and I had been unafraid in confronting her. I watched with wide eyes as she sat up in the dusty dirt road, her head shaking and her clothes off kilter but otherwise she was uninjured. It hadn't been my intention to hurt her, just let her know who was in charge here. But as I watched her look around and her eyes land back on me, I saw that her brown orbs were filled with confusion. Almost like she didn't know what was going on. I didn't know why, but I took a step forward. "Marnie?"

"Wha...what happened?" She asked me, scooting back when I had moved closer and it had just solidified that whatever I had done, somehow Antonia had fled from Marnie's body for the moment and left us alone on this dark road. She hesitantly got to her feet, dusting herself off as she kept a close watch on me. "How did I end up here?"

"Don't try the innocent act, I know you and Marnie are partners in crime." I told her, remembering what my Gran had told me during the reading and I kept my vigilance up. I wasn't going to ever let my guard down around witches ever again. But there was no telling if Antonia's spirit would be back any time soon, and the only good thing was that Marnie herself seemed subdued. It would give me the opportunity to retreat and head home. So that's what I did, thankful that I hadn't gone too far.

15 minutes later

"Are you fucking kidding me?" Helen's voice was full of disbelief as we stood together in the front hallway with Alec, Gabriel and Eric as she stared at me with wide eyes after I had just confessed what had gone down out there on the road with Antonia. I hadn't stopped running until I reached the front porch and the moment I burst through the door, I had become a blubbering idiot. Helen was the first to reach me when I came in and I wasn't sure how she was able to understand me as I told her what Antonia had told me in our conversation as well as how I fought her back, but somehow Helen was able to take it in and she reacted in the exact way that I thought she would. "Antonia was out there just wandering around and you ran into her? Holy fuck you could have been hurt."

"The thought had occurred to me only after I was running back here." I admitted to the brief feeling of fear that had come over me when I was in retreat from her and I realized just how differently things could have ended had I not reacted so quickly. But I couldn't dwell on that or I would have nightmares. "But somehow, when I blasted her off her feet, Antonia's spirit left Marnie's body. And it gave me the chance to get away without delay."

"You got lucky, if it hadn't worked out like that, then you would have pissed off Antonia royally." Alec pointed out, his face was probably the most dark out of them all as he had been the one to encounter Antonia when she was alive and it didn't look like he enjoyed knowing she was so near. He scratched his head with one hand before saying. "And she referred to the incident at the time of her death? When she had all those vampires come out into the sun?"

"Yea, she said it was retaliation for what had been done to her by the vampires in her time." I told him, shuddering at that part of the conversation as it had been the most chilling. "And then she said if she did it again, she would burn me along with you guys if could."

"That bitch." Eric growled from the back of the group, speaking up for the first time since I arrived back home and I watched as he slammed his fist into the wall. "I want to go after her right now."

"No we can't do that, if she sees you again then she could do more damage then before." I shot back, appreciating him getting angry and protective even after I had shut him down on the intimacy front. But we couldn't just react without thinking. I shook my head. "No, we have to call Bill and get the others here right away. We can't do anything without running this passed the King first."

"Bullshit! I want to kill the bitch." Eric exclaimed, flashing over to me and yanking me to his side before I could even think to step away. "She threatened my wife and all vampires. I will have her head on a silver platter."

"No, Allison's right. We should contact the King first." Gabriel became the voice of reason right then, stepping forward with a shake of his head. "It's the only way..."

30 minutes later...

"I cannot believe this shit!" Bill slammed his fist down on the dining room table, startling the vampires with his dark and vicious tone and causing Sookie and I to jump in our seats before calming down long enough to hear Bill go on with what he was saying. He had only been able to react with one sentence after Helen, Gabriel and Alec had told him what had occurred with Antonia and the others after arriving here under 30 minutes had been in an angry frenzy at her appearance on the road by my house. But Bill was still in control even though he was the youngest male vampire in the house. "She actually intended to stalk these roads until she found you and Eric. And then she went ahead and threaten all vampires with exposure to the sun. I won't allow this."

"So what are we going to do?" I questioned, looking at my cousin in law earnestly and trying to quench the feeling of impending doom that had started to swell when I had left to make the calls to the others. Eric sat next to me, his arm never leaving my waist the entire time since I had come back to the house. "If she is serious about threatening to draw the vampires out into the sun again, how are we going to stop it."

"Well we can't do anything drastic right now because it will take careful planning and dawn is only a few hours off. So we have to hold off on a more violent reaction. We have to think about protecting ourselves." Bill tapped his fingers to his chin, his eyes suggesting that he was deep in thought and for once no one dared to say anything in the silence that followed. Not even Pam who was sitting in the farthest seat away with a black veil covering her rotting face. Bill looked around the table at each face, including Sookie and I and then he said. "I'm going to send out an order for all vampires to chain themselves with silver before going to rest for the day and to take as many extra precautions as possible."

"And all of you guys should stay here at the house." I announced to the table, not liking the idea of having so many imprisoned vampires in my house when there was going to be a spell happening to draw them out into the day light and who knows what else the spell could do to them. But they were my friends and family and I would do whatever I had to do or that was in my power to keep them safe. "The basement is light tight and it's probably the safest place to be right now."

"I think that's the best idea, at least then everyone will be together and we wont have to worry about any one anywhere else." Sookie nodded, backing me up with a confident smile even though her eyes showed concern. "And I'll stay here with Allie in case something goes wrong."

"I still don't like the idea of you two being here alone with a basement full of vampires being affected by a spell. Who knows what it will make us do? We might hurt you girls without meaning to." Bill pointed out, looking at Sookie as he said this and I could see the devotion in his eyes as he expressed his worry for our safety but mostly for her. It was the way Eric would have looked at me had he been himself. Bill reached for Sookie's hand on the table top and said. "I would feel better you had some extra reinforcements during the day."

"Well..." Sookie turned her head away from her husband and looked directly at me like she was trying to convey something silently. I couldn't understand what she was trying to tell me until she spoke again. "I might have an idea of someone who can help us..."

40 minutes later

"Well well, we meet again under fabulous circumstances. This is speaking wonders about our friendship." Alcide's laughing voice came at me little over half an hour later as I looked up from my spot on the front porch where I had been waiting for him and grinned when I found the tall Were stepping out of his pickup truck with a welcoming wave in my direction. I stood up excitedly, oddly thrilled at seeing him after what had already happened tonight. When Sookie had said she knew who to call to help us during the day, I knew exactly who she was referring to. And now as Alcide made his way over to me, I couldn't help but go out to meet him with a grin of my own and when we came within distance of each other, I was drawn into his arms before I could protest and it was only when he was hugging me that I realized this was exactly what I needed all along. He let me go, holding me by the shoulders as he stared down at me. "So...you've gotten yourself into trouble again..."

"Hey, this wasn't my fault. I didn't go out looking to start a fight. She was the one who planned on confronting me." I shot back, pushing his hands off me as I rolled my eyes, unable to even frown in his presence right now. Alcide, although very new to my life, was one of those people who I just knew would pick up my mood when I needed him too. And tonight was one of those nights. "And yes, I might have said some things that I shouldn't have, but if I didn't then I wouldn't have found out what she planned to do."

"Yes, Sookie did explain to me what this witch might be trying to do. And I brought as much silver as I could find." Alcide motioned with his large hand to the back of his truck that was almost filled to the brim with piles of silver chains of varying thickness. He turned back to me and I could see in his eyes that even though he was here to help us, he wouldn't be all that upset if the vampires were attacked. But at least he kept that opinion silent. "So now that I'm here, do I need to report to your King?"

"He's not my king. He's Louisiana's vampire King. But yes, he does want to speak to you." I explained, nodding to the closed front door door and knowing the others were gathered in the dinning room still waiting for Alcide's arrival. "I think he wants to thank you."

"For what?" Alcide frowned, looking confused as he followed me towards the front of the house with his face turned towards me. "I'm just helping to silver a bunch of fangers down for the day."

"To Bill, that deserves a thanks since it will ensure their survival for the day." I tried to tell him, pushing open the door and entered the house. I heard the conversation in the nearby room cease when Alcide appeared behind me in the doorway and I could practically feel the tension rolling off of everyone in the room but I tried my best to ignore it. Someone needed to keep a cool head. "Bill, you know Alcide..."

"Yes, I remember you." Bill replied, holding out his hand politely even though I saw his nose wrinkle in disgust when he laid eyes on Alcide. I guess the stories of vampires and werewolves not liking each other hadn't changed at all from the past. After Alcide had shaken his hand for a few seconds, Bill dropped it and said. "Sookie said she has explained the situation and I want to thank you for staying with the girls for the day. We all thank you."

"I don't." Eric huffed from his chair, close to me as his eyes peered around my body and over to Alcide who stood there not showing the slightest apprehension even when Eric got to his feet to stare him down. "I don't thank him and I don't want him here."

"Well tough shit vampire, I am here and you can't do anything about it." Alcide shot back, glaring into Eric's eyes as if there was no one else there in the room to stop him from throwing a punch if he wanted to. "You should be grateful I am trying to save your ass."

"Who asked you to?" Eric snapped, his hands flashing up to shove Alcide hard in the chest, enough to send the Were stumbling backwards and bring the others to their feet. Eric looked like he was willing to go again, but I quickly stepped in his path to cut off any further physical interaction.

"Eric, knock it off." I order, trying to keep my voice steady and confident but it was hard when I was standing in front of a very angry looking vampire who looked like he would shove me aside if he wanted to get at Alcide hard enough. I held my hands up at him, prepared to blast him away if I had to. "We can't have fighting right now..."

"I agree, you need to behave." Godric spoke up, appearing at Eric's side with a single hand on his shoulder as well as a stern look on his face. "Do not make me command you."

"He started it by coming here." Eric grumbled, looking at the way I stood defensively in front of Alcide but he did back down despite the glare he kept up on his face.

"Look, we should just get down to the basement and start chaining ourselves up now so we're ready. Dawn is only 2 hours away." Louie spoke up from the back of the group, his age and tone playing a part in what we did next as he started moving towards the basement door. "We don't want to be caught off guard."

"He's right, everyone down to the basement." Bill ordered as sternly as he could before pointing to Alcide, Sookie and I. "You three obviously will handle the silver. And make sure its as secure as possible."

"Trust me, that won't be a problem." Alcide assured Bill with a smirk, looking over his shoulder to where Godric was having to drag away a stubborn looking Eric who was practically shooting daggers at Alcide with his eyes as he disappeared downstairs. Bill followed after them as Sookie and I went with Alcide back outside to start bringing in the piles of silver. And the moment the three of us were alone, Alcide couldn't help but say. "Oh chaining up a bunch of vampires is a dream come true for me."

10 minutes later

"Fuck that stings like a bitch."

"Shut your mouth vampire, or I'll stuff this chain in your mouth and you'll really be complaining."

"Don't you dare even think about it. I could kill you within 2 seconds before you even realized what was happening."

"Yea, your threats have had so much follow through..."

"Well they seem to be getting along famously aren't they?" Godric asked me teasingly, referring to the battle between Alcide and Eric as I draped another line of silver across his throat before attaching it to the wall behind him. It was very weird to have to be chaining up my best friend for his own safety when it was giving me flashbacks of the time when he was down here detoxing. I saw him send me an apologetic smile, like he knew what I was thinking. "Don't worry, it will all turn out alright."

"Not if Eric continues to put up a fight." I grumbled, standing back to study him to make sure I had put silver on the right parts of his body to keep him secure and nodded behind me. "He is the only not cooperating with this."

"Are you really surprised? It is Eric after all, even if he doesn't remember anything." Godric chuckled, in a fairly good mood for having his own free will taken from him for the day. He rattled his chains as he struggled to find a more comfortable position as he watched with me as Alcide stood across the room attempting to silver Eric to the bed but without much luck. The others were all chained and silvered and were trying to keep their gasps of pain to a minimum. But Eric was making a fuss every time Alcide came at him with the heavy silver. And Godric seemed to find this amusing. "It's amazing how he acts like his old self even without his memories."

"Fuck you Werewolf, you'll never lay your hands on me." Eric shouted fiercely, gaining the attention of all the vampires in the room. Sookie had been finishing up with the silver on Bill when she stopped and our eyes met across the dark room. Eric and Alcide were now standing a few feet apart from each other, both of them standing up straight like they were ready to fight each other. "Try it again and I will not hesitate to..."

"Oh for God Sakes, I'll do it." I snapped, leaving Godric's side and stomping across the room to where Alcide stood and snatched the silver from his hands before he could stop me. He sent Eric one more glare before stepping back away from us as I face my husband. "Get on the bed and shut up."

"Enticing me into bed in front of all these people? Ok, I'm cool with that." Eric replied suggestively, looking like his old self as he did what I said and climbed onto the large bed and laid down with a playful smirk. All traces of his anger towards Alcide was gone as I hovered over him with the silver in my hands. "Be gentle now."

"I think you can handle it." I told him, trying not to flinch as I laid the first of the silver across is throat and watched as it showed in his eyes how much it hurt him. I could hear his grunts of discomfort as I wrapped the chains around his wrists and ankles, binding them together as best as I could before securing them to the wall and bed posts before I stood up and looked down at him. I saw the steam rising from the place where the silver met his skin and I felt bad for the pain he was in. But it was for the best if he was going to stay alive, if they were all going to stay alive. I could feel the eyes of everyone on me as I sat beside him on the bed and touched my fingers to his face. Sookie was with Bill, whispering her good byes to him and sneaking in a kiss while the others, along with Alcide were watching my exchange with Eric. I smiled down at him, stroking his cheek gently before saying. "I know you don't remember anything, but I do love you. And I don't want anything to happen to you. Please stay safe."

"You three should go." Bill's voice called out from across the room and both Sookie and I turned our eyes on him attentively. "It will be dawn soon and we should attempt to get some rest before the day begins."

"Ok." I simply nodded, my fingers leaving Eric's face as I stood up and walked towards the door along with Alcide and Sookie and shrugging off any attempt they made to reach out to me. I looked around the room, seeing Alec, Helen and Gabriel chained together while Godric, Louie and Pam were situated near each other and Eric was alone on the bed. They all shared the same expression of pain but there was nothing to be done about that. It was the only thing guaranteed to keep them safe. And as the three of us left the room and made our way upstairs, the only thing I could think of to say was. "This better work or else I'm going to be really pissed off."

1 hour later

I was sitting alone in the living room on the floor in front of the fire when Alcide appeared in the doorway and leaned against the frame with his arms crossed. I had heard his heavy footsteps approaching but I hadn't acknowledged it as I was still coming down from what I had just had to do down in the basement. I didn't relish the idea of chaining up my husband and my friends but it was something I had to do to ensure their safety. And even though I knew it was for the best, seeing the pain on their faces because of the silver I placed on their skin had wounded me and I needed some time to myself before I faced the others. I had settled here in the living room for the past 60 minutes and up until now I had been alone. Sookie was on the phone with Sam and then I think she went back down to the basement to speak with Bill and I didn't know what Alcide was doing but now he was here and was walking across the carpet to me. I had to crane my neck back very far just to look at his face being that I was on the floor and he was standing at his full height. And when our eyes met, I could see the conflicted expression there as he stared at me.

"You really care about what happens to those fangers don't you?" He asked me as tactfully as he could manage which wasn't too much being that he really did not like vampires. But he tried to remain neutral as he lowered himself to the ground next to me and sighed. "I mean, I saw the look on your face down in the basement and its the same as the one on your face now. You're worried, aren't you?"

"Of course I'm worried. How can I not be? Antonia could possibly draw them all out into the sun in a few hours time and kill them all. I think I have every right to be worried." I replied, turning my head to look at him and marveled at the sheer size of him. I was use to it being that Eric was just as tall but Alcide was so different compared to my husband. Despite his size, by nature I knew he was this sweet and nice guy who could be fiercely protective of what he cared about. So talking to him was easier then I expected. "They are all my friends in some way or another. Eric and Bill are my family. I don't want anything to happen to them. If it were your family, you would feel the same."

"My kind wouldn't get mixed up with a bunch of witches." He retorted with a frown, bringing a darkness to his face that I wasn't use to seeing yet. He brought on leg up at an angle so he could prop his arm on his knee before he said. "My family all belong to the same pack and protect our own kind without going out to look for trouble elsewhere."

"Those vampires didn't go out asking for this to happen. Some crazy witch ghost with a grudge to settle decided to possess another witch just to get revenge on something that happened a few hundred years ago. And it just so happened that she chose to start trouble with my group." I explained, running my hands through my hair and wincing when my fingers hit a knot. I had been feeling frantic for the better part of the night and this conversation wasn't really doing anything to help calm me down. I glanced at Alcide curiously. "You said your kind wouldn't get mixed up in any of this. But I'm in the middle of it. Are you suggesting that I'm crazy for who I chose to be around? That I'm asking for this?"

"Not at all, I just think that sometimes nice girls get mixed up with the wrong people that's it." He quickly said, his face showing that he didn't mean to offend me in any way. "And I think you're one of those nice girls, but you also can't help who you are drawn to. You can't help who you want to be friends with or who you love."

"No you can't." I shook my head, knowing I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. I felt a connection to every supernatural being in my life and it didn't matter to me what they were. As long as they treated me well and stood by me then that was all that mattered. "And besides, it's not like I'm a normal human girl. And even if I was, I don't judge people based on what they are, if that were the case then I wouldn't be friends with you or the vampires or married to Eric. I judge them based on their treatment of me. I think that should be done for everyone."

"Sometimes I think women want to believe there is good in everyone but there isn't. You should stick to what you know, and what's known is vampires are bad news. They are always going to attract trouble of some kind." Alcide pointed out, making his opinion known to me as gently as possible which I did appreciate. He wasn't going to just abandon how he felt about this just because I was in trouble and needed his help. But he clearly wasn't going to be a jackass about it. "This is why Weres tend to stick with their own kind. We don't like to get dragged out into the middle of this kind of shit."

"So then why are you here? Why did you come to help me when you feel that way?" I questioned, looking at him with curiosity filling me up on the inside so much so that I knew it was showing on the outside. "If you are serious about sticking to your own kind then why did you put yourself in the middle of this trouble that is brewing? Why didn't you just stay out of it and let us deal with it on our own?"

"Because despite how I feel about vampires, I couldn't stand back and do nothing. Not when I knew you were in trouble." Alcide admitted with such a look on his face that I had to drop my gaze as my cheeks flamed red. "I feel drawn to you and I didn't want you to get hurt when all this is going on. Not when I could do something to help."

"Thank you." I couldn't stop the smile that appeared across my lips in that instant. There were very few other people I could count on right now when most of that support system was chained up in the basement. "Seriously, thank you for doing this."

"You don't have to keep saying that you know. I know you're grateful, I can sense it." He shot me a grin of his own, warming me on the inside for the first time in a while. "And I'm glad to be helping you."

"You're a very sweet man for doing this. I know, it's not easy for you to be around so many vampires, but I appreciate you putting that aside to help me." I wanted to reach out and squeeze his arm in gratitude but I held back. "Even if we are basically strangers."

"I think at this point we can stop using the term strangers and just say we're friends. I have a feeling we will be thrown together a lot more so it seems pointless to not call ourselves friends." Alcide said with a twinkle in his eye, putting me more at ease despite the impending arrival of the sun that was not that far off. "I'm here for you whenever you need me."

"I'm glad you're here." I was touched that he would put himself up for grabs so easily whenever I could need him even if it involved vampires. I knew my good feeling about him was right when he said this and for a reason I couldn't exactly pinpoint, I just knew he would never let me down. I was going to tell him that when my hair slipped down and fell in front of my eyes and I just laughed. "Stupid hair..."

"Here, let me." Alcide said when I went to push it back for myself but he beat me to it. His large hand reached out towards my face, his fingers brushing back the long strand from my eyes and tucked it behind my ear just as his hand curled around the outside of my cheek and he left it there. His dark eyes stared into mine as that twinkle reappeared in them. "There, all done."

He should have dropped his hand right then and there but he didn't. He left his fingers right up against my cheek, like he wanted to keep on feeling my skin on his for as long as I would allow it. He didn't say anything after that, he just sat there looking at me with this oddly intense look in his eyes that I couldn't decipher. But a minute later I realized what it was that I was seeing. It was a look of wanting, he wanted me. I could tell by the frantic pacing of his thoughts and how loudly and clearly they were coming through to me. The way he touched me, the way he was looking at me, I could tell he wanted to kiss me. I could practically see it playing out in his mind. And for a second I was sure that I actually saw him start to lean in towards me...

"So everything is secure for the day time hours and Bill is certain that all the other vampires in the area will follow his order as well. So we have nothing to worry about." Sookie's voice drove us apart as she walked into the room and Alcide immediately dropped his hand from my face. But my cousin didn't seem to notice anything odd as she joined us on the floor and held her hands out to the fire. "We did what we were suppose to do and there is no reason to think it won't turn out ok."

"That's good. That's really good." Alcide fumbled over his words, obviously trying to regain his composure but only I could tell why that was. He glanced at me once before setting his eyes on Sookie. "So what do we do now?"

"Now we wait for the sun to come." I answered for them both, turning to look out the nearby window to the sky that was starting to lighten up and I shivered. It was going to be a long day, a long day filled with worry and fear. A day that we were being forced to endure. I sighed heavily and looked at Alcide and Sookie separately before setting my chin on my knees. "And we hope that they all make it through the day."

A/N: So allie and Antonia had a confrontation, the vampire need to chain themselves up for the day and Alcide is there to lend a hand to all...and is it just me, or is there som sexual tension brewing from Alcide for Allie? Anyway, lots to expect from the next chapter...the vampires face a long day and not everyone remains under cover, at least two vampires go out into the sun...stay tuned to see who survives.