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Opening the door I noticed that Pam wasn't alone; Chow was with her. I rolled my eyes. This was going to be so much fun.

"Come on in y'all." I waved my hand behind me and put on a smile. But no one's eyes were on me anyway. As soon as they saw Eric; that's where their attentions laid. I sighed visibly.

"Master," Pam whispered with more affection than I ever heard come from her mouth. "All is well?"

I started to tiptoe to the kitchen but I didn't get anywhere. I felt a cold hand grip my own. Cursing at myself I turned and looked at the Viking. "Yes?"

"Stay with me?" He asked. If he wasn't pleading, I could have ignored it. Damn my emotions.

"Sure Eric." I said and gripped his hand back and walked over to the couch to sit. I gestured for them to follow and they did.

"Master, are you alright?" Pam said, pushing her hand out in front of herself, but thinking twice because she never touched him.

My eyes swiveled back and forth maybe a hundred times before Eric spoke.

"I am doing fine. Sookie has been a great host." He told her and then turned to me and gripped my hand. I gave it a small squeeze for reassurance.

Chow snorted and crossed his arms and he got a nice long growl from the Viking. Eric became tense and his muscles locked. Quickly I gripped his arm with my other hand and he looked down at me. I shook my head trying to calm him on my own terms. I even began rubbing at his bicep. I didn't think it would have worked but it did. He began to relax. Chow didn't dare say anything. He knew better now.

Pam sniffed the air around him and smiled. "I see you helped Eric after all." Her brows rose as if willing me to deny it.

"Yes I did."I said. She was referring to me giving Eric blood.

"How did he do?" She quizzed.

"Fine actually; he stopped when I told him too." I said and I couldn't keep the proud from slipping into my words and that rewarded me a real smile from Pam.

"That is good news. Maybe not all is lost yet." She looked fondly on her maker but her eyes were sad. To be honest, I was right there with her.

"I'm so sorry this happened, Eric." She told him.

"It's not your fault." Eric answered and then tensed. "Is it?"

She looked aghast. "No! Of course not. I would never betray you." I knew she wouldn't do that, but he didn't. Eric seemed to believe her words though.

"Alright. Enough with the questions. Eric is fine; he has been taken care of." I rolled my eyes. "We need to figure out why this happened."

Eric nodded by my side and the other two did as well. They didn't care for when I spoke, but as soon as Eric agreed they follow.

"It could be because he did not return their threats in kind." Chow stated.

"It could be that; but why would they take it to the extremes? Making him forget how to be a vampire?" I shook my head.

"Maybe with him gone, it would be easier for them to take the business." Chow shot back.

"But it didn't work out the way they planned and now they have to face the penalty." Pam roared. I actually flinched away from her. She sounded so menacing. I found myself wrapped in Eric's arms. To everyone's utter surprise, I didn't move away.

"So…" Was all I got out before my door came flying open to reveal my brother.

"Sook, I got something to show you!" He yelled.

"Jason, calm down. What on earth are you doing here?" I didn't want him around vampires as it was, let alone be brought into this problem.

He was flinging a paper in his hand and nearly tripped on the rug by the stairs.

"Sis, have you seen this? It has that vampire's picture on it." Every vampire's eyes were on Jason, until he pointed at Eric.

"What do you mean?" I gently guided myself up from Eric's tight embrace. I walked over and ripped the paper out of his hands. I didn't have to look at it long. My heart sank.

It was a crudely done "Have you seen me?" kind of poster. My jaw dropped when I saw the reward if they found the person they were looking for. Fifty thousand dollars.

"Where did you get this?" I whispered not taking my eyes off the page.

"I walked by this one person who was carrying a bunch of em. He put one on the wall by the supermarket and I noticed the vamp was the one that owned that vamp bar in Shreveport. I knew you knew who he was. So, I ripped it down and brought it here for you to see. I didn't know if you knew he was gone, but it looks like you already know."

"Yes, I do." I turned to the vampires. "They put a reward out for finding Eric. Fifty thousand dollars if he is found." I gulped never taking my eyes off Eric. "Something tells me this is more than just about wanting your business."

I think I just shocked a room of vampires. Chow and Pam both turned their attention at Eric who was looking uncomfortable.

"Eric, do you remember why they did this to you?" Pam said attentively.

"No, I do not. I don't know anything…Pam." He growled. He was so lost again.

"Hmm. That's right." She looked at me. "You only remember our Sookie here." Her voice was bitter.

"Not much, he just remembered my name. Matched the name to the face I guess." I shrugged. "But that doesn't make me feel any more comfortable about this situation."

"Still, I find that piece of information quite odd." She told me.

"Couldn't agree with you more there, Pam." I sighed. I just wanted my bed. "But this doesn't answer the crucial question. Why?"

Just then Pam's cell phone rang. The ringtone would have made me laugh any other day. 'I kissed a girl' by Katy Perry. But this was a too intense moment. As it was I did smile a little and she smiled back before she answered the phone. It was one of those, "Are you interested in this?" kind of smiles. Sorry Pam, you know I don't swing that way.

"Speak." Her normal answer was pretty annoying.

We all stood on pins and needles. Jason and I more like it. The vampires could all hear what was being said on the phone. Then out of nowhere they all froze. Pam's eyes snapped to Eric and then to me. I didn't know what to do. Something told me that wasn't a good sign.

"I wouldn't." Eric said to Pam in a strong sure voice.

"They made it to happen that way." She shot back; she didn't seem too concerned of whatever was happening, but I could have sworn she stepped in the path between Eric and me. That made me oh, so comfortable. Not.

"Thank you for the information." She said uncompassionate and hung up.

"What's going on?" I said close to hysteria. Jason walked in front of me and it was a nice gesture but if something bad happened he would be killed quicker than shit. I give him points for trying though.

"This is a bigger problem than any of us thought." Pam said folding her hands to her hips.

I felt my heart stop. This seemed like too much. I tried breathing deeply, but I still felt lightheaded. I found myself shifting forward. My knees were going weak and out of the blue, Jason was holding me by my arms.

"What the hell is wrong with my sister?" Jason yelled at the vampires.

I watched Chow move slowly as if getting ready to attack and Pam arched an eyebrow. Eric was just sitting on the couch looking at his hands. The look on his face was empty and he was shut down. That face would haunt me forever. His eyes peered up at me then and they seemed to be rimmed with red but I couldn't see clearly. Everything seemed blurry. I could have been imaging that.

"Jason," I breathed again. "I'm fine, it's ok."

"The hell it is! What's going on here?" He said over my head.

"It seems that the Queen has hired these witches to wipe Eric's memory of how to be a vampire and…" She stopped and looked at me. Probably to see if I was going to pass out or something. I nodded the best I could. Not really sure if I was pushing myself further than I could be pushed right now. "She sent Eric here to kill you first, Sookie, before he met his True Death."

I let Eric into my house, unknowing that he was sent to kill me. Everything seemed to go black.