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EPOV

"Gran … this is Eric … it's a really really long story but he is basically my boyfriend." Sookie explained.

My heart literally stopped (Metaphorically of course)

"Hello Eric! It's nice to meet you … I'm Adele, but everyone calls me Gran" Adele said.

"Gran, do you remember Bill?" Sookie asked cautiously after a few moments.

"Of course I remember him! I never liked him very much. Eric seems more like a gentleman than Bill ever did." Adele remarked. It was easy to see where Sookie got her fire from.

"Well … he was sent here to procure Sookie for the Queen of Louisiana" I started, carefully watching Adele as I spoke.

"Oh heavens … it's happening"

EPOV

"Excuse me?" I asked, was it possible that Adele knew all about the prophecy?

"When I was a little girl, I think I was around three or four years old, a letter which was addressed to me arrived at the house. The letter said that this would happen and that an unlikely source would help to keep my granddaughter safe, and that you two would be fated for "great things". The letter also included various different events that have happened in the world, to me and to my family since it was written. That is how I knew that this would happen." Adele said, much to my complete shock.

"But, Gran ... if you were three years old, how do you know about the prophecy?" Sookie asked. She sounded just as dumbstruck as I was.

"Your Uncle Bartlett kept the letter. My mother tried to throw it out. She thought that it was some sort of practical joke. I still have the letter, if you'd like to see it sometime?" Adele finished.

"Of course Gran ... Can I see it now?" Sookie asked.

"No" Adele answered. "I'd like to know what Eric plans to do to keep you safe, especially since you have told me that you two are now dating." Adele questioned, giving us an inquisitive eye.

"Well ... Gran ..." Sookie started, but before she could say anything else, I interrupted her.

"Adele" I said.

"Please call me Gran, Eric, everyone else does and please remember your manners. It is rude to interrupt others." Adele smiled.

Now I knew where Sookie got her feistiness from.

"Basically, Gran ... I am just a Sherriff in the vampire world. The Queen has got considerably more power than I do, so if it is agreeable with you, I'd like to move both Sookie and you in with me, for the time being, at least until the danger has passed." I said, thinking carefully about each word before I said it.

"That is alright with me, if Sookie agrees to it Gran answered.

"Gran ... don't worry ... I wouldn't have brought Eric ere if I didn't think he was able to protect us. I have complete faith in him." Sookie answered, leaning over and kissing me on the cheek.

I swear, if vampire's could blush, I'd be bright red.

"Well then, Sookie, we ad best get ourselves packed hadn't we?" Gran asked, rising up off of her seat.

SPOV

Oh. My. God. I can't believe that Gran knew all about the prophecy Eric was talking about, and she never said anything about it to me. She knew all of these years and she never said anything.

But, I suppose, I couldn't blame her. She didn't know when it was going to happen. I wasn't angry with her. I really wasn't.

Gran and I hurriedly packed as much as we could into our suitcases, with Eric helping me to choose which clothes and other things I would pack.

Don't get me wrong, it wasn't like Eric was telling me what I was allowed to take and what I wasn't. He was only offering his opinions because, he apparently had a closet full of clothes for me at his place. I wasn't going to ask. I really wasn't. And, he was helpfully putting my clothes into a suitcase.

"Right ... little one ... I just need to go and phone Pam, to tell her to come and collect these suitcases and we'll need an extra seat. He said after about half an hour, rising up off the bed and giving me a quick peck on the cheek on his way out of the room.

Two hours later, Eric, Pam, Gran and I were standing outside of a ... well there was no other way to describe it. It was a mansion.

"Come on Gran ... Sookie ... let's go inside" Eric said, taking a hold of my hand and pulling me towards the front door of the house. He quickly slipped a bundle of keys out of his pocket and slid one of the keys into the lock.

"Welcome ... to Maison de Northman." Eric smirked. I was instantly drenched butI just rolled my eyes and hoped Gran wasn't paying too much attention.

Inside the house looked just as extravagant as the outside did, with various paintings hung on the walls. I didn't get a chance to study what they were of, but they looked incredible. However, from what I could see they were of various historical events. There was a fake wood effect flooring (how ironic is that). It was vinyl, and the walls were white. It was so Eric.

Next we went into the kitchen and I was surprised to find it completely stocked with food.

"Um ... Eric ... how come there is human food in here?" I asked, completely confused.

"Yeah ... about that ... I had Pam stock the kitchen with food when I found out that Compton was back in the area without my permission." Eric said, and he looked like he would have been embarrassed if he was human.

I just smiled, stretched up and kissed him on the lips, which of course, he took full advantage of, by trying to deepen.

"Get a room you two" I heard Pam smirk in the distance.

"Fuck off Pam" Eric answered.

"Pamela, do not be so rude" Gran chastised. Eric smirked.

"Eric, do you have a library in this house by any chance?" Gran continued.

"Yes, of course, Adele, it's just down here" Eric said softly and led the three of us – Pam, Gran and I out of the kitchen, back into the hall and into another room further on down.

It was like walking into a bookshop. A really old one at that. There were ceiling to floor bookcases on all four walls, except for the space leftover for the door, a small window and a radiator. Each of the bookcases was stuffed full of books, which was quite a feat in itself, as the room must have been at least twice the size of my bedroom in Bon Temps.

"Wow" I said before I could stop myself.

Gran just looked at me before going to sit on one of the two armchairs in the centre of the room.

"Adele, I presume you want to stay here?" Eric asked eventually.

"Yes, I'd like that very much Eric ... is it alright if I choose a book from your library to read?" Gran answered.

"Feel free to choose whichever books you want to Adele." Eric smiled at her. "But, first, I'd like Pam to show you where the bedrooms are. You can take your pick of whichever one you want, and then Pam will bring your belongings up to the room you choose."

"Oh no, I couldn't ask Pam to carry up all my belongings" Gran answered.

"Don't worry about it Adele, Pam would be honoured." Eric grinned. Pam groaned.

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