Author's Note:

Happy 2012 Everyone! I hope before 2011 was over you all took a moment to reflect on the good and the bad of 2011. I pray that before the year was over that you all let forgiveness into your heart and gave second chances. For in this New Year I pray that you trust in God and let him guide your heart. I pray that you let love in and you all have a wonderful and prosperous year. I LOVE YOU ALL and may God bless you!

Thank you all for your great reviews. Please remember to review and please check out my profile for my other stories.So here is the twelfth chapter of Petrova. Enjoy! Happy 2012!

Chapter XII

ERIC POV

"Това е смешно, как той мисли, че е по-добър за мен {It's funny how he thinks that he is superior to me}." Elena said with amusement clear in her voice as she continued to look at me, but I couldn't understand what she was saying and I knew Pam didn't either as she creased her eyebrows in confusion.

"Арогантен дяволите, мислейки, че той може да те повика като някои кучета {Arrogant fuck, thinking he can summon you like some dog}." Nikolai said with anger clear in his voice as he glared at me and I felt my annoyance grew at her disrespect and the fact I couldn't understand their conversation.

"Успокой се, сине мой {Calm down, my son}." Elena said calmly as Nikolai visibly relaxed, but the anger in his eyes did not dissipate as he replied. "Отец щеше да го накаже за това нахалство {Father would have punished him for this insolence}."

"Не, баща ти ще има изтръгнат сърцето му ... но аз се съмнявам, да изтръгва сърцето хилядолетна Argentum на в една стая, пълна на подчинените си, би било добра идея ... Не забравяйте, ние искаме да останат скрити от техния вид {No, your father would have ripped his heart out…but I doubt ripping a thousand year old argentum's heart out in a room full of his underlings would be a good idea…Remember we want to remain hidden from their kind}. Elena retorted calmly as Nikolai nodded in understanding or agreement I wasn't sure.

"Are you coming are not? Eric is not known for his patience." Pam cut in with annoyance clear in her voice, finally having enough of their private conversation and Nikolai sighed as he bent down and whispered into her ear. "Better go see what he wants." He whispered finally in English, before placing a chastise kiss on her cheek and she sighed before making her way over to me with Pam following behind.

"What do you want, Eric?" Elena asked in annoyance as she came to sit in seat beside me, without an invitation might I add as Pam came to stand behind me. "You." I said with no hesitation as I looked her body up and down, appreciating every inch of her desirable form wishing to run my hands down her amazing curves.

Elena scoffed as she rolled her eyes at me. "Well you can't have me. Anything else?" She replied and I arched an eyebrow at her as I leaned in closer to her. "And why not? Do you have any idea how many women wish to be desired by me?" I asked and she smirked as she leaned forward as well, so her face was leveled with mine.

"Oh I think I do…I've seen all these pathetic humans with no self worth throwing themselves at you…begging, aching for the slightest touch…but I am not one of those women, Mr. Northman…you are unworthy of my attention and of me." She said as I fury rose within me as I stared her directly in her eyes and glamoured her.

"You will submit to me. You will let me fed and fuck you as long as I desire." I said and felt my eyes widen in surprise as she laughed, mocking me. "I submit to no one." Elena said as I felt my shock turn to curiosity as the mystery behind this woman grew even more, she too like Sookie could not be glamoured.

"Vad är det om dessa Stackhouses {What is it about these Stackhouses}?" Pam asked in my mother tongue with curiosity and annoyance clear in her voice from behind me. "Jag är inte en Stackhouse…Vad jag vet du aldrig {I'm not a Stackhouse…What I am, you will never know}." Elena commented in Swedish and I looked at her in surprise.

"It would seem you never cease to amaze me, Miss Gilbert." I commented as she smirked at me. "So if you are not a Stackhouse…what are you?" I asked as she continued to smirk as me leaned in closer so our lips were barely touching as her glorious scent invade my senses and I could feel the warmth of her breath on my face.

"Jag är den sista person du vill lägga sig med…Jag skulle kunna avsluta er med en knäpp av min handleden {I am the last person you want to meddle with…I could end you with a flick of my wrist}." She replied in deathly calm tone with a finality in her voice that strangely made me believe her, but me not being one to be intimated, allowed my fangs to lengthen.

"I think you overestimate your abilities." I hissed dangerously, my annoyance and fury growing as she looked at me with amusement clear of her features. "Actually I believe you underestimate them…or better yet, you overestimate yours." She retorted as something caught her attention on the dance floor, it was Lucy.

She was standing in the middle of the dance floor looking directly at Elena with Nikolai and the others beside her as she made a motion with her hand towards the door, indicating that they wanted to leave and Elena nodded in understanding, before she turned her attention backed to me.

"Well it would seem that our time is up. It was nice seeing you again, Mr. Northman." Elena said as she stood up and made move to leave when I grabbed her arm. "We're not done here." I said as she rolled her eyes at me in annoyance before she looked towards the dance floor and shook her head at Nikolai as he made his way over to us with a murderous glare in my direction, before he stopped in his tracks at her gesture but kept glaring at me.

"Oh yes we are…even if I wanted to tell what you wanted to know, which I don't, you don't even know the right questions to ask." She replied as she surprisingly ripped her arm from my grip. "And what are the right questions?" I asked and she shook her head in amusement.

"Now if I told you, that would make it easy, wouldn't it? But regardless, some words of advice, Mr. Northman…stop asking questions. I'm not someone you want to make an enemy of." She said causing me to arch a questioning eyebrow at her.

"Is that threat?" I asked with a disbelief in my tone, a human…a human! Just threatened ME, the audacity! "No…It's merely a warning…and you only get one, Eric…you have a nice night." She replied before steeping down from the stage and making her way back to her friends, before they all left the club as I watched Elena leave with a million thoughts running through my head.

"She's got balls, I gave her that." Pam commented behind me and nodded in agreement. "I want you to run a background check on her." I commanded. "Anything in particular I should look for?" Pam asked. "No…I want to know everything." I said as Pam nodded in understanding, before something caught her eye at the door.

"Compton's here." Pam commented in her usual bored tone before she began to walk away, no doubt going to my office to start her research on the mysterious Elena Gilbert as I watched William Compton make his way towards me with an air of annoyance surrounding him as a smirk made its way back onto my face.

Elena POV

After leaving Fangtasia, Lucy informed me that Bill was on his way there and although we were planning on revealing ourselves once more to the city of Bon Temps, the less that cretin knew the better. I still had my suspicions about one William Compton and it was only a matter of time before I found out the truth and then and only then would I decide what was to be done about that annoyance.

As we drove back to the house, we didn't talk for the entire drive. That was mostly because Alex was still seething at Eric's insolence and wanted more than anything to run back to Fangtasia and rip his head off, so we all remained silence in fear of saying something that might set him off. Alexander was a lot like his father in that regard, they both had terrible tempers.

The moment we pulled up in front of the house, Alexander immediately sped into the house and up into his room, no doubt needing some space before he calmed down. "It's late. Let's get some rest…we'll talk tomorrow." I said as the rest of us headed into the a house and everyone nodded in understanding before we all wished each other a good night and headed to our rooms.

Once in the solitude of my room, I immediately stripped myself of my clothing, before putting them in the hamper and headed into bathroom and took a relaxing hot shower. Minutes later as the warm water beat down on my head, massaging my scalp, soaking my hair, releasing the tension in my muscles, the sound of my room door being opened drifted to my ears.

"Това съм аз, мама {It's me, mama}." Alexander said softly, but loud enough for me to hear over the water coming from the shower as the sound of the bed tipping under his weight as he sat or lied down I wasn't sure reached my ears.

Sensing my son's mood and need for his mother, I quickly finished my shower before changing into a black bra and boy shorts, a black tank top and grey cotton pajama pants, before drying my hair as much as possible with a nearby towel before I made my way back into my room to find Alexander lying on the bed looking up at the ceiling with an unreadable expression on his face as I move closer to him before lying down next to him on my side so I could face him and waited patiently for him to speak.

"That vampire lusts after you." Alexander stated after a few moments of silence. I stayed silent as there was nothing to be said as I allowed my son to speak his mind. "Do you lust after him?" He asked, finally allowing me to see where this conversation was headed.

"Physically, Eric Northman is appealing." I replied, seeing no reason to lie to him. "Would you consider taking him as a lover?" Alex asked finally rolling unto his side to face me. "No." I replied as I looked deep into my son's beautiful dark eyes that I remember made my heart stop beating just at the sight of them when he opened them for the first time since he was born, trying figure out what was truly bothering him.

"Is that what this about? Me taking a lover? I've taken a lovers before, why would Eric Northman be any different?" I asked, wondering if that what was bothering him. Yes its true, during my time with Klaus, I had taken lovers.

I didn't have many, just two. One was werewolf in Klaus' inner circle that I was still intimate with on occasion and hoped Klaus would turn him into a hybrid one day, although I doubt that would happen, at least not without some coaxing on my part, after all Klaus can be a very jealous man.

The other an argentum that Alex and I had met in our travels, although we were no longer intimate with each other, Alex and I are still very close to him, but other than that I hadn't really been anyone else besides Klaus.

"No, its not that…Its just who you take. At least the other two, respect you and don't treat like you some prize to coveted." Alexander replied and I nodded in understanding. "I understand, but you honestly have nothing to worry about. Even if I considered taking Eric as my lover, he would seriously need to undergo a personality make over before I do, okay?" I said with a smile and caressed his cheek and he nodded in understanding and smiled at me before we once again fell asleep I each other's arms.

The next day we spent the entire morning and most of the afternoon until the sun was setting going over each and every step of the plan, making sure we had all of the materials and considered each and every possible outcomes making sure there was no missing links until we were satisfied that our…my plan was flawless.

It was a few hours before dawn, we had finished watching a movie, when Alexander asked to speak to me privately and I nodded in agreement as we headed up to my room. "What's wrong?" I asked once we were in the privacy of my bedroom and Alexander looked at me reluctantly, unsure on how to say what he wanted to say, fearing my reaction. "Alexander what is it?" I asked calmly, sitting down on my bed, patting the space beside me indicating for him to join me.

"Mother I know that you risk a lot by doing this and time is certainly of the essence…" He said as he came to sit beside me, taking my hand into his and I waited for him patiently for him to continue. "But I don't want to do this with out him here." He said as he looked at me expectantly, expecting me to get angry, but I wasn't.

I knew of whom he spoke of without even asking and I wasn't surprised that Alex wanted him here. Alexander absolutely loved that man and looked up to him like the father he deserved. Now although Klaus was his Alexander's true father and he truly loved Alex, he wasn't the proper father figure I wanted for my son, Klaus was hardened by the years of blood and cruelty and he had yet to evolve. So since I couldn't change Klaus and I would never deny him his right as a father, I simply put another man in Alex's life that he could look up to, after all I am only his mother and I could never teach him how to be a man.

"I'm not upset, I understand…how about we call him tomorrow and ask him to come visit." I said, smiling as Alex's eyes lit up in excitement and happiness as he nodded enthusiastically before he pulled me into a hug. "Thank you, mother." He whispered into my ear and I smiled as hugged him tighter. "Anything for you." I whispered as we held unto each other tighter when suddenly my cellphone went off.

We sighed, pulling back and I pulled my phone out of my pocket and checked the caller id; it was Sookie. "What's up cuz?" I teased as I answered and Alexander rolled his eyes at me in amusement. "Hi Elena…are you back in town yet?" Sookie asked. "Yeah, I just got back today. I was planning on calling you in the morning." I said, lying through my teeth as Alex chuckled quietly.

"Well could you please come pick me up?" She asked and my eyebrows creased in confusion. "Sure. Where are you? Where's Bill?" I asked as I got up and Alex sped to his room to grab his coat before speeding back into my mine as I grabbed mine.

"I just outside Shreveport. As for Bill, he and I got into an argument and I really don't feel like talking to him." She replied as Alex and I headed to Lucy's car when suddenly the sound of heavy breathing in background from the other side of phone could be heard as Sookie's breathing also picked up.

"Bill! If you are trying to scare me so I'll get back in that car with you it isn't going to work." I could hear Sookie shout, sounding half annoyed half scared, before what ever was out there with her began to snarl and the sound of leaves were rustling and twigs snapping could be heard clear as day.

"What the-"Sookie breathed. "Sookie run!" I yelled into the phone before Sookie running through the trees reached my ears and a heavy breathing not far behind before Sookie suddenly screamed and the line went dead.

CLIFFHANGER!

What will happen next? Will Sookie be alright? What attacked her? Who is Alexander's father figure? And what is Elena's plan? What about Eric? So many questions.

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I will try to update as soon as possible.

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