Disclaimer: I do not own these characters; I just borrow them from the fabulous Mrs. Harris.
It is my first fanfic in English and no beta, so please excuse the grammar and the spelling :-)
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After the first couple of offers on me, Eric called Pam over, she had been on the phone ever since we entered the bar, and barked a 'Yes?' at her. Eric's anger was burning through the bond and it was contagious. I was seething with anger and I had great difficulty not hitting them all square in the face. I had a bad feeling I was even capable of killing the next vampire that made an offer on me. I noticed at a lot of the vampires had vacated Fangtasia after their 'audience' with the Sheriff and his new toy- Yeah that's me, hurray!
All the new and old vampire residents in the area had stood before Eric and acknowledged me as his, except for Bill who was out of town for business; Pam had informed. And I started to think it very convenient for him to be out of town as the proverbial shit was hitting the fan. I could not resist the feeling that the bastard had something to do with the escalation of things. So far Bill had proven to be nothing but trouble.
Pam looked like a thunder cloud
'There is an offer on the internet for the one who delivers Sookie to an unknown person of interest. The reward is extremely big; the last unused Cluvier Dor. The offer has been there for 10 hours. I don't think the one behind is the Queen of Louisiana or any vampire royalty.' Pam said so low I almost didn't hear despite the fresh vampire blood in my body.
'This smells of fucking fairy, who else could offer a Cluvier Dor.' She went on crinkling her nose in a mixture of disgust and expectant pleasure. Fairies!? Why would they be interested in me? A Cluvier Dor what was that? I could feel Eric's arm getting tighter round my waist.
'We are going to the office, now!' He declared and I followed him down the corridor with relief not feeling too hot at being the prey in the shark pool. I could feel my shoulders relax from the shear liberation of leaving the bar despite the new dangers looming over me. I grabbed Eric's hand and he pulled me into him as we entered the office; Pam hot on our trails.
'Why would fairies do this? I can't imagine Claudine having anything to do with this?' The first words out of my mouth as the door closed behind Pam. In my ears I sounded like a screaking mouse the fear of betrayal seeping through.
'Mmm, I inclined to agreeing with you Sookie.' Eric said and led me to the chair next to the desk and went over and flopped down in his big leather desk-chair. Pam ripped out some files form the cabinet and placed them on the desk.
'Call him.' She said and looked intently at Eric pointing to a number in the top file. He frowned and I could feel anger and apprehension flowing slowly through the bond. Pam tapped her feet and rested her well-manicured hands on her hips. I felt surrender mixed with my own curiosity and he leaned forward fishing for his phone in the back pocket and dialed the number.
' Niall, …..you heard?' He said expressionless but with a slight condescending tone. There was a lot of talking on the other end but I could not hear what was said. Disbelief and surprise were sipping through the bond and I could only guess as to what caused it.
'I agree, you need to meet and I appreciate you letting me tell her.' Eric put the phone down and looked at me; his blue beautiful eyes blazing with interest and lust. My heart stopped and my breath caught in my throat.
'Leave us Pam.' He got up and stood behind me with his hands on my shoulders leaning over sniffing my neck. Goosebumps spread like a forest fire over my body; there was an odd feeling between us; the bond was flooded with lust and amusement from Eric and I felt uneasy and was getting annoyed. Pam had left closing the door quietly.
'Tell me what?' I squeaked. Eric kneeled in front of me and cupped my face and his icy blues pierced mine.
'Sookie, I have come in possession of knowledge of your heritage. You are by all means part fairy.' He shot me a pleased smile and kept my face cupped and his eyes on me. The room started to spin and my heart started to speed up. My world made no sense I was gripping Eric's wrists hard piercing his skin with my nails. My emotions mirrored Eric's earlier ones with disbelief and surprise.
'A fucking fairy!'
'How? And how is that a good thing? Who am I to meet? Do I need to meet this person alone? I won't do it alone!' The last words were a desperate yell and everything went black. Next thing I knew I was sitting in Eric's lap on the couch. Eric was gently rubbing my back kissing the top of my head. I was thinking cat-nip for vampires and was suddenly aware of the true meaning of me being a fairy, if that was correct; then Eric would only want me for my intoxicating blood. That was the sorry truth, not as I had feared that it was for my telepathy, but it all came down to my blood. I flew out of his lap to the other side of the office pressing my back against the wall in a defense positon.
'So it's all about my blood. You are getting high on me that's it; a fucking addict.' I spat at him my eyes not leaving his for a second. Eric slowly got up from the couch holding his hands out towards me; palms up.
'Your blood does taste especially sweet and good but intoxicating like fairy blood it is not. If it was you would not have survived the first time Bill had your blood.' Eric said matter-of-factly. It chilled me to the bone.
'Your blood is more like chocolate or vintage wine than cocaine.' He went on reassurance coming through the bond as he moved closer. I kept my mouth shut for once; I figured he had a lot to explain. And I really didn't know what to say.
'There is so much more to you than your sweet tasting blood. I am a great fan of your smell as well as the taste of your lips. You are beautiful and resourceful and I especially like the way you make me lust for you.' His eyebrow rose as he said the last words and I felt my cheeks and chest heating up burning like hell in a few seconds. He closed the distance between us; my panic and fear had subsided as he picked up my hands from their position ready to strike and kissed my palms sending little jolts of electricity from my hands strait to my panties.
'You are my Lover and I will not allow anything to happen to you.' He said. Putting my hands on his chest and leaning closer made me feel safe. I wondered if it was the bond or the odd feelings I was developing towards Eric or that I actually was receptive of glamour when it came to Eric. He did kind of glamour me when I was staked in Jackson. I had let him in and let him take control. Was I turning into a pet? I had a hard time identifying the odd feelings and untangle them from the bond. I was sure that I really liked him and that I was extremely attracted to him but other than that I was at a loss.
'I will be at your side when you meet Niall Brigant the fairy, if you want me to or I'll get whoever you want. He has information on your fairy kin and is likely to help explain why you glow.' I nodded.
'And I'm fairly sure he can shine some light on the Cluvier Dor. But I must warn you fairies do not answer direct questions very well, just let them talk. And a warning; you should never ever trust them.' He looked intently at me
'Go with me, please!' I whispered curling my arms around his waist making him come closer; it soothed me. 'When is this taking place?' I continued.
'Tonight at your house, after we leave here.' I felt my throat close up this was too soon. Too much had happened this evening I was getting shell-shocked. I could feel my eyes were wide and dry and a headache was approaching.
'Alright but I'm getting to my limit, I have a hard time coping all this.' My voice was raw and parched. Eric leaned in and cupped my chin locking his big beautiful blue eyes on mine. I was feeling the heat spreading in my lower abdomen; my breath picking up pace.
'I can help you release some of that tension.' He said in a low grumbling voice resting his hands on my butt. I sank hard, thoughts about fairies, vampire auctions, Mickey and Bill - the bastards - drifted away. Looking into Eric's eyes and feeling his demanding body this close made me want to lock the door and just let him have his way with me while my mind go blank. As if sensing my frame of mind Eric went over and locked the door pulling me softly towards his desk chair. Placing me down on it he moved behind me and began rubbing all the tightness out of my shoulder blades and neck making them, little by little, come down. I hadn't realized I'd tensed up this much. Eric leaned over and lingered a kiss on my neck a deep humming growl leaking out of his chest.
'You are mine!' he whispered in my ear.
'Uh, huh! And can that make my headache go away? Because then I'm all for it.' I asked teasing just under the surface of my ironic tone. A little challenge; I was curious to see how he would respond.
'I'm sure I can think of something that will ease that as well as the tension in your other very fine limbs.' He murmured and traced a finger slowly down my left arm. Eventually coming to at halt at the base of my hand he lifted it up and kissed and licked my palm sending little shutters down my spine. In an effortless swing he brought me to my feet and pulled me into him; my back against his front.
'Lover, we are going to make all the troubles go away.' He said in a low huskie voice making me tremble with a familiar surged of lust.
'Now breathe and focus on your breathing. We are going to do the exercises you showed me Clovache taught you. They seem to relax you and put you at ease.' Eric whispered in my ear obviously both answering my challenge trying to rile me up. The bastard!
'Oh, so that's where this is going.' I mumbled. Knowing Eric; I was expecting some kind of leveed invitation to sex and now we were going to train? Mirroring my movements Eric stood behind me touching me butterfly light but never directing or obstructing any of my movements.
I must admit it helped. It got me focused and my oncoming headache subsided. Doing the movements in close physical contact with the vampire-sex-god also made me just a tiny bit horny. Twenty minutes later I was back in good shape and my head was clear. I turned around and wrapped my arms around Eric's neck and crawling up his lean an tall body tracing little kisses on his neck and jaw I ended up kissing him hard and deep letting some of the built up sexual frustration out. Eric dragged me of him with a gentle but firm grip on my arms and looked me in the eyes with an amused expression.
'Slow down Miss Stackhouse I need to save my energy as I intend to ravish a feisty fairy in her bedroom later tonight.' Eric smirked and gave me a quick peck on the nose sitting me down by the coach.
There was a knock at the door and a muffled voice of Pam saying something about the guest in the basement and closing up the bar in an hour.
'Get Sookie a gin and tonic I'll go down and deal with our guest.' Eric said taking of his leather jacket.
I sat back in the couch as Eric unlocked the door and let Pam in with my drink. He ordered her to stay with me and left. I could feel he was getting kind of exited at the thought of 'interrogating' Mickey. Pam was pissed and she was sulking sitting on the edge of the desk.
'Sookie, I tell you; I never get to do the fun stuff around here anymore.' Was she serious? Come to think of it, torturing was probably Pam's idea of a good time and excessive shopping of course.
'Babysitting a fucking human.' She muttered and I couldn't help smiling at her. Thinking she was not exactly up to speed on that particular subject.
'Hmm, well Pam if it is any consolation, I'm not exactly all human. Meet Sookie Stackhouse the fucking fairy!' I said standing and making a mock bow in her direction. I must be getting good at reading vampire expressions because I caught a glimpse of total surprise on Pam's face before an amused look overtook and she licked her lips. I felt my heart leap and for a moment I had second thoughts. Telling a professed fairy hater and fairy blood luster that you your self is in fact a fairy is maybe just a tad stupid even for a crazy barmaid.
'You don't smell and taste like a fairy. Luckily for you my telepathic friend.' She said as her fangs came down and she tapped one of the fangs with her right index finger indicating what would have happened if I did when she tasted my blood after the maenad attack. I shuttered making a note to myself never to forget that vampires are in fact predators friendly at times or not. Pam didn't seem to want to continue our conversation so I sat back down on the couch sighed. She turned her attention towards the filing cabinet and the computer on the desk. I closed my eyes and leaned my head back on the wall.
Flashes of dime light and a silver shackled Mickey filled the back of my eyelids. He was chained to a hook in the ceiling. Weak smoke was winding up from every silver covered surface of his body. He was naked. I saw a silver poker come into my line of sight and pressed into his side. He was screaming and wringing. I was watching Eric's 'interrogation' of Mickey and I didn't want to look away. I watched as Eric leaned over him and whispered something in his ear and then tear it of in one smooth movement. I was fascinated and a bit mortified at my own reaction. Mickey was beginning to babble I could see his mouth move as blood and drool was running down his lover face. He was a disgusting creature. Suddenly I felt bad. Bad for being such a vindictive person and a bad Christian.
My eyes flew open and stared directly into Pam's inscrutable eyes.
'Interesting Sookie, What just happened to you?'
Oh, shit! What did I do or say?
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Sorry folks for the long wait.
Writers block or something in that department, I had lot of things to sort out before writing this chapter. So what do you think?
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