A/N This chapter has seriously fought me every step of the way. I'm not real fond of it, but it is a step to where i need to go with this stroy, so i'll deal wth it. Enjoy and let me know what you think!

As we were driving to our new home I couldn't stop looking at Sookie in the rearview mirror. I had no idea what has caused that glow, but I knew that it was somehow connected to that bullet. I really wanted to know what, if anything that it had done to her, but she didn't seem to be worried about it so I would let it go for now anyway.

It didn't take long for us to get to the new house. When I pulled into the driveway there were two audible gasps that came from the backseat. I couldn't stop the smile from spreading across my face at their reactions. "So, do you ladies like what you see?"

In unison, "YES!"

I stopped the car and zipped out to the front door at vampire speed and I barely made it there before Sookie. I unlocked the door and she went racing inside while I went back to help Adele.

I took her arm and led her inside. She was instantly in love with the house. We went from room to room downstairs and when we went into the kitchen she was absolutely drooling over the appliances. I was about to ask her if there was anything we would need when I heard Sookie calling me from upstairs. I left Adele to her awe and ran upstairs at vampire speed.

I stopped outside the master bedroom where I could feel that she was and I was hit with an almost overwhelming wave of lust coming from our bond. My fangs ran out and I was hard as a rock in seconds. I didn't know whether I should be excited or worried by this sudden change in Sookie, but I wouldn't mind taking advantage of it.

I slipped in the door and was met with my little fairy jumping into my arms. She kissed me all over my face and pulling at my clothes trying to get them off. I grabbed her hands to stop her. "Lover, what are you doing?"

She pulled her hands out of my grasp and continued touching me. "I don't know what is wrong with me, but I need you now Eric."

"I'm right here my love. I'm not going anywhere."

"That's not what I mean and you know it. I need you naked and inside of me right this very minute.

"Lover, your Gran is downstairs."

"When as an audience ever swayed you away from sex?" She continued kissing me and pulling at my clothes.

"Sookie, what has gotten into you?"

"I don't know, I just need to make love to you right now. It's like I need you or I'm going to explode."

I pulled her closer and rested my hands on her gorgeous ass. "Well, we wouldn't want that now, would we?"

"No we wouldn't."

"Let's put you out of your suffering Lover." Her lust was pouring into me and I was becoming just as eager as she was. We quickly managed to undress each other luckily without tearing them since we did need to put them back on.

When we were both happily naked Sookie grabbed onto my hard cock, placed me at her entrance and slammed onto me. It was like she was desperate for me even though we'd been together just a few short hours ago.

I was thrusting into Sookie, but it wasn't enough for her. "Harder Baby, please I need you so badly." I gently pushed her against the wall and thrust into her as hard and fast as I could. I could feel her desperation for me into our bond and I quickly tried to close it off so I wouldn't lose control. Sookie pulled on my hair to get my attention before I could. "Don't you dare. Don't you even think about closing off the bond. You pulled that shit with me before and you will not do it again. We are together for better or worse and we need to feel everything the other is feeling, so don't even think about doing that again."

I responded by opening up our bond fully and kissed her pouring all of my love and passion into her. She moaned and clung to me tighter as we continued thrusting against each other.

It took three orgasms for the desperation inside Sookie to be calmed enough for us to separate. We dressed quickly knowing that Adele was waiting for us, but I needed to talk to Sookie first. "Lover, when did you start feeling this desperation?"

"When I came up here. I don't know why, but I just needed you so much. I can still feel it inside of me, but it's tolerable right now. I feel like I could go again right now, but I know that Gran is waiting. As long as you stay close I feel better."

"Well then I'll stay right next to you as long as you need me."

"Then you will be there for good. I don't want to be away from you ever."

"That's probably due to our re-bonding, but that should fade with time."

"Eric, it's not the bond, it's something else, but I don't know what." I watched as she ran her fingers over her new necklace. It was glowing slightly under her touch. I might have to go to somebody besides Niall about this, but I would think about that later.

Hand in hand we went back downstairs and found Adele out in the backyard. The pool and the Jacuzzi were still covered and the rest of the backyard was quite over grown, but it did have a lot of potential. "Sookie, honey do you think that you would want to plant a garden back here? There's plenty of room for that plus toys for Hunter when he gets old and big enough."

Sookie pulled on my hand and that she was still holding and smiled up at me. "Sweetie, can we put in a garden? Maybe some rose bushes and a little patch for herbs and vegetables?"

I pulled her closer and looked her into her eyes. "We can put anything that you want back here Lover. This is are home and I want you to be happy and have everything that you want."

"Oh Eric, I love you so much. You are so good to me." She pulled me down for a kiss, then ran off to plan her garden with Adele. While they did that I called and set up a crew to come and clean up the yard the following day so that Sookie could start on her garden as soon as possible.

When I finished my call I went over and slid my arms around Sookie and pulled her close. I could feel her happiness coming through our bond in waves and it brought a smile to my face. This is how I always wanted us to be.

After the garden was all planned out, we went through room by room and picked out what colors we wanted. Most of the rooms we wanted to change to make this house into our home.

When all our decisions we made, we loaded into the SUV and headed to Home Depot to pick up supplies. Sookie was sitting in the front with me this time with Adele watching us from the back. I held onto Sookie's hand while we talked. "So Lover, after we pick out paint, I'll hire a crew to come in and paint everything to our specifications."

"Baby, I know that this isn't how you normally do things, but couldn't we do the inside painting ourselves?"

"You want us to do this ourselves?"

"Yes. It would be fun and it would make me feel like it was really our home."

I looked over at her and she was giving me the face, the one that she knew that I couldn't refuse. I wasn't fond of doing manual labor when I didn't have to, but then I thought of all the fun that could be had by us doing it on our own. I imagined my love in overalls and nothing else, covered in paint by me, accidentally of course so that she would have to undress and paint in the nude. I would have to make sure that I got extra paint. "I think that we can arrange that Lover."

She leaned in closer and lowered her voice. "Get your mind out of the gutter Mr. Northman."

"How do you know my mind is in the gutter?"

"You have that twinkle in your eye that you get when you're thinking about something naughty."

"Would you like me to share what I was thinking?" I could feel her tremble at my words.

"If Gran wasn't here I would have you pull over so that I could have my way with you."

"Well it will just have to wait because after we pick up supplies I am talking you both out to lunch."

We were almost at are destination when I felt Sookie start to panic. "Maybe this isn't such a good idea you being out in the daytime. What if somebody sees you? They'll wonder how you managed it."

I could feel that she was on the verge of a panic attack, so I sent her calmness through the bond and stroked her hand that I was still holding. "It's all right my love. I'm invincible now, no matter who sees me they won't be able to hurt me."

She slid closer and curled up next to me. "I know, but I don't want to put that to the test just yet. I don't want to risk losing you. I wouldn't be able to go on without you."

I pulled my hand from hers and slid my arm around her. "You won't have to. I will always be here for you and our son."

She smiled up at me. "I like the sound of that."

We pulled into the parking lot and found a space fairly close to the door so that Adele wouldn't have to walk to far. "Come on you two, we have supplies to get."

"Yes Ma'am."

We went inside and Sookie and I each grabbed a cart. She went off with Adele to pick up supplies for her garden, while I went off to pick up paint supplies, then we would meet up in the paint department to pick out the exact colors that we wanted.

I was loading up my cart with brushes, paint trays, rollers, tarps and tape when I came across Alcide Herveaux. I shouldn't have been surprised to see him since he was in construction and he would need supplies, but he was shocked to see me. "Herveaux, how are you?" He stood there staring at me with his mouth hanging open. "I've been meaning to call you about the renovations to my new home. Are you busy later on this afternoon? My fiancée, her grandmother and I will be there going over what we'll need to make it our home. We would be able to go over what we'll need your help with."

I watched as he shook his head not truly believing what he was seeing. "Is this a joke? Am I really seeing the great Eric Northman out during the daylight?"

"Yes, I am a day-walker now. The why and how are irrelevant. Are you available to stop by this afternoon or not?"

"Um, sure. I'm just finishing up a job so I can stop by around four o'clock."

"That will be fine. My fiancée and her grandmother will be excited to meet you."

"You were serious? You're getting married?"

"Yes I am. I'm also going to be a father. I was wondering if you could build a play set if I made up a set of designs."

We had started walking, but he stopped with his mouth hanging open again. "Am I tripping on something? Did you just say that you were going to become a father?"

"Yes. We are adopting a baby that Sookie's cousin is now carrying. It's a boy we are going to name Hunter." I don't know why I was telling him all of this, but it felt good, it felt right.

He was quiet for a moment. "Well I guess congratulations are in order."

"Thank you. So would you be able to construct a swing set?"

"Sure no problem. Do you need me to hire a crew to come and do that inside painting as well?"

"No, my Sookie and I are going to be doing that ourselves."

"Seriously Northman, if you are screwing with me I'll stake you. This does not sound like you at all."

I was tempted to tell him that his stake wouldn't hurt me, but that was one secret I was happy to keep. "I've met the love of my life. When that happens you change for them. My Sookie is the light to my darkness, she is everything to me."

"Wow." He looked down at his watch. "I've got to go or I will be late. I'll see you at four."

"Thank you." I watched the wolf walk away and I could feel a pull to go to Sookie grow quickly inside of me until it started to be uncomfortable. I opened the bond wide to feel where she was. I could feel her amusement as my little fairy was fluttering up and down the aisle just begging me to chase her. She wanted a chase, I would give her one.

I let the predator in me come to the surface and I shut down the bond enough so that I could still feel Sookie if I wanted to, but I wanted to find her the old fashioned way. It was easy to catch her scent and I knew that she was heading towards the back of the store away from Adele. I was about to go check on her, but I was hit with a huge wave of lust coming through the bond. My lover was getting impatient with me. I didn't understand what was going on with her today, but I was okay with it and I was definitely willing to take advantage of it.

I abandoned the cart and followed her scent that led me to the bathrooms. This was odd since my Sookie would never have sex in a public restroom, or so I thought. I was hit with another wave of lust that told me I was wrong, then the little blonde head that popped out of the ladies room told me I was definitely wrong. "Are you going to get in here Viking or am I going to have to come out and get you?" She didn't have to tell me twice.

I zipped past her while she shut and locked the door. When we safe from outsiders interrupting I went to pull her into my arms for a kiss, but she pushed me away. "Sorry Honey, we don't have time for foreplay now, we just have time for a quickie." She went over to the sink, slid down her pants and panties and bent over at the waist. She looked over her shoulder at me and wiggled her cute little ass at me. "Come and pillage me Viking."

I was in her in less than a second. She was so tight and wet that I wanted to stay inside her forever, but since this was only a quickie I knew that we had to make the most of it.

I pulled her up against me and thrust into her hard and fast. We were both moaning and gasping as our pleasure was building. "Eric, I need to taste you while you taste me."

"Oh yes Lover." I bit into my wrist and put it to her mouth, then I bit gently into her neck. I could feel her necklace pressed against my neck as I drank from her. It was warm against my skin and the deeper we drank from one another I noticed that it and both of us were glowing a bright golden color.

I could feel both of us were getting warmer as well as the light surrounded us. I could feel something happening deep inside of me, but wasn't about to pull away from my lover. I thrust hard and fast and with one last pull of blood from both of us, we both came harder than earlier that day. I felt the golden warmth flow through and out of me as I collapsed on top of Sookie.

"Wow Baby, that was incredible."

I trailed kisses over her neck, healing her bite mark in the process, then pulled out of her. "Yes it was." I redressed myself and I had a strange sensation come over me. I didn't know what it was, so I pushed it aside.

Sookie looked over at me as she was washing her hands. "Eric, are you all right? Our love glow didn't hurt you did it?"

"Love Glow? That's the best you could come up with?"

"Well, I could freak out about it, but I think that it's all right. I just want to make sure that you are okay. You just seemed to feel a bit off for a minute,"

"Well, I am fine now." I reached out and took her hand. "We'd better get back to your Gran before she comes looking for us."

She let me lead her out of the restroom and we retrieved the abandoned cart as we made out way to Adele. She was waiting in the paint section. She had already picked out so it didn't take us long to get what we needed, but I couldn't seem to focus on my surroundings. Sookie's hand on my arm brought me back to what was happening. "Eric are you sure that you are all right?"

"I just can't seem to focus right now."

"Maybe we should head home and call Dr. Ludwig."

"Sookie's got a point Eric. If you aren't feeling well we should go straight home."

"No. I promise that I feel fine. I need to feed my girls and that's what I intend to do." We maneuvered our carts to the registers and paid for our items.

I realized as we went out to the car and I started loading everything into the car that I was being watched by two very concerned sets of eyes. I wanted to tell them to stop and that I was fine, but I didn't have the heart. I knew they were just showing concern for me and I was okay with that.

I got in the driver's seat when I was done and we decided to head to a diner nearby for them to get lunch. I knew they were still worried about me, but I was all right now and they would just have to deal with it.

It didn't take us long to get to the diner. We went inside and were seated right away. We were in a booth near the kitchen and usually I found being so near to human food was barely tolerable, but today the smells brought on another strange feeling. I didn't understand it and maybe it would have been a smart idea to call Dr. Ludwig, but that would have to wait.

After they had ordered I told Sookie about seeing Alcide and that he was coming over to check on the house later. Sookie was so excited to see him again she was bouncing up and down in her seat. I hated to rain on her good mood. "Lover, I know you are excited to see him, but he doesn't know you in this timeline."

"Who is this Alcide Sookie?" This sent my love on a tangent talking about the wolf and some of their adventures before.

I was enjoying listening to her talk and be animated, but I got distracted when the waitress dropped off their food. I got that strange feeling again and I started to salivate. I should have been worried about my reaction, but I was more focused on Sookie's food.

Without thinking about what I was doing I snatched a French fry off of her plate and put it into my mouth. I wasn't worried about getting ill or that fact that I didn't eat, I just had a hunger inside of me that needed to be satisfied.

When the fry hit my tongue it was like an explosion of flavor in my mouth. It was the first thing that I had tasted in over a thousand years. It was salty and crispy and delicious and I wanted more.

I grabbed another fry and another and another until they were all gone. I was disappointed, I wanted more. I looked up and Sookie and Adele were looking at me in shock. "What?" I reached over and grabbed Sookie's burger and took a big bite. It was even better than the fries. The bread was soft, the vegetables were fresh and crisp and the meat was juicy and full of flavor. It was the best thing that I had ever tasted.

"Baby, I think that we should go home now and call Dr. Ludwig."

"I don't want to. I'm still hungry." I finished off the burger just as the waitress came and asked if we needed anything else. I grabbed the menu that was still on the table and order Sookie another burger and fries, another one for myself, a chocolate milk shake, onion rings, mozzarella sticks and a hot fudge sundae.

Sookie kept trying to get me to leave, but I was adamant about staying until I was finished. She realized that it was useless to try, so she let it go.

When the waitress came back with the food my mouth was watering even more and I dug into the food with gusto. Everything had it's own unique flavor and texture and it was exhilarating.

It didn't take me long to consume everything in front of me. They were still watching me with shocked expressions on their faces, but now I felt even worse and I suddenly could barely keep my eyes open. "Lover I think we need to go home now. I don't feel so good." I managed to leave money for the check, but I needed help getting out to the car. I felt sluggish and weak. I didn't like this feeling at all.

I managed to get into the back of the car since I knew I couldn't drive. I handed her the keys when I suddenly got a terrible pain in my stomach. I didn't feel sick, but it didn't feel good either. Sookie felt it too. "Don't worry Baby, we'll get you better soon."

Before I could answer the pain got so bad that I passed out.