The Phone Call

Sookie's PoV

A/N:

All characters belong to Charlaine Harris but the story is my own idea. Thank you all so much for reading and reviewing our story. I'm glad that you all have enjoyed it. Some of you have asked if Sam was there when Jannalynne was killed. He was not. Eric was letting her know that Sam was next.

He wanted her to know that Sam would be right along with her shortly …

Or will he?

Some of you have also asked me if Sookie has used the cluviel dor.

She only wanted one great wish. That great wish included everything that she has ever wanted; Eric, a safe and happy life for her true family and friends, to send her fairy kin back to the Fae Realm and to shut off the portal forever, and a family that she and Eric could raise together.

Will she get it?

Or is the cluviel dor just another instrument to draw her closer to her true bloodline?

After my shower, I put on one of Eric's Fangtasia tees. For some reason I had to feel close to him. When I go into my room, Pam and Mel are sitting on the bed waiting for me. As I dry my hair, I begin to smile. I think of my family and my magic. I absolutely love who I am. I love my life. For the first time ever, I'm proud of who I am. I started to feel a little twinkle inside and I became even happier. "Sookie, you're extremely happy. What about?" Pam asked me.

I look at Pam and beam. I can appreciate why she asked me that question. Earlier today after I found out about Sam's disloyalty, I didn't think that I'd be able to smile for awhile. "Eric, you, Mel, Bill, Terry, Ashton, Warren, and Mustapha … Thalia, Maxwell Lee, Rasul, Jason, Michelle … ummmm; everything; I'm happy about everything." Enthusiastically I sit in between Mel and Pam and take their hands into my own. "Do you realize that this the first time in my life that I'm actually happy with myself? I've never been happier and it's because of you guys. You all accept me for who I am." I start to giggle. "Never," I say.

Mel does something that I've never seen before. She begins to radiate a beautiful lavender color. Her color wraps around me and Pam. Still smiling she says, "This only happens when I'm really, really happy. It's only happened to me once or twice but it feels good when it does happen. You should see Gwyneth's aura. Hers is glorious."

Pam has a starry look on her face. "Oh, I have. It's a beautiful and captivating pink." Pam's starry eyed look suddenly turns into a sullen look. "I miss her so much. I did not expect to feel like this after I lost my Miriam. I am lucky. I don't think that I could handle losing Gwyneth." She suddenly turns cold and any emotion that was on her face before, is now gone. Pam looks at Mel and asks, "Is she safe? She hasn't called me as she said would. She promised to check in everyday."

I've never heard Pam pour out her feelings as she has just this second. I look down at my hands. "She promised me the same thing. She said that she would be home before we know it. I still wish that she would call. I haven't heard from her in two days. Mel, is she okay?"

Mel only smiles. "She'll call us when it is time. I can feel my sister. She's very happy. My sister's always happy when she goes to battle." She nods at both me and Pam as if she's giving us her final confirmation of what she's just told us. "Do not worry. My sister is well."

"Yeah," I say as I take Pam's hand. "She's fine." I just wish that she would call us. "Well, are there any other powers that I need to know about?" I really hope so. This is too much fun to just end after only two hours.

Mel shakes her beautiful head no.

"What? There's nothing? What about the things that can harm me; lemons, silver, iron, stakes? What about those things?"

"What about them?"

"You didn't tell me about my new allergies. You know; the stuff I just named off. You did not tell me what I needed to do to keep safe. Do I need that protective stuff that Niall and Uncle Dillon wear? I don't need to know about the stakes but the other things I need to know." I touch my side and I remember how stakes work. They work just fine.

"So, you've met Dillon. We did not know." she said. She did not look pleased. Without waiting for me to answer her, Mel kept talking. "Desmond didn't tell you on his last visit?"

"We were never left alone," I said to Mel.

"He didn't say it in front of Niall for a reason then. Niall does not know. You're not a vampire or a fae. You don't have those allergies. Were you allergic to them before you were turned and accepted Niall's essence?"

"No."

"Then none of that can hurt you."

"When I was first turned and Niall was with me for those few days, he told me that I couldn't have lemon in my iced tea anymore. He told me about the evils of metal and that I needed to be careful of iron. I assumed silver because I'm vampire."

Mel looked at Pam and smiled. "You are the mother of a wonderful creature. She's not a vampire but she has all of the vampire qualities. She's not a fae but she has had the essence of the Prince of the Faery Realm. She has the power and the magic of the royal family. She's not human but she has all of the same human qualities that she possessed before she was turned." She took my hands and said, "You're still you; only better. But you must guard these secrets. No one outside of your home should know this."

"I just assumed that I would be allergic." That is all that I can think to say.

"For the second time, if you weren't allergic before you won't be allergic now."

The more she's around me, the more I want to smack her. I just sit there with a blank look on my face. "I just assumed bitch."

She's used to being called a bitch because she kept talking as if I never said a word. "You're capable of doing things that even Niall can't do. He knows this. You have the powers of the day and night. He does not. You're a threat to him. If he can get you into Fae and turn you into a full fairy, that's all you'll be. You'll just be another fairy with blah powers and then lemons and iron will be fatal. Your human and vampire qualities will be no more. As long as you stay in this Realm, you're more powerful than any existing fae; in this Realm or the other." Mel looked at me as if I should already know this.

"Is that the main reason for him to want me in the Realm?"

"No, but it works in his favor. His main goal is to save his bloodline. If he dies then the throne goes to you but only if you are in the Realm. There you will sit on the throne with the one. The true mate that has been chosen for you. That will not happen as long as you are vampire and fairy and human. There's no way he's going to let that happen. Now if you stay in this Realm, the throne would fall to Niall's sister Celine." Mel smiles even harder at this revelation. She never says a word after that. She waits … and waits … and waits.

"Well?" Pam asks. She's as anxious to know as I am.

Mel jumps up from the bed and uses every hand motion I've ever seen. "She's married to a human. She lives in this Realm with her husband. No one knows where she is but Desmond and Diantha. Anyway, she lives with her husband and her half fairy children. They have always wanted to meet Celine's birth family but Niall was against it. She married a human. Because she is married to a human, Niall hates her. It's okay to have sex with them but it's never okay to actually marry one. It's almost like a fairy marrying a vampire." She looks at Pam and says, "No offense."

Pam says, "None taken you rude bitch."

Mel rolls her eyes at Pam and keeps talking. "A full faery of the royal house marrying a human; there is no way that he would allow her to take her rightful place on the throne with a human husband. Niall would die before he allowed a human to live in the Royal House of Brigant."

This is not surprising to me. This information makes me think of how Niall treated Jason. "But I'm only 1/8 fae and he wants me to carry on the bloodline."

"Not anymore you're not. You have the essential spark and you have been given his essence. You are no longer a full human. You can go either way. It depends on you. You will stay the same Sookie as long as you hold onto the beliefs that you were raised with. And if Niall gets his way your humanness and your vampire-ness will fade away to nothing if you're taken to the Realm. When you are taken, if you are taken, you will truly be of the Brigant bloodline. That's the only reason he gave you his essence. Niall does nothing for anyone without expecting something in return."

Pam's fangs slide down slowly. "I will kill that fucking fairy. Sookie is my child. She is my queen. Niall has always preached on how Eric and Sookie is a fated pair. He has always said that Eric and Sookie would make the supernatural world great; the changes that they would make as a couple would be phenomenal. Now you're saying that all of it was a lie?"

"Basically; it was all lies. Eric is the most powerful and the oldest vampire in the area. Niall's only goal was to keep Sookie safe until he gets to her. She can't be given to her true mate dead. She would be useless then." Mel shrugs and smiles as if she's talking about going to the store to buy ice cream. I have been saying it all along; Mel is a rude bitch.

Pam is angrier than I've ever known her to be. "Pam please!" I yell at her. Pam is sitting with her eyes closed. It's not her; it's Eric.

"Eric," Pam whispers as she stands.

Before I can pop to him Mel grabs my arm and uses her magic to hold me in place. "You cannot go to him. You have used too much magic today. You are not strong enough. You must stay here." Her eyes have changed. Her magic keeps me in place.

"I must go to him."

"No." She never releases my arm.

Pam leaves the room in a blur. All at once there is a calm that flows through the bond. Pam returns and sits back down. "He is fine Sookie. He is fine." Pam stares off into space. It is her downtime and I will not bother her with my question; what does she know? She said that he is fine but I get something different from her. Jealousy; but why would she be jealous?

"Can we finish now that we have determined that Eric and Bill are fine?"

"Bill is with him?" I ask.

"Yeah. Eric took Bill with him. So?"

I know that Eric's not going to tell me what has happened tonight. Maybe I can get what I need out of Bill. No, I will not do that. Eric is my husband and he will give me an explanation. That reminds me; he's been gone for a little while. "What time is it?"

"Ten," said Mel. "Can we finish please? I don't want to sit here all night staring at you two."

"You can be a real bitch," Pam said. "I like you."

"I know. You can't help it. I'm likeable." Mel then turns to me and says, "Now you need to understand how your powers work on other supes. You know; your mindshield, glamour, the power of silence, darkness … stuff like that."

"I don't think that she needs to know that just yet. You don't want to overload her do you?"

Pam's response surprises me. Earlier tonight she was telling me that I needed to learn my magic but now she's against me using it on supes? "I'll be fine Pam. I want to be overloaded. I used my glamour on Sam and Jannalynne today. I want to be able to practice on them. If there is more for me to learn, I want to learn it."

"I'm sorry Sookie. I couldn't tell you then. I was not allowed to interfere. You did not glamour Sam or Jannalynne. I couldn't tell you because it is meant for you to see Sam for what he really is. I am sorry. I wanted to tell so very badly but Desmond would not allow it. You can't glamour pure shifters or Weres as easily as you can humans. Their minds are not easy to control. Have you ever tried to read Sam's mind?"

"Yes."

"Was it hard to read him?"

"Yes. He would have to let me in so that I could read it. When I would try on my own, I would only get scrambles and colors."

"That's the same way it is when it comes to glamouring a shifter or a pure Were. They have to let you in. You can only get into a supes mind if you hold them close to you. You have to pull them into your aura. That lets you get inside of them; inside of their minds. You can take over their minds only by doing that. Sam knew it. He knows everything about the fae." Mel winks at me knowingly. "He knew why Claude and Dermot moved in with you." Mel continues. "As you know your aura brightens with happiness and it darkens when you are angry. If you are angry at the time of the glamour attempt, your enemy will belong to you. You can take them over completely. They will be empty. You can take away every memory or you can give them new ones."

"I can wipe their minds of any and all memories?"

"They'll remember nothing. You can only do that to shifters and Weres. With vampires, it takes only a simple touch. They can't resist you. Plus you have the scent of their past. You give them memories that they have long forgotten. You give them more than they've ever expected in their long lives. You can't glamour the fae with your eyes. They look for another scent; fertility. You're fertile now. It is seen on your face and in your smell. Pretty soon you'll have every male fae that was left behind in this realm knocking down your door. Your fertility scent makes you even more alluring. With you being a Brigant, you can be scented from miles around. They will do what they can to get to you."

"You mean that I can get pregnant now?" Did the cluviel dor work? Did I wish the wrong way? Maybe I did wish wrong if the fairies can smell my fertility. I wanted all of my greatest wishes to come true. Maybe the portal has been closed and I won't have to worry about any male fairies. I did it! I did it!

"Umhm; can't you smell it Pam? I can. It's very strong."

"No. I cannot smell it at all. Are they coming for her soon? If they are we have to be prepared. I need to get to my house and get our weapons."

This is just too much info for one person to take in. I look stunned. I don't know what to say. The worst part of the news was about Sam. Sam has betrayed me yet again. He is still going to betray me. He let me believe that I had glamoured him. He is still planning to give me to Niall. Then I think about this evening; my time with Eric and Pam. "You knew," I say to Pam.

"Eric did not want me to tell you. We both knew that you would have confronted him. If you have gone to him, it would have made it easier for Niall to take you. After an adequate amount of time had passed, we were going to tell you. I promise you Sookie. We were not going to keep you in the dark."

I can't be mad at her logic. She is right. But they still could have told me. "I am not a child Pam. I am a bit impulsive at times but I am capable of using logic when it comes to thinking for myself. With or without my magic I am still a grown woman that needs to be treated like one."

"Well when it comes to you being logical you don't usually use it. Do you remember the Freyda incident? Do you remember the bond?"

Why did she have to bring up the bond? I must have a look on my face that shows that she has hurt my feelings because she is about to say something. I stop her before she gets a chance to. "There is no need for an apology. I just want you to know that I am not going to do anything stupid."

"I did not mean to hurt you."

I take Pam's hand into mine. Mel suddenly gives a small whimper. "Are you okay?" I ask. She does not answer me. I then feel a jolt of love. I hear a familiar laugh and then it is gone. What was that? "Mel?" I ask one last time.

Mel bows her head and a blue aura surrounds her.

Pam asks in a cold voice, "It is Gwyneth?"

"No," Mel answers. She gets up from the bed and only stands there. "Mel's demeanor changes; "The battle for the queen has already begun. Many lives have been lost this night. A dear friend is no longer with us but for tonight our goal is almost done. For a moment, the queen is safe. I'm going to downstairs with the guards if I'm no longer needed. May I leave you now my queen?"

"You go on. You do what you have to do."

Looking sullen, Mel walks downstairs. Pam and I follow. As we walk down the stairs, Pam says to me, "What did you feel?"

"I don't know what it was. It was love and that's it." When we get to the kitchen with the Weres, they are playing cards and eating. They are laughing and talking. Once they see Pam and me, they stand and bow. "What did I say earlier guys? When we are at home we are relaxed." They sit back down. "Now, what smells so good?"

"Terry here made a big ol' pot of chili and Warren made a death by chocolate, chocolate cake," Mustapha said. He was eating and grinning. From the look of his poker stash, he was also winning.

"What's the ante?" asked Pam.

Ashton looked at Pam and was impressed. He began talking about big blinds and small blinds. He told her that they were playing low ball, Texas hold 'em, and any other poker game that the dealer chooses. He also told her about the side pot that they have going on. "Since we are the guards of the royal family, the side pot is only won if you get the royal flush with all hearts … the side pot is now $600.00. Are you in?"

At vampire speed Pam is gone and then returns in full poker mode. She has her wad of cash, her Mets baseball cap, and her Juicy shades. "Deal me in boys. I need that $600.00. There's a new pair of Prada's that I have been dying to get." Pam won the last four hands but not the side pot. We played cards for the next two hours. It's almost fun but I can't stop thinking about Eric. I can't keep him out of my head. I haven't felt him in the last hour or so. What is he doing?

I keep looking at the microwave clock. The more I look, the more agitated I get. Pam feels my agitation. She sends me calm through the bond. I appreciate but I don't want it. I want my husband. I keep reaching out to him but I only get a faint feeling of him. I feel so empty inside. It's settled. I'm going to find my husband.

"Pam, I'll be back. I'm going to the store."

"No you're not. You will stay seated."

Mustapha says, "What do you need? I'll go get it."

"No thank you." I sit back in my seat and eyeball Pam. She has a smirk on her face. I begin shifting in my seat. "I have to go …"

"You will stay seated."

"Yes mistress." I have never been one to give up and dang it, I'm not going to give up now. "I'm hungry. I think I want pizza."

Ashton tries to hide a smile. "We have Freschetta in the freezer. I'll pop you one in the oven."

"No frozen pizza for the queen," said Terry. "Do want me to call the have Jerry's deliver you a pepperoni?"

"No," I say sullenly. "Pam, I'm going to go and make …"

"Ashton will get it for you. What do you need?"

"Chili please," I say. Ashton places my chili in front of me and a huge slab of cake. I slowly eat the chili and I nibble at the cake. They have decided to keep me prisoner. I'm a prisoner in my own home. I decided to sit out of the next few hands. There's no point in playing. I can't focus. I can't stop thinking about Eric.

Suddenly I feel so tired. I stand up slowly and I reach for Pam. "They're outside." I point towards the door. I put down my shields. "There are four of them." My wish did not work. They have come for me. My guards begin ripping their clothes off and running from the house; they have nice bodies I must say. Pam and Mel take off behind them. Terry stays with me. My knees give way. Eric is so angry. Terry catches me before I fall to the ground.

Cradling me in his arms he says, "You're safe sweetheart. Close your eyes and relax. Come on Sookie." My fear for my husband and my family scares me. I'm filled with fear. Is Bill ok? Will Pam and Mel come back unharmed? Are my Weres safe? Who did we lose tonight? Please don't let it have been Gwyneth. I let my anxiety and fears take over.

Terry hums 'Hush Little Baby' as he rocks me back and forth. Gran used to sing that me. Slowly Terry's song and his hold calm me down. After awhile my family returns and they are all okay. They all stand around me and they look so good. Except for the blood and the nudity, my Weres look as they usually do.

Pam has blood around her mouth and a smile on her face. She's naked. "I haven't had the taste of a full fae in years. He was delicious." Pam looks as if she has just had sex. Fairy. "He must have been one of your suitors. He was very good." She describes the blond that she has just drained. My Weres tell me of the three elves that they've bid a fond farewell to. Mel is the only unhappy one.

"They killed them all before I had a chance to get even one! You all are a bunch of greedy bastards!" They all began to laugh at her. "There's nothing funny. You could have saved me one. I only wanted one!"

Terry only looks at them for a minute and then decides to help me stand up. I hug all of them. My aura of gold and pink holds us all together. "You're safe. I'm so glad that you're all safe." The Weres all drop to their knees and look up at me.

"Our allegiance and lives belong only to you."

"Thank you." I reach for each Were and they kiss my hand as they stand.

"Your protection is all that matters."

As my aura fades, I reach out for Eric again. I can barely feel him. "You all go clean yourselves up. Terry will you go to my room and get my cell phone please?"

"Yes Sookie. I'll be right back." Terry is smiling so hard that I can see each tooth in his mouth. When he comes back with my phone, he's still smiling. "I've never been happier."

I kiss Terry's scarred cheek. "Neither have I Terry."

"Do you need anything else my queen?" Terry asks me.

"No thank you Terry."

"Holler if you need me." He bows to me and goes to the kitchen to wait for his friends.

When my Weres, my maker, and my pixie/fae cousin are cleaned up, they go back to the kitchen. They are laughing and talking about tonight's kill. I smile to myself. There's nothing better than this. As I'm about to call Eric when my phone rings.

"Eric? Where are you?"

"No Sookie."

"Who is this?" I look at the caller id screen and there's nothing there.

"Are you looking for your husband?"

Oh my God! They have Eric. That's why I would feel bursts of anger and then nothing. They are torturing my husband. In a voice that I have never heard before, I tell the anonymous caller, "If you've hurt him, I will kill you."

"Why didn't you tell us that you were back in Louisiana? You came back just in time. We heard that there is a fertile fairy in our midst. I knew that it was you. You came home. You can get us all to our true home." My wish did not work. Our enemies are still here.

"Fuck you. I swear to you that if you've hurt him you will die." I never heard them come into the room but Mel and Pam have wrapped me tightly in their arms. "Do you have my husband?" I began to vibrate and everything around me started to turn black.

The voice speaks again, "You did not have to kill your suitors this night. They only wanted to give you the family that you so desperately yearn for. The family that the vampire cannot give to you. They only want to bring you home to your true family."

"Calm down Sookie," Mel says. She fills me with her calm aura and Pam sends me calm through the bond. I can feel them swirling around inside of me. "There you go." Their calm began to fill me.

"I will kill you," I say to the voice. "I promise. I will kill you."

The voice started to laugh. "We'll see you soon sister. You'll be home soon." He's still laughing as he hangs up the phone.

Pam and Mel are still holding me. "I am fine. Go and play cards. I'm calling my husband." Reluctantly Pam and Mel leave me alone. I never heard my Weres come in but they left as well. I go back to the bond to find him. I can't. I know now how he felt when I broke the bond. It feels like a part of me is missing. What am I supposed to do if something has happened to him? What if they have taken him away from me?

I will kill them all.

I can feel him again. "Where are you baby?"

I call my husband. "Hello my lover. Are you safe?" He sounds as if he is calm but I can feel his worry. He could feel mine.

"Where are you? What's wrong? One minute you were so angry and the next you were gone. I could not feel you. I thought that …" I will not tell him of the phone call or the invasion on our home while he is away. I'll tell him when he comes home to me. "Are you coming home?" I try to keep the fear out of my voice but I can't. I can't bear the thought of losing him. I love him.

"I'm on my way lover." Thank you. He is safe.

I don't want to say it but I have to. I need to know that everything is okay with the bond. "Why couldn't I feel you Eric? Was it my magic? Did I do something wrong? Did I almost break the bond? Is that why I couldn't feel you?"

"No my queen; I was in a meeting and it turned into a heated situation. I was trying to keep you from feeling the brunt of my anger. I apologize for worrying you so." I know that Eric has never heard me like this before but I've never been this afraid before. I'm not supposed to be afraid. I'm a fairy vampire. I'm supposed to be brave and fearless. If that is true then why am I so scared?

"Mel said that things are going to happen and I'm going to have to make a choice. I thought that they had taken you. I was going to come to you but Mel and Pam would not let me. They said that my powers were not strong enough. I was going to risk it for you." I'll risk everything for him. I am just getting him back and no one is going to take him away from me.

Obviously Bill heard the distress in my voice. "I am getting us home as quickly as possible my queen." Bill needs to get them home. What if they are being followed by the fairies? What if they try to attack them while they are on their way home? I won't be able to save them.

"Thank you Bill. Eric, I'll be waiting for you." I hang up the phone and wait for them to return. I go to the kitchen and pace back and forth. Each time a car drives by, I look out of the window. As soon as I'm seated, I jump back up. I go the window and no Eric, no Bill. "It's not them."

"Will you sit your ass down somewhere?" Pam yells at me. "You are getting on my nerves." Suddenly I hear Pam scream out in anger. "NO!"

Mel is grinning like a Cheshire cat. "I won the side pot! I guess I'll buy the Prada shoes."

"How much was it?" I ask.

"$1500.00; you are all losers. L-O-S-E-R-S! All of you are losers!" She grabs her money from the pot and begins to make a speech. "I would not have been able to win this if you had not been the accomplished losers that you are. This money will help pay for my and Bill's honeymoon. Thank you all so much." Thinking that her speech was done she ends it with, "I still expect wedding gifts from each and every one of you."

I hear the word bitch and other names being thrown at Mel but she does not care in the least. They are saying that she cheated. Warren said, "You did deal the cards. You probably used some type of pixie/fairy magic to get that hand." Terry is the only one at the table still smiling; well other than Mel.

Mel said it one last time, "LOSERS! You are all LOSERS!"

The one time that I don't look, I hear Eric and Bill pulling into the garage. Without thinking, I imagine myself in his arms and that is exactly where I end up. I pop into my husband's loving arms with my arms positioned to go around his neck. I love him so much. I thought that they had taken him from me. As I'm hugging him, I smell soap and shampoo. It's not his regular shampoo either. He's showered somewhere else. I look in Bill's direction. He smells just like Eric. When I take my arms from around Eric's neck, I step back and look at them both.

Are they really going to stand there and try to look innocent? They are actually trying to look innocent. The two biggest devils that I know stand there and try to look as if they've never done a thing wrong. I sniff and wait. They give me nothing. That's fine.

"Good evening Bill. Thank you for coming home as quickly as you did. Are you well" I ask him as I move closer to him.

He takes a step back. Hmmm; what have they done? "Yes my queen," he said as he bowed. "Are you well?"

While they are taking off their shoes, I tell him that I'm better now. "Thank you for asking. I want you two to know that I know that you have done something tonight that you had no business. I'm not going to ask you what you were doing. You will tell me sooner or later. I'm banking on sooner." I turn back to look at Eric. I want to rip him a new one but because he's home and safe, I don't. I'm just so glad that he's home. "Don't you ever close down that bond again do you hear me? I need to feel you. I need to be sure that you are safe. After tonight, I think that you need guards too; day and night."

Eric has the nerve to look surprised at my suggestion. He also looks like he's going to laugh at me. He'd better not laugh at me. I will choke him senseless. "You had better not laugh at me Eric Northman." Those beautiful blue eyes look at me with love and amusement swirling through them. As we are walking through the kitchen, I let my friends know that I am not coming back to play cards. "No more for me. Have fun guys. I have to talk to Eric and Bill. Now Eric Northman, you will have guards."

Everyone at the table begins to snigger as I tell Eric that he will get guards whether he likes it or not. "Quiet!" he yells at them all. He is trailing behind me as I hold his hand.

"There is no need to be rude Eric." The card players are pretending not be paying attention to us but they are just too obvious. They are the worst actors in the world. You can see the sly looks and the sneaky smiles.

Bill stops and thinks that he is going to sit down and play cards. Not tonight buddy boy. "Come on Bill." They all begin to laugh at him too.

"I am over 1000 years old. I don't need any guards. I can take care of myself."

As we leave the kitchen, I hear Pam say, "I'll bet $500.00 that he gets the guards." Warren and Mustapha bet against her. Mel and Ashton bet that I will get my way. I guess Warren and Mustapha will be losing that pot. Eric will be getting those guards.

Not to my surprise at all, Bill takes my side. "I think that the queen is right. There will be times when you are alone and we cannot always be with you your majesty. You need to be protected just as your wife suggests."

I give Bill a heartfelt smile. He understands. When I have my meeting with him he's not going to like it but he's getting guards too. I'm not going to mention it now. I need to keep him on my side. "Thank you Bill. Eric, we will discuss this later. You need to meet the new human guards that I interviewed today. I wanted you to speak with them tonight but so much has happened. Warren has scheduled for them to meet us at Fangtasia at first dark tomorrow." Once we are in the living room, I lead my men to their appointed seats. I point Bill the recliner as I pull Eric towards the couch. I sit in Eric's lap. I wrap his arms around me and I lean my head against his shoulder. No one is going to take this from me. This is where I belong. I enjoy his peace. I snuggle deeper into my husband. As my husband holds me, he inhales my scent. I watch Bill as he does the same thing. I wonder if what Mel said is true.

Before I can ask, Bill asks me, "What are you wearing Sookie?"

"It's me. I guess my fairy scent is stronger. But I have a different fairy scent because of who I am. I guess being a direct descendent of the Brigant bloodline affords me certain perks. What does it smell like to you Bill?"

He has a far away look on his face. "You smell like my wife Caroline's bath salts. They were made of lavender and vanilla. It's almost as if she is here with us." Bill closes his eyes and inhales the air. "Caroline; I smell Caroline." He has always loved Caroline. If only had been given the chance to make a choice; I know that he would have stayed with her and his children.

I love it. "Pam told me that she could smell the maple and chocolate caramels from her childhood. Mel told me that this is one of my special gifts. She said that I have different scents to keep me safe from the other vampires. I don't know why it is working on my vampires. Maybe once I learn to control it, I'll smell like the old Sookie." She then looks at me and asks, "Eric what do you smell?"

When I ask him, I hold my breath. Mel said that the vampires will smell what they love the most or miss from their past life. Please let him smell me; only me. "I only smell you." I wrapped my arms around his neck and hugged him to me as tightly as I could. That is what I was looking for.

"I never want to let you go. I've missed you so much today." Accidentally, I give off a hint of fear when I hug him. He hugs me even tighter. "I love you," I said more to myself than to him. Slowly I lifted my eyes to meet his. Without wasting another second, I reached up and slid my arms around his neck and I began to kiss him. I love kissing him. We touched our foreheads together and sat like that for awhile; just looking at each other. I love looking into his eyes. Everything that I'll every need is in his eyes. With him, I know that I am safe. He is everything that I need.

I decide to speak words of love to my husband in his language. "Jag vill att du ska älska med mig. Jag vill känna varje tum av dig inom mig. Fordran mig, gör mig till din." I look at my husband and he smiles at me. "Do you want to claim me tonight my big bad vampire king? I'm yours," I whisper to him. I forgot that Bill was in here with us. I did not realize until I heard his fangs drop. Eric gives him the 'she's mine look'. I don't mind it one bit. I am his.

"I apologize to you, your majesty." After a second of uncomfortable shifting back and forth in his seat, Bill asked to be excused.

Once we tell him to go and enjoy his night, Bill bowed to us and he stood up. Slyly, he called for Mel. Once she had appeared, he lifted her into his arms and they went to their room. Mel looks over Bill's shoulder and waves us a goodnight. $1500 and some vicious sex; Mel has hit the jackpot.

"Let's go to bed," I said to Eric. I love him.

When we reach our chamber, he lays me gently on the bed. He leaned me against the pillows that were propped against our headboard. There was really no point in playing games. There are so many things that we need to discuss but they can wait for later. All I know is that the minute that my husband came home tonight, I wanted him; every inch of him. We can deal with the extra stuff later. I just need to feel my husband inside of me. I am aching for him to make love to me.

While I watched him, Eric stood at the foot of the bed and undressed. He pulled his red Fangtasia tee over his head and threw it on the floor. I imagined myself kissing every inch of his magnificent body; his face, his neck, his back, his chiseled stomach, his muscular arms and legs and his GP. When he began pulling off his jeans I sat up a little more so that I wouldn't miss one movement that he made. When he got to his underwear, I had to catch my breath.

When I saw MY GP, my whole body began to shiver. Just the thought of him touching me and being inside of me, washed away all of today's miseries. I am hopelessly and helplessly his. My husband has a large ego and he loves the way that I admire his body. He has the cockiest smile on his face.

He crawled up to me and I sat up so that our lips would touch. He lifted my arms up and he slipped his tee over my head. His eyes left mine and roamed over my body. I wanted to show him how much I wanted him and how much I needed him. Using my vampire speed, my husband is now in the spot that I used to occupy. That makes him roar with laughter. "I'm getting faster and stronger."

"Yes you are my lover." The moment my fingertips touch his skin, my fangs shot down. He leaned in and kissed them and licked each one with the tip of his tongue. It sends shivers all through me. My honey pot is so wet. I am throbbing to feel my husband inside of me. I lean in and kiss my husband deeper; forcing him back against the pillow. When I touched his cool and naked body against mine, I became wetter and wanted him even more. I saw my husband inhale. "You smell so sweet."

Before I knew it, I was back against the pillows. I opened my arms and welcomed him home. Just to be able to wrap my arms around him make me sigh from happiness. I wrapped my arms around him as tightly as I could. I don't know why I needed him so badly. I opened my legs and he slipped in between them. He positioned the head of the GP barely inside of the honey pot. I had an orgasm just with that one touch. My heart began to flutter in my chest; I was losing my breath. Eric lowered his head and kissed me oh so gently. As he kissed me, he slowly began to enter me. I gripped his back because I can't bear the thought of us not being as one. Before I know it, my king has slowly filled me with the GP. It has never felt better.

For some reason, I can't move. I just want to lay like for the rest of my life. I was so scared because I thought that they had taken him from me. I thought that I had broken the bond again. I take his face in my hands and I begin to cry. I think of how I thought that I would never see him again. I think of how I thought that they had taken him from me. I think of how I had broken the bond before. What if I would never get another chance to look into these beautiful blue eyes? What if … "I love you so much." All of the fear that I felt tonight when I thought that I had lost him filled us both.

His eyes expanded ten times their normal size. "I'm so sorry lover."

"I never knew what you went through when I broke the bond. It is the worst feeling I have ever had to endure. I beg you Eric; never do that to me again. No matter what happens or what you're doing keep me with you." How could I ever have broken the bond? This is the worst misery and he only blocked me for a couple of hours. I broke it completely. Tears streaked my face. My husband kissed each one away; then he began kissing me. I began to move again and this time, I did not stop. I wanted him. I began to buck underneath him as fast as I could. This is my lover and my best friend. He is my soul mate. We are fated and this is how we'll stay.

In one quick move, Eric's back was against the headboard and I was straddling him. My knees were on either side of him. Out of instinct, I began to move back and forth on my husband. As I moved on him, he cupped my face into his hands. He kissed from my mouth to my neck and to my breasts. I leaned forward so that he could love each of the girls equally. Each nipple disappeared in his mouth. As he loves the girls, I think of our eternal love. As I move back and forth on him slowly I say to him, "Our love keeps us together. We are one. We'll always be together." I throw my head back as he licks and sucks on each nipple. "Feed from me baby."

Without hesitation, he leaned forward and licked the soft part of my breast. He bit hard; just like I like it. My sweet fairy blood filled his mouth. He eagerly drank from me before the wound closed. I groaned from the pleasure. As soon my the wound closed, I looked at him with longing. I want to feed from him. I wait as I move on the GP. "Do it lover." I bit into my husband's neck. He held my head in place as I rode him harder and harder and as he thrusted deeper and deeper.

As I was reaching my orgasm, he brushed my hair behind my ear and he pulled me in for a deep kiss. "I would give anything to give you a child," he says when he breaks the kiss.

With that, we came together. I wrapped my arms tightly around his neck and I wished with everything in me that we could have children. That would make us the happiest we've ever been. Suddenly my golden aura takes us both in. Eric looks into my eyes and holds me securely to him. "I love you so much Sookie." As my husband fills me with his essence and I scream out his name, we are both filled with love, joy, happiness, and life.

As our orgasms subside, we lay in bed in each others arms, we look at each other and begin to laugh. "Did you feel that Eric?"

"I felt everything." I look into his eyes and for the first time ever, I can see his light. "I'll never close the bond again."

"I'm so sorry that I ever broke the bond. It's torture not to feel you. I've never felt as alone as I did tonight. Please don't ever do that to me again." I kiss his nose and then his lips. I gently lay my hand across his cheek. "I thought that they had taken you. When someone called me tonight and asked me if I was looking for you, I thought that they had hurt you." In the scary voice that I used earlier tonight, I said to my husband, "I was going to find them and kill them."

Eric lay on his side and asked me, "What happened?"

I looked at him and said, "They are coming for me."

A/N:

I want you to make love to me. I want to feel every inch of you inside of me. Claim me; make me yours.

This is what Sookie said to Eric when she spoke his language.

Have a great 4th. I know that I will. I will not be able to post again until the second week of July.

Please be safe!