Ok so now we are back to EPOV. They are still in the conference room about to talk about killing DE Castro. I know some are not going to like this and I am sorry but I couldn't write a Chapter about seeing faerie and not let the AP see it to. So in my imagination she can see. As always thank you for reviewing. Every time I see a new one it makes me want to write. : )

Previously:

"Meet me in the room in a half an hour, Rachel will be joining us this evening so you'll have something to play with to." I follow him out smiling. Ah Rachel, things are going to get bloody tonight.

Chapter 21: Dancing in the moon light

EPOV:

So he's just pissed off a lot of royals. This is going to be even easier than I thought. Stan looks around the table then addresses Sookie.

"Everything that is said during this meeting is bound by the contract?" Sookie just nodded in his direction.

"De Castro has been sniffing around my state looking for pipelines for his drug trafficking business. He came to me to try to work out a deal. I asked him what drugs he was bringing in he said heroine and I almost beheaded him there. So I agree he has to go." The other monarchs nodded in agreement. Stan continued

"When I denied his request he had enough nerve to threaten me! In my own state no less. Not to mention him and his drugs are spreading the Hep V virus like wild fire." All the royals agreed. Charles looked to my lover and smiled

"You could deal with him on your own my dear we know this. But I would be happy to offer any assistance I can in this matter." Again the royals agreed. He looked hesitantly at her and spoke again.

"My troubles are with the fellow ship. In my state they are running wild. They have been able to locate numerous vampires in their daytime rest. I have called and tried to get a powerful witch to strengthen my wards but he tells me he works only for you. Perhaps you could assist me in this matter?" It takes all I have not to rip his throat out. She just gave him a glimpse at the sun and he wants more? But she is all too happy to help

"I will call and put in a good word for you but whether he chooses to do it or not is all on him." Charles seemed to be relived but Rayleen hissed out

"You should just order him to do it. If you need help with his training I know the perfect vampire to take all the bite out of his bark!" this time my lover growls and it is not missed by anyone at the table. I know why she is growling but the others do not she sneers at Rayleen

"He is under my protection I do not order him to do anything everything he does is by his choice alone." I put my hand on the table next to hers in an effort to calm her and speak to Rayleen.

"This is a matter you should not push." She looks down at our hands. It is only then I realize I have my ring on and so does she. If Rayleen could have paled she would have. I knew he would help if she asked but I guess it wasn't news she wanted to share with the others. Russell was the one to break the tension and place it once again where it should be

"So how should we punish him? Should we skin him alive every night for a decade? Or are we just going to kill him?" Sookie made file appear out of thin air. That is a very useful skill. I know what else she could make appear. But only for me she is mine!

"We take everything he owns. Everything he loves and then we take him." She passed around the files and they had our names on them.

"Each one of these has List of his assets. All banking information everything, There are property deeds and Business contracts. Everything he has is split equally between you." Then Stan asked the million dollar question.

"Who is going to rule the state when he is no more?" this was mine.

"I have been thinking a lot about this. I say no one. I say the profits from that state should go into an account spread equally as well. Then for any major decisions we take a vote. Nothing complicated everyone gets a share and that state doesn't have a chance to corrupt any more of us." Rayleen spoke again this time her tone respectful.

"So all we have to do is take his assets and we all get an equal stake in the state as well as the king right?" there was fire in her eyes and I am thinking Sookie was correct in not inviting Rachel because looking at Rayleen I can tell a woman scorned can be a fierce thing indeed. Sookie nodded then Rayleen smiled a scary smile even for a vampire. She was happy.

"So we are all in agreement then?" Yeses from all around. Sookie stood then and spoke as she walked through the door to the conference room

"Then ladies and gentlemen follow me please and we will begin your tour of Faerie." Everyone stood and followed her out.

"I will be showing you the best view of our capitol city." I knew what they were going to see and I just had to wait because I knew their reactions already. And I was right though now the sun was setting in faerie and the sky was glistening with the different shades of orange reds and yellows. As the sunset the colors of the pixies working in the fields and taking care of the trees was amazing. The night here was almost as beautiful as the day almost. A light pink pixie came hovering by and landed on the railing I heard Carolina whisper almost to herself.

"So beautiful." I looked down where she was staring and realized the fae were glowing in different colors. All of the sudden a cheer erupted from below and the fae cheered.

"Queen Sookie!" I was turning around to ask how they knew she was up here when I saw her glow. A lite almost sky blue. That was her color. I had never seen her like this before and from the stares I am guessing no one else had either she giggled and said.

"It's the moon, it calls to the magick in us and that is what you see now. The pixies…" she pointed to our guest.

"Their magick is always on the surface that is why they are so good at what they do. They chose to show there magick all the time. With fae, we have been so used to living in fear I guess we pushed it away a little bit. But at night no one has a choice. Everyone's light shines through and I do agree it is beautiful. There are a few stops to make on this tour and there are some people I would like you to meet. If you are ready we should start." She held out her hands and took mine and the AP's then the rest followed suit, Pam took the AP's and Godric took mine and so on. We popped to a stream bank and Sookie put her finger to her lips and waved for us to follow. What we saw when we reached the lake had all vampires in awe including myself. Under the water were bright lights. Flashing looking closer I saw they were indeed fish not actual lights, but what really got our attention were the beings dancing on the water. They were just less than six feet tall and were dancing on the lake. Their blue hair trailed down their backs all the way to the water and when it touched the lake it caused the water to ripple and the continued to dance over the ripples to no music what so ever. I looked at all vampires and they all loved the display but Russell was staring with a look of longing. He looked like he was having a hard time not joining them and I have to say I was as well. The women were dressed in long flowing slip like gowns the men were shirtless and in just white slack like pants. As soon as they saw her they came to the edge of the lake fist over their heart and one female stepped out to address Sookie.

"My Queen have you brought friends to dance with you this time?" So she did this a lot. A male came forward and held out his hands. Without another thought Russell took the creatures hands and made his way out onto the lake. Sookie was beaming

"Yes please do dance it is wonderful there is nothing like dancing on a lake. And the nymphs would never forgive me if we did not partake." The female talking to Sookie was the one to drag pam on the lake. When she smiled I got a wave of lust from my child and that's when I saw them. Shining in the moonlight were four perfectly elongated fangs. The nymph spoke softly

"See we are not so different. Different beings yes but we are all still other." Then Pam let her fangs go and I sent her as much pride as I could the water nymph brushed her hand to my child's face and whispered in Pam's ear.

"You are undeniably Gorgeous Vampire." I was so caught up in the display that I didn't feel Sookie come over to me until I felt her hand in mine.

"Care to dance Viking?" She led me out onto the lake and we held each other close.

"How are we not under water right now?" I asked really curious. She sighed and leaned her head on my chest.

"Magick My love, Magick." After dancing for a while I was beginning to notice that our dance was moving in rhythm to the lights beneath us. So here we were a Vampire king and A Faerie Queen dancing to light. Once the fish stopped flickering the dance stopped and we were lead back to the shore. The Nymph Justine as she was called I just learned addressed us all.

"You were lovely dancers, such grace and balance. Please do come join us again soon." The vampires looked to still be on cloud nine after the dance. I could tell by the look in Russell's eyes he didn't want to leave them. Sookie spoke.

"We will all come again very soon Justine, and thank you for allowing us onto the lake at such a special time." And with that we joined hands and we popped to our next destination. She popped us right into the middle of the city. Again those who saw her fisted their hearts and went along with their business. They weren't scared or angry with our arrival and every vampire was glancing around in surprise. More surprises were on the way though for all of us.

"Well as you saw with the water nymphs, we have blood drinkers my realm as well. I would like to extend and offer to try our blood substitute. I know the substitute you are forced into drinking at times is awful. Ours is different." She led us to a little pub like place and everyone greeted all of us warmly when we entered. We sat and the bartender came over to us personally.

"Hello there my lady and are these the vampire guests I have been hearing so much about?" all the vampires looked at the bartender questioningly. He smiled a radiant smile and answered the unspoken question.

"Pixies and Nymphs are gossips. They are beautiful but gossips no the less!" he laughed and so did everyone else.

"We will take a blend of the Aya and the Cranix please for our friends and I will take a Blue Fire please you know how I like it." He nodded then asked.

"May I suggest adding a hint of Loui to the blends? I just got some in and it is still very fresh." Sookie looked pleased and nodded. Stan asked the question we were all dying to ask.

"What are the different blends?" she shook her head

"After you taste it I will tell you everything about it. I just need to know you like it first." The AP
looked at her and said

"Why my dear I think you have plans laid in plans." Sookie beamed at her

"I do have many plans but until I know all of the variables I prefer not to speak about them." The bartender came over with our drinks and ours was red of course but Sookie's blue drink was literally on fire! She blew out the flames and the smoke settled into the glass. She saw me looking at the drink

"The smoke is magick it makes it taste oh so good. Please do drink and tell me what you think." All vampires drank and the flavor I was expecting did not come. What I did taste was delicious a fruity mixture but still blood. Rayleen was the first to give her opinion.

"I would take this over that vile metallic crap any day." All other concurred.

"Wonderful! Just wonderful I was hoping that would be the case. The same lab that I used to find the cure for our scent also made this. There are a variety of flavors but I am told this is the best mixture." Charles was next

"How do you make it taste so fruity? And why didn't our scientists come up with this?" i wanted to know as well and so did every other vampire here.

"I don't mean to disrespect your scientists but once they came up with the basic they left it at that. I do believe they were on a time line though. I was not however and my scientists were able to infuse other flavors into the blood. What you are drinking is synthetic of course. The flavors are from various fruits we have here. But the extra dash you got was from our Nalayia trees. Since they only bloom once a year the scientist have to be quick with the flavor and there isn't much left after all the other things are made." Everyone looked at their glasses in disbelief. Everyone but my maker, He was just so happy. I could feel it through our bond and see it on his face he just continued to drink the blood and smile. After he had downed his glass he spoke

"Today I have seen the sun shine watched Pixies and Fae glow and then danced with water nymphs. And now I have drunk blood that tasted of fruit. I fear if you show me any more I will never want to leave!" he was serious and she was once again beaming at the table. What did the AP say oh yes plans laid in plans? I felt her through our bond and her emotions were everywhere.

"Does everyone like the blood?" Everyone answered in the affirmative.

"Then I have a proposal for all of you." She took a deep breath and continued.

"After this mess with him is cleared up and I find out who is after my realm, I would like to offer each of you the opportunity to spend a month here. My plans are vast. If all goes well during this month and you find you like it I would like you to make a list of others you trust to do the same." The AP took her hand and asked.

What exactly are you offering dear?" she was nervous again and a little afraid, so I pushed as much confidence as I could to here. If a vampire could faint every last one at the table would have with her next words.

"If all goes well, and you have to understand that it has to go well for this to happen but if it does, my people and I would like to offer you the opportunity to live in the sun." I felt resolve flood from my maker and he stood.

"I want to stay. Even if the others do not I want to. I have waited too long to have what this world has to offer and I am in no hurry to get back to the night." she got up and walked to my maker and squeezed his hand then she turned to address the bar.

"The king of Texas has decided to join us here for a while." Everyone was all smiles and clapping. Fae came over to welcome my maker and wishing him well and telling him to have a nice night, When Russell spoke up.

"My state can be handled for a while without me as well. I only ask one thing give me another contract for Talbot…He…I love him and I want for him to experience this with me. I beg of you please do this for me and I will be indebted to you more so than I am now." She went to him and put her arms around him for a hug.

"Old friend, there are no debts between us. If he will sign and be no problem then of course he can come. I only ask no other monarch for now. If you would like to bring a sup companion I will print out the contracts but I must limit this to one per monarch for now." Everyone was in agreement. I knew what she was doing. And I loved her even more for it. The AP spoke again gently.

"I am sorry to have to ask again dear but I must know where this is going and why. What I am seeing is…well I need to know." Sookie took her seat.

"If all goes well I plan to offer you and your people a permanent place here in this realm. The why should be clear, the human realm has become too hostile. There are dangers for you at every turn, the fellowship and then the human government itself. There is a ward for lack of a better word, blocking entrance to part of my realm. It has been there ever since anyone can remember. I have spent years trying to figure out how to remove the ward. Once that happens I have a feeling we will have more than enough space here for all of you. There is no outside danger here. I just have a feeling this is how it is supposed to be." Every time she said feeling the AP looked at her with knowing eyes and I was left wondering just what the AP knew about my Fae that I did not. The bar tender brought another round and Sookie raised her glass.

"To taking out the trash and to new beginnings." In a few days we would all find out just how right her feelings were.

A/N Things are going to start happening really fast now. I know you're yelling at your computer screen saying things are already moving fast lol. I will try to make it as slow as I can but when the images keep playing you know me I can't help but right them out. Bad guys will be revealed and new characters will be introduced. And I promise as with the pets you will never see this bad guy coming. I hope you will all be here with me at the end. Thank you again for reading all of you have a wonderful night/Day depending on where you are! : )