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Chapter 25

SPOV

I could feel hands on me holding me down. Victor was walking toward me with his stupid fangy smile. I could see blood dripping down his chin. I was trying to move away from him, but I was pinned down by unseen hands. I started to fight against the hands that held me, but the more I fought them the tighter they held me. Victor lunged at me with his fangs ready to sink into my neck. I sat up screaming. My heart was beating wildly and I was about to hyperventilate. Eric sat up and pulled me into his chest.

"It's ok, Lover. I am here. You are safe." He was sending me calm through the bond, and gently rubbing my back to comfort me.

I realized that I had been dreaming. My heart rate began to slow and my breathing returned to normal.

"I'm sorry that I woke you. Go back to sleep," I said.

"Are you ok now?"

"Yes, I was having a bad dream but I'm ok, now."

He kissed me on the head and pulled me back down into his embrace. I watched Eric fall back into his daytime sleep, and then I slid out of his embrace and headed for the bathroom.

After using the bathroom, I slid on a pair of my lounge pants and a tank top. I was glad to have my bag of clothes. I headed for the coffee maker in the sitting area.

I really needed to check in with Amelia. I hadn't spoken with her since I left for Vegas. I wasn't for sure where my purse was, the last place I remembered having it was at the spa. While the coffee slowly started to drip into carafe, I went back to the bedroom to try to locate my purse. I hoped the spa sent it back here to the room when they found me missing. I turned on the lamp that was sitting on the nightstand, so I could see a little better. I dug through my bags to make sure, but it wasn't there. After searching through the bags, I turned the light back off and returned to the sitting room.

While I was pouring a cup of coffee, I spotted my purse sitting on the floor beside the end table. With coffee in hand, I went to retrieve my phone. I couldn't believe my eyes. Lindsey, Amelia, and Sam had called my phone and left text messages. I started with the most recent text.

Ok, I am calling Sam and we are coming to Vegas to find you!

OK. I realized I should call Amelia before I read anymore text messages.

Amelia's phone only rang once before she answered. "Where the hell have you been, Sookie Stackhouse?!" she yelled into the phone.

I flinched. She caught me off guard with her anger.

"It's a long story," I told her.

"Spill," she said angrily.

"Well, the day we were suppose to come back, I was kidnapped."

"What!?"

I spent two hours talking to Amelia about what happened and answering her questions.

"Good grief, Sookie! Trouble just finds you. You can't even go on vacation without having trouble with an ex or starting a bar fight."

"Amelia, none of that was my fault!"

"I know Sook, but like I said it just finds you."

"I hate to admit it but I'm beginning to think that you are right," I said with a sigh.

"Ok, Sook, so how long will you be in Vegas?"

"Umm….it may be a while. I don't really know."

"Ok, then I'm going to spend the holidays at Tray's house."

"I'm sorry, Amelia, I was looking forward to spending Christmas together. Ever since Gran passed it just hasn't been the same," I said sadly.

"I understand, Sook. Please, when you know that you are coming home, let me know."

"I will," I said.

"Love ya, telepath."

"You too, witch."

After hanging up with Amelia, I decided to go back to lay with Eric. I wasn't really tired, I just wanted to be close to him. I stripped off my clothes and crawled back in bed. I lifted his arm and snuggled as close as I could. Feeling his cool body against mine just did something to me. He has such a manly scent and a perfect body. I still couldn't believe this man chose me. Out of all the women who desired to be with him, he chose me. Anyone, in their right mind would be able to see why I was so attracted to him. But he was so much more than his good looks. He had everything that I looked for in a man. The only problem was that he was also pig headed, controlling, short tempered, and he knew that he's gorgeous. But he was all mine. I smiled at the thought.

I let my hands begin to roam across his abs and up his chest, allowing my fingertips to brush over his hardening nipples. His stomach twitched under my touch. I smiled and slowly planted kisses from his collarbone down to his nipple. I slowly licked and nipped on his hard nipples, until I heard a small moan escape his lips. That was just like throwing gasoline on a fire, for me, and I could feel him ignite that in me, as well. At least, some parts of me. I began to make my way down his body. I felt his mind becoming alert. As I made my way lower down his body, I felt other things wakening also. I gently lay kisses across his abs. Sucking and licking down to the treasure trail that took me to his gracious plenty. I softly caressed his jewels with my hand, and kissed down his thighs, until I was in the place that I wanted to be. I felt his hand move to my head and stroke my hair. I moved my hand to his raging hard on, and began to stroke slowly. I licked up from the base to the tip of his shaft. He moaned and grabbed my hair. I looked up into his blue eyes as they peered back at me. We shared a knowing grin, and I licked the underside of his shaft again. This time when I reached his tip I sucked it into my mouth and slowly lowered my mouth down his long hard shaft. I used my hand at the base, as I worked him in and out of my mouth. I could hear his moans and feel him hardening more. I would stop at his tip from time to time to lick his head, and lick up and down his underside. His hands would grip my hair tighter, and I knew he was about to explode in my mouth. I sucked harder and used my hand to rub his jewels.

"Fuck, Lover!"

I felt him begin to buck in my mouth, and then there was a cool burst that hit the back of my throat. I swallowed and kissed my way back up his body. He kissed me passionately, and rolled me over so he was hovering over me. He slowly nipped my neck and kissed down to my wanting breast. He licked and nipped at my hardened nipples. His fingers found their way to my hot core, which was aching for his attention. I could feel him finger my folds and rub my nub. As he sucked my nipple into his mouth, his fingers slid into my wet center. He slowly pumped them in and out of my aching core. He released my breast and kissed his way to my swollen nub. As he worked my center, he sucked and licked my clit. I felt my release quickly approaching.

"OH, Eric!" I panted. "Oh…Eric…Oh!!"

I tried to move my hips, but he placed a hand on my stomach so I couldn't move. I started to scream in ecstasy. My walls were tightening and my release was powerful. He removed his fingers and replaced them with his tongue.

"Fuck, Sookie, you taste so sweet."

"I need you, now!" I yelled.

I didn't have to tell him twice. He had his gracious plenty buried deep within me, and I was crying out in pleasure. He pumped in and out of me over and over again. He grabbed my hips and plunged further into me, and then bent down to show my breasts some attention. He sucked a nipple into his mouth. I could feel my release coming again. I knew that he could feel it, too. He bit my breast and I felt the explosion of my release. Once again, I screamed in pleasure. Eric reached his release, too. I could feel his seed spill inside of me. He lay beside me and pulled me into his chest.

"I love you," he said.

"I love you, too," I said breathlessly.

Eric rubbed my back and held me to him, until my heart rate returned to normal and the aftershocks were gone.

"I have to shower and go. I hate to leave you but I have to meet Felipe."

"I know. How long will we be here?"

"I am not certain, yet."

"I'm just ready to go home and leave all of this behind me."

"I know, Lover. Do you want to shower with me?"

"No, I better not or you will be further detained."

"I promise not to take you in the shower. I really just want to be with you."

"Ok, I would like that. I wouldn't want to keep you from the King."

Eric stood and pulled me to my feet, and we made our way to the shower. He started the shower and grabbed me into a loving embrace. He pulled away and stepped into the shower, and I followed him. He washed his hair, and then he washed mine. He soaped up his hands and ran them over my wet body. I soaped up mine and washed him all the way down to his feet. He didn't try to pin me against the tile one time. He just washed me lovingly. After washing one another, he turned the water off and opened the door to retrieve the towels. He wrapped me in a fluffy towel and wrapped his around his waist, after drying himself. We went back to the bedroom to get dressed.

"Dear One, I will have some dinner sent up to you, or you can go to the kitchen to eat."

"If you don't mind, please have them bring it to our room. I would like to make a few more calls."

"That will be fine, Lover. Try to get some rest. I would like to be able to spend more time with you before sunrise."

"I will. I am going to call Lindsey. I talked with Amelia earlier."

Eric was dressed and ready to head out the door. He pulled me into a toe curling kiss.

"I will see you soon, my sweet."

"I love you, Eric."

"I love you, too."

EPOV

I stopped by the kitchen on the way to Felipe's chamber, and requested a meal be sent to our room for Sookie. When I got to the chamber, everyone was once again there and waiting on me.

"I was beginning to think you had other plans and might not come tonight." Felipe sneered.

Pam had a knowing smile. Bill had a stiff jaw.

"I wouldn't miss this. They deserve to be punished by me."

Felipe nodded at my remark. I knew he understood.

Victor was still chained to the wall. Because of the silver powder he was extremely weak and wasn't healing very well.

"Hey, Victor, you stupid fuck. Maybe you should have thought, before you sank you fucking fangs into my bonded," I said.

I walked over to the table and picked up an instrument that resembled pliers. They were silver but they were made to fasten on to fangs when they were being extracted. I walked straight to him, pushed his head back and clamped down on his fang, and I extracted it without warning. He screamed in pain. I smiled. His blood was dripping down his chin, as I reached in his mouth again and yanked out the other one.

Pam and Bill strolled into the room with Jonathan in tow. Jonathan was afraid, and he didn't hide his fear very well. I began to grow hard with the thoughts of Jonathan's torture, and the pain that I had caused Victor. Pam threw Jonathan on the floor, and she and Bill ripped off his clothes. We each picked up the special clubs that Felipe had made. They were silver with a wooden handle. We began to beat Jonathan with the silver clubs. I could hear and smell his flesh burning. He cried out in pain, as we broke his bones with the clubs. After we had beaten him unconscious, Felipe told us to put him in the tanning machine. He woke up, as Pam dropped him in the machine.

"What is this?" he asked, wearily.

"You will soon see, you dumb fuck," Felipe answered.

We all laughed, after seeing the results with Victor, I was excited about the torture he was about to receive. My fangs were down, and I noticed that the other's fangs were showing also.

Felipe started the machine and Jonathan was howled in pain. We laughed at the thought of his flesh burning. Felipe raised the lid, after the lights went off, and revealed Jonathan laying there with charred skin, just like Victor. Bill pulled him out and chained him beside Victor.

"Shall we remove the charred skin?" Pam asked.

Felipe nodded his head.

"Eric what do you want to do with the Were?" Felipe asked.

"I would like to bring him out, wrap him in silver and cut him into pieces. Then I will let him bleed out slowly."

Pam and Bill started to remove the charred skin on Jonathan. Slice by slice. He passed out, again.

"Bill, go get the Were and wrap him in silver. Your sheriff will take care of the dog," Felipe ordered.

"Yes, your Majesty," Bill answered.

Moments later, Bill walked back into the room with the Were in hand. He put on some gloves and picked up strands of silver from a box, and then began to wrap it around the Were, who grimaced but did not make a sound. I approached him and kicked his feet out from under him, causing him to fall to the ground. I kicked him and cursed him for the things that he did to Sookie. He looked up at me and dared to speak.

"She tried to tell me that you would kill me," he said.

"You should have listened to her, you stupid fucking dog." Then I kicked him again.

"Pam, bring me a knife off the table," I said.

"Yes, Master."

Pam handed me the knife and went back to stripping Jonathan's top layer of skin.

"What are you going to do to me?" he asked.

"I'm going to cut you up into pieces and let you bleed to death slowly."

"Please, have mercy on me. Just get it over with and kill me."

I laughed at his statement. Did he really think that I would have mercy on the man who marked Sookie's precious face the way he did?

I took a couple of his fingers off with the sharp blade. He screamed in agony. I laughed joyfully, knowing that he took pleasure in marking my Sookie. I cut his ear off, and a couple of toes. I walked over to the table to look for a bigger knife, while he continued to scream in pain. I smiled and looked at the dog.

"Maybe, I should just use the knife that I have and saw through the larger bones," I snickered.

He started dry heaving. We hadn't given him anything to eat since we took him captive, so he had nothing to throw up. Then the stupid dog passed out.

I picked up the larger knife and sliced through his arm at the elbow. His blood began to pour out all over the floor. He was already bleeding from chopping off a couple of body parts, but now it was flowing freely. Bill and Pam turned to me with bloodlust in their eyes.

"What the hell, go ahead." I felt like a father giving permission for his kids to have another cookie.

I didn't have to tell them twice. They were on him draining him dry. Felipe and I just stood and watched. I had no interest in drinking the dog's blood. Why have dog, when I could have the sweet nectar of my lover? I didn't want him to leave a bad taste in my mouth. I really hoped he had suffered, but he didn't suffer near enough for my liking. Felipe didn't seem to have an interest in the dog either.

After many hours, of torturing Jonathan and killing the damn dog we decided to call it a night. I was ready to be in Sookie's arms, and to be inside her. Felipe offered Pam and Bill, so called room service, again. Even though they had dog for dinner, they wanted dessert. I headed for mine and Sookie's room for my dessert, as well.

When I entered the room, I could hear Sookie's slow breathing. I decided to shower before sampling my sweet. After my lonely shower, I slid into bed beside her and pulled her close to me. I nuzzled her neck, and she smelled delicious. I started to lick and nip down her neck to her shoulder, making sure that I gave her sweet spot extra attention. She started to stir and rub up against me. I continued my assault on her neck and allowed my hands to roam her body. She let a soft moan escape her lips. I was hard as a rock. Her nipples immediately responded to my touch. I slowly moved down her body to her hardened nipples and sucked one into my mouth. She let a louder moan, and arched her back to push her breast forward to meet my mouth again. Taking her nipples between my fingers, I rolled the hardened buds and pulled on them. Her hands found the back of my head and grabbed a hand full of hair. I continued my path down her body. By the time I reached her center, she was soaking wet. I used my tongue to tease around her opening.

"Oh yeah, Eric. That feels so good."

"You taste so good."

"Please, don't stop."

"I wouldn't even consider it."

Then I pushed two fingers in and licked her clit using long strokes, licking and sucking it like I would her tongue. Her moaning became louder, and she started to buck her hips a little. I pressed her hips down with my free hand, and continued to move my fingers in and out of her slick center. It didn't take long before I could feel her body pulsating around my fingers. I lapped every bit of her juices that attempted to escape. Before she came back from her high, I removed my head from between her legs and positioned my hard, aching shaft there. Without warning I pushed into her. She screamed in pleasure and so did I. The further I thirsted into her the more she moaned. She brought her hips up to meet my thrust. We became wild, and I began to fiercely thrust into her. She was clawing my back and bucking her hips to meet mine. I wanted to be able to get deeper inside her, so I grabbed her legs and put them over my shoulder. She screamed, and I could feel we were both getting close. After a couple more thrusts, I moved one of her legs so I could bend down to her breast. We both reached our release as soon as I bit down on her breast. I licked the puncture holes and collapsed beside her.

"Fuck, you are perfect in every way," I said.

She blushed, and between pants said, "I have never felt the way I do when I'm with you."

I could feel her love through the bond, and I'm sure she could feel my love as well. We laid there for a few minutes for her to catch her breath.

"Eric, I would like to go out and do a little shopping. Is that ok?"

"Of course, you will have to take Alcide with you."

"Is he still here?"

"Yes. I made him stay just in case you wanted to go out during the day. I want you to have a guard that you feel comfortable with."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'll bet he's pissed about having to stay so he can baby sit."

"Actually, he was fine with it and agreed that it would be better if you knew your guard."

"Oh."

"So what are you shopping for?"

"A wedding dress," she said, smiling.

The thought made me hard again. I smiled back at her and said, "It's about time."

After wearing Sookie out completely, and feeling quite satisfied myself, we snuggled up together before dawn came to pull me under its spell.

TBC

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