Summer Ball Part 1
Disclaimer: Sookie Stackhouse - Southern Vampire Mysteries belong to Charlaine Harris.
Chapter 29
Eric's Point of View
The day of the summer ball had arrived quickly. We had new guests in town that put Sookie on edge but she refused to say why and kept her mouth firmly shut demanding me, Christian and Isabelle to keep our thoughts about her being able to read minds at bay and to not speak out loud of her ability either.
Sookie had me worried. She had never told us to not speak of it or think it. She'd gotten very tense; that often led to me massage her before we turned in for the night after a round of love-making. This had become a routine for us. Sookie was starting to show now as well. She had a lovely bump starting to form around her lower belly and that's where I currently had my forehead, resting just below her breasts.
I gazed at this amazing tiny bump that was my child growing inside the beautiful woman who stole my heart, who had walked into my life out of nowhere and made me a better man. She was everything to me. They both were and I knew my sword would meet all that would try to harm them.
My hand rested against the side of the bump, my thumb gently stroking it. This had become my favorite way to wake up in the mornings: lying with Sookie and resting next to the bump protecting them both.
Today was going to be a big day for my family as there would be several big announcements:my engagement to Sookie, and the news of our baby. I would have the best protection around the two most important people to me, as people came up and congratulate me on my engagement and the upcoming new arrival to the royal household of the Northmans. This was also part of our plan regarding Sophia.
I will admit I was nervous, even with the power I held and the crown I would be wearing today; who knows what reaction the people would have to my news. They would know just how serious I was about Sookie, and the fact I've not been with another since Sookie's arrival to this time. Not that they need to know about her journey through time, just the fact that she was mine and carrying my child,
but I'd have to give more of a speech than that.
With my eyes glued to my baby protected in its mother's womb, my thumb ghosting over the bump light as a feather, lost in my own world I hadn't noticed Sookie woke up.
Sookie's Point of View
I woke feeling a heavy weight on my lower abdomen area, but it wasn't an uncomfortable weight. I felt protected, loved, cherished and warm. I opened my eyes a little, enjoying this moment, these feeling of complete and utter bliss, and slowly raised myself on my elbows. I looked down and was greeted with the sight of the top of Eric's messy sleep/sex-hair.
The soft, feather-light feeling I felt was his thumb running over our baby. It felt soothing and relaxing. I sighed and let my head roll back looking up at the ceiling. I didn't move when Eric shifted his weight and leaned over me. I closed my eyes and just drank in this moment.
I felt Eric's lips at the base of my neck. He placed soft butterfly kisses up the side of my neck until he reached my earlobe then moved down my jaw line to my chin. Finally his lips found mine, bringing me into a delicious morning kiss, his hand still resting on our baby. I responded to his kiss and let myself fall back into the soft sheets, taking him with me and weaving my hands into his soft blond hair.
He was fully on top of me now and I could feel ever muscle, line and just everything. I let my hand trail down his back to his hip, and moved it between us until I took hold of his already hardening penis that was resting between us. I started stroking it as Eric's kisses became more passionate, rough and fast.
Eric's Point of View
Mmm, as soon as my lover's sneaky hand took hold of me and started teasing my body, I felt like I was going to explode under her touch. I never left her, not once, not even when I broke away from her lips when we had to breathe.
When my dick started to become painfully tight after her hand teased it, and as she started to also play with my balls, I took hold of her wrist and moved her hand above her head. Her other hand froze in my hair, and I kissed her passionately before moving my own hand down her luscious body. I reached between us and leveled myself with her entrance and pushed slowly into her. I made slow love to her, showering her with everything I felt for her, pouring my heart out to her. Words could not describe what she made me feel, including every time I thought of our child growing inside her.
We made it down to breakfast in perfect timing. Sookie wore a beautiful gown that was made for her just after we discovered her with child. I'd had it made as surprise and in a pretty blue color that suited her well. Of course she broke down in tears, her emotions going haywire when I gave her the dress and we stood there in an embrace for a while until I called the maid back in to help Sookie with the dress.
The dress itself was a pretty royal blue gown it had a V-neck shape that showed a little of her breasts, and sleeves that came to a halt half way down her lower arms. The dress was knee-length and a soft material. You could just see the bump through the material but not noticeably so.
I knew I picked and instructed well when talking with the seamstress after I saw Sookie come into full view. It was perfect for this occasion and perfect for the summer ball, plus it brought out the color of her beautiful blue eyes.
I wore my kingly outfit today that consisted of black material trouser-t-shirt combination, including my tailor made custom dragon skin boots. Plus my two handmade swords with crystallized handles at either side of me on my belt buckle, the crown on my head made of gold decorated with crystals, gems and diamonds and had been in my family for decades, perhaps centuries. My father could remember his great grandfather wearing it, then his father's grandfather, then his own father. Stories passed down through generations regarding the crown, as well as the family ring that Sookie would also be wearing by the end of today, after we'd had a moment's peace.
Once we were ready to leave and Sookie had calmed down, I didn't offer her my arm; this time I wrapped my arm around her waist and pulled her close to me so she and our baby would be close to my side. I was feeling edgy and wary for some reason today.
The new folks in town would be heard also. We don't have many travelers settle in our little kingdom, so this would be their first event of sorts, but apparently they would be only joining us in the evening. I hadn't told Sookie they would be there as well, as they seemed to put her on edge and today of all days I wouldn't be letting her lock herself in our rooms. I wanted to show her off and the bump too, plus hopefully the plan for Sophia would work to our advantage. If she was as jealous and crazy as Sookie made her out to be, then all should go as planned.
We met Christian and Isabelle in the usual place and Isabelle's eyes widened as I moved my arm a little for them to see the baby starting to grow more and more, becoming more noticeable and letting his or herself be known to the world.
Sookie rested her left hand on the bump blushing slightly as Isabelle gushed and Christian smirked. He congratulated me again now that the baby was more noticeable and out of the danger zone. I moved my arm back around Sookie and rested my hand also over hers. I met her gaze as she looked up at me starting deeply into my eyes, as I stared at hers, and both of us leaned in for a sweet kiss. I squeezed her hand briefly before letting go and giving her my arm. She accepted without hesitation and I let Isabelle pull herself together after the excitement over our baby.
Isabelle wore the typical brown dress that looked almost chestnut in color, similar to that of a horse's coat. It looked dazzling. Christian wore a similar outfit to mine, but wore just one sword and no crown; he too wore the family ring on the middle finger of his right hand.
We made our way down to breakfast in a way that had become familiar and comforting, and entered through the same door into the vast hall. My people rose as the door opened, hearing the scraping of benches that echoed around the walls.
As usual, I offered Sookie the seat on my left and Christian did the same with Isabelle, offering her a seat on his right and leaving a space between us that our mother would have occupied. Time was running out and I did not know if Sookie would ever get the chance to sit in my mother's place, by my side as my Queen.
Before I sat down I gazed into the audience, my eyes drifting over them all, my hands resting on the back of my chair.
"Today is the last day of summer, the warm weather will fade and cooler air will grace its presence among us. Today we celebrate all that summer had to offer us and embrace the cold weather that's going to come without an ounce of fear. We pray of no illness this year and celebrate the end of a beginning, until next summer when we celebrate and embrace the warm weather. Today is a day of celebrating and embracing what is to come." I take a pause and let my eyes roam over my people again.
"There are other reasons why today is for celebrating, other than the changing of the seasons; but that will be saved until later, during the summer ball outside in the gardens, when we all enjoy the last of the summer warmth." I paused again, this time letting this new information sink in. I stood back from the chair and pulled both my swords out raising them up high letting the sun rays hit them.
"Let the celebrations begin!" I roared.
The crowd erupted in cheers. I placed my swords on either side of my chair as I sat down and the rest of the crowd followed. The maids brought the last of the summer berries and fruit out for breakfast, and later on we'd be having sweet meats and vegetables. Then in the evening we would be having a pig cooking above a fire alone with ale and mead.
Sookie leaned in and I titled my head slightly to listen as I helped myself to bread and stuff.
"Do you know how much your speech made me want to fuck you?" she said, surprising me by her choice of words. She must be feeling horny today. My dick twitched at the thought and Sookie must have felt that because she discreetly moved her hand to rest over it.
"Mmm?" I asked biting into my bread, my legs spreading out a little out of their own accord.
"The way your facial expressions change, the tone of your voice, seeing your muscles move in your shirt... remembering this morning. I'm not feeling very hungry my King. I'm hungry for your touch and a need to feel you inside me, instead."
Well shit. My lover was horny and I have our baby to thank for that. Sookie was going to be full of surprises today. She surprised me yet again when she squeezed my hardened dick underneath her hand and straightened up and acted as if she hadn't just given me a hard on.
I stared at her, my bread in my hand frozen in complete shock and surprise as she carried on as if nothing had just happened and completely ignored me, helping herself to more food than normal. She must have been hungry and horny!
Today was going to be full of surprises, fun, and much needed alone time with Sookie... whenever I could get her alone!
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