I rested on the branch for what seemed to be a lifetime but was only around twelve hours or so. I was staring intently at the spot I knew the vampire was resting, my eyes continuously ran over the groove marks from where it had dug itself into a hole.
It was smart enough place to rest for the day, the drag marks could be explained as a fallen doe being dragged by a wolf if you didn't know the signs of a vampires resting place.

The void I normally sense from vampires with my telepathy is pointless during the day, the magic that keeps them alive for eternity shuts their minds down whilst the sun is raised. I preened myself a few times whilst waiting, my feathers were an inky black but when transforming into other animals you begin to take on characteristics of that animal.

Birds very finicky about remaining clean under all circumstances, even if what they were eating wasn't even close to what I'd find appetizing as a Fae. I looked to where the sun was in the sky, it was beginning to glow orange and purple as the sun began to set, the void of the vampire below me began to spring to life.

The magic was slow to waken this one, meaning he couldn't have been more than 200 years old, well within the age group of Erik. This was the closest I'd been since Erik was dying on that horrid field, the song of death still rang through my mind when I couldn't distract myself.

I focused on the dirt the scratching of hands clawing through it could clearly be heard now, my eyes were trained below me waiting for a hand to appear, what I saw made me grimace as the white hand covered in blood and mud began to pull the rest of the body out.

I stayed completely silent as I watched him pull his body out of the earth, the actions didn't resemble a vampire with a zest for life but more of a creature doomed to eternity of the same actions' day in and day out. The vampire was larger than most males I've met, his figure was lean but still muscular, as he was still covered head to toe in gunk, I couldn't discern whether this vampire was or wasn't my Erik.

I flew from tree to tree as the creature began to wonder through the forest, all signs of life fading to nothing as he walked past them, the whistle of the wind through the forest sent chills through my feathers, but the vampire didn't notice the chill, he didn't notice anything about his surroundings at all.

I noticed we were heading towards a lake, I flew ahead of the vampire and sat on a perch watching the lake with great interest, when I looked back at the vampire, I noticed his eyes were watching me cautiously. I didn't let my eyes stray from his piercing blue eyes; it was the only feature I could make out beyond all the mud.

The creature lowered itself into the waters, I knew if I was in my Fae form or any form at all really, I'd be freezing in that water. The water turned a sickly brown, red colour as he began to wash himself, just as he reached his head he ducked under the water, I knew I was leaning closer and closer waiting for him to resurface. I didn't know exactly where he would resurface since he wasn't breathing no ripples continued the surface.

Do you know what it's like waiting for something to happen, knowing at some point it'll happen and if you look away even for a second it'll be gone again? So, you strain your eyes, your heartbeat increases, and you almost forget to breath trying to remember to watch and only watch what's in front of you? That is what I was going through.

The surface began to ripple slowly as a head began to break the surface of the water, blonde hair began to float upon the surface until he stood at his full height in the water, his back facing my direction. In complete frustration I growled at him to turn around only seeming to come out in the guttural call of the Raven.

He turned then, and boy did he turn quickly, he looked directly at me for the first time in over 200 years… I was shocked at how much he changed since that day on the battlefield, he wasn't a mere young man trying to seduce me in his father's hall, he had grown over his father's height if I had to guess at 6'7".
His shoulders were impossibly broad and so well defined, his pectorals made a woman want to run her nails over them and play with the pert nipples I knew would be sensitive. I nearly drooled when I kept following my gaze down over his 6 pack, the delicious V pointing down to his manhood. I knew I was caught in that moment, not by his captivating gaze or the unnatural behavior I was exhibiting as a raven…

No, I was caught because in my daydreaming of his body I didn't catch on to him stalking towards me, more importantly I didn't notice his hand jump out and grab my body and bring me directly in front of his face. If I thought vampires ate birds, I'd be worried.

That's when it hit me, he was looking into my eyes since I knew they were the same colour as my originals… Maybe he remembered.

"Why do you remind me of someone bird?" I remained silent. "Maybe I offended Odin in some way…" His voice was filled with such pain and sorrow. "Can I tell you a secret bird?" I nodded my head.

"I thought I'd be spared a life such as this long ago… I thought the Valkyrie had come for me… But it wasn't to be." He remembered… I wanted so desperately to ask him if he forgave his Valkyrie but couldn't manage myself to do it, he had experienced such pain in his life so far… How could I destroy something even more.

Was searching for him my biggest mistake? Should I have left him alone all these centuries? It only took me a moment to look into his eyes to know that, regardless of knowing the outcome today I'd do it all over again.

"But my little Raven, maybe you are a messenger from Odin himself, have I been forgiven?" Even as he asked the question, I could see he believed himself unworthy of forgiveness, what I didn't understand is why he needed forgiveness in the first place.

"You see Raven, somehow calling you bird seems offensive. May I call you Reafan?" I nodded in acceptance; I'd do anything really to make him just a little bit happier. "I've spent the last god knows how long under the service of a cruel master, doing unspeakable things. Every night before the sun took me, I'd think of my Valkyrie Syn, who would have guessed the woman cursed to think about all day would be called sun. She's the only thing that can kill me now."

But I wouldn't kill you, not even if you begged me Erik.

"Somehow, I always thought she'd be chasing after me, trying to find me and save me from the shadows my master impacted on me. You little Reafan, your ryes are the same colour, which is seemingly odd because it was also the same colour of a wolf I saw long ago."

How the hell did he see me that night?

"Little Reafan… Please, please… I beg you if you can find Syn for me and bring her to me… I'd be bound to you." He let me out of his grasp for that moment, red tears streaming down his face. I took to the sky and transformed back into my Fae body. The clothes I wore were my own for once, the leather hugging my body like a second skin.

Erik was watching the area where he sensed me shifting into Fae form, I made sure to completely drench my scent in the smells around me, the smell of the forest, moss, and the lake, I walked until I cleared the forest and we locked eyes with one another.

In Fae form the colour of his hair was so much lighter than what I remembered from his youth, I could see scars on his chest where I assumed his master tore the ink from his skin and healed it shut before transforming him into a vampire, Erik fell to his knees as I kept walking towards him, slow deliberate steps.

"Syn…" As I stood before him, I knelt on the ground too and wiped away the red tears from his cheeks ultimately making more of a mess than the stream of tears.

"Erik." I whispered.

"How?"

"Do you really wish to know?" I ran my fingers through his hair tucking it behind his ears.

"I need to know Syn." He nuzzled into my hand for a second before opening his eyes to investigate mine again. "Please… Tell me."

"First come with me Erik, there is a house down the way with no one residing in it. We can sit there with a fire and talk until dawn comes." I transformed back into a Raven before his eyes and for the first time in what seemed eons, I saw a smile, it was that of a child before he held out his hand for me to rest upon.

He rubbed just behind my ear and under my neck before I took off back in the air, I flew to the home I had sought out before with Erik trailing behind me. Once at the house I transformed back into Fae form and together we went into the home. I made to get him some clothes from my bag I'd been carrying with me for these past 200 years, they were his fathers and were only a little too short in his large frame.

Smelling the clothes, he smiled softly. "These were fadir's."

"They were, I asked for them a long time ago… For a moment just like this."

"Thank you Syn. Please tell me what happened that night?"

"Okay Erik, but you must know my name is Susannah, I'm not a Valkyrie although I'd like to be one. Instead, I'm a Faery Princess from another world. I came here to experience Earth and hopefully become what you might call a diplomat." He nodded along not asking questions. "You see Erik, I was in Ancient Rome when I longed for the urge to travel, my guardian and I travelled to England at the fall of the Roman Empire, when I got this sensation that I was needed somewhere. I was needed for something more important than anything else in my life."

"That night we landed in your hometown, my Guardian was my wolf, we met your father and obviously yourself. Do you remember that night?" He laughed loudly in response

"I snuck into your rooms, you threatened to kill me if I touched you. I was smitten from that point."

"yes Erik, I was smitten too. Imagine Faery royalty and you were hitting on her, well beyond hitting on me." I shook my head at the memory. "Knowing I was getting attached my protector and I made the decision to watch your village from afar, we were both wolves, we hid our bodies and followed you and your men into battle. We cannot intervene in human politics or wars; we made a vow to only watch.

I was watching you fight; you were glorious in battle. Like a nervous hen I struggled when others tried to attack you, every time I smelt your blood in the air, I struggled to remain composed enough to not intervene. I saw you fall that night; arrows pierced your chest; your roar was louder than all the crashing of steel against steel.

As I was fighting against Preston, I sensed a vampire coming to investigate, battlegrounds are a great place for them to feed without worry, I transformed back into my Fae body the one you see now. But when I stood there staring at you, I heard you singing, you were looking at the stars singing your song to bring you to Valhalla.

I wanted to singe to you, I wanted to keep you save, protected, alive. I was screaming no in my head, that is when the vampire stopped by your body. Do you remember the conversation?"

"I thought it was fadir. I told him I thought you would have been there by then, that you would have whisked me away into the afterlife. I fought against his hold…"

"What else do you remember?"

"You do not wish to know."

"Tell me Erik."

"My… Master he tried to break me. He tried to break my mind and soul and failed; he broke my body though."

"How did you do that Erik?"

"I was once decorated in the ink of my people, the voyage of Thor upon my chest and passages of my accomplishments upon my arms stomach and back. He tore them out strip by strip. Now I am but this shell of a man without anything to remember my family by."

"You may not have the ink to remember them by, but you still have the memories of your family Erik. Your name prevails and will prevail for a long time to come."

"Thank you… Su-san-ah" The name sounding foreign upon his lips.

"You know Erik, for the last 200 years I've been searching for you." He looked surprised "Fate pushed me towards you long before I saw you, now I have you back in my life Erik I promise I will do all within my power to keep you safe." I smiled sweetly at him, for him to scowl in return.

"I do not need a protector. I am a Viking; our women were just as strong as our men. I do not want a woman who believes me to be a lesser being." He sneered.

"I will never think of you as LESS than myself. I find you my EQUAL, I would not search the world for 200 years if I were looking for a toy." I growled back.

"I am not a fucking toy." He got in my face and poked my chest.

"I didn't fucking call you one." I poked him back.

Looking back on it, I don't even understand why we started arguing with one another after the brutal conversation we just had. Emotions always run high after 200 years of waiting I suppose because when we were staring at one another, noses flared breathing harshly I just remember jumping into his arms and saying, "Fuck it."

I pulled him into me and kissed him hard, every ounce of waiting poured into the kiss which he returned just a fervently. Our tongues intertwined with one another even as his fangs descended, like a cat in heat I traced the tip of my tongue along them showing him how little I carved for his change.

We were pulling each other's clothes off in a frenzy, I popped the leather off my skin since I saw he was getting frustrated at all the little buckles and hidden zippers where he had woolen clothes that were easy to discard.

Once we were both naked our lips returned one another, hands were entwined in each other's hair. Quick as a flash we were on the ground, he was nestled between my legs and I felt his erection against my thigh. "Christ… That's bigger than I thought it'd be." He chuckled and brought my attention back to his talented tongue.

Somehow my body just knew this first encounter was going to be rough, quick, and totally unprepared, I could feel my slickness running down my thigh. He had a hand behind my neck keeping our lips intertwined whilst the other lined his cock up with my pussy. I felt his throbbing head push through my nether lips and into me.

His girth was impressive, I felt beyond full as he slid into me completely. I could hear his breath catch in his throat as he hissed in pleasure. We continued to fight for dominance with our tongues as he thrusted in and out of me, my legs hanging over his hip urging him into me repeatedly.

"Fuuuuuuck" I groaned as I broke away from the kiss to breathe, he took his opportunity to spin me around onto my hands and knees before sliding back inside me with force. We were a series of grunt and groans until his movements became jerkier as he grew closer to completion.

"Cum for me Syn" his voice was guttural as he pounded into me, his grip onto my shoulders increasing, the pressure coiling inside of me at this point burst through my whole body making me feel as if the sun itself was bursting through my entire body.

I felt his fangs enter my neck before I registered what was happening, I felt his seed inside of me it was a cooler than the rest of my body sending little shocks of sensation through me. We were recovering from the spontaneous bout of sex, he turned me around, so we were both laying on our backs next to one another.

"What on Earth was that?"

"Two hundred years of patience wearing out." He breathlessly whispered, he turned slightly and twirled some of my hair around his finger. "Does this mean I get to keep you from now on?"

I turned to my handsome vampire… What could I possibly promise him and be able to make sure I never broke it?

"I promise Erik that I will be there when I can, I will stay with you as long as possible. I have things I have to do in other worlds occasionally, but I never want to leave you."

"So, we promise to one another to remain true to one another?"

"As true as we can be. Erik, the Fae aren't known to be always faithful in terms of sexual partners… Not that I plan to have others but in springtime we're almost overtaken with lust in our home world, it'd be impossible for me to overcome… Do you understand?"

"So, if I took lovers on Earth during those times you wouldn't be upset?"

"If it were something you wished, and that person didn't become a replacement for myself I'd have no reason to be jealous. Fae are naturally possessive creatures, so are vampires I believe."

"yes. I'm only considered a fledging at 200 years old; I can barely distinguish tastes in blood let alone figure out much more. Our hierarchy is extreme, punishments even more so. So, we'll be each other's lovers, we'll always come back to one another."

"Always Erik, I will be your Valkyrie and you'll be my warrior."

AN:

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