Chapter 18…Binded.
The next afternoon I woke up before sun down and got dressed in a tight blue summer dress. I walked to the foyer and saw all the people still planning the wedding and I thought to myself 'how big does Eric want this wedding'
I walked to the gate and saw my taxi arriving. The driver was an old cheerful man and he had no problem keeping me company on the way to merlots.
I walked into the bar and smiled because I haven't been to merlots in two weeks. I sat directly at the bar and smiled when Sam came up to me. "I haven't seen you in so long" Sam said and came around the bar to give me a hug.
"I know, sorry I've been busy" I said to Sam and he smiled at me and got my usual order that was a grilled steak with a mushroom sauce and chips.
"what do you want to drink with that? A milkshake like the usual?" Sam asked but I shook my head at him.
"no I think this time make it a double whiskey" I said to him and he looked at me frowning.
"Trust me I need it" I said to him and Sam shrugged as he poured me a glass of whiskey. I gulped it down quickly and motioned for Sam to pour another one. He said nothing and left me the bottle as he walked to serve other customers.
Arlene brought me my brunch and I just finished it when I felt a hand settle on my shoulder "A lady shouldn't drink by herself" he said to me and I smiled as I turned around. "Hoyt how have you been?" I asked him nicely and he smiled at me. "same old same old" he said and I nodded.
"come on join us at the table" he said and looked back at the table where Jason sat along with a guy I didn't know. "you sure they won't mind?" I asked him and Hoyt laughed out loud.
"trust me they will never mind" he said to me and I frowned at him "what do you mean by that? Hoyt…hoyt" I asked but he kept laughing and walked back to the table.
I got up and shook my head as I walked to the table "hey guys…" I said as I stood there and scooted in next to hoyt. "hey D we haven't see you in a while" Jason said and I nodded.
"I'm sure you haven't met je'sus yet" Jason said and I shook his hand. "yeah I'm waiting for Lafayette to get off" he said and explained that he and Lafayette were together.
"so any news?" I asked they guys and Jason nodded as he looked down sadly. "I sold sookie's house. Someone bought it about two weeks ago" Jason said and I grabbed his hand. "I'm sorry Jason" I said to him and he nodded at me.
"well, well, well bitch…who finally took you for his own" I heard Lafayette say and turned to see him staring at my emerald ring. "oh uhm…" I said but Lafayette pulled me up and hugged me then looked at the ring.
"dahm girl" he said and I saw Sam walking towards us. "what's this I hear of someone getting married?" he asked and I sighed because I didn't want them to find out this soon.
"I uh…I meant to tell you guy's" I said and saw Sam frown at me. "oh my god…you're getting married! Do a double wedding with us" Arlene said as she joined the circle.
"whoa Arlene wait just let me…" "it's gonna be perfect, everyone were going to have a double weddin" Arlene said out loud to everyone and I felt everyone stare at me. "please don't tell me its Eric…" Sam said and I looked down at the ring and looked back up at Sam.
"fuck sakes…" Sam half yelled at me and stormed to the back. "Sam…" I called after him but Lafayette told me to leave him for a bit.
"I have to go…" I said and left a two hundred dollar bill by Sam's stash. I walked out of merlot's and just breathed as I started walking. "you're really getting married to him?" I heard a male voice say behind me and I turned around to see alcide.
"please alcide don't…" I asked him nicely but instead he grabbed my arm and dragged me towards his truck. He opened the door and pushed me inside, he then walked over to his side and started driving.
We were driving for about an hour when I couldn't take the silence anymore "Alcide please just listen…:" "shut up" he growled out at me and I looked shocked at him. "don't you ever think you can talk to me like that!" I said to him harshly and opened the trucks door. "what are you doing?" alcide ask me while he grabbed my arm and pulled me back.
"I'm getting out" I said and tried again but alcide had other ideas and stopped his truck dead on.
"how can you marry him?" alcide asked as he stared angrily at the road "he loves me and I love him, were friends alcide so don't try and make it like I'm the stupid one making the worst mistake" I said back at him. "you are being stupid!" he yelled at me and that flared me up.
"do not preach to me when you are the one that's back with Debbie. You know what she did, she will never change" I yelled at him and it took alcide a few seconds to respond.
"get out…" alcide said and I stared disbelievingly at him. "are you serious we're in the middle of nowhere" I said and to answer me alcide leaned over and opened my door for me.
"alcide we are friends, you should be happy that I'm happy, Eric has changed" I said to him and I saw his hands curl tighter around the steering wheel.
"Are you stupid? He's Eric fucking Northman he will never change! He fucking tortured you and almost killed you, if sookie was still here he would have chosen her as always…you are just a replacement" he said to me and I must admit that that hurt.
"you are wrong, he's proved himself to me. He wouldn't want to marry me if he didn't love me. He's not like Debbie that's just going to use me and fuck other people" I said to him and alcide glared at me.
"get out right now…" he said to me and I sat back and folded my arms "no…" I said and I heard alcide literally growl. When I turned my head I saw his eyes were flashing a yellow colour.
"get out…" alcide growled at me and leaned over to open the door "just take me home" I said to him and I felt his hand curl around my arm. "get out before I hurt you" he said harshly to me and then let go of my arm.
I knew that I had to get out there otherwise alcide would hurt me so I got out of his truck "if you are really going to marry him…lose my number" alcide said and then he sped off.
I stood there thinking about our fight and then started walking in what I thought was the right direction.
I was walking for what seemed like an hour when I finally saw some headlights behind me. I turned around and waved my arm to get them to slow down and as they did the car stopped next to me.
"I never imagined you to walk by yourself in the lonely night" I heard a man say and as the window rolled down I saw bill looking up at me. "uhg it's you" I said and then started walking again.
"you shouldn't be walking alone right now" bill said and I rolled my eyes "why are you hunting for humans?" I asked him in a snarky tone and I heard him chuckle. "no there are werewolf's hunting for humans" he said and I stopped dead in my tracks and just then I heard a howl.
"fuck…" I said as I looked around at the trees. "do you need a ride to somewhere" bill asked me and I stopped walking and frowned at him. "like you would ever do that" I said and started walking again.
"get in the car…" bill said to me. I ignored him and kept walking until I heard a growl to my right. I looked off into the trees and I saw two pairs of glowing eyes.
I didn't think as I ran the other way but the wolf was faster than me and knocked me down I turned over to see the black as night wolf growl at me and snap it's jaws. I turned my head to the side and saw the other wolf that was pure white.
Even though it was a wolf it looked like it was smirking, I turned back to the black wolf and tried pushing it away but it was much stronger than me and kept snapping it's jaws.
He snapped close to my face and I closed my eyes. Just then I heard a snap and opened my eyes. Bill was standing above me with the wolf in his hands. He broke the wolf's neck in order to save me.
He held his hand out for me as he threw the wolf to the side. I took his hand and looked to the side to see if the other wolf was still there but I saw nothing.
"next time get into the car" bill said to me and held the door open for me to get in. I climbed into the car and waited for bill to slide in and as soon as he was he told the driver to go.
We sat in silence until I broke it and thanked bill for saving me. "you're welcome. The thing with me and Eric won't push me so far as to let a human die. Even though you are his I know that somewhere you will still be useful to me" bill said and I looked at him as I frowned.
"why would you want to use me?" I asked him and bill shook his head at me. "the clouds in your eyes will disappear and you will see the truth, then I am going to need you" bill said and before I could question him further I realized my door had opened and that we were at fangtasia.
"thank you…" I said to bill and then climbed out and walked into fangtasia. "where have you been?" pam asked me as soon as I walked in and I sighed as I walked past her.
I walked straight to the office to take a shower in the hidden room and I didn't even realise the pair of blue eyes following me as I walked.
The shower was just what I needed and I quickly dried off and put some of my spare clothes on.
I just stepped out of the room when pam came into the office. "you are needed in the front" she said and I rolled my eyes at her. "I need one night. One fucking night just to relax" I said and she smiled at me.
"then relax in the front" she said and walked out making sure that I was following. I came into the bar and saw the vampires dancing and I made my way to Eric. What freaked me out was that there were only vampires in the bar.
"you need me?" I asked him and he nodded as he motioned for me to sit down and that's when I saw my throne.
I looked back at Eric and saw that he had stood up and was looking down at me. "do you agree to be mine?" he asked and I nodded. I saw him pull out a dagger and then he sliced open my palm and I gasped as it burned.
Eric turned my palm to the crowd of vampires and I saw all of them staring at us. He looked back to me and then he proceeded to cut his own palm. He took mine into his mouth and I did the same with Eric's hand.
I moaned out as Eric's blood hit my tongue and closed my eyes as I sucked on the wound until Eric pulled away from my hand. I looked into Eric's clear blue eyes and then Eric held our joined hands up in the air.
I turned my eyes to the crowd and saw all of them were bowing before us. I saw ginger walk out with a tray full of shot glasses filled with blood and as Eric and I sat down all the vampires drank the blood and then they carried on dancing.
"what was that?" I asked Eric and he looked at me "that was the first of three binding rituals we need to do to be married in the vampire way" he said and I nodded and looked down at my palm.
The was already a fine pink scar and when I looked at Eric's hand his was the same. "Then why a wedding dress and a venue?" I asked him and Eric looked back at me. "because I want you to experience everything humanly before the third ritual." He said and I frowned at him.
"we can do that after the third one…right?" I asked him and I saw him sigh and shake his head.
"no we can't…the third one is me draining you and then I replace your blood with my own." He said and I gawked at him. "you mean basically that you are going to turn me into a vampire?" I asked him and when he nodded I sat back and stared into nothing as I thought about what Eric said.
What if I didn't want to be a vampire? Would he force me, and what will godric think about this.
