Chapter 36: Realization
I shook my head as Eric dropped his fangs, just as I was going to attack we heard growling and when we turned around we saw that there were wolves attacking. One wolf was already dragging Alcide out of the room by his ankle.
I turned back to Russell to see he was already on his feet ready to attack us. Both Eric and I stepped forward fighting Russell.
Eric had the upper hand just when a wolf jumped on me and I lost sight of the two vampires fighting.
"Get the fuck off" I said to the wolf as he kept on trying to rip out my throat. I threw him backwards into the wall and heard him whine. I stood up with a smile but it fell quickly as I cried out in pain.
The same wolf I threw had his jaws locked around my right calve. I growled out as he released me to only bite down on a new spot that drove me to my knee.
I turned my body and sent my fist slamming into his snout that made him let go quickly. I smirked at him as he growled at me. In a quick jump he was on me again but I was ready for it. He tried getting a bite into my shoulder but my hands were clasped at his jaws, pulling them apart until I heard him whine, and then I ripped them apart all the way, feeling the blood splatter all over my face.
I dropped his lifeless body and watched as he turned back into an older human male. I looked around to see that everyone was fine and then saw Eric had Russell pinned down ready to stake him but Bill pressed a stake against Eric's back and it made my blood boil.
I was going to go and stake Bill myself but another wolf came out of nowhere and pushed me to the floor in which it bit into my forearm as I protected my face.
I felt the wolf crash down onto my body and rolled it off as I sat up. "Freeze!" someone yelled out and I saw there were a lot of people pointing guns all around and even I had four guns pointed at my head.
"We'll take it from here" a tall black guy said as they pulled Russell up and cuffed his hands together.
"You better hope you are not around when I am fully restored. And oh, I will be. Authority…" Russell said as he spit onto the floor by the guys feet. "What fucking authority do you have? Given to you by what Lilith? You idiots, you're no better than humans with your absurd magical thinking, there is no Lilith, but I created the next best thing" Russell said with glee as he laughed, just when our eyes met and I knew he was talking about me.
I couldn't be like Lilith could I? I asked myself as I thought about what Russell just said.
"Both humans and wolves are here" the guy said and I stared at him as Sookie jumped into the conversation.
"Doug led us here" she said quickly and Bill gave her a disapproving look while he stepped forward.
"We found them parked in a van outside of Shreveport, humping each other like livestock. And we took the van to get here with them in it." Bill said and I gave a snort from his lying which made the guy look at me and I stared back and looked into his mind.
Kibwe…that's his name. I shook my head and retreated from his mind.
"You could cover that much more distance by yourselves. Much faster than by driving" he said and I rolled my eyes as I stepped forward.
"I didn't want to be sick after the run" I said and his eyes snapped back to me along with the rest of the vampires.
"And who are you?" he asked me and I smirked at him, which I could tell put him on unease.
"Eric's" I said simply and Eric sped towards me as he pulled me into his side. "Eric' fiancé" Eric said and I looked up at him and then back at Kibwe. I saw he looked at Sookie and then Alcide and then back at us.
"They know too much" he said and Bill nodded. "Nothing that a little glamouring won't take care of" Bill said and then Kibwe nodded.
"Do it, she comes with" he said and pointed at me on the last part.
I waited as Bill glamoured Sookie and Eric glamoured Alcide. When they were done, we were lead to a car that the three of us climbed into and not long after the driver started driving I was falling asleep against Eric's shoulder, with his arm wrapped tightly around me.
I woke up just as we came to a building but before I could ask where we were Eric looked at me and mouthed 'later' at me and I nodded at him.
We went through a lot of security and when the elevator doors opened I was shocked to see a group of vampires waiting for us. They all congratulated Bill and Eric and then all eyes were on me.
"And who is this?" the guy in the front asked and I felt Eric pull me more into his side.
"She is my fiancé. Roman this is Danalynne, Danalynne this is Roman, the head of the authority" Eric said and I held my hand out for Roman to shake but he took it and kissed the top of it instead.
"Eric, why have you not told us you had such a fine human wanting to marry you?" Roman asked but Eric looked down at me and then back at Roman. "We have had our ups and downs, finally we are together" Eric said and Roman smiled at us both.
"Get a room ready for Eric's fiancé" Roman said and I saw a lot of people get up and move out of the room.
"Lilly would you be so kind as to show her to her room, we need to celebrate with Eric and Bill, Danalynne you can join us later after you are more comfortable" Roman said and a pale thin woman stepped forward and I knew instantly she was a human hater.
I wondered who had created her and when I looked around I realized I was looking for Nora and from the looks of it, she was not here. Probably hiding away from me I thought to myself and had to stop from laughing as the woman took me by my arm but I pulled it out of her grasp.
"Lead the way…" I said and she glanced at Eric before I cleared my throat glaring at her.
We walked out of the room and I looked back at Eric only to see he had his eyes pinned on me, following my movement.
"Come on Eric, you can meet up with your love later" Roman said and I finally lost view of Eric as Lilly led me down a corridor. I glared at her stupid blonde long hair as it swished from side to side. I instantly felt a hate towards her because I knew she was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
"Here this should be fine" Lilly said as she opened the door and I peeked inside and then looked back at her with a raised eyebrow. "I think both me and Eric would feel better if we shared the same room, take me to his" I said and she stared at me before she chuckled like I was some clown juggling for her.
"Oh no, that will not happen. Roman would never let you…" she started but I interrupted her with a wave of my hand.
"Ask Roman" I said and she frowned at me. "What?" she asked me with her accent laying heavy on her words. "Ask. Roman. Or are you just too incompetent to do a simple task?" I asked her and she looked like she would start foaming at the mouth any second.
Lilly brought her phone out of her pocket and started calling someone straight away.
"Roman, the girl wishes to stay with Eric." She said and the way she said Eric's name made me glare at her until she lowered her gaze to the floor. "Yes Roman, yes, I understand" she said and then hung up.
From the expression on her face I could tell she wasn't happy. "See? Roman likes humans and vampires to be together. He is a big mainstreaming supporter. Now lead the way" I said and she went to answer but stopped short and turned to go the other way, leading me to Eric's room.
Once inside I shut the door in Lilly's face and then turned to look at the room. It doesn't look like he stayed here very long because all that was disturbed was the bed. I decided to go and shower to get all of the grime off of me from the wolf fight and the nasty abandoned hospital.
Once I stepped into the bathroom I decided to rather have a bath as I saw it was a huge square bath. I ran the water in as I slowly got undressed and then stepped into the bath as it filled to the brim.
I laid back and just relaxed and cracked one eye open when I heard the bathroom door open, I saw Eric come in and he then pulled the bathroom chair forward and sat next to the bath.
"They are executing Russell Tomorrow night" Eric said and I sighed as I opened my eyes, looking at Eric. "Good the bastard should die" I said and saw that Eric was thinking hard.
"Do you not want answers?" he asked me and I frowned at him. "No, do I want answers? Yes, but do I need them? No I don't because I am fine without knowing. For all I care I want him to die and never think that he was the one who helped make me." I explained to Eric as he stared into my eyes.
Eric nodded at me and then grabbed to sponge and dipped it into the water, bringing it up to my neck as he started washing me.
"Get in then I can wash you" I said to Eric as he washed my right arm. He looked at me and I smiled at him as I scooted forward. Eric stood up and removed all of his clothes quickly and then got in behind me. He pulled me against him and wrapped his arms around my middle as I laid my head back against his chest.
"Did you ever think that we would end up here?" Eric asked me as we laid in silence.
"No, I didn't even know this place existed" I said and I felt Eric chuckle at my response. "Not literally here. I mean you loving me and me changing so much. If someone asked me six years ago if I would ever think more of a human than a blood bag or sex toy, I would have laughed at that said person and then ripped their heart out. But now I can't imagine a world without you in it." Eric said to me and I frowned at myself because of all the confusion I felt within me.
"I don't love you, the human loves you. Me? I only tolerate you because I have to" I said as I stood up and out of the bath, wrapping a towel around my body, heading to the bedroom.
In an instant I was down on the bed with my arms pinned above my head, Eric on top of me holding me still.
"That is one thing you need to realize, You the demon, the angel and the human. You aren't separate things, you are all in one. Right now you have demon powers, but underneath all that you are human. You are more human than anything else. And I know that YOU said yes to marry me. And that means that you love me with all of your heart, and I promise you that I love you even more." Eric said as I just stared at him, not knowing what to do because I know he is right.
But like always my demon side was pushing forward. "You say you love me but you were heading out of the country with Bill. You were going to leave me here, you were…" I continued on but Eric silenced me with a firm but gentle kiss.
"I was coming back, when do I ever follow the rules" Eric stated more than asked and I smiled at him.
"Never, you always break them and seem to get into trouble" I said to him and he smirked down at me.
"That is true, but right now you are the one in trouble." He said to me seriously and I pulled a face at him.
"Me? Why would I be in trouble?" I asked as I batted me eyelashes at him. "Because you climbed out of the bathtub before I could ravish you until you passed out from sheer pleasure" Eric said and I had to laugh at him.
"Well we are on a bed, and I am only wearing a towel while you on the other hand, are stark naked" I said and bit my lower lip as I glided my leg over his and around his hip. Making the towel part and expose myself to his hungry gaze.
I saw his eyes stay on my own and then slowly moved down to my lips and then down my neck and finally settled over naked breasts and it wasn't long before he leaned down and took my right nipple into his mouth and sucked while his tongue continued to tease all around it.
I arched my back as far up as I could and then Eric stopped to look at me. "Stay still or you will not get any pleasure tonight, pet" he said and from the look on his face I knew he was serious.
As soon as I laid back down Eric started kissing down my body and with a pointed look he released my arms and paused to make sure I understood that I couldn't move them.
With a nod from me he continued on and laid kisses over my hip bones and in between kissing he nipped at them.
Eric moved downward and it was just where I wanted him, I couldn't wait for him to push me over the edge into a blissful orgasm with his skilled tongue and the anticipation was killing me and he knew it.
"Eric I am here to escort you to…Oh did I forget to knock, silly me" a voice said and as I looked to the side I saw it was Salome.
"Not now Salome, can't you see I am busy" Eric said and Salome then turned to me. "Yes I can see that and what a delicate thing to be busy with. You are lucky Eric. But I am here to take you to Nora, you do want to see her don't you?" Salome asked and I pulled the sheet over me.
"Yes I would like to see her" I replied and Salome smiled at me. "Sorry, just Eric but while he is away I could take over his task" she said and Eric pulled me into his arms as his fangs dropped "She is mine" he growled at Salome but she kept eye contact with me, giving me the choice.
"Sorry I don't swing that way" I said to her and she looked at Eric and then back at me.
"What a shame it is then, Eric get dressed and follow me" she said and then turned around and started walking. "I'll be back" Eric said and turned to kiss me.
"When? Should I even wait up for you" I asked him as I got angry that he was leaving me here to go see his sister but he shook his head and got dressed. He came over and kissed the top of my head but I huffed and fell back down on the bed turning my back on Eric and the door.
I haven't even met Nora but I am already hating her, because I knew Eric had more than brotherly affection towards her, even though I wouldn't admit it. I was jealous.
