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As they stepped out of the portal it was nightfall. Saying good bye to all the friends they had made during the last 9 months it had been difficult but both she and Eric were ready to put old ghosts to rest and move forward into the future together. During their last month in the Fae realm Sookie had perceived a facade of her husband's personality that made her burst with pride. Eric was much more social than he had been in the past. To see him now one would almost say he had taken on the Fae trait of needing to touch and be touched. If you were to offer him your hand upon meeting he would surely shake it just as easily as he would hug a friend good bye while wishing them Gods speed. But now that they were back with the business of revenge to tend to she was sure these new expressions of emotion would have to be curbed.

He came to terms within himself with the loss of his child. He felt as if he had not been given the time to properly say good bye and called her one evening asking her join him for dinner to talk privately. Although neither of them would have never chose for De Castro to become her master she admitted to Eric that it had came with some advantages that she felt Eric would not have been able to give her or she could not have earned as his child. In the end Eric left the choice of changing her maker again up to her and she chose no. Although saddened by her choice he could live with it.

She expressed that she still occasionally had a difficult time dealing with her conflicting feelings but she was so thankful Eric had picked her to share his gift of immortality with. As relationships go she said she would always consider him more than a beloved friend…he was her family.

When they parted just an hour before dawn she hinted that if he had plans for any type of retaliation against her master to do not let her know. She went on to say his last gift to her could be her freedom. What a wonderful surprise it would be to finally be a lady of royalty, wealth, and the freedom to enjoy it without the restraints of a master. As her eyes twinkled at all the possibilities she flashed him her trade mark smirk, kissed him on the cheek, and wished him well before disappearing into the night.

The next evening at sunset with Sookie by his side he met with his allies to go over his plan and what a collection of allies it was. Any warrior would have been impressed. Niall had certainly out done himself. In his living room were demons, fairies, brownies, weres, shifters, but the most impressive was the appearance of two goshes.

To Eric's knowledge the goshe had become extinct over 800 years ago. They were the only supernatural beings that are stronger, faster, and fiercer than a vampire. Although they were drinkers of blood by nature their favorite was vampire blood. They were impervious to silver, sunlight, and iron plus their ability to pop from place to place like the Fae made them a tough enemy to defeat in battle.

As the sun dropped behind the horizon Sookie popped herself and her husband to the rendezvous site. Eric's allies had already taken up their positions and split into three groups. The plan was for each group to converge on the palace at the same time dividing the vampire forces inside thus weakening their strength having to fight on various fronts. Hopefully this tactic would push the surviving opponents toward the center of the palace where they would be surrounded. With no way out and their King dead they would swear fealty or die.

Eric planned once inside the palace he and Sookie would breakaway from their unit and seek out De Castro. Eric had made it clear to his allies that the King's head belonged to him. Eric was sure since De Castro had not had time to gather his forces his victory over his palace guards and inter circle would be swift.

Storming the palace the loud noise of battle rang throughout the great halls. Eric ever the swordsman cut his enemies down with swift strokes two at a time. However even he with all his experience was no match for the goshes. They were a magnificent sight to behold as they stood back to back in a battle stance popping from here to there leaving behind a river of bloody goo on the marble floors.

As he entered a door to the left of the throne room with Sookie close behind him De Castro charged him from the right. Although the king was no effortless foe his younger age and lack of experience quickly became evident. Within minutes Eric had him cornered with no where to go. His Sookie was brilliant in her fairy defense mode as her bursts of white light exploded into the chests of De Castro's most trusted in his retinue. She detonated them instantly where they stood when her blasts of magic came in contact with their body.

With a pass of his sword over De Castro's head his foe lunged out for Eric's chest just as he had knew he would leaving himself open and defenseless. Dropping his arm slightly lower on the back swing Eric removed the King's head in one stroke as his body design grated into bloody sludge.

Throwing his enemy's head into the center of the throne room all fighting stopped and the sound of clanging weapons falling onto the marble tiles was deafening. In a booming loud voice he said.

"Your King is no more! Swear fealty or die!"

Thirty vampires instantly dropped to their knees with their head bowed as their voices rang out in unison with the oath.

"As a defender of the states of Louisiana and Nevada and an asset in the past retinue of Felipe De Castro, I swear fealty to Eric Northman. Long live King Northman!"

Glancing to his right his eyes connected with his wife's and she subtlety nodded her head one last time in support of her husband's decision.

"I Eric Northman having seized this kingdom by power to rule as I so chose do hence forth pass the mantle of leadership of this kingdom to Pamela Swynford De Beaufort."

Dropping to his knees along with thirty other vampires in the room he began to recite the oath. "As a defender of the states of Louisiana and Nevada and an asset in the past retinue of Felipe De Castro, I swear fealty to Pamela Swynford De Beaufort. Long live Queen De Beaufort!"

Placing his cell phone to his ear he said. "Did you get all that Pam? We will await your arrival tomorrow evening my Queen." He turned to smile at his beautiful wife and ended the call taking her hand they strolled out of the palace.

Five years and two children later both the products of the lingering effects of fairy magic. Eric and Sookie sat on the front porch of their modest home listening to the sounds of the night both of them were happy to have the night off work to spend together.

Slowly, slowly with the help of Sookie's love and fairy magic Eric had became more like his old self…a self assured confident vampire. However he never did revert back to being the selfish, cold vampire he once was. Instead he became something so much more…a terrific husband and a loving, gentle, and kind father who was not afraid to tell his children or wife just how much he loved them. He became a man who depended on his wife and family as much as they depended on him.

They both had the responsibility of jobs, kids, and bills to pay. Their lifestyle was comfortable but not lavish but that was ok because they no longer had to deal with the other bull shit. When Pam became Queen she offered to give Eric back everything De Castro had taken from him. However when Pam went over the financials for the Kingdom with an accountant both she and Eric realized De Castro had donated some of his money to the AVL and the rest had simply disappeared without a trace. He also sold off all but five of his businesses. Pam did give back to him what was left which amounted to $100,000 in cash and the four of the businesses. Fangtasia was one of the five but Eric didn't want to be a bar owner anymore so he told the Queen she could keep that one. She offered him the position as her second in her kingdom or his old position of Sheriff of Area 5 back but he declined both saying he wanted to stay out of vampire politics and it took too much family time from him to do either job correctly. Now he only wanted to be known as Eric Northman a business man, a husband, and a father. During their time apart Eric had slipped off the vampire radar just as Sookie had and they both intended to keep it that way. Peaceful…normal…and happy in love.

THE END