"You know? Then why the hell are you here?" Eric asked me. He sniffed the air and grimaced. "It isn't safe, let's go." He grabbed me and whispered in my ear, "Hold on tight." Before we were flying through the air. I closed my eyes and latched onto Eric, my arms around his neck, my legs wrapped around his waist.

I couldn't talk, I was too busy concentrating on holding on. The ride was smoothe, I barely knew I was flying through the air. "You can let go now, we're in my house."

"The one in Shreveport?" I asked, still latched onto him, my eyes closed. My face was burrried in his neck, inhaling the sweet scent of his skin. It was so masculine, so intoxicating. So much better than Bill. Bill….

"Yes, and unless you want to find yourself in my bed you should get off of me." I opened my eyes and unwrapped my legs from Eric's wasit. I removed my arms and Eric gently brought me to the soft floor that was his living room. We were the only people here… not safe.

"Why didn't you take me home?" I was angry, yelling at him. He has no right to take me here.

"Because they'll find you there." He told me.

"Who?" I asked him, fuming.

"I thought you said you knew," He cross his hard arms over his even harder chest.

"No, it's just no surprise that someone's after me. Someone's always after me. Ever since I got involved with vampires."

"Well this time you'll need vampires' protection… my protection."

I glared at him. "I can take care of myself."

"I'm sure you can, but right now you don't even know whose after you."

"I don't want to know." I crossed my arms and didn't meet his eyes.

"Sookie, listen to me, you're in trouble."

"You keep saying that, but you're not telling me anything about it."

He sighed audibly, though he didn't need to because he didn't breathe.

"Is it possible for you to not yell at me and to just sit down and listen?" he asked me, motioning me to his couches that I knew by just looking at that they were comfortable.

"Fine." I said to him, sitting down and immediately relaxing into the soft sofa.

"Thank-you," Eric said as he sat down next to me. I moved as close to the side of the couch as I could, wanting to stay far away from him. I knew he could do whatever he wanted… he's bigger and more than a thousand times stronger than me.

I waited for him to start talking, but he never did. "Well?" I finally huffed, getting impatient.

"People are looking for you." He began. "And I don't just mean humans. From what little information I have, there's a government run agency that knows about the supernatural world. I'm not just talking about vampires and shifters either. I'm talking about witches, fairies, ghouls, and even the rare breed of telepaths."

"Hunter!" I stood up from the couch, but I wasn't able to take a step before Eric pulled me back down.

"Pam is on her way as we speak. He and his father will be brought her."

"Do they know about Barry?" I asked him.

"I don't think so." Eric replied.

"Wait a minute, why aren't they after you? And Bill? And Pam? And everyone else…?"

Eric sighed, "We're powerful beings that will be greatly missed. They can't afford to have a war with the vampires. They've exterminated a few before the Council can get to them, but don't worry… they won't be coming for me or Pam."

"What about Bill?" I asked him.

"You're still hung up on that bastard after everything he's done? Don't worry about Bill, he has his hand in the government's pocket. I'm worried more about you. They don't know much about you thanks to all the work I've done to protect you and keep your gift a secret. They don't know you're part fae." He said. At the word Fae he glanced at my neck and he popped his fangs out.

"Ew, Eric, put those away." My face scrunched up in disgust. "I'm not on the menu tonight, thank-you."

"Sookie," Eric moved so he was on his squatting in front of me, his eyes staring into mine. He grabbed my hands so gently it was hard to think that he had killed thousands with them. "Please, let me protect you. Be mine. If you're mine nobody can touch you or your family. I promise you, you'll be safe from any harm that might come to you otherwise."

"Eric, you know I can't do that. I have to keep on living my life. So what if a few humans are coming after me? I can hear their thoughts from a mile away, and I've got Bill in my backyard. I know he keeps an eye on me. I'm working most of the time and when I'm not working I'm sleeping or doing chores."

"You aren't understanding!" Eric roared, standing up and running a hand through his hair. He paced back in forth in front of me. "This isn't just humans, Sookie. They have vampires, they have shifters, weres, and they have witches… everything and anything that you can imagine they have. Unlimited resources. I am the only person who can keep you safe."

"Oh I doubt that." I told him.

"You doubt my intel?" Eric stopped pacing and turned to face me.

"No, I doubt that you're the only one who can keep me safe," I gave him a look that said he was way too cocky before continuing, "There are older vampires out there, ones that are stronger than you that can help me."

"You have seriously underestimated me." He was angry now, his eyes changed from those soft loving eyes to the dangerous ones, his fangs slowly came out of hiding.

"Honestly Eric, I'm more worried about my cousin than I am about myself. I can handle myself."

"I can protect Hunter, just let me help you."

"You can help me, but I will not be yours." I told him sternly.


This chapter is a little bit longer, but sitll shorter than most of my usual chapters. I'm sorry guys, but I'm struggling to right about five stories at the same time so quality and quantity aren't going to be that high. 3 I'm also full of other story ideas that I'm trying to keep up with! Let me know what you think!

BTW: In case you haven't figured it out I hate Bill. I'm an Eric girl all the way. I can't remember if Hunter is in the TV show... if not then it's a spoiler lol. Oh well

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