Chapter fifteen

When she was washed and dried she began the difficult task of choosing something to wear. The closets contained several dress that Eric (Pam!) must have chosen. Sookie settled for white strapless dress with a matching long sleeved shrug. It looked very similar to the dress she wore the first time she met Eric. I'm sure he will approve. She was dressed and outside as the sun dipped below the treeline. She climbed the hill behind the cabin to get a better vantage point and was stunned with the view that lay before her.

The Sun in all its magnificant glory bathed Sookie in it's early evening glow. Streaky clouds were lit up with the most awe inspiring colours. A cool breeze lifted her hair and ghosted down her neck causing goosebumps to rise all over her body. Before her lay hills of green as far as she could see. Untouched, was all she could think. "As it was and always will be" she stated to herself. The burning sun settled on the horizon. Its fierce light hurt her eyes but she dared not look away. If this was to be the last time she would ever see the sun, she wanted it burned into her memory. Tears flooded her eyes, blurring her vision. She wished she didn't have to blink, she didn't want to miss a second of it. Even if she wished to end herself one day, it would be at dawn, not dusk, that it happened. This was her last sunset. She was overcome with the desperate need to cling to this moment, to embrace it and never let it go. But she knew that it was impossible. Impossible to hold onto something so much bigger than herself. All she could do was be part of it and trust that the sun would rise again, if not for her, then for someone else. She wiped the tears from her eyes as the sun dipped quickly below the treeline, small glitters of sunlight making it through the dense trees, like sun on rippling water. And then it was gone. She couldn't stifle her gasp as she placed a hand over her chest, as if trying to slow her racing pulse by holding her heart. She glanced around, taking in the first few moments of dusk. The landscape now lay in shadows of indigo and purple. She wrapped her arms around herself as a cool breeze again swept over her.

She felt a swell of emotion through the blood bond. He is awake,she said to herself. As she turned to walk back downhill, she was struck dumb by what she saw. She opened her mouth to speak but no words formed. As she had been watching her last sunset, a full moon had risen behind her. Sookie could not understand what was holding her in place but she couldn't look away. The moon was huge and it was everything there was. It was the night. She felt a small gust of wind beside her. She looked over her right shoulder to see Eric standing patiently behind her. Words finally formed in her mind. "How have I never seen this before? The Moon, Eric! Look at it."she said, awestruck.

"I know Lover. I forget how it is to see the Moon as a human. It is deep desires, mystery, magic. It is the unknown."

"Yes, it's much more than I ever realised it could be. Looking at it and actually seeing it are two very different things"

Eric took her by the hand and led her down the hill and past the cabin.

"Aren't we going in?" she asked.

"Not yet. I thought we would enjoy a few moments together before we...." he trailed off. She knew what he meant though.

They stood at the lakes edge and gazed across the lake. Standing behind her, Eric wrapped his arms around this tiny fragile creature soon to become his Child. That moment couldn't come soon enough for him. He had waited patiently, coveting her for years. He had wanted this but had not planned for it to happen so soon or like this. His true fear though remained in the unknown. What would happen to her when she rose as a Vampire? She would be changed forever. Would she still be Sookie? She is accepting now but after it is done, will she regret it? Will she turned away from him? He pushed his worries out of his mind.

The moon had risen higher in the sky and now it was truly night, its brilliant illumination lit up the lake and surrounding forest. "So beautiful" she said. How could something so scarred and imperfect be so ethereal?

He looked down at her and smiled to himself. Her softly curling blond locks shone silver in the moonlight, her skin like polished ivory. "Beautiful doesn't begin to describe you"

She looked up at him and smiled. Not so very long ago a comment like that would have made her blush and pull away. But hearing Eric call her beautiful was like the scent of a new rose. A sublime pleasure she would never tire of. She turned to him and, standing on tippy-toes she wrapped her arms around her mammoth of a man. Eric nuzzled his face into her hair and breathed in her scent. He caught a trace of a familiar smell.

"Sookie! What have you been up too?"

"Sorry! I didn't think you would mind. I only had a couple. I always wanted to try smoking but was scared I'd get hooked." She paused for breath then cocked an eyebrow and asked Eric a question. "Why do you have cigarettes anyway? Since when do you smoke?"

"I have the occasional ciggarette. Don't tell Pam though, she doesn't approve." He said with a sly smile. They both laughed quietly. Suddenly Sookie felt Eric stiffen in her embrace. Through the bond she could fell his alarm as he clutched her tightly. She look at his face but it was unreadable. He was glaring into the woods.

"What is it?" she asked, remembering suddenly her conversation with Dermot. "Eric, there's something I...." But he cut her off.

"I smell Fairy" he said sniffing the air and glancing around.

"It was Dermot" she said, "He only wanted talk to me though."

Eric looked down, searching her eyes for answers. That fucking Fairy. If he touched one hair on her head so help me God!. He pulled his thoughts together and got his anger under control. "And what did he say?" he asked.

"He told me about my great-grandmother Einin." Sookie repeated the conversation with Dermot to Eric. "He told me that Einin could read minds. Dermot too."

"He must be hunted down and destroyed"

"No, I don't want that. He and I are more alike than you realise. We are stuck between worlds. Not quite Fairy but not really Human. But we made different choices in how we would live." she paused for thought before speaking again. "He's gone now and he won't be back." She took Erics' hand and tugged him gently. "Come on Baby, I have a few more things I'd like to do before the night is over." she said with a wink. She led him back to the cabin and down the hatch.

Before she could speak Eric was behind her. The look of lust easily readable on his face. He turned her and lifted her onto the kitchen island. He placed himself between her already spread thighs. Grabbing the back of her head he pulled her face to his. He breathed in her scent and fisted her soft hair before parting her lips and thrusting his tongue into her hot mouth. Sookie moaned as their kiss grew more intense. He placed his hands on the top of her thighs and squeezed, eliciting a gasp from Sookie as she straighten her back, thrusting her breasts into his chest. Eric pulled back from the kiss, savouring the taste of her by licking his lips.

"I will never tire of you, Lover." Sookie just laughed breathlessly. "Let me take care of you," he said as he gently lay her back across the kitchen island.

"Eric..." she moaned, wanting to touch him so badly.

"Ssshhh Lover," he said and he lifted the hem of her dress and removed her panties. He could feel the heat of her sex radiate. He fangs slid down with a click as his own desire throbbed in his jeans. But he would wait his turn. He placed his hands on either side of her waist and lowered his head within inches of her mound. He blew gently over the fine curls that lay there and she twitched in response. He lay a hand on her mound and stroked her gently, running a finger along the inside of her thigh, over her hip, along her stomach and under her dress to softly caress her breasts. With his other hand he traced the folds of her sex, parting them gently before blowing softly over her hot flesh.

"Please," she begged him, "I need you...please."

He derived great pleasure from her pleas as it stoked his own desire. If it carried on this way there was no telling how high they could get. "Din kropp vilja bli min kyrka och Jag vill dyrkan i du varje natt" he said as he slid two fingers inside her. Her eyes closed tightly as he looked up her body to her face. "Look at me, I want to see it in your eyes Lover." Her eyes snapped open and her gaze latched on to his. He moved his fingers in and out of her as he lowered his mouth to her wetness and kissed her sweetly. Sookie mewed, whimpered and sighed as Eric ravaged her sex with his tongue and fingers. She wrapped her legs around him as he forced his tongue inside her, sucking and licking her juices from deep within her. "Oh God Eric, I can't....hold on," she moaned. He quickly withdrew and carried Sookie to their bedroom. "I'm not finished with you yet," he said. She was barely aware they were moving at this point though she was sure her legs would not have worked anyway. Before she could get her wits about her she was standing in the bedroom and Eric was undressing her and himself. She was jerked back from her dreamy state when she met his gaze and saw the raw intensity with which he was staring at her. Like she was easy prey and he was starving. Before she could speak she was on her back upon the bed and Eric was moving towards her, taking in every detail as he moved up the length of her body. A touch here, a kiss there.

"Eric?" she asked. He murmured in response. "What did you say before? What that Swedish?"

"Ja. As for what I said, I would rather show you." he said, with a flash of a grin. In a flash he swapped their positions, Sookie straddling his hips. "This is where you belong Lover" he said as he looked up at her. She smiled shyly down at him, letting her hair fall over her shoulders and cover her breasts. He swept her hair back behind her shoulders and out of her face. "Don't ever hide from me Sookie."

"I won't. You can be sure of that." she said with a smile. Eric moved to hold onto her hips but Sookie grabbed hold of his hands and held them above his head. He tried in vain with his tongue to reach a nipple as her breasts swayed deliciously over his head. Sookie looked down at him, pleased with the power she had over this huge vampire. "Ah ah aaahh," she waggled a finger at him. "Look but don't touch. Do you think you can control yourself? I don't think you can. Hmmm, Lover?" she said, the last word oozing off her tongue.

"Sookie, you surprise me at every turn. I think I will never fail to be enthralled with you." he said as he bucked his hips, raising Sookie high enough to see her wetness pooled on his stomach. The scent of her arousal was intoxicating and he feared he would lose her little challenge. Sookie could see the effect her fairy scent was having on him and it thrilled her to no end. That she would always have something to hold him to her and, if needed, something to hold over him, cemented a belief in her mind. The belief that she would not only be his child but his equal. Eric prayed that her unmistakable scent remained after her turning. To loose it would a great loss but it would be irrelevant. He loved who she is, not what she is. "You madden me woman! But I have tricks of my own." Eric, focusing on the bond between them, sent his deepest lust and desire to Sookie. The result was instantaneous.

"Ahh mmmmEric. What are you doing to me?" she asked as he breathing quickened. Sookie dug her nails into his chest as she sought to grind her hips against his.

"This is what you do to me, Sookie. What you are feeling is my insatiable desire for you."

"Oh," she said, trying to fight the lust swamping her senses. "That's...that's great" she murmured as she tried to slide back and mount him only to be stopped by Eric as he spread his legs, using his knees to trap her ankles.

"Ah ah aaahh," he said grinning from ear to ear. "Going somewhere?"

Two can play this game, she thought. She focused on the ever rising lust and allowed it to move through her and flow back to Eric. He felt something cresting through the bond, knowing it was her sendingback to him. When the wave broke over him he was flooded. Lust desire sex blood wet fuck sweat fairy. He completely lost control. He grabbed Sookies hips and pushed her back onto his cock as he lifted his hips, driving himself deep inside her. His mind was blank but for the need to fuck this exquisite creature, hard and fast. He moved one hand to her shoulder as the other held her firmly on top of him. He began pounding into her quickly, the bounce of her breasts spurring him on as her own juices spread down her thighs and over his stomach. He heard her scream out her completion and he knew he was near. He looked up to find her looking down at his steadily, a tiny smirk playing on her lips. Her eyes, wide and crazed but focused, held his gaze as he exploded inside her. He roared out loud, "Jag er din slav." After a few minutes he released his hold on Sookie. She slid off and lay down beside him, propping herself up on her elbow with her head in her hand. She felt more contented than ever before as she looked down at Eric who was still gazing at the ceiling.

Finally Eric spoke. "Wow. That was something else." He blinked and looked over at Sookie. She was still smirking at him. "Do I amuse you Dearest?"

"You lost." she said

Eric remember her little challenge. "Nonsense. I never lose."

Sookie snorted. "Uh oh, my bullshit-o-meter is reading in the positive! And I'm no linguistics expert but what you yelled out sounded a lot like 'I'm your slave'. Remember Dearest, the bond works both ways so I can tell when you're lying to me." she said, teasing him.

Despite its rare occurance, Eric knew when to concede defeat. "Fine, you win.....this time."

Sookie pumped her fist in the air, celebrating her victory, while Eric rolled his eyes. She lay down and snuggled into Eric as he wrapped his arm around her, trailing a finger up and down her arm. They fell into an easy silence. After a few minutes, Sookies' urge to ask something took over.

"Eric?" she asked. Eric turned his head to look at her. He kept his expression open despite knowing what she was going to ask. She continued. "What's going to happen?"

Eric rolled on his side and pulled her into his chest, wrapping her in his embrace. He collected a stray strand of hair that fell across her face and pushed it back behind her ear. "When you are ready, I will drink from you. When you are near death I will give as much of my blood as I can. The more blood I give you, the stronger you will be. Then you will sleep."

"Will we stay here?"

"No. We have been here to long. We will leave here and go somewhere secure. I will put you to sleep in the earth. Don't worry, I will be with you, holding you in the ground. Then you will rise a vampire and we will have eternity." He said, gazing into the distance like he was looking through time itself.

"And what about Felipe?"

"I will deal with him"

"We will deal with him."she said

"There's my Valkyrie. I knew she was inside you. That indomitable spirit."

Sookie just smiled. "Eric?" he turned to look at her again. "I'm ready"

Eric looked down at his beautiful bonded. Angelic in her death sleep. Her hair fanned out across the pillow, her delicate hands resting at her sides. Her fairy blood was raging through his veins. He allowed himself to replay it in his mind. He had never felt such pure pleasure as he did when draining her of her lifeblood. He had entered her again, gently this time, thrusting into her with slow strokes. The combination of her blood and her sex had him in seventh heaven. When her pulse was dangerously slow he had ripped open his wrist and put it to her mouth. Her eyes snapped open with the first taste. She held his wrist to her mouth with an iron grip, sucking hard. He gave her all he could and more. When he could not stand the pain shooting through him anymore he pushed Sookie back. Her rapid breathing slowed as her pulse stilled, her heart hammering in her chest, not wanting to give up. Her eyes closed gently a moment after he heard her heart stop. A small sigh escaped her red lips and then she was still. Eric had watched her for a long moment. He had not felt her death as Sookie told him he had in her 'dream'. He knew she was not finally dead, just sleeping deeply. He slipped into bed beside her and held her close as he recovered his strength after his bloodletting.

Eric dressed Sookie in her white dress again and wrapped her securely in a blanket. He grabbed his phone and punched in a series of numbers.

"I'm here" said a female voice. Eric could hear another female voice chanting in the background.

"It's time. Are you prepared?" Eric asked

"Yes" she said. "Is she....okay?" she asked with a slight quaver to her voice.

"Do your job right, witch, and she will be" he said below ending the call.

Amelia stared at the phone for a moment. "We better get started Octavia."

Eric stood at the end of the jetty with Sookie in his arms. He reassured himself that the witch and her teacher were competent at their craft. The cloaking spell would hide them from those seeking to find them, be they friend or foe. It was only a matter of time before their enemies found the cabin. He took to the air and, crossing the lake, landed on the other side. Hiding in plain sight he like to think of it. He quickly sequestered his child and himself in the ground. Soon she will rise and she will truly be mine.

Translations -

#1 - Your body will be my church and I will worship in you every night

#2 - I am your slave