Disclaimer: I don't own the Southern Vampires. Sole copyright belongs to Charlaine Harris. I'm poor, please don't sue. Most of the characters are Charlaine Harris's... but some are mine! All the mistakes are my own.

Chapter Four:

The next night I rose with a warm feeling in my chest. I could not put a finger on what this feeling was, I was not used to feeling anything but boredom, anger, and hunger. I choose to ignore the feeling and decided to prepare for my rendezvous with Sookie. I took a quick shower. I put on a nice pair of black jeans and a red silk dress shirt leaving a few of the buttons unbuttoned to show off my chest.

I heard a knock at the door about an hour after dark, and I went to open the door. Sookie was standing there with a big smile on her face. I could hear her heart speed up so I knew she was appreciating my outfit. "Sookie." I said sweetly. "You are looking as lovely as ever." And she was. She had a little yellow sundress on. It hung just above her knees and had a V-neck line with spaghetti straps. She wore a small white sweater over it. Her golden hair was down and in waves. She looked like she was on her way to a church social.

Sookie blushed looking down at her feet, I just loved that, and she said, "You look nice too."

"Thank you. Come in, please. I stepped back giving her room to enter. The faint smell of sun and coconut oil filled the room. I inhaled deeply and my fangs ran out.

She looked around the room taking in the improvements. Bobby had done a good job on the old home. New paint, carpet, and furniture had done wonders for the place. I had a couple of light tight places, placed in the home, but I wasn't going to show anyone those.

"Wow, it looks real nice." She said and we walked through the rooms, showing her all the improvements. When I was done showing her the house we went back to the living room. She plopped herself on the couch, and I sat next to her.

Her sweet scent was calling to me and I leaned in capturing her lips with mine. I gently pushed her down on the couch and continued my assault on her lips. I slowly pulled her sweater from her shoulders and removed it. She allowed this so I ran my fingers lightly up and down her arms to her collar bone, up the back of her neck and back down again. I wanted to touch her glorious breasts, but I didn't want to push her to far to fast. Her breathing was quickening and the pounding in her chest was spurning me forward. Sookie's arms went around my neck and she ran her hands up and down my back. Just as things were starting to go well, there was a knock at the door. 'FUCK!' I thought, furious at the interruption.

I pulled away from her with effort, and looked at my future lover, who was slightly disheveled from my attentions. She was trying to right herself, straightening her dress and smoothing her hair. I couldn't help the smirk that come across my lips for just a second before another knock sounded. "Stay here. I will be right back." I said as I went to see who was interrupting us.

I swung open the door to see quite an assemblage of people.

"Yes?" I said irritated.

"Northman." A voice I recognized said. It was Bill dressed in a black suit and tie. He had three other Vampires with him and two humans. They parted the way for him to stand before me. "I hope I am not interrupting anything. Me and a couple of my retinue thought we would stop by on our way to a night on the town. I wanted to see how the renovations were going."

"Well Bill, actually I was on my way out. I currently have a guest and we were just leaving." I knew it was not a good idea to deny my new Sheriff but I did not want Sookie anywhere near him or these other Vampires.

"It will only take a couple minutes. I am sure your guest will not mind." Bill said pushing past me. He sniffed the air. I could tell he was smelling Sookie and I groaned internally. He looked at me and then motioned for the others to follow. "Eric, this is Diane, Liam, and Malcome. They have just moved to Monroe." He did not introduce the humans and since they held no interest for me, I simply ignored them.

The female vampire, Diane, was about 5'11 and was wearing a pink skin tight spandex outfit with a large white shirt over it left unbuttoned. She looked like she had come straight off a street corner. She looked me over from head to toe with heat in her eyes and a smile on her lips. I ignored the eye fuck and looked to the other two Vampires, sizing them up.

Malcome was as tall as I, with long dark hair and built much like me. The human male was hanging off him, rubbing himself on Malcome's body. It looked as if they were going to have sex right here in the foyer.

The other male, Liam was a bit shorter than Malcome, had his hair cut closely to his head, and had tattoos over every inch of his skin. He was fondling the blonde human. 'Just wonderful.' I was pissed at the interruption, and concerned about Sookie.

Bill walked into the living room and the rest of us followed. As soon as Sookie saw us enter she leapt to her feet and plastered a bright smile on her face. Bill stopped dead in his tracks and looked Sookie up and down. His fangs ran out and I felt the anger building in my chest. Sookie blushed and moved away from the couch, to reached out her hand in greeting to Bill. Vampires do not shake hands but Bill took hers in his and kiss the back of it, lingering a bit to long for my liking. "Miss...?" He inquired as to her name, since I had no plans of introducing them.

"Stackhouse, Sookie Stackhouse." She said in her polite southern way.

"What a pleasure." Bill said still eying my southern belle. "I am William Compton." He said and bowed. I was shocked at this, Bill was not one to acknowledge a human, let alone bow to one.

"Compton?" She said questioningly. "The man who owned this house was named Compton."

"Yes. He was my kin." Bill said coolly.

"I am sorry about your loss. I know he just died a while back." She said softly.

"Ah. Yes well, let me introduce you to my companions. Liam, Diane, and Malcome."

Sookie looked a little frightened for just a second before she schooled her face. She did not move to extend her hand to the others and I was relieved. She simply nodded cordially at them.

"Eric, are you fond of this one? I find her quite pleasing." Bill said. I thought he might be trying to glamor her. 'Shit.' Bill was looking intently into her eyes.

"Yes. She is mine." I moved to her side and pulled her in against me. I wanted no question by the others that she was mine, and she leaned into my side. I could feel her stiffen and I started to rub circles on her back to calm her.

Liam sat on the couch and unbuttoned his pants freeing himself. "Jenella..." He said with a commanding tone and the human woman placed herself in front of him sinking to her knees, taking him into her mouth. Sookie turned bright red at the display and buried her face in my shoulder.

"She is fresh, untouched." Liam said dryly indicating Sookie.

"Yum." Diane said licking her lips. "A virgin. I hope you plan on sharing."

Sookie's eyes widened with fear. "She is mine." I said forcefully.

"Really, I can smell that you have not had her." Diane said smirking.

"That is none of your concern." I said maliciously.

Bill watched this exchange intently. "It looks as if the house is coming along well." He said changing the subject. He gave the other Vampires a quick glare, as if to tell them to be quiet.

"Yes. I am close to completing it." I said shortly.

"Good. Good." Bill said absently looking over Sookie, his fangs were still out and the Hispanic human boy, who was rubbing himself on Malcome, made his way over to Bill.

Bill eyes flickered down at the boy and then back to Sookie. He was going to lean over and bite the boy's neck when Sookie shouted, "NO! He has the sino-virus!" The Vampires in the room were startled. Bill pushed the boy away from him and the boy tumbled to the floor.

"What is the meaning of this?" Bill said bursting with anger.

"YOU BITCH!" The boy said as he got up and launched himself at Sookie.

I was having none of that and pushed Sookie behind my body shielding her. I grabbed the boy and slammed my fist against his chest. He dropped to the ground gasping for air.

"Sookie, how did you know he had the sino-virus?" Bill asked sceptically. 'FUCK, how can I get her out of this?'

"I...well I..." Sookie trailed off, staring at the boys body on the floor.

"Are you a psychic?" Bill asked.

"No. I am just a barmaid." She said shakily. 'Smart girl, say nothing.' I thought.

"Oh I think you are more than that sweetheart." Bill said softly. "But we will not discuss this now." Bill turned to me. "Eric I wish you to bring Sookie to the saloon. I would like to thank her for saving me from ingesting this foul creature's blood. You will contact my second, Richard to set it up. Malcome get this trash out of here. Diane, Liam we are taking our leave." Liam finished in the girls mouth shuttering, he hadn't moved the entire incident. He pushed her away zipping his pants then walked out. The girl trailed behind.

"Are you sure Sheriff? I can make the girl talk." Diane said her lips in a snarl.

A growl escaped my lips and my fangs where fully extended. I would tear her limb from limb if she touched my Sookie. 'My Sookie? I like the sound of that.'

"I do not like repeating myself Diane." Bill said and his voice was as cold as ice.

"Yes Sheriff." Diane said and the three Vampires walked out of my home.

"Eric, set things up with Richard." Bill said again. "Sookie, I hope this little display has not put you off of my kind, not all of us are so barbarous." He said pointedly looking straight at me. 'What the hell I just protected her while they stood there and watched. How am I barbarous?'

Sookie shook her head not making a sound and Bill walked out to join his companions.

I turned slowly to Sookie and she looked completely out of sorts, her eyes fluttered. "Sookie are you alright?"

"They just...you just..." Sookie said and she fainted. I moved quickly over to her catching her before she hit the ground. I didn't want to put her on the couch after what that piece of shit just did on it. I would have to have Bobby replace it. I raced upstairs and placed her on the bed in the master bedroom. She looked like an angel, so still and calm.

Sookie's eyes fluttered open and she just stared at me for a moment. "Eric?" She said sounding unsure.

"Yes my Sookie. You fainted." I said carefully.

"It really happened then." She said tears were in her eyes and she scooted to a sitting position.

"Yes." I said flatly.

Sookie looked appalled and put her head in her hands. "That guy just had sex right in front of me. They wanted to... have me."

"I would never let that happen." I said sternly.

"You said I was yours. What does that mean?"

"It means no other Vampire can take your blood. They can not touch you." I said cautiously.

"Oh." She was looking a little better. "What will they do with him, with Jerry?" I didn't know the human's name, she must have read it in his mind.

"They are Vampires Sookie, they will take care of the problem."

"You mean they are going to kill him?!" She squeaked.

"Would you have him live? Infecting Vampires. How many do you think he has already infected?" I wanted her to get past this. I needed her to understand.

"I know, your right. He already killed his human companion." She said looking sad. I knew her heart was kind. She even cared for someone who tried to hurt her.

I started feeling something in my chest tighten. 'I will be one of the people who hurt her if she were to find out why I was here.' I did not want to be the cause of that. I resolved myself to tell her. I knew I had to tread carefully, I did not want to provoke my final death, but before I moved forward with this she needed to know. I couldn't understand why I was feeling this way, but it seemed I could not help myself.

"Sookie we need to talk about something. Something that you must never tell anyone that I have told you. No human is to know about this and no Vampire. I only tell you this because I am concerned about you. If you were to tell anyone I would meet my final death."

Sookie saw the look on my face and looked immediately concerned. I continued, "William Compton, he is the Sheriff of of this area."

Sookie just waited, so I went on, "We Vampires have our own form of government. We have Kings and Queens that run the different states. Each state has Sheriffs that run areas of the state. We have our own laws and customs."

Sookie giggled. "Kings and Queens, really? Like England?"

"Yes, much like that."

"Are you a Sheriff?" She asked.

"I have been before, but I am not now."

"OK." She said slowly, she could see I had more to say.

"Here in Louisiana we have a Queen. Her name is Sophie-Anne Leclerq. When I moved to this area she demanded that I do her a favor..." Sookie looked at me confused.

"Do you have a cousin named Hadley?" I asked.

"Yes...she was lost to drugs many years ago. I have not seen her for a long time."

"Well, she is now a Vampire. She is the Queen's lover." Sookie's eyes went wide.

"She has been telling the Queen things about you." Now Sookie looked alarmed.

"I was sent here to meet you and see if your gift is real. She wants you to serve her." I could see the anger growing within her, so I spoke quickly, "I did not think you would turn out to be truly telepathic. Since I have spent some time with you, I decided it would not be right to keep it from you. Before anything starts between us I had to tell you. I... care for you, I do not want to lie to you, and now there are no secrets."

"So you like me only for my telepathy?" The pain in her face was unbearable.

"No. I do not. If that were that case, would I have risked final death by telling you all this? Sookie, it is not what you are that draws me, it is who you are." I reached over to put my hand on her cheek and she leaned into it. "It may have been your telepathy that brought me to meet you, but it was your bravery, beauty, and kind heart that makes me want to stay." A small smile played on her lips for a moment and it gave me hope.

"Eric, what is going to happen? William wants us to go to his saloon. What does he want from me? Does he know about the Queen?" Her small smile gone once again.

"We have to go. He is Sheriff and if we do not obey he can just send someone to take you. I can only assume since he has seen there is something different about you, he will seek to find out what it is. As for the Queen...he does not know and we must not let him know. If the Queen were to find out..." I trailed off, I was sure she could come to the correct conclusion.

"Thank you Eric. Thank you for trusting me and for telling me the truth." Her smile returning. She leaned over and kissed me. I was thrilled. My fangs ran out and I pierced my tongue just a bit to get a few drops of my blood in her. I had not given a woman any of my blood in centuries, but I found I wanted some of myself in her. It was only a drop or two, and she did not seem to notice, but I felt her instantly. The bulge in my pants was straining to get out and I wanted her veraciously.

We went on like this for a while before she pulled away from me. "I should get going." She said, standing to leave. I felt an ache in my chest. 'What are these feelings?'

"Will you see me again?" I asked hopefully, I would not give up my pursuit either way.

"Yes, but I need a few days. This was...hard on me. I need a little time."

"I understand. I will call on you in a few days then. I will be waiting for the night I get to see you again." I said and Sookie took her leave.

A/N : LET ME KNOW IF I SHOULD CONTINUE THIS STORY. DO ME THE FAVOR OF HITTING THE LITTLE GREEN BUTTON.