A/N: As promised , another chapter tonight. Again sorry it took so long to get the last one out. I hope you like! The merge should be here within the next couple chapters. Much Writer love! On with the show.

Previously:

"My blood alone will not be enough once those sparks of yours merge together. Sookie, if you are to survive this we will have to bond." the fear that raced through my child could not be quantified, because she knew, if I did this and Sookie were to die I would be lost as well.

Chapter 10:

EPOV:

"What…What's a bond?" she said through a clenched jaw, but again it was not in reaction to my words but to the amount of pain she was going through, her arms and legs were twitching like they had an electric current running through them, Seizing then relaxing. Pam was about to yell at her because she thought Sookie was angry about the possibility of the bond, I looked at her and growled.

"She is in pain Pamela, her body is seizing, if you can not control yourself go to another room!" she bowed her head but not before I noticed her eyes were rimmed in red. I took an unnecessary breath.

"I'm sorry my child." her head snapped up just as the surface tension of her tears broke. I never apologize, I may spoil but I never say I am sorry. She nodded

"I am sorry master, I should have better control." I looked back down to Sookie.

"A bond is formed in my world when a Vampire takes a life mate, I will be able to feel you more so than I do now, but you would also be able to sense mine." I could feel her hesitation and I knew why it was there. The mate part needed to be explained better.

"In my world the bonded life mate of a vampire is an extension of the Vampire themselves. The best way I can explain this is in levels, there are feed and fucks, then there are slaves known in human fiction as reignfields then there are pets and lovers then mates and children. But a bonded life mate is above all of those, The life mate is considered as a breathing Vampire." I would not tell her that was because most life mates are turned, something tells me that would not go over well. Her fever was coming on again, but she remained lucid.

"Why would you be willing to do this?" she asked jaws still clenched. I knew why but there was no way I would tell her when I hadn't really admitted it to myself. So I did the next best thing I told the truth… Some what. I looked at the others and they knew it was time to take their leave for a while. When they were gone I dipped my head and kissed her lips softly.

"Because you provoke emotions in me I have never felt before. I can not tell you that I am in love with you because love is something I have never experienced before, but I know that in order for me to find out if I could fall in love with you, you need to stay with me here in this life. I cant say it will be easy and I am sure there will be times you may want to end me and vice versa, but all we can do is try Sookie and if your willing then so am I." she raised her hand that was curled into a fist so hard that her nails were drawing blood. It almost got to my face before a convulsion had it slammed back into the couch. Just before they took over her whole body and she passed out again I heard her whisper.

"I will try." I yelled at Ludwig and she came running in just as I was putting my torn wrist in her mouth. She evaluated her again.

"The Fae will come back for her, is it safe to move her?" she picked up her bag.

"It is safe, but I will be coming with you vampire. She is going to need me when the shit really starts to hit the fan." I called Pam and Adele came in with her.

"We are all going to my house, Adele you are coming whether you want to or not." Pam grabbed her hand but Adele hissed at her and tore it away.

"I would come whether you wanted me to or not, no mater what you think of me, I love her." I didn't even grace her with a response, I know she loves her, but the heart break my lover is going to go through when she learns the truth just pisses me off to no end. Pam rolled her eyes. We got into Sookie's car, Pam and I in the back seat with Sookie laid on our laps. I gave Adele directions to my safe house.

Walking through the door to my house with my lover was bittersweet. Sweet that she was finally here, Bitter because this is not how I imagined this at all. In my mind I had images of her clawing at me to get my clothes off, with her whimpering in pleasure instead of pain. When we got into the living room I went to lay her down on the couch but Pam stopped me eyes rolling, if I survive this I am going to command her never to do that again. She began taking the cushions off the couch. I looked at her like she had gone mad, then I saw her pull a bed from the inside of the couch that I didn't even know was there. She shrugged

"I decorated this house remember? At the time I thought we could use it to host an orgy, there's nothing better than looking down at a naked body, and I know how you like to be comfortable." I nodded. For a long while I did not know these types of comforts, being vampire the earth was my resting place for a long while, and before that the straw mats where no better. Pam left and came back with sheets and pillows and made the bed up then I laid Sookie down and slid in next to her. I looked at Adele.

"This house seals at dawn, steel shutters you will not be able to go outside. There are four bedrooms on this floor and three on the one above your more than welcome to have one of them Ludwig as well. I need you to call her witches and have them come here, they are not to tell anyone they are coming, I expect them here by sundown tomorrow. You need to tell them to bring their best warding materials. Pam, Godric will be here by then, make his room up. The witches are to stay on the lower floor. Now, even though I have no problem with you witnessing our second exchange I am sure Sookie would be pissed, so please leave us and I will see you when I rise." Adele comes over and kisses Sookie on her forehead. Tells her she loves her and takes her leave the doctor does one final check and she follows. Pam is still sitting in her seat with her brow raised.

"So, are you going to tell her you could die?" I snarl at her.

"No I will not, she has enough to worry about. The pain is, even to me it is agonizing. Godric is coming to help, he will give me blood, I believe with everything I am that it will be fine, we will live through this. I would not think you coward if you could not watch, if you need to take your leave then you have my permission to do so." she snarled at me and I let her, I knew I had insulted her but I needed her head in the game.

"I will not abandon my maker, even if I think he has lost his mind. You will need me to take some of the pain, and I know Godric will do the same. But know this, if you meet your final death, I will burn your family home to the ground!" and then she was gone, and none to soon either because Sookie started to stir. The pain had faded with her last feeding of blood and she was looking a little better.

"So nice of you to join me, I have to say I always wanted to get you into bed." she smiled a real smile.

"Where are we?" I turned on my side to face her.

"We are in my safe house. Your witches will be here tomorrow to ward, and you will get to meet my maker soon. I think you will like him, and I am sure he is going to like you. In fact I think he already does." she moved closer to snuggle me and groaned, muscles no doubt sore.

"Thank you for coming, I know…" I kissed her right then, I didn't want to hear anything else she had to say on the matter. I pulled back and wiggled my eyebrows at her.

"You never have to thank me for Cumming lover, I assure you it was and will be my pleasure." her little hand made a half hearted attempt to smack my arm as she laughed a real full laugh.

"You are sooo bad!" I laughed with her.

"Oh no lover, I assure you I am very good." she shook her head still laughing, but I knew her pain was returning.

"Lover, we must exchange now, I can feel your pain starting again." she looked up at me.

"Will it hurt? I mean your bite, I've never.. I mean.." I stopped her rambling with my finger pressed to her lips.

"The bite can be painful if we chose for it to be. I wont hurt you Sookie, your are going to be my life mate, you need to know that to harm you would be to harm myself, even without the bond I don't think I could bring myself to cause you pain." her relief at my words was over shadowed by a spasm in her back. I was contemplating even going to rest, she may need blood while I am at rest. But if I don't then it might weaken me and I have to be at full strength if there is any hope of this working. Gods, I have never hated sunrise more than I do at this moment. I have to keep telling myself that the doctor will see to her and with the second exchange I will be able to absorb more of her pain even while I am at rest, and since the sun will bring unconsciousness I wont even feel it. I can only pray to the gods it will be enough. She tilts her head to the side exposing more of her neck.

"I must warn you, an exchange of this much blood can be quite an erotic experience. You may want to go further, but I will not allow that to happen. I want you at your best when I make you scream my name." she was laughing again and there was never a more beautiful sound to me.

"I think it will be you who screams my name Vampire." I shook my head, so sassy, even when death with death at her door. I moved her hair off her neck and kissed it. She shivered and this time it was in pleasure. I pulled back and bit into my wrist and she took it into her mouth and drew, I shuddered and leaned back to her neck

"I look forward to you trying." I kissed and licked to relax her and then I struck. I was so wrong when I told her it would be an erotic experience, this was so much more, earth shattering wouldn't even fit. The taste I got before was nothing compared to this. As her blood flowed into me it felt like lightning strikes, it took everything I had to pull away and lick her wound to close it. I rolled over onto my back and pulled her close to me, so close she could have melted into my side. As the sun took me a heard a familiar voice in my mind.

"This is only the beginning."

A/N: Ok, I lied. The merge will be next chapter, I couldn't wait any longer. And I have to warn you the it will have a cliff, but not a steep one as you will get two chapters again. Please Review if you can.