A/N: Ty for all the reviews! Here we go to meet with the queen. On with the show.

Previously:

"It meant everything to me."

Chapter 15:

EPOV:

Rising I think back to the night before and my lovers tears. I hate that others have touched her, but others have touched me so I need to move on. What really angers me is that her first time was so horrible for her, when the asshole should have done everything in his power to make it special for her. Even being a vampire I would have made sure it was and from now on I will make sure they all are. Sookie was in the house but not in our bed, I think I actually pouted. I checked the bond and I knew she was in the house, in a really great mood. But that was nothing compared to the happiness that she felt when she realized I was up. It sounded like a herd of elephants running down the hall, when she opened the door she launched herself at me and had I not been vampire she would have fallen to the ground when she wrapped her legs around my waist. She peppered kisses all over my face, before she found my lips, after a deep kiss she jumped off me and I laughed at her energy.

"While you can do that anytime you'd like lover what possessed you to jump me?" she rolled her eyes but she was still smiling.

"That was for the new mustang in the drive way with my name on the title and registration." I smiled, I had picked it out a few days ago. Then she reached behind me and smacked my ass, and while she was running to the door she called out.

"And that was for the vanity plate." I tackled her to the floor lightly.

"I thought we established you were mine lover." she laughed and tried to wiggle free.

"And I'm sure when I drive around town in a car that says 'ERIC'S' on the plate everyone else will know it too. Now let me up, you have to get dressed and everyone else but Pam is up and ready to go, did you know Godric could rise so early? Anyway, we are taking your corvette, mom, Amelia and Lala are going to drive my stang and Godric said him and Pam would be taking the escalade, something about Pam needing it to house her new wardrobe?" Ah yes, the hurricane that is Pam will be descending on New Orleans. I let her up and she was running down the hall again to join the others. When I was finished getting dress I went over and took my cell of the charger when I noticed a note under it, I laughed so hard when I read it I almost cried.

Cell phones for Vampires:

Chapter one:

Chargers:

Step one: Plug charger into wall outlet

Step two: Take smaller end and plug into phone

Out come: Fully charged phone

Soon to come chapter two, turning the phone on

I heard her giggling in the living room, she was going to get it, I didn't know what 'it' was but she was going to get it. I was in the living room still holding the note when Pam came out and asked what was so funny. Sookie snatched the note from my hand and gave it to Pam, by the time it was passed around the room everyone was laughing. I shook my head and grabbed our bags to take them to the corvette. I felt her mischievousness through the bond and didn't know what it was for until I saw my trunk lid. In big neon pink print was a decal that said Sookie's. Oh she was really going to get it. The others came out and got into their prospective cars and Sookie peaked around the corner of the garage. I pointed to the trunk lid and then looked at her.

"Revenge is sweet, dear Sookie." she laughed and came out of hiding to wrap her arms around my waist and kissed my chest, then moved over to her side of the car and got in. as I was closing the door she smiled at me.

"Alls fair lover." then she winked at me, when I got in I handed her a pair of new sunglasses, she started humming that gods awful wearing sun glasses at night song, this was going to be a good night.

Three hours later….

Thank the gods! I have never been more glad to be getting out of a car. My lover is skilled in many things but singing is not one of them, if I had to listen to one more cat in heat mating call I would have staked myself. That gave me a idea, oh yes, all is fair lover, all is fair. We stopped by the guard station to check in. Sookie was looking at the guards and I could feel her rage seeping off her.

"So, I see you all have a metal detector, do you guys do anything to check for wood?" one of the guards rolled his eyes and the other had enough sense to answer her.

"No." how eloquent. Sookie rolled her eyes and kept walking, just as our vampire guide came upon us Sookie turned back to the guards and raised her hand as if she was going to blast them both. I grabbed her wrist and brought it down, we couldn't do anything until we spoke to Sophie. Her rage morphed into hurt so fast it had my head spinning. She yanked her wrist from my grasp, other than that there was no outward signs of her feelings. More Were's came and took our bags to our rooms, while the vampire whose name was Adam took Sookie and I to meet with Sophie, while another vampire took the others of our group to get something to eat. Waiting for the queen in a sitting room I decided I would get to the bottom of her feelings, we had to work as one when we entered.

"What happened back there?" she snorted.

"Now you want to ask?" I grabbed her up and put he on my lap. She struggled for a minute but stopped.

"You were going to blast the Queens Weres lover, until we meet with the Queen we cannot act on what ever you hear from them." she pushed off me and I allowed it.

"I wasn't going to blast them, had you asked me instead of just stopping me, you would have known that. I was just going to keep them grounded so to speak. I'm not stupid you know, but now we are going to have to stay somewhere else during the day." I was about to ask what the hell she found out when the door opened and Sophie walked out. Sookie's outward appearance was all smiles even though she was still mad as hell. She curtsied to the queen, and I was blown away. I didn't even have to tell her to be formal. I bowed and Sophie led us into the room then dismissed her guards so we were alone.

"So, care to tell me why the private audience was mandatory?" I reached to remove Sookie's glasses but she beat me to it. When Sophie saw Sookie's eyes her mouth dropped open and she reached out to touch her but remembered half way there that she was about to touch my life mate and retracted her hand.

"I see the need for complete secrecy, no one will know of her origins from me Viking." I wanted to get off that subject before Sophie opened the can of worms about her grace. It was going to be a huge surprise when Sookie saw her in a week, I didn't need to deal with that on top of the security crisis Sookie no doubt discovered on or way in, so I changed the subject.

"Sookie learned some things already I am sure she wants to share with you Sophie." not to mention I wanted to fucking know. Sookie took that as her cue and dove in.

"I'm assuming that for a vampire to feel a humans emotions the human has to drink directly from the source?" I didn't fucking like where this was going at all. Sophie raised a brow.

"Yes, that's true why do you ask?" then Sookie dropped the mother of bombs.

"I figured as much, because if it didn't work that way I imagine you'd be feeling the greater part of Louisianans v-addicts emotions right now." Sophie's fangs were out and I thought she was going to pounce on my lover so I moved in front of her. Sophie seemed to realize her actions were being misconstrued and asked for an explanation. Sookie touched my shoulder and I moved out of the way, still on edge.

"The Weres at the front are your ring leaders, they sneak in and drain some blood from your guests, but their main seller is the blood of a Vampire queen. The only reason the fellowship was able to get as far as they did while you were at rest, is because your guards were to focused on getting in your chamber and left their post." Sophie was reeling.

"How did they manage to get the codes to the sleep chambers?" that got a reaction out of Sookie, her lip trembled as she answered and I knew why she acted as she did earlier.

"You should invest in silent key pads, one well placed recorder and all they have to do is play it back and punch in the right tones. When we came in they were thinking how they were glad they left the recorders in place, cause a thousand year old vampire's blood would catch a fair sum." the tear that fell was proof that I had fucked up, I should have asked what was going on instead of just reacting. I had her in my lap and was wiping her tears away and I didn't give a fuck who was in the room with us. I would learn to communicate better and so would she, she was worried about my safety as I rested and that's what made her so angry. Sophie looked at us through kind eyes and it was the first time I had ever seen that look on her face, Compassion.

A/N: well, here we are. This is not the last new Orleans chapters. More shit is going to go on. Hoped you liked it! Review if you can! : )