HEY GUYS, I KNOW IT TOOK ME FOREVER TO WRITE THIS CHAPTER BUT I JUST HAD TO FIGURE OUT WHERE EXACTLY I WANTED TO TAKE THINGS. ANYWAY TO RESPOND TO TRUEBLOODFAN24'S COMMENT THE SEX IS COMING SOON. IT MAY BE HARD TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE WAY I WRITE THE STORIES THAT ERIC IS INDEED HAVING SEX, JUST NOT WITH EMELIE AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME. MY STORY IS WRITTEN IN THE POINT OF VIEW OF EMELIE, SO AS A WRITER I HAVE TRIED TO INCORPORATE CERTAIN DESCRIPTIONS TO SHOW ERIC IS YES BEING SEXUAL, BUT THAT EMELIE JUST MIGHT NOT SEE HIM IN THE ACT AT THAT TIME. I HOPE THAT MAKES SENSE TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE READING IT. BUT I DO PROMISE THAT THE STORY WILL GET MORE 'SEXED UP' IF YOU WILL IN THE UPCOMING CHAPTERS. HOPE YOU ENJOY :-].
The night had started out in an intense way already. When we were walking down the steps we overheard yelling. Well Eric probably heard who exactly was yelling and what the argument was about but all I had heard was yelling. Eric held me a little bit closer as we descended down the steps.
"This is the reason why I do not trust as I once did." He was yelling and pacing back and fourth in front of Bill. "I offered you refuge when your queen uses you to get to her and this is how you repay me? Lorena, kill him. Take him to the back house and kill him. If I wake tomorrow night and he is not dead I will kill both of you myself!" It seems that when the king's temper rises so does his accent. I could just barely make out what he was saying.
Bloody tears ran down Lorena's face as she bowed to her king. Sookie yelled in protest but her sullen voice made no difference in the king's judgment. Eric forced me gently down the steps and soon we were in front of the king and Sookie. Lorena had grabbed Bill and left to wherever she was going. I was completely in shock at everything that I had just witnessed. What had happened? How did Sookie end up here and why was Bill about to die?
"I am sorry to intrude you honor. But I couldn't help but hear the commotion. I thought you might have needed help" Eric said lightly, he was still in a good mood.
"Yes well, it seems you and Talbot are the only Vampires worth living in this castle." He said hastily, as he stopped pacing to look at Eric. " Take this," he said referring to Sookie. "Into the study. I have to go inform Talbot of our departure and then I will be in to speak with her before we leave. I do apologize for this small delay." The king did not look at me once before he began his assent up to his room where I assumed Talbot was.
I walked with Eric as he grabbed roughly Sookie from the were and walked towards the study. Once we were out of hearing range from any vampires or were's and safe in the study Sookie began speaking.
"Eric you have to help me! You have to save Bill!" She was clearly upset.
"If the roles were reversed Bill would let me die. I am so close to getting what I have been waiting for and I will not allow you or him to ruin this." He said through gritted teeth. "Bill played his cards wrong. When he dies at his maker's hands it will be his own fault. He is the cause for the slow and painful death he is being dealt." I had thought Eric was being harsh, but there was nothing but seriousness in his eyes. "He dragged you into it. That is also his fault."
"If he dies you will be punished for it. Bill is under your protection! He lives in your area!" Sookie yelled back.
I couldn't understand why was she fighting so hard for Bill, especially when she was in the situation she was in. Clearly from the vision I had earlier, that she had seen by the way, Bill had made his choice. He was here for a reason that none of us had known. But she loved him, and I guess that was enough for her to risk her own life to save his. I started getting a dull ache in my head. If Eric or Godric were in that position I know I would try everything to save them. Even though I had known them for a short period of time, all three of us have saved each other in some way.
"Bill is under his KINGS protection now, and with his kings ruling I have no say." Eric said flatly.
I looked at Sookie wishing that I could help her. But what could I do? Sookie sat down on the comfortable love seat that was in the room. She was staring at me, looking downright pissed.
"Don't you see? Eric is just going to use you like he did me. You are only as good as what you can do for him. He plays with you to get you to do whatever he wants you to do. Obviously it's working." She had venom in her voice. "When he is done with you he is just going to toss you like he is doing with me."
I saw it took all of Eric's strength for him not to go over and do something regrettable to Sookie. She was the only person who seemed to be misinformed. Fortunately for me, my conversation with Eric earlier in the day threw out any doubt I had in my mind about him. And even if he was using me, he was my charge; therefore I am bound to help him. With all of the tension in the room we didn't even hear the king come in.
"Miss Stackhouse I do believe you are the only person being played with here."
Somehow that had caught us all off guard.
"Mr. Northman, you and your consort may leave. I will be out soon so we may return home with my prize before the end of the night.
I mouthed sorry to Sookie who only rolled her eyes and looked in another direction. Eric grabbed my arm and we walked out of the room. But I hesitated after a few steps.
"Eric what's going to happen to Sookie? She is not in serious danger right?" I was more than a little worried about her. "What about Bill… Will Lorena really kill him?"
"We do not have time to worry about either of them. We have bigger things to worry about Emelie, Focus!" he whispered furiously in my ear.
Once he finished saying what he had to, I was pretty much dragged into the entrance area where we ran into Talbot. His hair was slicked back and he had on a white button up shirt with a black blazer and black slacks. Although he was clearly dressed to impress, Talbot was never slacking with his appearances, he seemed to be having a fit about all the people that were coming in and out of his house.
"Now" Eric buzzed in my ear.
And I knew what that meant. Woo Talbot into telling me everything and finding a way to be alone with him so either Eric or I could kill him. I walked over to Talbot and held his hand reassuring him as much as possible.
"We need to get your mind off of Russell's political agenda. Let's go out somewhere. Shopping perhaps to take your mind off of things here?" I offered.
Talbot seemed to mull over my offer. I thought he would have immediately jumped at the opportunity to go shopping, but maybe I was wrong.
"That's a nice gesture Miss Soderberg but I don't think that will be necessary." I jumped when I herd the voice behind me. "You will be coming along with Eric and I. We're going to fly down to New Orleans, and you are going to tell me about your powers on the way." Edgington said with interest. I just nodded my head in compliance. Couldn't really argue could I.
"You have all of these people in my house and now take away the only decent one away from me? All you do is go around collecting things! What is she going to be next after the queen?" Talbot was clearly upset and he yelled at Russell in Spanish then stormed up the steps. I looked over my shoulder and saw Eric was texting away on his phone.
"He is so selfish. I surround him with all the boys he could ever want, in a huge mansion and he complains about not being around a human woman. Let us take our leave before I truly get angry." Obviously this trip was not going to be a pleasant one.
Although it was a relatively short plane ride, it felt like eternity for me, even though I was pretty much ignored the whole flight. The king asked a lot of questions, most of them which Eric answered, but still it was kind of intrusive. Russell was not happy that Eric did not tell him of my powers, but he dealt with it fairly well. After receiving answers he would take a few minutes to contemplate and validate what Eric and I were saying within his own mind. Of course Eric described my powers as only somewhat useful. He explained how he and Godric were helping me use my powers consistently and this caught the king's attention.
"And your Godric does not mind working with the human to help her, while he gets no gratification from her in return?" The king asked slyly.
My head snapped at the question. I understood that vampires really looked at humans as a food source and a sexual partner occasionally, but the king was really talking about me as if I wasn't sitting next to Eric. He was really treating me like a piece of meat. I was actually interested in how Eric would respond to the question.
"He is my maker." Eric started. "We share everything. That includes Emelie."
I rubbed my head as the aching began to get worse. It was hard to see if the king had actually believed our story, but I couldn't worry about it too much. I didn't understand what was going on anymore so I had to focus on what I did understand, which was the situation with Sookie. She must have told Russell about me. I wasn't sure if that was her way out of the situation she was in but she had pretty much screwed me over and I was not too happy about that. There wasn't too much time to dwell on that though. We landed in New Orleans in an hour and a half, and found ourselves outside the queen's estate a mere 20 minutes after that.
The ride to the queen's palace was the same as the plane ride. I was completely ignored. The king was talking on the phone arguing, with Talbot I assumed, and Eric was texting away again on his phone. This gave me a chance to really look at the city I was in. I had never been to New Orleans before but I could understand why the queen would take up residence here. Even after hurricane Katrina business seemed to be booming. There were masses of people in front of her gated mansion. All of whom seemed to be tourists. Eventually we passed through the security and were ushered into her majesties home.
I spent so much time looking around at all of the ancient artifacts, murals and paintings I barely noticed when we were standing in the queen's presence. She must have been turned when she was very young, because she looked more like a playful teenager than a queen ruling over the state of Louisiana. She was surrounded by an assortment of humans, surprisingly and two male vampires. One of which, to my complete surprise was Godric. It was strange seeing Godric in 'normal' clothes, but none the less Godric still looked good. He was wearing jeans and a black button up shirt. Pushing aside Godric's looks I paid attention to what the queen was saying, were in what she called her 'day room'.
"Sophie Ann well don't you look as lovely as ever." Russell said clearly as if he didn't even have a Southern accent any more.
The queen never moved from her table as she rolled the dice in a cup she was holding. Eric had informed me on the way into her majesty's mansion that she had a love of Yahtzee.
"Russell, Northman." The queen said barely even looking up from the dice. She didn't seem interested in this meeting to say the least.
"Your majesty this is-" Eric was cut off by the queen almost instantly.
"Yes I know your humans name. Your maker informed me before you all came. This is my progeny Andre." Andre didn't seem like he was much taller than me and only was only an inch or so taller than the queen but he had a fierceness about him that did not make me ever want to try and cross him.
"Are you all hungry? I do have an array of humans to feed off of, all pure, of course. But I see Mr. Northman has been feeding off of Godric and his own, pure source." She said glancing at me. "Andre take Godric and Northman's human to another room there are matters which we must discuss."
We followed the vampire named Andre out of the queen's day room and into a much smaller room, which was down the hall from the day room. We walked in silence, but as soon as the door closed and Andre walked out I herd a click. We were locked in. The room itself was furnished with one large couch and a single glass table, which was set in front of the couch. Godric sat down and I jumped on him almost immediately. I sat across Godric's lap, putting my arms around his body and my head in the nape of his neck. Since stepping into this castle I wasn't able to greet Godric but I had missed him dearly.
"I have missed you also Emelie, but before I forget," he was speaking in Swedish as he shifted his weight pulling something wrapped out of his pocket and putting it in my purse which I had thrown next to him. "The queen will ask for proof of a relationship between us, you must respond by giving what I have deposited in your purse to Eric and I."
I furrowed my eyebrows together and continued speaking to him in Swedish. "What's the catch Godric? Tell me honestly what is going on." I slid off of his lap and onto the couch next to him.
Godric let out a small sigh. "We are trying to get out of these situations the best way possible, but it is proving very difficult. You and Sookie are in the middle of it all. The king and queen are actually vying for you two as we speak."
"ME!" I said quickly, jumping away from him. "What do I have to do with any of this? This is all the queen's fault if she hadn't asked Eric to sell that blood…"
Godric pulled me into him leaning me on his chest. "We are handling it right now, just trust us. You have to understand we vampires are all about power. You and Sookie represent a power that neither of them has, but both want. You are tied to Eric now though, and if you become involved with the queen or the king he will too. He doesn't want to be in that situation as much as you don't."
My head was pounding now. I closed my eyes and started to massage my temples. "So…is that the reason why Eric wants to kill the king? Is the queen behind that too?" I whispered quietly.
I closed my eyes as Godric replaced my hands with his own and began massaging my temples for me. I sat up and looked towards him so he would have a better angle at giving me my massage. "Do not worry about that little one. I will talk to Eric about that tonight." He said soothingly returning the conversation to English
My whole body was relaxed as the headache slowly subsided, due to Godric's cool, magic fingers. He worked his fingers from my temples and slowly into my hair giving my scalp a massage also. As his fingers slowed and eventually came to a stop resting at the base of my neck, my eyes fluttered open.
Godric was only a few inches away from me. I hadn't known that he had gotten so close to me, but I did know that I didn't care that he was. Slowly the space between us closed and his cold hard lips were on mine. This kiss was nothing like Eric's. Actually it was the exact opposite. Where Eric's kiss was hard, intense, and rushed, Godric's was soft, sensual, and passionate. His hands began to roam all over my body. He quickly found my breasts and started grabbing and tugging at them through the dress and my bra. I let out a soft moan and he started to explore my mouth with his tongue, but before I knew it he had pulled away. He was still only a couple inches away from my face, which made me happy.
"I am sorry. I should have gone as far as I did." He said looking me in my eye.
I was a little breath taken, but I answered a minute later. "I enjoyed that kiss Godric." I said, leaning a little closer. "I enjoyed everything about that kiss."
"This does not make you feel awkward, since you and Eric… I know you care about him." He trailed off.
I hadn't thought about how awkward this situation might be. I knew I liked Godric, but I knew I liked Eric too. "I care about the both of you, and I like you both in that way." I said mulling over both Eric and Godric. I said a quick prayer to hope that Eric would not be mad. Godric however, surprised me and started smiling.
"That is very good to know. Eric will be pleased to know that us sharing you will not be a problem." He said cupping my face in his hand.
"That is the second time I have heard that tonight Godric. I'm confused as to how I am being shared." I said
"Just remember little one it is better to be protected by two powerful vampires then just one. Tonight you will not only become Eric's human, but mine as well."
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