I KNOW YOU ALL PROBABLY HATE ME FOR TAKING FOREVER AND I DO APPOLOGIZE A LOT HAS BEEN HAPPENING PLUS I HAD A MAJOR CASE OF WRITERS BLOCK... SORRY AGAIN.. HOEPFULLY THIS CHAPTER DOES SOME JUSTICE.. HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY...
I gave myself another once over in one of the many mirrors that the queen had situated in her guest suite. Apparently the nice, knee length, red and black cocktail dress I was wearing when I first arrived to her majesties wedding was not elegant enough. The queen instead decided on a long flowing royal purple Grecian style dress, that's halter was nothing but crystals. She just had it lying around, for me just in case I wanted to switch dresses. I rolled me eyes at my own reflection, and let out a frustrated sigh. How was I supposed to run in this dress and fight angry vampires, plus keep Eric safe at the same time? It was already a seemingly impossible task without this dress getting in the way.
A loud knock brought me out of my daydream. A smooth recognizable voice followed. "Emelie, I am sorry to rush you but the Queen is a rather impatient woman."
I quickly slipped my back 4-inch heels on and walked to the door. Once it was opened Godric greeted me with a smile. "You look beautiful."
I gave him a half smile. "Godric You look very handsome yourself." I said gingerly. He really did look good in his tux. My smile turned into a small frown though in a matter of seconds. "How am I supposed to run in this?" I asked quietly.
Godric grabbed my hand and started ushering me down the hall. "Where there is a will there is a way. Don't stress one thing at a time okay?" He said stopping before we entered the ballroom. He gave me a quick kiss on the lips then an even more tender kiss on the forehead. That calmed me down a little bit.
As we entered the ballroom I couldn't help but notice the beauty and extravagance of the room. Even though it was packed, I could clearly see the Vintage theme clearly. According to Godric, any Vampire that had "status" and lived within the boundaries of Mississippi and Louisiana was here. I was shocked to notice that there were even some human people here, like the mayor and governor of New Orleans. As Godric walked around I kept my eyes peeled for Eric. He was helping with the Ceremony that was taking place in the back. That is where the paperwork was being signed. From what Godric explained to me earlier, Vampire weddings and marriages are not like human weddings at all. From his explanation the marriages themselves were all about paperwork, and acquiring wealth. The ceremonies themselves are more of a show for the sheriffs to see and "get to know" their the people that are in power in the other state, since a lot of business will be done. Business, I said to my self carefully. That's all this wedding was, business. Godric also told me quietly that he suspected the fight would probably start because either the queen or the king got greedy and wanted the others state and assets, the assets being Sookie and I plus money and even more power.
Godric and I finally settled on away from the bar and against a wall where we could still see the dance floor, the king and queens thrown and could watch what was going on in the room. I suddenly started to take notice of what people were wearing. I had met a lot of the Louisiana Sheriffs from being around Eric and Godric, and from our run in with the queen. So I naturally assumed most of the people I didn't know were sheriffs under Russell Edgington. All of the queens "Subjects" were wearing different colored dresses, and different color button up shirts or maybe just a normal black tux. Russell Edgington's people were all, women included, wearing white tuxes with white shirts dark blue vests with red handkerchiefs.
"Godric look at the way Edgington's people are dressed." I said softly as I started looking around getting nervous.
"Calm down Emelie." He said not looking at me but at the vampires around me. "Although Eric and I have claimed you as mine I would rather not draw attention to you. And we can still hear your heartbeat over the music. Staying calm is vital."
I let out a few deep breaths trying to calm my quickening heartbeat. After a minute or so Godric gave my hand, that he was still holding, a gentle reassuring squeeze. "Yes I have noticed it, before while you were getting dressed. Clearly they want to distinguish themselves from the queen's subjects." He said.
Soon, the queen and the king walked out from a door then the back hallway, joined arm in arm, and the whole ballroom lit up with applause. Andre, the queens second, and Talbot, the kings boyfriend I guess, walked out after. Andre took a protective stance besides his maker. Clearly if anything was to happen he would lay down his own life for her. Soon after Eric walked out of the same hallway but went in the opposite direction of where the queen and the king were sitting. He looked around until he found Godric and I then made a b-line for us. Once he was by us the Queen and King decided it was time for their "first dance". With everyone's attention on them it gave us a few moments to talk.
"Are your ceremonial duties done?" I asked with an attitude. I had only discovered that Eric was going to be in the ceremony before the actual wedding party on the plane to New Orleans, and to say I was pissed off was the understatement of the year. I didn't like the fact that Eric had been out of my sight for so long.
"Yes those duties are over with Lover." He said looking down at me with a raised eyebrow. "But there is still much to be done."
Things began to clear as vampires and their human's or accomplices went out to the dance floor and started dancing. I felt Eric shift next to me. I looked over in the direction he was looking in and I saw a determined looking Sookie with a tall, rather muscular, bald man walking towards us.
"Eric, Godric… Miss…" The tall man said breaking the ice once he and Sookie had arrived at their intended destination; right in front of Godric Eric and I.
"Emilie." I said giving him a smile, letting go of Godric's hand to shake the huge mans hands.
"Quinn." He said as he shook my hand lightly.
I immediately looked the man over. He, obviously, wasn't from Mississippi, because he didn't have an accent and he wasn't dressed in their rather gaudy attire. He had lovely purple eyes that a woman could just stare into for days, and a baldhead that seemed to shine if any type of light hit it whatsoever. Besides those more obvious features, he was rather attractive in the face and tall… very tall. He and Eric were probably the same height. I started wondering to myself why this man was here. Clearly he wasn't a vampire and had no political importance to the state of Louisiana.
"Sookie," Eric said nodding to her. "Quinn, this is our human Emelie. I assumed you would be hosting this event given its magnitude." Ah so he was an Event planner. I wouldn't have guessed that in a million years. Why was he standing with Sookie though?
"Well yes, that is my job." He said rather bluntly.
"Aren't we just moving around the supernatural community?" Eric said with a lazy smirk. But I couldn't help but wonder what this man Quinn really was since Eric made reference to him being supernatural.
"Quinn has been watching over me since we were both in New Orleans at the same time. You know, with Bill meeting his final death and all." She spoke the words harshly to Eric.
I didn't doubt that there was a crazy the look of shock written all over my face. When had Bill died, and why wasn't I told about it? I looked at Godric and Eric. Neither of them looked to shocked to hear the news, I could only assume that they knew about it.
"Since Quinn and I have become friends over the past few weeks," She said looking up at him with a genuine smile. "I thought it was best to have someone with me at such a huge event, that had my best interest at heart. Since neither of you would help me. And since I am no longer claimed by a Vampire." She said looking at Eric and then angrily at me.
"Wait what is going on? Why are you looking at me like that? What did I do?" I questioned quickly. What hadn't Godric and Eric been telling me?
Sookie turned and looked at me like I was crazy. "I guess it wouldn't be beyond Eric to keep things from you. But I would have expected Godric at least to tell you." She said like she felt bad for me.
I took a deep breath, as I tried to calm down. "We really are sorry for your loss Miss Stackhouse." Godric said calmly. Sookie just glared at him. "But now is not the time to talk about this." Godric said calmly grabbing my hand again. I gave him a half smile before turning to Sookie.
"Look I already tried to apologize to you about what happened at that mansion okay, but we can settle this later if we all survive tonight." I said quickly in a hushed voice. "Some bad stuff is about to happen tonight so you and your…friend… should probably leave."
"If something so bad is going to happen why are you still here?" Sookie replied snottily. Geese she was acting like such a brat tonight. You think she would have learned after everything that happened in Dallas just to back off.
Eric, who was seemingly fed up with the back and fourth conversation, decided to end it rather abruptly. "You don't need to know why we are still here Sookie. You have been warned. You and the Were-Tiger may stay if you want to watch the bloodshed if not leave."
Sookie's mouth fell open as her hands found their way to her hips. Maybe she hadn't been expecting Eric to respond in such a manner, especially after what happened to Bill. Was she really expecting sympathy from Eric of all people?
Suddenly there was a long high-pitched scream in the room. Eric looked up towards the kind and the queen while Godric and I looked around to see what happened. An skinny African American male Vampire, who I assumed was from Mississippi due to his attire, had struck a Louisiana Vampire with a knife, cutting off his head with one swift swing. Everything seemed to be in slow motion as the head of the vampire rolled a few feet away from where all 5 of us were standing. As the shocked head of the now, literally dead, vampire came to a stop so did everything in the room. After a second of nothing… The whole room irrupted in utter chaos.
Out the corner of my eye I saw Quinn drag Sookie away from where we were standing. By the time I turned forward I saw 3 of the Mississippi Vampires running toward us. A small smirk appeared on the lips of my Golden haired Vampire as he let out a battle cry that had probably not been heard for centuries. Stoicly, Godric quickly stepped forward, and I was pushed lightly, Or I guess what can be considered a light push from a vampire, away from where this mini battle was going to happen. In a matter of seconds pale body parts were unceremoniously sprawled around me. By the time I stood up and backed away from a limb that moved towards me slightly both Eric and Godric were nowhere to be found.
"Fuck!" I yelled in Swedish over the screams and sounds of fighting.
Looking over to where the Queen and King were supposed to see I saw the King duck off into the hallway that leads to a back door. I scanned the room for the Queen and found her easily. She was still close to her thrown and had Andre and two other very large men who seemed like they HAD to be from another century fighting in front of her. Suddenly I felt someone yank on my arm. I turned around to realize it was Godric.
"Where is Eric?" I nearly screamed. But Godric, just like in my vision, didn't answer me. Instead he responded by pulling me through the crowd of fighting vampires stopping once or twice to fight off any vampire that got too close to me.
There was debris everywhere. Broken tables, chairs, and glass littered the floor, but Godric continued to pull me much faster than I could actually walk. By the time we got close by the thrones, that were placed in the front of the room on a three step pedestal, I tripped over my dress material and fell straight into a pool of blood. As I slowly tried to get up I noticed a familiar face next to my left hand. Talbots lifeless body was oozing blood. He had been staked through the heart.
I was brought out of my daze when Godric let go of my arm to fight off another Louisiana vamp. That's when I felt a deep long scratch along my leg, ripping my dress and cutting into my leg. I screamed out in pain as a Vampire tried to latch onto me. The Vampire had half its body, from the waist up, and I'm sure it was hungry. From the looks of the tattered clothing that was left, this was a Louisiana vampire, but at this point I really didn't care. Out the corner of my eye I spotted a table leg that had been broken. Luckily for me it looked wooden with a steel tip. I used my telekinesis to levitate the leg to me quickly and just as the vampire but into my leg I pushed the splintered leg of the table into its head killing him. Why hadn't I used my powers earlier? I was sitting here running around like I was defenseless. That made me upset . I grabbed the leg out of the dead vampires head. I figured having a weapon on me besides my powers, might not be a bad idea. After Godric got the Vampires out of my leg he swopped me up Bridal style and we ran at vampire speed into the hallway that lead to the door where the King had went through.
The hallway was eerily empty. It was not super deep, so we could see what was going on outside of it, but it was also dark. Which made it not very friendly. I mean who would willingly run into a dark hallway not knowing what is there. Then I thought about why I was even here. Eric. In my heart I knew Eric had followed him in. I head yelling from the other side of the door, which made me anxious. I tried to feel Eric through our bond but it was like he completely cut me off. Godric tried to open the door carefully so that no one would hear us but it was no use. The door was locked. I looked down at my leg and realized I was still bleeding. Maybe the vampire had hit a major vein or something.
"Godric I cant feel Eric at all!" I said. I wasn't sure when I had started shaking, maybe it was from the blood loss or maybe it was because in my heart I knew I loved Eric and I would be emotionally scared for life if he died. "My leg." That's all I could muster up at the moment. It was in excruciating pain but I was trying to act like none of that mattered. I had to work fast because I knew I was losing way too much blood.
"He is still alive." He said as he gave a small wince. What was that about? "He probably cut your bond so that you both will not be effected by the others emotions." Godric said hastily. "See if you can unlock the door Emelie."
I put a shaky hand on the doorknob, as Godric held up most of my body weight, and concentrated on the door unlocking. The door looked exactly like the door from the guest room I was in so I could picture the lock on the door perfectly. As soon as I felt the door click, I opened it slowly.
The Hallway lead to a rather large room that I could only guess was the library at one point. Now there were books and blood everywhere. Apparently a few Vampires had been killed in here also. I, with the help of Godric limped into the room. Where were Eric and Russell Edgington? I hear a loud bang and a moan from Eric.
"Did you just think you were going to come in here kill my subjects then my own. You know I can snap you in two with my pinky!" I heard Russell yell from the right side of the room.
Godric and I slowly and carefully made our way over to that area. He had to carry me since I was still losing an immense amount of blood. All the energy was seemingly pouring out of my body (pun intended).
"I trusted you! And this is how you repay me? I should kill you right now!" Edgington said hastily.
As we turned the corner we saw Edgington with his hand on Eric's throat. He didn't have to lift him in the air and crush his throat for me to feel the power that Russell was emitting. Instead of squeezing his throat more Edgington took Eric's arm in his free hand and snapped it clear in the wrong direction. Godric seemed to freeze and hold my body tighter. I felt a small wince. Maybe he could feel everything that was happening to Eric even though I couldn't. Maybe his
Eric seemed to be suppressing a yell through his grated teeth it was obvious that he was in a lot of pain. I had to think on my toes. I wouldn't let it end like this. I couldn't let this end this way.
"Edgington!" I yelled suddenly diverting Russell's attention from Eric to me.
"I could smell you from outside the room." He said slowly as he turned his body towards me. "Did you come to watch your loved one die in front of you like I had to watch mine?" He asked sarcastically.
Eric looked in my eyes for a brief moment then turned to Edgington. "We have a score to settle this has nothing to do with her."
"This has everything to do with her and the other blond!" Edgington yelled back into Eric's face. "Enough talking Northman. I hope you said goodbye to your human…" he said cockily.
He was distracted this was my chance. With all the energy I had left in my body I sent the broken leg of the chair flying into Russell Edgington's back, just missing his heart. Things began to get hazy as I heard Edgington say "You missed."
With another swift movement Eric pulled the piece of wood towards him, pulling it completely out of the kings body then slamming it into his heart. "But I didn't!" He said slyly.
"Eric she is lost too much blood." Godric said quietly. "I don't believe you can-"
"Now is not the time Godric!" Eric yelled back.
I was on the floor… When had I gotten on the floor? I saw Russell Edginton's body laying lifeless on the ground as well. I guess Eric had killed him. I felt Eric's wrist being shoved in my face, but the blood he was giving me only seemed to pool and flow out of my mouth. "Swallow damn it!" Eric yelled at me.
I wanted to obey his order, but I couldn't. I didn't have enough energy to even swallow. I was slowly drifting out of consciousness when I heard Eric whisper "lover stay alive for me." He bit into his wrist reopening his original wound and shoved it in my mouth. I don't remember anything much after that except darkness.
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