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I saw the new chapter last night and I had to say that I really liked it. I would love to see more scenes with Eric without Bill in them, but I know I can't change that on TV so I'm doing it with this fic.

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We'll Meet Again

Eric POV

When the back door opened and they let us down it was me who helped Sookie and stayed at her side all the time.

"Don't fuck it out again, gentlemen." One of the guards said as he dropped the car keys down to the ground. Bill bent down to pick them up and the three of us were looking at each other for a few seconds.

"So what now?" Sookie was the first to break the silence but I couldn't stop looking down at the harness with the stake that I still had around my chest. I didn't like the idea that someone could turn it on from distance but I couldn't do anything about it so I decided to ignore it.

"We have to find Russell Edgington." Compton answered. Of course we had to find him and kill him, was he stupid? He maybe was king of Louisiana but he wouldn't be able to find Russell, much less kill him once and for all. "Sookie, we'll take you home and Eric and I will do the rest." I looked at Compton arching an eyebrow. He would be unable to handle everything without my help, but I decided to close my mouth at the moment.

"Taking me home, Bill?" I knew a discussion was coming between them and I wasn't in the mood. "Like nothing happened?" She looked at both of us for an answer. "I can't do that, I still have regrets."

"Sookie, it's the best." I added although I hated to agree with Compton.

"You too?" She asked me with eyes wide open, like she couldn't believe what was hearing. "Eric, I've spent the last days locked in a madhouse, hoping and praying for those vampires to make a decision about me, and now you're telling me that I should go back home and forget everything. Do you realize how absurd all of this is?" She looked at us again, or glared at us, but neither of us said a word. "You, Eric Northman, you've gotten me into all this when you did not have to and now you want me at one side." I could see a half smile on Compton's lips and I wanted to tear it off with my fist. "And you, Bill Compton," and she turned to stare at him. "You're not better than him. You used me from the beginning and that's something I'll never be able to forgive you. It's possible that you did under another person's orders, that you were unable to resist, but I assure you that my opinion of you has changed a lot over the past year. You broke my heart into a million pieces and I won't let you to destroy my life again." If she wanted to feel better she was getting it. "So what do we do now?"

Bill just opened the car doors and we walked out of there. His Majesty insisted on driving so instead of sitting in the front seat next to him I sat back with Sookie. I wasn't sure she wanted me so close to her at the time but I needed to feel her next to me.

"Are you okay?" I whispered but I knew Compton could hear us perfectly.

"No, Eric. I am not okay." She replied dryly. "How can you ask me that question?"

"We've come back to Bon Temps, at least we got out of there." If anything I had learned from Sookie was to look at the bright side of things, although it was hidden, but she did not seem convinced. "Yeah, we've come back, but for how long? You made a deal, Eric, find and kill Russell Edgington, but what makes you believe that will change things?"

"It will, Sookie. We have changed our destiny." She looked at me like she wasn't believing a word but I needed to convince her otherwise.

"We're screwed, Eric!" She exclaimed and didn't mind at all that Compton had heard us. "Even if you find and kill Russell Edgington, that won't assure us that the Authority will leave us alone." Thanks to our blood bond I could feel that Sookie was worried and scared about what might happen, but I needed her to relax and act normally. "Sookie, we'll leave you at home and I want you to take a bath, relax and get into bed, okay? You're exhausted and you need to rest. I don't want you to worry about anything," I said as I stroked her cheek, and I did it on purpose so Bill noticed. "I'll take care of everything."

"Not gonna be so easy, Eric," she muttered, and turned away so I wasn't touching her. "I left a lot behind me when you took me away that night. Tara is a vampire, Lafayette probably hates me, and I killed Debbie Pelt. Believe me," and she chuckled, "I don't think all the alcohol in the world is gonna make me relax."

"Try it." I said no more and held her hand in mine. "Promise me that you'll try to forget all of this, okay? I know it's been too much for you, and I'm the one to blame for it, but at least I need to know that you will try to move on."

"Eric, I…" But I wasn't let her to keep talking.

"Just promise me you'll try." I smiled slightly as I looked into her eyes. "I'm not asking you to cross the threshold and forget everything has happened because I know it will be impossible, Sookie, but at least I need to know that you are trying to put some normalcy in your life." I was begging for her to hear me though I knew from personal experience how stubborn Sookie could be. "You deserve to be happy, Sookie Stackhouse, and I'll do anything in my power to make sure you are safe."

"I'll never be safe, Eric, we both know." She whispered with sadness in her eyes. "I am a magnet for trouble, you said that to me many times, and this time it won't be different." I hated her to feel so miserable but at that moment I couldn't think of anything to make her feel better.

"We've arrived." Compton interrupted our conversation but I didn't say a word, I just got out the car and held my hand to help Sookie out. "Do it quickly, Eric. We have issues to deal with." Compton added when Sookie and I started walking toward her house. "We have no time to lose." From the tone of his voice I deduced that he had heard our talk but Sookie didn't even look at his face.

"What is his problem?" She asked as we were facing the door. "You know, actually I don't care," she said shaking her head, "I want nothing more to do with him." I had to contain the smile that was beginning to spread on my face because I wouldn't make things worse between us. "I pity you 'cause you have to work with him." And we both laughed slightly. "Be careful, Eric." I wanted to kiss her and I knew she was feeling the same but Sookie looked at the car and decided to kiss me on the cheek instead.

"You're the one who should be careful." I said no more. "Keep your eyes open and use your telepathy to stay safe, okay? I will be busy finding Edgington and I need to know that at least you'll be able to take care of yourself."

"I will, Eric."

I was about to add something else but we were interrupted with Compton honking from the car. I rolled my eyes and Sookie just smiled at me.

"Your chauffer is waiting." She said grinning.

"At last a smile." And then I was unable to control myself and kissed her passionately. I didn't care that we were being watching by Compton, actually I liked that he did because I was making clear that I would fight for Sookie until the end.

Authority

"Letting go to Compton and Northman may not have been the best decision. We can't trust that they have told us the truth about Russell Edgington." Kibwe told Roman while the meeting. "We don't know certainly they didn't kill him, maybe they did and this is just a strategy to buy time."

"We can not risk it." Salome disagreed. "The slightest suspicion that he is alive is a risk that we are not willing to assume. Russell Edgington must be destroyed at any cost."

Members of the Authority looked at each other without saying a word about it, but knowing that it was the right decision. Russell Edgington supposed a danger too great for all vampires, including those with great power as the members of the Authority were.

"But the reason of this meeting was not only to discuss Russell Edgington's future and true death." Roman said, and all eyes, except Salome's, were directed at him. "We have always characterized ourselves as a society governed by laws and strict rules, but it seems that all of this has been dismissed by some members." Rosalyn looked at Alexander who had lowered his eyes to reflex about Roman was saying. "Our religion, our holy books united us as a brotherhood, united us in the blood, and now someone has betrayed that union." Roman's voice was higher and higher every second and nervousness could feel among each one of members.

"What is the price of betrayal?" Roman asked rhetorically. The members looked at each other, trying to find a clue of what was going on, but the only one who seemed relaxed was Salome. "Betrayal is the greatest sacrilege one of us could commit against their own race. The coexistence with humans is our future, without a future for the human race would mean our extinction. The Sanguinistas, and Russell Edgington, just want the subjugation of the human race, to use them as food. Russell Edgington made very clear his intentions on television and we had to make great efforts to make the human race didn't see us as real monsters eager for blood." The tension in the room could be cut with a knife and no one except Salome dared to say a word. "The Sanguinistas will get our race is despised by humans and we need humans to exist. Without them we wouldn't be nothing but dust and ashes in a matter of time." His words seemed to be making a great effect into each member of the Authority.

"The Sanguinistas made of Russell Edgington their hero when he tore a man's spine. The Sanguinistas see the union between vampires and humans as blasphemy but we still have points in common, the Sanguinistas and us." Dieter Braun was about to speak but Roman wasn't going to allow it. "We both believe in Lilith, considered her the first vampire and worshiped as a god." Roman and Salome looked at each other for a few seconds before the doors opened and four guards, one of them carrying a laptop, walked into the room and placed themselves on either side.

Seconds before Roman had the same stake he was willing to use against Bill Compton and Eric Northman.

"Is it true?" Salome asked Roman who was reading a paper that was on the laptop. The other members looked at each other and Roman looked up from the paper.

"There's a traitor among us." He said no more and the murmurs became audible in the room. "One of us has committed a serious crime that can't go unpunished." He started walking around the table, stopping behind each of them until he was between Dieter and Alexander.

"Someone sent this video encrypted, and you appear in it, Alexander," Roman said as he stood behind the vampire child. "You appear torturing and killing a few humans."

"It was an accident." He replied with a shy smile on his face. "I was just feeding and having a good time, nothing more." But according to Nora's statement, who had been tortured by Roman, she confessed to Salome that he was the traitor in the Authority. "The death of those humans is no reason for accusing me of being a traitor. I can explain…" But before he could say another word Roman moved quickly, grabbed Alexander by his collar and sank the stake into his heart, leaving just his guts on the chair he had been sitting while Roman, Rosalyn and Dieter were covered with his blood.

"The Authority will not tolerate this behaviour outside the rules!" He said firmly. "From now on the rules and laws will be fulfilled and any treason shall be punished harshly."

Eric POV

The first thing I did when I got to Fangtasia was changing of clothes and prepare myself for what I would have to do when the time came.

There were very few people who knew what we had done with Russell Edgington and I hated having to face Pam in this situation to find out the truth and whether she had betrayed me or not. The idea seemed completely crazy because she was my only progeny and she never gave me a reason to distrust but the truth was more important.

"You're back…" They were the first words out of her mouth when she walked into the club and saw me sitting on my throne. I glared at her, hoping she realized that something was very wrong, but that was when I realized she wasn't alone. Tara, Sookie's friend, was behind her without saying a word. "I suppose I should congratulate you. You're a grandfather." She said smiling even though she knew that I was in no mood for her sarcasm.

"Leave us," I ordered to Compton and he and Tara disappeared.

"I'm glad you're back, I've missed you." I didn't answer, just kept staring at her. "What happened? You've been days away and I haven't heard from you, Eric. Where have you been?" Before she could blink I had her lying down on the counter bar and had my hand around her throat.

"Where is Russell Edgington?" I hissed as I kept putting pressure on her throat.

"I don't know where he is!" She yelled but I could barely hear her.

"Do not keep lying to me!" I screamed louder and continued holding her tightly but I released her and walked away from her. "There are very few people who know what really happened and one of us had to help him to escape. And I think it was you, Pam."

I turned around to stop looking at her but it was then when she began talking and every word she said stabbed me like a knife. "How can you believe I have betrayed you? After more than a century together, how can you ask me that question?" She was silent for a few seconds but then talked again. "You are my maker, Eric, and I trust you and I thought you trusted me too."

"I'll give you some advice," I said quickly as I turned around and looked into her eyes. "I trust no one. And you should do the same." I added dryly, but I knew Pam wouldn't give up easily.

"If you really think I betrayed you and you can no longer trust me," she began, and that was when we were looking at each other face to face, "then say the words and everything will be over."

I did not react, at least physically at her words, but I felt a huge pain that was burning me inside.

"Come on, say the words." Again silence on my part. "Say the damn words and be done with it!" Pam was furious and the fact that she was pleading me to release her was even worse. "Say it!" She yelled again. "If I'm not anything for you and you can't continue trusting on me, then say the fucking words and I'll disappear."

"As. Your. Maker. I. Release. You." She uttered every word with hatred and despair. "It's that simple."

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I walked into my office to find Compton against my desk while Tara was sitting in my chair drinking a bottle of True Blood. I looked at her only for a second but she was smart enough to get up, pick up her clothes and leave my office.

"Pam knows nothing." I said no more.

"Are you sure?" How could he ask me that question? Pam was my progeny and I would know if she was lying or not.

"Yes, I am sure. Pam has no idea what happened to Russell. But maybe you should talk to Jessica. I've had to interrogate my own child, Compton, do the same with your progeny."

"Then we must broaden the search. Perhaps Herveaux told someone else so it could be anyone."

Sookie POV

I barely was working at the bar for a couple of hours when I couldn't stand it any longer. I had dropped my shields and every comment of every customer at Merlotte's was directed at me. Most of them blamed be 'cause Tara was now a vampire, others were merely thinking about my breasts, and the rest, including some co-workers as Holly, did not want to approach to me.

I walked into Sam's office and sat in his old chair, trying to think straight and breathe normally. It was too much pressure so I grabbed my purse and jacket and walked out the back door before anyone could stop me.

Trying to stop the tears to see the road, I wasn't sure how it happened but before I knew I was lying on the ground and my car had crashed against a tree.

"What else can happen to me?" I yelled as I kept mourning. "My life is a fucking shit!"

I got up and walked until I got home and it was already dark when I walked through the kitchen door. I took off my jacket and threw it on a chair, got rid of my shoes and took all the bottles of alcohol that I could find and began drinking a drink after another.

I was lying on the couch in the living room surrounded by half-empty bottles everywhere, when I heard someone knocking on the door. I looked up and saw Alcide.

"Great, fucking great," I muttered but I shouted at him to come in and he sat down beside me on the couch.

"Sookie, what are you doing?" I was sure it was pretty obvious what I was doing. Alcide was a smart guy, a smart werewolf, but guess the scene he was watching was not what was expected from a young Southern girl who always did the right thing.

"I'm drinking, why? Have you come to tell me that I shouldn't be drinking?" I asked him defiantly. "Because if that why you came you can get out now. I've had a shitty day and I'm sick of putting a good face and everyone thinks that I'm a stupid who fucks vampires." I took another sip and continued scolding at him still holding the bottle. "I fuck vampires, Alcide! I do it 'cause I'm a fucking freak and that's what freaks do."

"Sookie, I think you should put the bottle on the table…" He was going to take it off from me but I was fast enough to get away from him.

"No!" I sat back on the couch, put the bottle on the floor and buried my face in my hands. "Y'know, you should shift into a werewolf and kill me right here 'cause I'm the worst person in the world. I hurt all those around me and I'm sure if you've been in the backyard you may have noticed that it was me who killed Debbie." I couldn't believe that the words had left my mouth, but I was so drunk that I didn't even think before speaking. "Yeah, I killed her, Alcide. It was self-defense 'cause she shot Tara and she was going to kill me then. I had no choice but if you think that you should drop me to the police or break my neck, then it's something you must decide." I was crying non-stop but I hadn't the courage to face him. I knew he would be furious at me and would want to kill me with a single hit, but I could no longer keep hiding the truth."

"I know, Sookie." He said no more and then it was me who was surprised. I stared at him, his eyes fixed on mine. "The night I abjured Debbie I knew she would get revenge. She was obsessed with you, Sookie, and I knew that she was coming to kill you. I wanted to warn you but I couldn't be sure of anything. Now she's dead and her parents are looking for her in Bon Temps." If I had been sober I would have worried about what he was saying but I had drunk so much that I could barely stay awake.

"So what are you going to do?" I asked no more. "If her parents are looking for her then they'll begin to investigate, ask questions and eventually the police will come here and find out what happened. They'll blame me and lock me in a cell and perhaps is the best 'cause I won't keep hurting people I cared about."

Eric POV

I felt the exact instant when Pam went out of her coffin and checked out that Tara was in hers, so I walked down to the basement of Fangtasia and found her leaning against the wall. When she saw me we were looking at each other and I was the first to break the silence.

"Sit down," I muttered and we sat in the same step. "Russell Edgington is a great danger to us all, Pam, we already knew it before but now it'll be much worse and I can't let you put yourself at risk just for me." She was listening carefully to every word but I knew she didn't agree with what I was saying. "You're my child, as I was Godrics. You're my only progeny and you're a maker now. You have to think about your own good and your progeny and stop worrying about me."

"Eric…" She began saying but I raised my hand to stop her.

"Even if I find and kill Russell, that doesn't mean the Authority will allow me to live as if nothing happened, do you understand? I'm stuck in deep trouble…"

"I thought you had a friend in the Authority." She said and couldn't help chuckling.

"Not even her can help me now, Pam." And it was true. If Nora hadn't dead she was obviously locked and they'd be torturing her. "You can't stay with me forever, you have obligations now," and I looked at the coffin where Tara was resting, "obligations you can't ignore. You must take care of her." These words hurt me more than to her but I needed to know that Pam would be safe. "Our blood will prevail." I saw the blood began flooding her eyes and I knew it was only a matter of time before tears started rolling down her cheeks.

"Pamela," I began, "as your maker…I release you." She sobbed and cried even harder so I held her against my chest and didn't let her go at any time.

I never thought Pam and I would have to be apart, but it was what I had to do. She had to leave Louisiana if I wanted to keep her safe and I couldn't think of many more options.

I was sure at first would be difficult to accept the fact that she would no longer be by my side but if she suffered any damage, or she found the true death, I would be the only one to blame and I couldn't forgive myself ever.

This was the fourth chapter, I'll update the next week.

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