Disclaimer: I Don't own anything of the True Blood Universe.

Sorry this has taken me so long to get out. My Dad died October 6,2010 and as you can imagine I was devastated. My writing was something that my Dad always encouraged so without him writing lost its meaning. I want to dedicate this chapter to the memory of my father James E. Caldwell. You are and always will be the greatest man I have ever known.

Special thanks to Tsumi for her awesome beta skills.

Chapter 15

When I awoke the next night I felt lips kissing on my shoulder and moving down my back. I kept my eyes closed and let a grin spread across my lips. I let the memories of last night flood over me remembering how connected I felt when Eric's lips touched my skin. As I felt the lips go lower and lower my fangs snapped out, something wasn't right. I didn't feel that connection. I gathered all my strength and flipped my body so hard I threw, whoever was kissing me, to the floor. I looked around and noticed I wasn't in my room. I wasn't even in the palace. I had no fucking clue where I was. I quickly scrambled to my feet and made a rush for the door only to burn my hand on the door knob. I tried to grab again only to have my skin sizzle.

" It's silver Fey." The man behind me said. I knew that voice, but why would he have me in an unfamiliar room trapped by silver.

"Alan what the hell is going on? Are you okay? Did they hurt you? Why were you just kissing me?" I asked trying to regain my sanity and make sure he was ok.

" Ah first things first, you need to get dressed. I am fine and no one has harmed me. Im sorry for startling you with my forwardness, but when a beautiful woman is laying in a bed naked its hard to resist touching her. Now lets get you dressed. Sir will be here soon." he said pointing to a very formal looking dress and shoes.

"Who is Sir? What the fuck is going on and where in the blue hell are we?" I said looking at him.

"Get dressed Freya. Then we can talk unless you insist on talking to me in the nude." he grinned.

" Could you please stop looking at me like a damn piece of meat. Eric would not like that." I said trying to cover myself.

" I plan to do a lot of things your Viking will not like. Now get dressed, Sir does not like to be kept waiting Goddess." he spoke

"Fine, we will talk as I dress and you will advert your eyes or else I will have Eric rip them out and hang them from his rearview mirror." I said walking toward the clothes that had been laid out for me. As I began to dress I asked my first question.

"Why am I here Alan?"

"My maker has requested your presence." he replied

"Your maker? Why would she want to meet me?" I asked surprised.

"Oh my dear sweet Fey you are so trustworthy. I sometimes forget how young and gullible you really are." he laughed, "My maker was not an ex lover. My makers name is Michael. He has been waiting for you since you were conceived. He met you once But that meeting didn't go very well." he explained.

" I have never met your maker. I am sure Tante would have told me if I had. Come to think of it I don't even know a Michael." I thought out loud.

"I never said you met him. I said he met you. You were just a child then. None could have foreseen you as the Immortal Goddess of Love. Not even my maker. Shame they had to die." he explained calmly

" I'm lost. Who died?" I asked confused.

"Your parents of course." Alan said, again calmly.

"You mean to tell me that your maker is the reason my parents are dead?" I yelled turning around fully dressed. My blood was boiling and I thought I was going to burst into flames from all the anger that was burning inside of me. I felt betrayed and hurt, but most of all I felt guilty.

"No that is not what I said. We must work on your listening skills Fey. You are the reason your parents are dead. He just happened to be the one who killed them, that's all." Alan stood up, straightened his clothes and looked over at me. "Now that you are dressed why don't we go talk to him." he said gloving his hand and opening the door, making sure to remove the door knob and place it in his pocket.

" I am not going any fucking where with you!" I yelled at him my anger still burning in me.

"Freya really you must calm down. All this excitement is really unnecessary and I have grown tired of it." He said rubbing his temples.

"Oh well please forgive me for not giving a flying fuck what your tired of." I spat back with pure hate in my voice. As soon as the words left my mouth I felt the slap across my face.

"You will never speak like that to me again." Alan said with conviction.

"I hope you enjoyed that because when Eric finds out you're a dead man." I said holding my cheek.

"Stop your babbling and come on. My master has waited long enough." he said pushing me forward and through the door.

I walked down the hall trying to prepare myself. I was about to meet the man who had murdered my parents. Somehow telling him to go to hell just didn't seem like the right thing to say. Stabbing him or ripping his throat out was more what I wanted to do. But I wasn´t raised like that. My thoughts were interrupted by someone clearing their throat. I looked up and saw a man as tall as Eric with dark hair and green eyes

"Hello Freya, my name is Michael, please take a seat." he said.

"I would actually prefer to stand. You know the ability to be able to make a quick exit." I said with a sarcastic smile.

"Alan was right you do have a mouth on you." Michael laughed.

"Well I can honestly say he hasn't told me a God damn thing about you." I retorted.

He walked toward me and every instinct in me screamed at me to run away, but I wanted to know what this man knew about my parents. I couldn't believe that this man was talking to me as if I was an old friend. He had killed my parents and was acting like we were here for tea.

" Can you please just tell me why I am here." I asked in a bored tone, while I never lost my gaze on him.

"You my dear are here for me. I believe that you could be my greatest prodigy." Michael smiled

"Prodigy? Don't you already have one of those?" I said and nod towards Alan with a distguest expression.

" Yes I do but you could give me something he cant." he explained.

"A good swift kick to the balls?" I grinned wickedly at him but only earned a shake of his head.

"Vicious . Can I now continue?"

I sighed in a bored way because there was no reason to show this guy any of my good manners.

" I assume you mean the power of an Immortal Goddess right?" I said sarcastically

" Well you are rather cut throat but yes. You are smart for someone so young. It is very refreshing. Alan maybe you should take notes." he laughed

The room was silent for a minute before I decided to speak.

"So is that why you killed my parents? Because my mother wouldn't hand me over?" I asked

" No I killed your father for that. I killed your mother so you would go to an orphanage and I could adopt you and raise you to be my ideal mate and greatest weapon. But alas Kellan and Isis ruined that plan. I thought for sure he would tell Isis that she couldn't raise you but I guess he has mellowed in his old age. The Kellan of the old days would have killed you himself in front of Isis just to prove a point. How I miss the good old days of vampires actually being the brutal monsters we are." he sighed with a smile.

"It's amazing what evolution can do isn't it. To bad you come from the shallow end of the gene pool." I spit back at him.

I felt the familiar sting of a hand across my face. I couldn't be sure who hit me as it happened so fast. I spit out the blood that was in my mouth and growled.

"I don't know who just smacked me but the next person to touch me is getting a God damn stake through the heart." I said angrily.

"Such a smart mouth we will have to train you better. Are you going to give yourself to me willingly or are you going to put up a fight?" He asked while examining his nails.

Before I could answer Alan slammed his hand down so hard it cracked the solid oak table. Michael and I both turned our heads to stare at him.

" Sir why do you love her more than me? Am I suddenly not good enough for you?" Alan yelled

"Alan control yourself. I grow tired of these tantrums. Sometimes I wonder what drew me to you." Michael said walking around the table.

I sat in silence as I watched the scene. Alan had a murderous look in his eyes. I was actually scared of what he might do.

"Where did all your love for me go master?" Alan asked practically crying,

"Love? You think I have ever loved you? How did you ever make it this long with those puppy dog human thoughts?" Michael yelled back.

"I risked everything for you. I brought you an Immortal Goddess and still you do not care for me. How is that so?" Alan bellowed

"Alan, I am vampire as are you, we do not have emotions we only have hunger and want. Now as your master I demand you to sit down and hold your tongue." Michael said within an inch of Alan's face.

Alan sat down in his chair and was silent. Michael walked over to where I stood and grabbed my hand.

"Your such a pretty youth. I wonder what you will look like once you have fully ascended." he said stroking my cheek.

"What do you mean when?" I asked

"I specified not to bed her Alan! Have you disobeyed me?" He roared at his child

" Of course not master. It must have been that horrible Viking." Alan said

"Is this true Freya? Have you given yourself to that horrible Viking?" he asked me

"Yes I did. I gave myself to him with out so much as a blink. Looks like your plan has failed yet again. Oops, only second place for you, tiger." I said with a smile.

"You couldn't even bring her to me while she was untainted and vulnerable. Now we have to kill her." Michael snarled as he pinned Alan to the floor in one fluid motion.

"Your plan was flawed from the start! She was the Vikings before you ever sent me.." Alan gasped out.

"The only part of my plan that was flawed was thinking you could win her heart." Michael said applying more pressure to Alan's neck.

I watched the scene in front of me unfold. I was extremely confused. Just a second ago Alan was willing to die for this man and now he was yelling at him. It made no sense to me. Alan was right, the love in the room really had left. That is when it hit me. I was taking control of their love for one another. I had completely forgotten about my new powers. I had no idea I could remove love as easily as I gave it. So I tried to focus my energy on them but I had no idea how to control it. I had been a full Goddess less than 24 hours at this point. Suddenly Alan threw Michael across the table into a china cabinet. The loud crack snapped me out of my own thoughts. I had to get out of here. I quickly made a dash for the door. I took one quick glance behind me to make sure they were still fighting then I made a run for it. I was half way to the gate when I ran into a solid object. I looked at what I had hit and was glad to see Eric standing over me,

"Aren't Immortal Goddesses supposed to be graceful?" he smirked as he helped me up.

"Eric we have to go! Alan and his maker Michael are going to kill me!" I screamed as I tried pulling him behind me.

"Now lover do you really think that I would come all this way just to run away. You know me better. You stay here out of sight and I will make sure they will never be a problem again." he said as he put his leather jacket over my shoulders.

" Eric you can't there are two of them and one of you. They are very fast. I mean one of them smacked me and I didn't even see it coming. Now come on lets go. We can send Onkel's guards here to dispose of them. Now lets go." I said once more trying to convince him to leave.

"They laid hands on you? That is unacceptable!" Eric snarled like a caged animal.

"Eric please lets go. I am fine. See look all healed." I said showing him my face.

"Fey, I will not run from a fight! Now stay here. I was chosen to be your protector now let me protect you," he said in a stern voice

"But…" I began only to be silenced by Eric's lips. It felt like he was kissing me for the first time, I pulled him closer and closer until he pulled away.

" Stay hidden lover I will be back shortly." he said with a quick peck on my cheek.

I waited for what seemed like hours. I was worried about Eric. I wanted to rush into there to see if he was ok, but I was scared. Me busting in would distract him and then he would get hurt. I would rush into the sun before I got him hurt or killed. After a few more minutes I saw Eric running toward me. Before I could blink he was on me. He didn't have a drop of blood on him and had a look of confusion on his face.

"I have been worried sick are you ok? What happened in there? Are they dead?" I asked kissing his face.

"I'm fine Fey. I went in and was completely ready to kill both of them, but my plan kind of went off course." he said with a smirk on his face.

"What do you mean? When I left they were at each others throats. I was almost sure when you got there at least one of them would be dead." I explained.

"Well when I first walked in they were fighting and yelling so much they barely noticed me. I announced myself and my intentions and that is when everything went wrong. They looked at each other and well they started to get umm….what's a good word…intimate. That's the word they started to get intimate." he said leading me out the front gates.

"Intimate? Like they were trying to get down and do the Mcnasty with a side of extra wiener?" I asked a little shocked.

"I wouldn't have put it that way but yes that is exactly what I mean. I took advantage of the situation and staked them both with a piece of a broken cabinet. Now we must get you home before the sun rises. There are some people that are very anxious to see you're safe and to speak with you Goddess." He said picking me up and taking off into the sky(without letting me answer headed for the palace.

Isis's POV.

"Shouldn't the Viking be back with Freya by now?" I asked pacing back and forth in front of the main entrance from the throne room.

" I am sure they will be back soon your majesty." Vanessa said sitting in a chair close to the door.

"Pam, he is your master see if you can feel him." I commanded looking at Eric's child.

"I already tried that. HE calls me not the other way around." she replied.

"Godric, please call your child." I begged.

"Isis, everything will be ok. I have called Eric but there is something blocking him from feeling my call." Godric explained

"How did someone get her out of the palace without anyone knowing" I asked Kellan

"Isis honey please do not worry. She will be fine my love. Eric would rather stake himself than let anything happen to our Fey." Kellan said putting a comforting hand on my shoulder.

I had been in a bad mood every since I awoke this evening and found Freya missing. I had went to her room to tell her that Kellan and I had made a choice about her future, but to my surprise a very smug and very naked Viking answered her door. I still couldn't figure out if I was angrier that she was missing or the fact that she might have mated with Northman. Although I must give him credit as a protector, the moment we figured out she was missing he was on his way out the door to find her. He had been gone most of the night and the sun was going to rise in less than 2 hours and still no news of her being alive or dead. Kellan had sent his guards to look for her but all of them had come back empty handed. I started my millionth pass across the front door when Freya came running in laughing.

" Freya! I am so glad you are okay!" I exclaimed as I ran to embrace her.

"Tante!" she spoke as she hugged me.

" I was worried I would never see you again. What happened?" I asked trying not to shed the many tears I had.

" It was Alan and his maker Michael. They wanted to kidnap Freya and use her for her gifts." Eric said winking at Fey who blushed like a nun looking at porn.

" Alan? You mean the Sheriff of Berlin kidnapped you and was going to use you to overthrow Kellan?" Vanessa asked shocked.

" Not just Onkel. He took me to his master who wanted to sleep with me and gain all the power that comes with that." she explained.

" How did they get you out of the palace?" Kellan asked Freya.

"I don't know. One minute I was asleep the next I was trapped in an unfamiliar room." I answered.

"I will send our top guards to get them and bring them here so I can watch them met the true death." I said motioning for the head of the royal guard to come over to me.

"How did they get past security in the middle of the day?" Vanessa asked Freya.

"I don't know. I didn't ask them that. He was talking about my parents." Freya said

"Northman, you will take the head of the guards to where you found Fey so they can be disposed of." I said quickly.

" That will not be necessary Isis. When I went to rescue Fey I took care of the threat." Eric said with a smile.

" Glad to see you have talents that don't involve violating my niece." I spat bitterly.

"But it is such a good talent." he said with a smile

" Viking I could have your head on a platter." I said

"Isis, that is enough. Now if you would all kindly take a seat we have much to discuss and very little time to do it in." Lotus said from the doorway.

I had been so preoccupied with the Viking I hadn't noticed the arrival of the Immortal Goddesses. Now it was time for answers.

Freya POV.

My head was spinning as I took a seat next to Eric in Kellan's study. It seemed like every big decision or talk in my life happened in this room. This is the room I was in when Tante told me she was a vampire, when I was informed of my destiny, when I was sent off to work for Eric, and most recently when I was being told whom to share my life and power with. I sat and waited for my fellow sisters to speak.

" Now that we are all seated I think Freya has something to tell you." Lotus spoke motioning me to stand.

"Umm… well I guess I should just do this like a band-aid quick and easy. I have ascended." I said quickly.

"How can you have ascended Fey? That would mean that you have… oh." Kellan said answering his own question.

" So its true. You did sleep with Northman?" Isis asked almost defeated.

"Yes she did over and over and over again." Eric smirked at her.

" Oh fuck off you egomaniacal self righteous twat waffle!" Isis yelled back.

"Enough with the fighting. Now we must speak of what is to come for Freya." Diana said loudly.

"Of course Mistress." Kellan obediently said.

" Over the next decade she will be trained to harness her powers and to make them her own. She will be taught martial arts and every language you can imagine and some you cant. Freya you will learn about every different culture out there and you will learn how to hide your true identity from our kind. It is an amazing and beautiful gift." Trinity explained.

" Unfortunately the rest of what we must tell you is rather secretive and your loved ones must leave the room." Lotus said opening the door for the others to leave.

Once everyone had left Lotus sat across from me with Trinity to her left and Diana to her right, I felt like I was back in grade school sitting in the principals office for fighting.

"Freya, first let me tell you how happy we all three are that you have fulfilled your destiny and completed our legacy." Trinity spoke softly.

"Thank you. I am truly excited to have a chance to become someone greater than I am. I can barely believe what lies ahead of me." I expressed.

"It is a very exciting time. You will love Folkvangar in the spring." Diana said reminiscently .

" Wait… you mean like the home of the REAL Freya? Like as in the Valkyries home?" I asked extremely confused.

" One in the same. The original Freya abandoned her post close to two millennia ago. She was ready to retire to a human existence with her human lovers. But her home dear one is now yours." Lotus explained.

"So am I head of the Valkyrie now? Because in all honesty what I read in my mythology books at school said they were pretty bad ass." I questioned

" No Fey the Valkyrie have there own leaders within them. You will have to share your island with them but only a few will be selected as your guards to live in your hall." Diana answered.

"Eric will love that." I laughed.

"That is what we need to talk about Freya. Eric can not come with you." Lotus whispered.

"But he is my mate. He shares my powers now I thought that he had to go where ever I go. You three named him my protector." I began to ramble.

" Fey, calm yourself. Everything will be ok. Eric can not come during your training, But after you are trained you are free to come back and make him bound to you so that he may pass thru the threshold of Folkvangar," Trinity explained soothingly.

" Well I will bind myself to him right now." I said like a stubborn child.

"You can't. You must have full control over all of your powers before you can bind him to you." Diana corrected.

" So I must chose between my destiny and Eric? It is not fair. What if he doesn't want me in ten years?" I asked holding back sobs.

" Then you will face it with all the grace and composure of the Immortal Goddesses. Now come we must prepare for our departure." Lotus said with authority in her voice.

"Don't I get time for goodbyes?" I asked fearful of leaving the only life I had ever known behind without a farewell.

"Two days Freya. That is all we can spare. Now my dear go tell your Viking bye." Lotus said with a smile.

I made a bee line for Eric. I was not gonna waste a single second of time. I found him sitting in my room. He was laying on my bed reading a book.

"Eric, we need to talk.." I said walking toward him.

" Of course lover. What is on your mind?" he said sitting up.

" I have to leave in two days." I said softly.

" Where are we off to now Goddess?" he asked kissing my neck.

" Eric you cant go with me." I said moving away from him.

"The hell I cant. You go I go. I thought I had already made that perfectly clear. Isn't that what we have been fighting for all this damn time?" Eric asked.

" This is not my decision, I want you to be with me but you can not pass thru the entrance until you are bound to me." I said fighting back a million emotions.

"You are mine Freya. We are already bonded. Anywhere you can pass thru I can pass through. I will not let you just leave me." He said grabbing my waist and pulling me closer to him.

"I don't want to leave you Eric, but this is bigger than either of us." I said trying not to cry in front of him…again.

"Freya, what can be bigger than what we feel for each other?" He asked holding my hand

I had no answer for him. To me there was nothing bigger than how I felt for him.

"Eric you are everything to me. But to our kind I am the last hope of escaping the darkness that has consumed them. I cant turn my back on that." I said surprised by my own resolve.

"Fey, you are my light. Without you all I am is darkness." he said pulling me to him.

I reached up and pulled his head down to mine. I didn't care about anything other than feeling his lips meet mine. If I was going to be without him for ten years I was gonna make it memorable.

Erics POV

How could she leave me. I had given her everything she asked for. She was the only human I had loved in over a millennia. I made the mistake of looking Fey in her eyes and all bitterness, guilt, and anger were swept away with the way she looked at me. Her eyes were full of so much love. I knew my love for her would never be stronger than it was at this moment.

"Eric make tonight special for us. I want you to make love to me, please." Freya requested.

"As you wish Goddess." I said. I could not refuse her anything at this point

Freya's POV

Eric's hand began to slowly move up underneath the front of the dress I was wearing. He was gently caressing and scratching my thighs and teasing me. He moved from my thighs to my breasts. His other hand slowly followed suit until he was cupping both of them. He brushed his long smooth fingers over my nipples trying to harden them even more than they already were. He lifted my head and kissed my lips. I continued our kiss as he stripped me of my dress. I was suddenly aware of my lack of underclothes. I pulled away admiring the amazing vampire in front of me. Eric had taken my second of admiration to rid himself of his own clothes. He laid me down on the bed laying on me. I loved the feel of his weight on me. He slowly kissed my cheek and then my lips before he rolled us over for me to sit on top of him. His hands found their way to my hips. He lifted me up and pulled me down quickly. I felt him enter me in such a rush I gasped for air. He felt amazing inside of me. He filled every inch of me and made me ach for more. I slowly began to slide up and down on him. I heard him groan in pleasure.

"Ride me my Goddess. I love watching your face as you ride me." Eric grunted.

He guided my hips as I began to quicken my pace. I couldn't get enough of him pounding into me. I needed this as much as he did. The feeling of him sinking his teeth into my neck made me scream in ecstasy After four hours of riding the man of my dreams I climaxed seconds before him. I gasped and fell onto his chest memorizing every inch of his skin and how it felt against mine. I knew that this was going to be the hardest thing for me to leave behind. Leaving my Viking was the biggest sacrifice I had ever made. I began to shed the tears I had been holding back.

" Don't cry lover. I need you to be strong. If you lose hope then I know there is none." Eric said sitting us up and wiping away my tears.

" Ten years is a long time. I just hope when I can come back you will still want me." I said confessing my fear.

"Do you have such little faith in me Fey. You are MINE. I want no one else nor can anyone ever compare." He said kissing my forehead.

"Such a sweet talker." I laughed.

"I will miss you Freya." Eric admitted more to himself than to me.

"I will miss you too my Viking. But I will think of you everyday and before you know it, I will be right back with you." I said putting on a smile for him.

" I'll be counting the nights." He said laying us down.

I snuggled into him and listened to the soft hum of the lights. I secretly prayed that this new life was gonna be worth everything I was being forced to give up.

A/N: Thank you guys for all the loving reviews and well wishes. I hope you enjoyed this chapter only one more to go then this one will be over. Tsumi and I are already working on the next installment. Please leave me a review I love hearing what you guys think of the story. Thanks Tess