As I entered the living room I noticed that Tyler's eyes rose to meet the sword for a brief moment then looked away defiantly somehow knowing of his imposing fate.

"Eric, I know who has Jason." Sookie said as she wiped a tear from her cheek and continued. " When I looked into Tyler's mind I saw a bartender from your club give him the sword. They wanted to kill Susan because she was getting to suspicious of the bartender stealing money from the club. Eric, they wanted you to kill Jason for their crimes!" She said in disgust as she buried her face in her hands. I walked over to her and placed my free hand on her shoulder trying to give some sort of comfort. How could this be? Sookies words only confirmed the contempt that I felt for Longshadow. His sire had been the king of Arizona and at one time and had very high expectations that Longshadow had never been able to meet. I had given him the job only when his sire had asked as a last favor before he decidedly met the true death. Longshadow's envious nature must have over taken him completely for him to put the only relic bequeathed to him by his maker in danger.

"What do we do now?" Sookie said standing ready to take action.

"Sookie, it will have to wait until tomorrow as much as I would like to end this tonight the sun will be up shortly." I said glancing out the window at the night sky.

"Tyler could take me to where Jason is; I could get Jason out alive by myself." She said frantically trying to put the details of her plan together.

"Do not be naïve; you would walk into a house filled with vampires, and their servants? You would not make it out alive. You will stay with me, and then when the sunsets there will be justice." I said determined to have my way.

"I will not say with you; we just met!" she said defiantly. I pulled her close to me staring directly in her eyes, so that I might get my point across better.

"Sookie, my bartenders name is Longshadow, and if this is indeed his plot he is not a stupid man. He will have eyes everywhere watching to see what happens now. That means that is not safe for you anywhere expect with me at the moment. That means you will stay with me." I said still holding her close.

"Alright, I will stay with you, but no funny business!" She said hesitantly shoving me away. I smiled as I watched her quiver from our brief touch. Miss. Stackhouse was affected by me, whether she choose to admit it or not.

"I promise no funny business; that is unless you want it." I said giving her my best smile. She only rolled her eyes as moved a little further from me.

"What will we do with Tyler?" she said still trying to gain composure from our brief encounter.

"He will come with us; where he will be held prisoner until the queen can decide his punishment for his crimes."

I grabbed Tyler forcing him to rise from the couch, and turned him to face me.

"You will come with me willingly to pay for the crimes you have committed." I compelled him making it easier to manage him. It worked well because he followed me like a lost puppy to the car.

Within seconds we were pulling up the drive way to my modest mansion. I watched Sookie's reaction to my large estate, but once again I was shocked as she was unimpressed by my wealth. I parked in the garage and lead them through the garage entrance to the house.

"Wait here, while I settle Tyler in." I said leaving Sookie in the kitchen while I lead Tyler to the cellar; I cuffed him to the railing of the stairs leaving him alone without a word. His day was going to come, but right now I wanted to be alone with Sookie; everything else could wait until tomorrow.

I entered the kitchen to find her sitting on a bar stool looking gloomy. Her fierce loyalty to her brother intrigued me; at Tyler's apartment she had been willing to risk her life for him. She was such an unusual human with her courage and telepath abilities.

"Would you like some food? I keep some around for my human guards." I opened the fridge looking for something edible.

"Yeah, that would be great." I pulled out some lunch meat and made her a simple ham sandwich. When I finished I sat next to her, and slide the sandwich over to her. She looked at me with amazement in her eyes and then started laughing.

"What's so funny?" I asked not really getting the joke.

"Of all the things I expected of you; I ever expected to see you making a sandwich." She continued to giggle.

"You continue to surprise me; just when I think there is no good in you, you do something that amazes me." She said suddenly serious. "I think that there is good in you, or else you would not have offered to help save my brother even before you found out it had something to do with the bartender. I think I see a light in you that you don't even see yourself." I stared at her astonished by her words. She leaned in closer to me, and pressed a soft kiss on my lips catching me completely off guard. Her kiss was so gentle, but it set my lips were on fire just to know that she wanted me. I was suddenly unable to think of nothing else, but being inside her. I pushed away the sandwich; a then lifted her up on the counter by her hips all the while never letting her lips leave mine. She kissed me back with a passion that matched my own; surprising me again when she wrapped her long bronze legs around my waist, and moved her hips in slow steady circles grinding against me driving to the brink of insanity. I could take no more; I slid my hands underneath her lifting her up with her legs still intertwined around me. I carried to Sookie to my bedroom and laid her across my bed watching her blonde hair spread around her.

"You're so beautiful." The words left my mouth before I could stop them. There was no doubt I wanted this woman, but there was something else that separated her from all the other women she made me feel thing deeper than lust.

"Sookie, are you sure you want to do this?" I said almost regretting the words once they were out. I just knew that I wanted her to want this as much as I did and not regret it tomorrow. I wanted more than her body; I wanted her soul and the very thought troubled me deeply.

"Yes, I want you Eric!" she said with hungry eyes; pulling me down beside her, but as I went to remove her shirt she stopped me.

"There is something I do need to tell you though; I' am a virgin" she said embarrassed turning her head obviously afraid I would turn her away. Instead it touched me that she would give me such a great gift. I stroked her hair and glided my hand slowly across her jaw turning her to one again face me.

"What a great honor you give me Sookie."