Ch 35

The book party at Fangtasia in November was a success. The tickets sold out the day they went on sale and there was a huge line for a book signing Kerrie had the next day at the local bookstore. The following night Kerrie and Eric were at the queen's mansion for a second book party. Eric noticed the strain on Kerrie trying to keep it together and not go after Sophie Ann, Andre, and the twins. He could tell from the few minutes she had a moment to herself the thought was running through her mind. An hour before dawn he watched her paced the room muttering possible spells should could use.

"Think of everyone else this will affect. She is going to accept Arkansas and things will be taken care of. We just need to wait."

"Eric, I hate them. I fucking hate them all. Sookie and Sam both think we're actually together thanks to the fucking weres." Kerrie said finally breaking down.

"Tomorrow you'll be on your way home and you get to relax. We can finish this off." Kerrie gave Eric a glare but nodded. The next night Kerrie was on her way home and Eric was back in Shreveport. He was surprised to see Bill walk into Fangtasia alone.

"Get out Compton." Eric hissed.

"I need to speak to you about Kerrie."

"Ha, your looking for help. She'll never help you. Your number 3 on the burn list." Bill's jaw went rigid.

"It has to do with Sookie."

"Take care of it on your own." Bill turned on his heel and left the bar as Eric went back to his daily business.

A few weeks later Eric received word that Bill was missing. He also heard he planned to leave Sookie for his maker, Lorena, before his coffin was taken from the airport. Eric and Pam planned what to do while Bubba went to look over Sookie. Pam relieved Bubba while Eric contacted Kerrie.

"Eric, I can't it's December. Dec is in a Christmas play tonight and I could careless if they rip him apart."

"But he has something."

"Eric, I'm betting he stashed it at Sookie's house. Work your wonders and I'm sure she'll hand it over."

Eric set up for Alcide Herveaux, a were from Shreveport, to accompany Sookie and help her get into the supe community in Jackson, Mississippi. Eric kept Kerrie up to date and had her consult the cards for a few questions. Eventually Sookie helped free Bill then kill Lorena. It was exposed he planned on leaving her for Lorena. Eric was proud of himself for his assistance and Sookie seemed to be warming up to him slightly. When they returned to Bon Temps Bill needed to help them fend off some weres leaving Sookie disgusted with both of them. Unfortunately Sookie returned the computer program to Bill but she also decided to not see Bill anymore because of his unfaithfulness with Lorena.

For the remainder of December Kerrie and Declan settled into a routine and celebrated the holidays with her family. On New Years she called Eric to tell him some exciting news. He didn't answer his phone and Kerrie had a bad feeling in the pit of her stomach. She tried his house phone before trying Fangtasia. The call went right to voicemail at the bar and Kerrie was ready to crawl out of her skin. It was getting close to dawn when she finally got in contact with Pam.

"Kerrie, we need you here." Pam said answering her cell.

"What the hell is going on?"

"Eric is missing, can you get here before nightfall tomorrow?"

"Fuck, I'm supposed to go to Bermuda with Kayte to help her with the wedding venue. I'll get there the following day." Pam made an annoyed sound. "Tell me what happened so I can start working on this. Your sure he just didn't go to New Orleans at Sophie Ann's request."

"There are witches here. They contacted us a few days ago. Eric knows you have a lot on your plate and he wanted to handle it on his own."

"Damn it... tell me about them. I'll need to know what supplies I need."

"There is a brother and sister, they are weres and I'm thinking they are on vampire blood. She desired Eric and when he refused things went bad. They sent a young witch with their terms, Eric didn't agree and Chow killed her then Eric was gone."

"What's their name?"

"Hallow and Mark Stonebrook."

To be continued... Look for the sequel Mend My Heart as well as the prequel A Light In The Dark