Sookie couldn't fight the dark anymore her eye lids drooped and she felt herself falling this time she woke up standing out front in the yard working in the garden, she heard a noise behind her and her body got stiff she jumped and turned quickly "go away Bill." She screamed only it wasn't Bill or his family of vampire that was watching her instead it was the man she loved more than anything it was Eric.

Eric moved closer wrapping his arms around her and pulling her into him, they hadn't had the time to be together much lately and she missed his touch more than she knew. His hands moved up and down her body and her moans let him know how much she was enjoying his touch, Sookie wrapped her body around his as the two of them fell to the ground his need growing between her legs she let her kisses tell him how bad she wanted him.

Sookie rocked back and forth grinding his man hood into her warmth she had no idea why her need for him was so great, her other dreams had left her feeling frightened and alone while this one seemed to be her living out her deepest fantasy. Eric's hands cupped her breast massaging gentle as he looked into her eyes, she continued to grind on top of him as he ripped the pink sundress from her body and rolled her underneath of him.

His hands clawed at her panties until they lay in shreds beside them and thee she lay on the front lawn of her childhood home ready to make love to her man, Eric's kisses trailed down her body lingering just above her wetness teasing and taunting her Sookie threw her head back and gasped as his tongue lapped at her nub. She reached down and grabbed a hand full of his full brown hair and screamed her hands pushed at him as she tried to slide away from his touch but he locked his arms around her waist holding her down as he licked at her sweet spot.

She screamed and kicked but his grip was to strong and she couldn't help the shutter she felt as she as his mouth work on her, feeling pleased with himself he lifted his head and moved his body to align with hers "you missed me" Bill whispered in her ears as he kissed her neck. Sookie couldn't believe how stupid she was to think her dreams would be free of Ocella and his blood line, she should have known better and now here she was stuck under his body while he forced himself on her again.

Bill spread her legs with one hand while holding her down with the other just as he had done before when he held her captive only this time he was gentle as if his caress would make her enjoy sex with him, Sookie fought against him using everything she had but Bill moved quickly wrapping his hand around his full erect penis and pushing it inside of her. She screamed out begging him to stop but her words had no effect on him Bill continued to wiggle and pump inside of her as she watched the sun started to rise over his shoulder.

Sookie's eyes flew open as she fought the air around her kicking and screaming she jumped to her feet and backed herself into a corner looking around the room for safety, Eric stood in the doorway watching her panic and he knew what she was dreaming about she had had the same nightmares for months after Bills death. He waited for her to calm down and look at him before he walked over and picked up her thin pale body from the floor next to her bed, he held her close to him and rocked her until he felt the tension leave her body.

"Sookie what's going on?" he asked in a hushed tone while he held her body to his, the coolness of his skin felt like fire against hers and she couldn't help but shiver as she spoke telling him about the dreams she had been having the last couple of nights . "Eric Bill said he's inside of me what does he mean?" she asked sobbing into his chest, Eric had no answers for her he had Pam and everyone else he knew trying to figure it out ever since he got the message from Alcide but still nothing was certain and no one had ever heard of anything like this.

Eric carried her to the kitchen where Alcide was sitting at the table looking horrified at what he had just seen and heard, he got up from the table and pulled two bottles of blood from the refrigerator and popped them in the microwave before he turned to speak to Sookie. "Jason called and Tara I think you should call them before they show up here" she looked down at the blood covered night gown and her pale thin hands and she knew he was right if they showed up now they would never understand what was going on, Alcide sat the two bottles of blood in front of Sookie and Eric lifted his eyebrow questioning his actions.

"If she eats human food she vomits blood until she passes out" Alcide said in a somber tone, Eric looked from him to Sookie as if he didn't believe what he was being told until Sookie shook her head and picked up one of the bottles and pressed it to her lips gulping half the bottle before she put it back on the table. Eric looked at her waiting to see the expression he normally saw when I human tried the substitute blood but Sookie just seemed pleased to have something in her stomach, "Eric don't stare at me like that you haven't seen what real food does to me."

He smiled at her nut he knew something was going terrible wrong if she was only able to keep blood down. Sookie pushed herself off of Eric's lap and tried to stand like she had done the night before but her knees felt weak and buckled underneath of her, Eric's hands reached out grabbing her around her waist and he realized how thin she had gotten in such a short time.

Sookie's head started to spin and she could feel her stomach churning under Eric's hands as the blood she had just drank poured from her mouth, "Eric what is happening to me" she screamed before heaving again this time the blood that ran from her was her own she could taste the iron in it as it passed her lips. Her body ached as she collapsed in Eric's arms she didn't feel tired like she had during the day but this time she just felt ill, Sookie had never been sick even when she was a child the worst this that had ever happened to her was when she fell off her bike in second grade.

Eric carried her to bed and covered her with the layers of blanket that were thrown across her bed he looked at the woman he loved and he could barely recognize her Sookie's hair was limp and color less and her skin looked that had always looked freshly kissed by the sun was now gray but the scariest thing was the way her kin seemed to hang from her bones as if she was rotting in front of his eyes.

Alcide called Eric into the kitchen where he filled him in on how she had acted earlier that day he feared that Sookie was dying and he challenged Eric to find a way to save her, "this is your fault Northman you and those other blood suckers have written her a death sentence" he barked in Eric's face before turning and storming out the back door slamming it behind him. Eric would have went after him he would have torn his head from his shoulders for speaking to him that way but he knew in some way Alcide was right had it not been for the vampires in her life Sookie would be a picture of health and beauty .

Eric walked back into the bedroom where he found Sookie crying she had overheard Alcide's words and Eric could feel through their bond that she was scared that she may really be dying, He rushed to her side and climbed onto the be careful not to move her too much and he held her as she cried. Eric had no idea how to figure out what was going on with Sookie but he had an idea where he could start to find out Eric flipped his phone open and dialed Pam's number "bring me a copy of Bills computer program" and he snapped the phone shut.

Pam showed up in record time with the software Eric demanded and he searched through it right away looking for the only thing he could think would get him the answers, Armand Deliagua the oldest vampire on the program at four thousand and nine hundred years old. Eric searched the information for a way to contact the ancient vampire and once he found what he was looking for he wasted no time sending orders with Pam to bring the vampire to him at any cost, he walked into the bedroom and found Sookie sitting up in bed wiping blood from her mouth and trying to cover the fresh puddle beside her so he wouldn't see.

She looked across the room and saw the look of shock that flashed on his face Eric rushed to her biting into his wrist and putting to her mouth letting her drink until she felt she had all she needed, he didn't know if it would do any good or if it would make things much worse but it was all he had. Once Sookie finished drinking from him he carried her to the bathroom and washed her carefully from head to toe, his blood seemed to be staying down which was a relief to both of them when he sat her at her vanity and brushed her hair before he stripped the bed and put fresh sheets on.

Eric laid her on the bed propping her up with a few extra pillows from the couch before he gave her his wrist again Sookie drank again but this time much less than the last time but still it stayed down, dawn was approaching and there was no sign of Alcide Eric was worried about leaving Sookie alone for the day especially with her nightmares. The sky grew pinker and Eric had no choice he carried Sookie up to the attic and laid next to her on the cot she had made up for him days ago, Eric fought the pull of the sun until he was sure she was asleep and then he let the day take him.

Sookie woke up in her bed warm and toasty, she knew she was in a dream and she could expect someone from Ocella's blood line any minute but she was enjoying lying in her nice clean bed free of pain and sickness. Sookie could feel that she was dying inside but she couldn't bear to tell Eric what she was feeling the look on his face seeing her sick was terrible enough, She hadn't been able to use her telepathy in days and that made her worry even more that her mind was slipping away as well as her body.

There was no way to tell when someone would show up and ruin her dream so she took advantage of all the free time she had, Sookie took a long hot shower and rubbed scented lotion over her skin, her dream had given her back her mind and her body. Sookie felt the buzz of all four vampires brains in her head and she knew they were all waiting somewhere in the house like boogeymen ready to jump out and attack, she continued to pamper herself fearing that if she left the room it would all end.

Sookie dressed in her nicest sundress and sprayed perfume from head to toe and even threw on a little makeup before she opened the door and headed out into the living room, she was met By Ocella this time, he lounged in her grandmothers favorite chair with his legs crossed and that devious smile on his face. Sookie didn't jump when she saw him instead she stayed calm and took a seat in the chair next to his, she knew he couldn't hurt her not for real anyway even if he killed she would wake up and be in Eric's arms.