HELLO YALL! FIRST OF ALL, LETS ALL CRY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO WAIT SIX FREAKING MONTHS FOR SEASON 4.

I decided I might as well do a little top 10 moments for the season finale because I JUST LOVE IT :) yes my dears, I LOVED it... So if you haven't watched it yet, I suggest you skip to the stars down there and the non spoily part of my author's note because IT IS IMPORTANT YOU READ IT :)!

**** SPOILER ALERT ****

DRUM ROLLS (the order doesn't count, I just loved all those moments from the finale :D)

okay here we go:

1) Tara leaving HAHAHAH I don't like Tara. Sorry for all of you Tara fans (are there really that much?) but I was sick of her whining and crying and complaining... Yes, you've had trauma. So did others. Now shut up and cut your hair and go away in your car. Btw, liked her haircut. Was a fresh change :) wish you the best though, Tara :) lots of happy and good times away from Bon Temps (ironic since Bon Temps mans literally in french Good Time hahahaahah!)

2) Hoyt's mother and Summer's FBA Intervention. Read FangBAnger Anonymous hahahaha LOVE IT very funny, very fresh. Hoyt, I love you man, you kick your sorry mamma's ass! And Summer is plain dumbwitted hhahaha :)

3) HOYT AND JESSICA WANTING TO GET MARRIED HOW FREAKING ADORABLE :)

4) SOOKIE SAVING ERIC. HELL YEAH you won't let him roast like that, DUH you like him SILLY :P LOVED that she just ordered Bill to bite her so she could feed Eric. Eric is a silly naughty boy for drinking so much though :P NAUGHTY NAUGHTY but hell we like him like that don't we :)

5) Alcide being WEIRD LOLL 'I even had a couple of dreams about you...' Huh big boy, don't tell the girl, keep her GUESSING LOL how adorable though I mean he really likes her he's just awkward as hell. Heck, in the show, after Eric, he's my next man :) In the books, it's a different story... ah well life ain't perfect. LOVE ALCIDE :)

6) Eric saying to Bill and Alcide: -HOPE YOU TWO ARE DONE EYE-FUCKING EACH OTHER!- I NEARLY PEED MY PANTS! I SWEAR IT WAS LIKE 2:30 AM AND I WAS ALONE IN MY BASEMENT CRACKING UP BECAUSE OF THAT! LOVVVEEE ERIC'S HUMOUR. HAHAHAH

7) Sookie laughing evilly as she poured Talbot's remains down the drain hahaha wasn't that just fun hahahaha she looked SO evil :)

8) YIKES MOMENT: Bill BEING A TOTAL WHORE TO ERIC AND CEMENTING HIM! I WANTED TO CLIMB IN MY SCREEN AND RIP HIS FUCKING BILLSHIT FACE TO SHREDS ! ARWWWWW but then it all got better because of number 9:

9) ERIC SEXY EVEN COVERED IN CEMENT. I Mean is it even LEGAL for a man to look good even after having been CEMENTED? IS IT? Dear god, the man is gorgeous... Why can't we have boys like that in Montreal? Why oh why? See that's why I want to go to Sweden next summer :D lollll

10) SOOKIE FINDING OUT THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BILLSHIT :D hahahahah wasn't that EPIC? Our hearts did bleed for her, but Eric was there to soothe her with his sweet: I'M sorry to see you suffer like that but I thought you deserved to know the truth. Heck yeah she did. Thanks, Viking :) we heart you mucho mucho.

After so much emotions, we can all just hope Sookie enjoys her vacation in Lala-FairyLand. (Of course she'll come back, those of you who were like OH GOD SHE LEFT...) I mean come on... Yeah :)

My thoughts/hopes/guesses on the twists and season 4?

1) Eric will help Bill dispose of the Queen even if he resents Bill for trying to dispose of HIM. Or maybe Jessica will help Bill. Bill's not dying. The Queen might not be either (Btw the fight was just disturbing. They looked like ugly puppets :D)

2) Eric will be cursed hahah because Sookie won't fall for his Vampire side so my guess is he'll be amnesiac and cute and adorable and she'll see that sweet side of him she happens to like more than she'd admit.

3) Sookie WILL come back from Lala-Fairyland. She wouldn't leave her bro behind. Or Tara.

4) We'll get some more of Tara... her new life or something.

5) Tommy... Sam is really a fucking whore btw. I was pissed he even shot the poor baby. He can't read. You don't kick a dead puppy! Sam shot his leg or something. He can't have gone all psycho on his BRO! I hope not anyways.

6) Jesus will be on team Holly to fight the witches :D and Lafayette and him will have conflicts but be together :D

7) Jessica and Hoyt will get their happy time. But Hoyt's bitchy Mamma will make it tough on them. But they're strong :)

8) We will get some Sookie-Eric smut. I MEAN COME ON :) We've waited long enough. And the fourth book is full of it... And Alan Ball already confirmed the Witch plot for the fourth season... so technically, we'll get it. At least some smoldering kisses and heavy making out if not the actual shabang... God would I love a twist on that infamous shower scene! Did I mention that I'm in total awe with Alex Skarsgard's impersonation of Eric? Well if not (haha), there, TOLD YOU :)

VOILÀ! END OF SPOILERS! SORRY FOR THE LONG LONG RAMBLES BUT HEY, I DON'T GET TO DISCUSS ALL THIS WITH THAT MANY PEOPLE LOL

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Okay I'm almost done here. Just HAD to mention one of my readers and good reviewer made this awesome banner for my story (I was literally drooling in joy and awe) I mean no one has ever done that for me and I was just so so happy I asked her to be allowed to put it here so all of you could see it :) ENJOY! And thank you so much again Mavrosal for that beauty :) http:/mavrosal . files . wordpress . (take out the spaces :) can't post the link apparently :P)

Now, thank you all so much for the awesome review and criticism. I love it seriously. It keeps me thinking and imagining twisted ways to keep you all interested in this story :) I know sometimes maybe the chapters aren't always as good as others but I do my best to keep you guys entertained. So here comes this new chapter! Hope you enjoy it!

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Eric stared at Arlene with hatred in his eyes. I remembered that our last run in with her had been quite an unpleasant one on my part and I sighed.

'Why do you come to me for help? I thought you hated me…' I said to Arlene, frowning.

'She kind of had to. If not for the current mess, she wouldn't be here at all…' Holly supplied. Geez, thanks. I looked at Holly and realised how awkward this situation was all.

'Why me?'

'Why her?' Eric said, his body protectively in front of mine.

'Because of you.' Holly said, looking at Eric with interest. She didn't seem to fear him the least bit which was rather unsettling. Either the woman was insane or she was suicidal.

'What the hell?' I asked Holly, slipping aside Eric to approach her.

'He's powerful isn't he? I can feel his energy. And quite the hunk too.' Holly commented, a sly grin on her face. Eric looked at her, his face puzzled. Yes, Eric was definitely quite the hunk, but that was definitely the last thing on my mind at the moment.

'Yeah so what? How the hell did you know we were coming here anyways?' I asked her, suddenly remembering how truly bizarre it was that they happened to be on my porch at the moment I chose to return to my house which I hadn't been to in a few nights.

'We took a chance.' Holly whispered, mystically. 'And we got lucky you actually came.'

'Okay what the fuck is going on?' I said, exasperated.

'What do you know about the witches of Shreveport? And why the hell do they want your new boyfriend huh?' Arlene snapped, cutting to the chase.

'How is that any of your business?' I snapped right back at Arlene. I heard a growl ripple through Eric's chest and I put my hand soothingly on his arm.

She's lying…The redhead one. She's lying I can hear her heartbeat fluttering like a fucking moth every time she opens her goddamned mouth…She's not telling us something…

I listened in to Arlene's thoughts and sure as hell she was trying to conceal something from me. Not very effectively.

'You told them where he was? You told the fucking witches Eric was here? With me?' I yelled at her, pushing past a very still Holly to push Arlene. 'Why the hell did you do that, you… you bitch!' I yelled at her. I put both my hands to my mouth at the harsh word I'd just used on a woman I'd considered until recently to be my friend.

'How dare you read my mind you sneaky viper!' Arlene replied, her eyes wide in surprise.

'Lucky for us I did.' I snapped. I turned to Holly.

'What do you need our help for? Are they headed here?' I asked her, knowing she knew a lot more than she was willing to tell us.

'They said they'd kill your brother first and then Tara and then Sam and more if you wouldn't surrender…' Holly said grimly, her face decomposing at the idea of so many people dying.

Eric roared.

'How can they do that? What do they want?' I shuddered all over. I hadn't saved my brother from the panthers of Hotshot to let bloody witches get at him.

'They're powerful. They cursed him, didn't they? Any Wiccan could tell. What kind of curse?' Holly asked me, jutting her chin at Eric.

'Something to do with physical distance between us two. We can't part.' Eric grunted, deciding to trust Holly in lack of a better plan.

'Oh. I see.' Holly said, looking from me to Eric and back at me. 'Wow. Impressive. You're lucky.' She said to me. I eyed her curiously but decided to let it go for now. What the hell was she talking about anyways? Arlene was going to snap very soon, I could tell. I listened in on her brain wave. She was quite the strong broadcaster.

I just want my kids back, poor, poor babies can't believe they took them… Hope they're not hurting them… please let them be alright, please, God…Why won't she just let the monster go so we can all live through this? Vampires don't even deserve to live…

'They have your kids?' I asked her, my eyes wide in horror.

'When I came home from work yesterday the door had been kicked in and my babysitter was knocked out on the floor. And that freakishly tall woman was in my living room and she told me to tell her everything I knew aboutthe both of you' she said, looking at Eric 'otherwise she'd kill my babies.' Arlene was now sobbing almost hysterically.

'Hallow.' Holly muttered. 'Hallow has them. She wants him. And since you can't part, I gather she wants you too. Hence her menacing to kill your brother and friends from Bon Temps if the two of you don't surrender and go to them…' Holly completed.

'And how do you fit in all this?' Eric asked her, matter-of-factly.

'They approached the local Wiccans for our assistance. They are a mighty big coven. I've never seen such powerful witches. Must be all that Vampire blood they consume, it seems to fuel them very effectively. They want to grow bigger and take over Shreveport and the whole of Renard Parish I gather…' Holly continued.

'You're helping them?' I accused her, frowning, taking a step back and away from her. I listened on the area and wasn't too surprised to hear buzzing as if lots of people were approaching. Not good. There were a few wolves amongst them.

'I refused. She said she would deal with me later…' Holly replied, not abashed by my accusation. 'I'm not the enemy, Sookie. I know you don't like me much and I don't know why, but I'm not the enemy here, not at all. All I want is to help you.' Holly said, taking my hand and pressing it softly. I suddenly realized I'd never even had a good reason to dislike her and saw that for once I might have been genuinely wrong.

'Alright. People are coming. A good twenty of them. What do you suggest we do?' I asked Holly. She looked at Arlene and sighed.

'She was ordered to keep you busy whilst they made their way here. If you're gone when they arrive, they'll kill her kids.' Holly finally admitted. I gasped.

'Shit!' Eric growled.

'Please, just don't let my kids get killed. Please, Sookie, for the love of God, stay. They don't want you anyways! They just want him!' Arlene choked through her tears.

'I won't.' I decided. 'Eric, I think we don't really have a choice here…' I said, eyeing him, fearing his reaction.

He simply stared at me and sighed. He produced his cell phone from his pocket and speed dialled.

'Pam, the witches are going to take us. Be at their warehouse with the weres.' He said to her. I could almost hear her yell in anger. 'Just do it. I don't give a shit. They need me alive to drain me. Yes. No. Just do it damnit. I order you!' He growled. He then snapped the phone shut.

'Can you and your Wiccans be of any assistance?' Eric asked Holly. I was suddenly very nervous. The buzzing was getting louder and louder. They were getting very close.

'Yes. Where and when?' Eric gave her Pam's number and told her to be there in a few hours ready to pounce. We'd have to be very smart about this one because I was sure as hell the witches of Shreveport weren't going to go down without a bloody good fight, bloody being the most important adjective in the sentence.

'Alcide?' I asked Eric.

'And his pack, coming to help us. They'll meet up with Pam and Chow and the other vamps Pam has found to help us.'

I tried to concentrate to read the approaching witches' minds to know what to do but Arlene was crying hysterically and I couldn't stand it. I slapped her hard across the cheek to bring her back down to earth. She looked at me, taken aback.

'Sorry but we need to concentrate here. You're kids will be alright, Arlene. Now just shut up.' I said, harshly.

Holly helped Arlene up and they moved back towards the porch. I could see people walking out of the shadow the forest casted on the clearing around my house. I turned to Eric and kissed him softly.

'Are you sure about this?' I whispered to him, fearful.

'Trust me. I'll protect you.' He whispered back, pulling my lips to his for another sizzling kiss.

'How very touching.' A sneering voice said. I craned my head from the embrace in which Eric kept me and looked at the woman who had just spoken. She was exactly as I remembered her from that brief encounter we'd had in Fangtasia a few weeks ago. Hallow was tall, around six feet I realised, and she was pretty in a bony supermodel kind of way. She had long brownish caramel hair that curled down her back and she had dark eyeliner that made her eyes stand out. She looked at me for a while than turned her attention to Eric.

'So this is it? This is the person our curse tied you to? How very amusing.' Hallow said. I sighed angrily. I looked at the people standing around her. They were of every age and every background but they all looked up to Hallow with both fear and respect. Next to her stood her ugly brother. Where nature had gifted her with bony features that made her face beautiful, the same features on a man made him look like a hungry cat. He eyed Holly and Arlene who were standing on the porch. In the crowd, I finally made out two small kids who were terrified. Arlene's children. Arlene spotted them and yelped, trying to throw herself at them. Luckily enough, Holly had the sense to hold her back.

'Ah right. The kids. You kept your end of the deal, you might as well take those sluggish whiny miniature humans…' Hallow said. She crooked a finger at one of her minions and they let go of the kids who ran to their mom. Coby and Lisa looked fine and relief washed over me. They stared with wide eyes at me and Eric whilst Arlene nearly choked them to death in a hug. She then hurried them to her car which was parked somewhere in the clearing. When they passed by us, the two kids looked at Eric and smiled softly.

'Hello.' Arlene's little Lisa whispered. Eric eyed them and turned his attention back to Hallow. Holly stepped off the porch to stand with us.

'Let's make a run for it!' I whispered to Eric, desperate for some action. But he held my arm firmly in place.

No. They'll kill your brother. Or someone else. We'll stick to the plan.

I felt a pang in my stomach and breathed slowly.

'Now, now. Holly?' Hallow said, looking at the Wiccan up and down. 'You are one powerful witch…'

'Wiccan. I'm a Wiccan. I respect the art and our Goddess Nature unlike the likes of you, Hallow.' Holly replied, hatred in her every word.

'Alright, but you would be a great addition to our coven. Why won't you join us?' Hallow's brother said. It was the first time I'd heard his voice and it sounded almost as edgy as his face.

'Never. I already told you I had no interest in your business. I won't stand in your way but don't you try and force me into helping you. I won't do it.' Holly replied, her voice strong and fearless. The woman had nerve.

'Alright. We'll deal with you later. You'll come to our side some day, my dear. One day, but all in due time. Now I have some unfinished business with our Mr Northman here. And his human addition.' Hallow snickered.

'Fuck off.' I muttered at her, my arms draped around Eric's hips as he held me close to him.

'Feisty.' Hallow's brother commented. He was really freaking me out. I remembered that both he and Hallow were werewolves as well as a few others from their pack so I decided to keep quiet for the moment. Hallow shot a knowing glance at her brother and stepped forward towards me and Eric.

'What do you want this time, Hallow?' Eric asked, pretending like he had no idea she intended to drain him.

'You, darling. Just you. You are quite the piece, you know?' Hallow said, her voice now a seductive purr.

'Give me one good reason no to rip you to shreds right this instant.' Eric menaced her, anger flaring through the bond. I tensed up next to him.

'Because whilst you might actually manage to get at me and my brother, I rather doubt you'd have time to kill the entire coven before they ripped your precious little human to pieces and picked their teeth with her bones…' Hallow said, taking another step towards us. She then turned to two of her minions and spoke to them in and unknown language. Before I knew it, they were on Eric with silver chains and my skin burnt in the exact same places his did. I then remembered how I'd felt when the Queen had cut him with her silver knife. I'd felt his pain but my anger had taken the best of me and I'd cast that deep down. Apparently my fairy powers also helped in isolating myself from any outside influence. But now I felt it very clearly. I whined in pain and dropped to the ground, my knees in the grass, trying to make it stop. Eric growled out of pain, but also because he didn't like me suffering.

'Un-silver me! You're hurting her!' He growled, trashing at the two weres that were holding him back. How I knew they were weres, I couldn't tell, because for now, all I felt was the white-hot pain searing my neck, my arms and my torso, everywhere where the silver touched Eric.

'Hurting her?' Hallow mused, cocking a questioning eyebrow. 'Ah right, the curse. I guess she'll have to endure it, my dear. I don't want to risk losing you once more.' She said, caressing Eric's cheek as he panted in pain. I hissed in anger and tried to stand up but the pain was overwhelming and I slid back to my knees.

'Take them to the car.' Hallow ordered the weres and I was carried along with Eric into a big black van that was hidden in the woods. They dropped us in the back and were careful to leave a safe distance between me and him so that I couldn't un-silver him. I was in too much pain to even try that. I was going to faint if it didn't stop soon. The van started running and next thing I knew, I was in a damp room, locked in a cell. I looked at my surrounding and almost gasped in relief when I noticed Eric's slouched form in the cell next to mine. He was not tied or restrained anymore but I knew without even asking that the bars to our cells were coated in silver.

'Eric.' I whispered, my voice harsh.

'You alright?' He said, approaching the bars to look at me. I crawled to the bars and grasped his fingers through them.

'Yes, I'm alright now. How do you stand the pain?' I asked, referring to his silver chaining.

'We get used to it at some point. But still, it hurts like a bitch. I'm sorry you had to feel it…' He excused himself, caressing my cheek without touching the bars.

'What do we do now?' I asked him, nervous.

'We wait.' He whispered back, putting his back against the wall to rest. I did the same, the bars the only thing that kept us apart. He grasped my fingers through them once more.

There are people watching us. You can't see them because it's too dark but I can. The room is also much bigger than a few cells. I think there's a door on your side on the far left. Whatever you do, don't say anything that might lead them to think people are coming for us. We must buy ourselves some time.

'Well duh…' I hissed at him. Sometimes vampires really did underestimate humans. He clenched my fingers once more and I listened to his thoughts carefully.

Sorry… I know you're smart. Now when Pam and the gang arrive, I want you to stay as far away from trouble as you can. I'll have to fight the moment I'm free from this damn cell but you should just worry about getting your ass to safety. I'm not asking. I'm ordering.

I looked at him and frowned.

'You're thinking. Not the same.' I hissed once more. 'I'll do as I please, thank you very much. You're not the boss of me just because we are sort of together.' I continued, a sly smirk on my lips.

'You are insufferable, woman. Can't you just obey?' He growled at me. I could feel through the bond that he was worried for me but I also felt lust. Damn it, did the man only have thoughts for that?

I was still thinking about my answer when lights were turned on in the room and I covered my eyes to protect them. My sight adjusted to the crude lighting and I looked at the surrounding. Our two cells were quite small compared to the rest of the room where obviously, rituals were held. The entire place looked bathed in a greenish goo an it was damp and smelly. There was a dark pentagram painted on the ground and a bunch of stuff was set on a table. A few chairs and empty boxes completed the furniture of the sparse room. And there were people, lots of them. Most of the witches I had seen in the clearing were now pouring in the room, along with Hallow who had a knife in her hand. Not a cute little pocket knife, oh no. More like a butcher let's-chop-some-tough-cow kind of knife. I swallowed loudly.

'Let's have a taste of the big boy.' Hallow said, approaching Eric's cage. He tensed up and I looked at him, fearful.

'Give me trouble, Northman, and I'll make you watch whilst I pick your little girlfriend's bones clean.' Hallow said, an evil smirk on her lips. 'Will you obey or should I call my wolves on her?' Hallow asked Eric, rattling her knife on the bars of his cage.

'I'll obey. But touch a single hair on her head and I swear there'll be no stopping me when I rip all of your throats out.' Eric menaced her, standing up to approach the door of the cage. She opened it with gloved hands (silver and werewolves…)and stepped aside, allowing him to walk out. He looked over his shoulder at me, silently ordering me to relax and keep quiet. My breath caught in my throat when I saw Hallow push him to his knees roughly. She was a strong bitch.

'Take your shirt off.' She ordered him, smirking. Eric glared at her and complied. The man didn't exactly have an issue with nudity so he just shrugged and pulled his dark tank off and threw it on the ground next to him. I could feel his anger and frustration at having to comply with her wishes. He who was usually in control now had to obey. Most female witches in the room actually had the nerve to giggle. And I mean every single one from the youngest one (who looked no more than fifteen) to the oldest crumpling one. Yes, my Viking was quite the sight shirtless.

Hallow bit her bottom lip thoughtfully and gestured for her minions to walk out. She wanted to be alone with her prisoner. Obviously the woman didn't give a damn if I watched as she got her way with Eric.

'You are a very handsome man.' Hallow said, running her blade on his bare skin, pressing lightly so as to not cut just yet. Eric growled and looked at her defiantly.

'I'm not a man, Witch. Haven't been for a thousand fucking years' He growled.

'True enough.' She said. She grabbed his chin roughly and turned his head to the side. 'You're smart to obey. I know for a fact you value that little human quite a lot. Though why, I can't tell. She's not that pretty. Or special in any way.'

'Like you would know.' I snapped at her. Eric glared at me, warningly. He didn't want her finding out what I was capable of just yet.

'What a spirited little girl you've got, Northman. Why do you fancy her so?' Hallow asked, her blade under his chin, lifting his head to meet his gaze.

'Why do you care? Just cut to the chase and bleed me if that's your wish.' He growled at her.

'I won't spare all of you just yet…'Hallow whispered, slicing the skin at his collarbone to draw some blood. Eric tensed but didn't give her the satisfaction of expressing his pain. But I sure as hell expressed mine. I yelped and clutched my collarbone, tears rolling on my cheeks. Eric turned and looked at me, worried. Hallow lifted her gaze and frowned at me.

'Won't she just shut up already?' Hallow sneered at Eric. I listened to her thoughts briefly.

I wish I could just kill that ugly little human and have him. He deserves something bigger than that…

'You fucking bitch! He wouldn't have you even if you were the last person on earth!' I choked.

'What did you just say?' Hallow snapped, staring at me. What the fuck is she saying? Did I think out loud?

'No you didn't, you cow. Non-special me can read minds, you dumb bitch! You didn't do your homework properly now did you?' I sneered at her, my breathing uneven from the pain.

Before I could do anything, she unlocked my cell and barged into it. She roughly pulled me to my feet by my shirt collar which caused me to wince in pain. The woman had a really bad temper…

'Now you tell me what the hell you are I'll make sure your dying Vampire is the last thing you'll see in this life.' Suddenly, she was off me and pressed against the wall of the cell, her face burning at the contact of the bars. Eric stood between me and her, holding her in place with one hand.

'I told you not to touch her.' He growled at the witch who cried in pain, swearing and desperately trying to protect her face from the bars.

'You'll be punished for this, Viking.' She hissed. He finally let her go and she crumpled disgracefully to the ground whilst he pulled me to my feet and out of the cell. I closed the door behind me so she wouldn't follow. I hoped she wouldn't be able to bolt the cell open with her spell and wished dearly for none of her minions to have heard the commotion. Apparently luck was on our side because no one barged in the room just yet.

'So much for not doing anything stupid…' I grunted at him. 'We're outnumbered and now she's mighty pissed.' I snarled at him, the pain growing dimmer and dimmer by every passing second.

Eric threw me a look that would have frozen hell over and I backed off.

'Alright, alright. Thank you.' I muttered to him before looking for something, anything that I'd be able to use as a weapon. I spotted Hallow's butcher knife and picked it up, weighing it. I saw that the wound on Eric's collarbone wasn't fully healed. He looked at me and embraced me.

'Drink.' He simply whispered to me. And I obeyed. I knew it would make me strong and I'd need it when the fight would erupt. I took one or two mouthfuls and Eric grunted. Ah yes, vampires got their kick out of it. I stepped away from him, surprised that Hallow hadn't started yelling or calling for her minions just yet. Suddenly, I let my shields down to listen in on her thoughts. She was simply sitting in the cell, her face heavily scarred by the bars and she was looking at us smugly.

Brother, come. It is time.

'What the fuck…' I started to say. The woman could brain-talk with her brother? Like I'd once done with Barny the Bellboy? Eric lunged for me and pulled me on his back before I could say anything. The room filled with smoke and I coughed, holding on Eric's back for dear life. All I had time to see was Hallow's face contort with rage.

'What's happening?' I asked him as he slowly backed off towards the cells.

'Pam.' He simply replied. My eyes went wide as saucers and then chaos broke out in the room and I heard yelling and screaming and the next thing I knew, Eric threw me off his back and into his now empty cell. He seared his hand trying to lock the door and simply gave up, turning all his energy and attention to the fight. There were people everywhere and to try and keep up, I would have needed to actually see what was happening, but the smoke was heavy and covered everything with a white blurry blanket. It smelt slightly like fog and I assumed it was though it didn't make any sense for it to be in a warehouse. I tried to find the door to my cell but all I managed to do was bump my nose in one of the bars. I yelped in pain and suddenly I saw it, a dark, big wolf. He was standing outside of the bars and looking at me intently with soft, golden eyes. I knew those eyes. Alcide. I smiled at him and he growled in what I hoped was recognition. He sniffed me and then turned back to the fight.

I saw a flash of golden hair emerge from the mass and then felt a searing pain to my arm. I groaned and realised it must have been Eric who'd been injured because I was perfectly fine. I tried to remember where I'd entered the cell and where was Hallow's. If I was correct, she was to my far left. I headed that way to make sure she still was locked in her cell but of course, someone had gotten at her and I saw through the fog that her door was hanging ajar. The door to my cell was still tightly shut if not locked. I didn't really feel like going out there and getting ripped to shreds by an angry bunch of werewolves, vampires and witches. Had I not been this deep in the supernatural world, I would have laughed at how Halloween-party this all sounded. Apart from the dying people and the yells and the litres of blood that surely splattered the foggy room. I felt a pang to my chest and then to my arm. Eric again. And then I heard him.

Careful! Sookie get the fuck out of there! NOW!

I lunged for the door but it was already too late. Right in front of my cell stood Hallow. Her eyes were a shining silver and the skin on her face was seared and patchy. And she somehow hovered above the ground. And hell did she look mighty pissed. I swallowed hard and lifted my butcher knife, ready to fight.

'Hello, little one.' She said, her voice sending chills down my spine. 'Missed me?'

Oh fuck, I thought.