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Chapter twenty-nine
Ammy's POV
"I'll go get us some coffees" I announce as I stand up, Alec standing up to stop me.
"No, I'll get them. Mom and dad are in the cafeteria anyway, I'm going to go talk to them. See how they're holding up. I wonder if they're reconnecting over their child" he mutters the last bit to himself as he walks out of the room, leaving me on my own in the room with Jack. Alcide was in here not too long ago, he was paying his respects and came to offer Alec and Jack's parents his support; he is their pack leader after all. I look over at Jack, his usually golden skin is paler than usual, his normally perfectly straight hair is stuck up all over the place and he has bandages and cuts and bruises all over him.
Then it hit me.
I can heal him; I do have the powers for it. All Angels have the power to heal; we just cannot heal each other. I take a deep breath as I place my hands on his forearm, all my concentration going into this as I heal him. But then something went wrong. Very wrong. His heart monitor suddenly slowed down and loads of beeping went off, his blood pressure dropped dramatically, making the machine scream out, causing me to jump out of my chair and up against the wall as he starts to shake all over as the doctors and nurses run into the room and straight to him.
"He's going into cardiac arrest" one of them calls out as one of the nurses pulls over a defibrillator.
"Ma'am, we need you out of the room" one of the male nurses comes and ushers me out of the room, my heart pounding. What happened? That should have healed him, not almost kill him.
I watch through the window as they shock his body, but no response is happening.
"Ammy? Ammy! What the fuck happened?" Alec shouts as he runs to my side to look into the window, his parents trying to run through the door but the doctors keep ushering them back out. His mom is crying her eyes out as his dad shouts the odds.
"I…I don't know. He just started to shake, and the machines started to beep and then they were running in, saying that he was going into cardiac arrest" I stutter, tears falling down my cheeks. If he dies it will be all my fault. But…but it should have healed him. Why didn't it heal him? I look inside the room again to see that shadow woman stood in the corner watching the show for herself, an evil grin on her face. She did this. She made my powers go the opposite way to what they should have done.
"No, no. Come on, Jack. You can pull through" I hear Alec murmur next to me, his voice cracking. I bite my lip as I watch, counting the minutes that go by. Three minutes. If they can't get him back to normal in the next two minutes he might get brain damage. I will never be able to live with myself if anything happened to him. We watch patiently as they carry on, my eyes flickering between the clock, the woman and Jack. Please. Then it happened, his heart beat returned to normal, his blood pressure going back up and the beeping suddenly disappeared. Thank you, God.
Sookie's POV
"The lake is so beautiful. Just look at how the moon reflects off of the waves" I sigh happily as I stare out at the lake; Eric has took us on this little boat so that we can explore the Italian lakes. They're so amazing; it must be great to live here.
"It is nowhere near as beautiful as you, Lover" Eric murmurs in my ear, his arms are wrapped around my waist, his hands on my baby bump.
"You're such a charmer" I giggle as I look up at him, his lips coming down to kiss me lightly. I love the feeling of his lips against mine. When he releases my lips I look over to the twins who are sat with the captain, he's showing them how to work the ship.
"Lover, how would you feel if I was to tell you that I want us to get married while we are in Sweden?" Eric probes. To say that I was shocked is an understatement.
"I would say you were crazy. Eric, that's like in a week's time. We can't plan, invite and organise a wedding in that time" I panic, my heart rate speeding up.
"What if I was to tell you that I have already planned and organised it all, but all we need to do is find our outfits and invite those closest to us?" he must be joking, right?
"Eric, you are joking right?" I demand as I turn in his arms to look at him, there is no way he can be serious. One week. Really?
"Do you not want to marry me, Lover? I know I have wronged you and caused a drift between us, but I thought I had mended the worst of it" he sighs, his face dropping into a frown.
"Of course I want to marry you, it's just that…a week? Don't you think that is a little too soon considering?"
"Sookie, I love you with all my heart. I thought that would be enough to prove to you that I only want you. I know I have screwed so many things up over the years, but I want to fix them all. So far I have fixed the worst and there is very little cracks left now. At least, I hope I'm right there. I just want to make this official. I understand if you don't want this, but just remember that no matter what; I will always love you" he assures me, I will admit that I didn't miss that slight hurt run through his eyes when I hesitated and I instantly felt him cut off the bond. He's hiding his emotions from me.
"Okay. Let's get married in one week. But that means I need to go dress shopping very soon. Wait, what about Ammy?"
"One step at a time, Lover. First of all, let's tell the twins. We can phone Ammy up later. Hopefully the Were's brother will be fine when it comes to our wedding, if not, we can postpone it for another week. I have no problems with us remaining in my home land. It gives me more time to show you around the places I fought in, the place where I lived. Although we will need to travel towards Norway for me to show you exactly where I lived" he wonders off, the bond reopening making me smile. I hate it when he cuts it off; I'm so used to feeling him that when he turns it off I feel as though I have lost part of myself. Part of my soul, part of him.
"I'll phone Ammy when we get back to the hotel. I want to see how Alec is holding up. It can't be easy for him, if anything ever happened to Jason I don't know what I would do" I point out, Eric nodding in agreement.
"I'm sure all is well, do not fear, my Lover" he leans down and kisses me, his hand stroking over my baby bump lightly.
"Oh, before I forget. I'm due for a scan, Eric. I forgot to book one; I'll need to have one soon though. It's just to make sure the baby is okay"
"I will phone Ludwig, she can come over and do it for you after our wedding before we go off to…enjoy our wedding night" he even offers me a fangy smile making me giggle.
Ammy's POV
"What's up, Ammy?" Alcide probes as he sits next to me in the waiting room, I have left Alec and his parents to talk to Jack. He's just woken up and I didn't want to intrude.
"Do you know how Jack went into cardiac arrest?"
"Yes" he replies cautiously, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"Well, I was trying to heal him. You know, us Angels we can heal people easily, other than ourselves. But something happened and it went wrong. I almost killed him, Alcide. I'm a horrible person. But it wasn't my fault, there was this woman-"
"Woman? What woman?" he demands, his interest spiking. Does he know that woman? No, surely not. She died years ago, probably when I was still a little baby.
"I don't know her name; all I know is that she is this shadow person. She used to be an Angel, too, until my mother killed her when I was a baby. She did it to protect me. But now this woman wants payback, revenge. And I'm it" I sigh.
"How is she back? That is impossible without witches magic" he points out, making me shake my head.
"No, it isn't. When an Angel dies, well, they don't really die. They just go to a different world where they exist as a different type of Angel. But in this other world there are some Angels who can still communicate and appear in this world. But it's only when they reach a certain status. Like how Fairies can work their way up the ladder. You know, there are some who train and work towards being an Angel? They aren't natural Angels, but they still worked their way up. That's what the Angel's in the other world do. They have to work their way up the ladder to gain access to this world. I think my mother said that they are like guardian Angels. That they get assigned to one person and it's their job to protect that person" I tell him, feeling like I have just shoved the world off of my shoulders.
"Interesting. How come no one knows of this?" oh, no. I probably shouldn't have said anything, especially if his thoughts are that. He's considering telling people about this. That cannot happen.
"Its Fae business" I quickly cover myself, cursing myself for being so naïve and telling him.
"Ammy, I don't know how I can help you. The only thing I can suggest is that you tell those closest to you and ask for their help. Maybe your mother will contact you again. She is in that other world, right?" he confirms, making me nod.
"Talk to Alec, he loves you and he will help you"
"I've already told him about that shadow woman, but I told him that we don't need to deal with her anytime soon. He has enough on his plate with his brother as it is" I sigh, hating how stressed Alec is.
"Then talk to Sookie. She is Fae; she might be able to help you. And if that doesn't work, I'm afraid to say that you may need to contact the other Angels. Maybe you will have to talk to Isaac, he seems like a bright boy and he is very knowledgeable about the Angel world and how you guys work" he points out before getting up as the door opens. Alec and his parents walking in, their faces are grim. Their minds are a huge muddle of emotions and thoughts. I can barely sieve through them.
AN: Okay, so Isaac will be coming back into play again, Sookie and Eric will be married, there will be a baby scan and this woman shall be dealt with. Thank you to AlphaSprout for reminding me about some of the things I need to deal with xx
If there is anyone who would like to help me choose wedding dresses and bridesmaid dresses, Eric's suit, etc, etc. Please do let me know, I would really appreciate the help; if you are interested I will send you PM's with the links, just let me know if you would like to help xx
