Okay, I know Sookie is hogging the POV show (for reasons I think we all know) in the last chapter and the beginning of this one, but Eric will also get his chance, so be patient! And let me know what you all think by reviewing or sending me a PM.

Thanks and enjoy the bonding!

Chapter 23: By Heart –Sylvie Heart

Sookie

He pouted and she laughed as he nuzzled her damp curls. He stood then and moved to the bathroom. He dampened a washcloth and as he walked out and handed it to her, he said, "I don't care if we had a thousand uninterrupted years in this bed, it would never be enough, my Sookie."

Sookie shook her head as she cleaned herself up a little and she threw the cloth in the general direction of the hamper as Eric got back in bed and began stroking her everywhere. She sighed in both pleasure and exasperation.

"Eric, what is a bond? What do I do?" she asked as laid on her back with him on top of her again, below her ear.

He rested on his elbows so he could look down at her. He kissed her cheeks, "We need to exchange blood three times simultaneously. Then we will be bonded. I will feel you acutely and it won't fade like a tie will. You will also feel my emotions and sense my location," he whispered.

She rolled the thought around in her head. As long as she was getting as much as he would have, she was fine with that. Equals he had said. He continually kissed her cheeks, her forehead, her chin, nose, and mouth. She finally stopped him once he brushed his lips against hers and held him there.

She reached her other hand down and stroked him until he was hard, which didn't take much. He lifted himself up slightly and rolled her on her stomach. He spread her legs and slipped into her from behind and began slowly stroking into her, at an almost maddening pace.

She asked for it harder and faster, but he kept the pace and she writhed under him to get him to move quicker. He palmed one breast, massaging it and moving to the other, pinching and rubbing the nipples lightly. She gasped in pleasure and she looked over her shoulder at him. He leaned down and claimed her mouth roughly, his fangs piercing her bottom lip.

It didn't hurt. On the contrary, it added to her pleasure. It gave her an idea and she roughly cut her tongue against his fangs. At first he was startled and stopped moving, but she looked him in the eyes as she held her mouth to his and he caught on roughly slicing his own tongue and massaged their wounded tongues together.

The mixture of blood in their mouths was different, but Eric was almost feral. He began to relentlessly pound into her and finally his bloody mouth released her own. Aside from her muscles coiling up again for her third release in the past couple of hours, she felt that her tongue had healed completely and she licked her lips and swallowed everything that was in her mouth.

This was something that turned Eric on apparently because he moved at dangerous speeds in and out of her now. She was moaning and gasping, clinging to the edge of the bed. She moved with him and against him to increase the sensation and he kissed her down the back of her neck to her shoulder. She reached back and held his head there.

"Bite," she whimpered desperately as his cock rammed into the spot she needed it to. He hesitated, but then he sank his fangs into her and pulled on the marks he had made. Sookie cried out in ecstasy her muscles clenched almost uncertainly, questioning her if it was possible for it to feel this good.

He pulled away and screamed in ecstasy, shooting into her. But he was already moving at his original pace as he went back to pulling from the wound.

His semen coated her walls, causing a fantastic slippery friction as he moved in her made her forget her plan. She grabbed the hand gripping her breast roughly and pulled it to her mouth. Eric wasn't even focusing on what she was doing as he moved desperately inside of her as he drank.

She bit hard and sucked, causing Eric to literally shudder and stop drinking from her. "Oh fuck, Sookie," he gasped, slowing his thrusts back down. She pulled away slightly, "Drink, Eric," she barked out as he had completely stilled inside of her.

She drank and he began a slow pace in time with the pulls that she made on his wrist. She gurgled in pleasure against his wrist and he growled as he lowered his mouth back to her shoulder.

As she felt the wound begin to heal against her mouth, she felt the coil inside her go haywire and she came hard, gripping Eric's cock as she spasmed around him. He didn't climax with her however as he continued to thrust and drink from her.

As she came down from her sex induced high, she gasped out, "Eric, I need to see your face."

He pulled out of her and she gasped at the loss. He sat on his knees and pulled her to straddle him, immediately filling her again, thrusting up into her. She kissed him as he moved in and out of her slowly. She rolled her hips to meet his and she leaned in and said, "Eric, I love you so much."

He looked her in the eyes and she registered shock, disbelief, gratitude, and an extraordinary amount of love. He stilled his movements and she gasped as she held him inside of her fully. He pulsed inside of her and her muscles moved to take him in as deep as possible.

She gasped as she noticed blood tears rim his eyes and she wove her hand in his hair and kissed him tenderly, maintaining eye contact. She pulled back and he whispered hoarsely, "I love you so much, Sookie."

He then moved again, after being so still in her. She gasped as she was reminded exactly how he filled her so perfectly and the eye contact that he maintained with her as he moved in and out of her was the most erotic thing Sookie had ever experienced. She saw his love for her practically pouring out of his eyes.

She kissed his face and he moved in her and hugged him tightly to her as they both came for the most drawn out and intense release.

Exhausted, he laid them both down on the bed facing each other. Even Eric was panting slightly, making Sookie feel a bit better about sounding like a person dying for air. Eric stroked her back soothingly and pecked her lips.

"Have you ever," (gasp intake of breath), "bonded to another human before?" she asked him.

He shook his head, apparently unable to speak.

"That. Was. Intense," she said between gasps. Again, Eric simply nodded.

"That was only two exchanges. Holy fuck," he finally managed. Sookie swatted his arm. "Hey, I don't like that language!" she laughed out, though she was serious.

He smiled and nodded to her and closed his eyes momentarily before focusing on her one more time. He cuddled her closer to him and she kissed his shoulder at the same time he kissed hers. She giggled at the pair of them and their synchronized acts of affection.

"Although that was amazing," she said, "Well more than amazing," she admitted as she saw his eyebrow rise in disbelief, "I don't feel any different. Do you? Am I supposed to? What if this doesn't work because I am part fairy?"

Panic began to rise in her, but Eric, now able to sense this kissed her deeply. "Sookie, there is no reason to panic. It is after the final bond that you will feel differently. It will work, because although you are part fairy you are also part human and in the past you have reacted to vampire blood in the same way most humans do. And even if you don't, we will figure it out."

"And yes, I feel different. And it is fucking amazing. Each time our blood mixed, it was like I was coming alive. Sookie, you have me so tightly connected to you, and I am so happy about it," he said as he kissed her.

Sookie kissed him back, but mid-kiss she yawned and he laughed. "Did I tire you, Sookie?" he asked playfully. She nodded and he chuckled as he kissed her.

"I may need about a week of sleep to recover. Every muscle is exhausted and singing in happiness right now," she said, fighting another yawn.

"That is not an option for those muscles. I need them. Wrapped around me, preferably," he said, kissing her breasts again and his finger tickling up her inner thighs. "You have got to be kidding me if you think I can go another round," she said looking down at him.

He looked up at her and those eyes melted her. Puppy eyes. "Who is playing dirty now, Northman?"

He chuckled and said, "All you have to do is lie there. I promise."

Only one more blood exchange!