Chapter 6

Vampire Law

After Mr. C goes over all the evidence we gave him, he sits back and stares straight ahead for a few moments, finally he looks to me and asks, Sookie as you know I have been a lawyer for the supernatural for a very long time and in all that time nothing like this has ever happened, it has always been that children must obey there Makers command, I know that Eric's Maker has met the true death but still Eric had to abide by the contract that was commissioned by Freyda and Ocello, in order to protect you he changed the contract to add an additional 100 years as long as you stay safe and yes if you had married the shifter that would have made you his but I personally went over the new contract and it states very clearly that no matter what you chose to do with your life you were to be left alone or the contract in null in void so with this proof Eric can be released. The problem is if we take this evidence to the vampire Counsel it can take a while and you are still left here in danger since Eric will still be stuck in Oklahoma until the judges decide to release him. It is not a common thing for a consort to leave a Monarch since the Monarch has all the power so he could also find himself in trouble with Freyda once she finds out.

I hold my hand up to stop him and tell him that is the problem he has survived over 1000 years on this earth tortured by a cruel maker and even in death Ocello is able to continue torturing him, I don't know what Eric's life is like in Oklahoma, I don't know if he is happy there and if he is then that is fine but it should be his choice not her's she may be a Queen but she was not his chosen Queen, which should tell you that he did not want to be there he could have chosen to live in Oklahoma and open his bar there but he didn't he settled in Louisiana and he ruled his little area and he was happy up until De Castro killed Sophie-Anne and took over. All I want is for him to have a choice. Then an idea hit me! Would it be possible for you to maybe see what he wants you're his lawyer also right so could you ask to speak with him privately away from the Palace where I am sure everything is bugged, I canwrite a letter explaining what I know and he can choose if this is what he wants if it's not then I will stop and move out of the country and start a new life. I have funds from Claudine still I could move to a small no name town in the middle of nowhere and let Sookie Stackhouse become a forgotten name. He hands me a napkin from the table and I realize I have tears streaming down my face I didn't even realize I was crying the thought of not being with Eric is killing me but this is not about me he deserves to be happy and if that is without me then I will live with it.

Mr. C nods his head and pulls out a blank piece of notepad paper and a pen I get up and walk to an empty table and think about what I want to write before I begin.

Dear Eric,

I am writing this knowing it is probably too late but I need you to understand a few things that I have learned just today that have been going on since the week before I used the Cluvial Dor on Sam, Apparently Felipe De Castro gave Sam a potion to put in my drink once a week starting the week right before the wolf meeting this potion was to make me love the person who presented me with the drink which of course was Sam he is currently at tied up at my house with his mother and Bill being watched over by your Karen and Thalia, they were all involved in this from the beginning you see Sam owes a lot of money and I knew this and loaned him the money I got from Claudine which he never intended to pay back but he owed more than that so his mother came up with a plan knowing that the King wanted me that if Sam married me he could hand me over because I would be his so they contacted De Castro and he got his witch to create the potion and started giving it to me and that is why I used the Cluvial Dor on him even though I knew in my heart I loved you the potion was not letting me listen to my heart. Well apparently he has been feeding me this potion every week for a year up until this past week when he had an emergency and was not able to give it to me, all week I have been feeling awful and when I woke up today the day I was supposed to marry him I knew it was wrong and I would not be able to do it and as I sat at the vanity I was supposed to use to get ready all I could do was think about you and how much I love you and that even though the words you said to me were hurtful and wrong I know you were hurting to and just wanted to be with me no matter what but I could never have done that I am to selfish to be the other women and I deserve better than that but that is not what this letter is about I have found out that Felipe De Castro has been planning on taking me and I have proof from just two weeks ago that his plans where to take place tomorrow after I am married to Sam apparently he believes that Sam can just give me to him and it will not affect the contract I am with Mr. C now and he has informed me that this is not true your final contract protects me no matter what I choose to do in life so we have a few choices here.

First choice I can Change my name and leave the country and start my life over in a small town where nobody knows me I have no blood connections to anyone so nobody will find me, I will stay in at night and be free and you continue to live the life you are living, if you are happy in your position than I am ok with this since either way I am not staying in Louisiana as long as De Castro is the King I will not be safe.

Second Choice I can take all of the evidence I have against the King and ask for a trial with the Counsel this will take time and I don't know how safe you will be while we wait for the trial since if we win Frayda will lose you and I am guessing she isn't one to like to lose what she feels is Her's.

The Last thing I can think of is something I think you should of done a long time ago is a takeover if you are willing to be King of the states there are a few Vampire Kings who owe me there lives I will call in the favor and get them to help and maybe you could give them states to make them happy or something since I would think running four states would be difficult not to mention put a big Bulls Eye on your back.

The choice is your's and even if you do not still love me and want to be with me I understand and will accept that but you deserve to be free at last.

I Love you Eric.

Forever Yours,

Sookie Stackhouse.

I take the letter to back to the table and hand it to Mr. C he says he will take it tonight and have an answer for me in the morning I am surprised he can get it done that fast but don't say anything about it I thank him and then we take our leave. All that we can do know is wait for Eric to decide what he want to do.