AN: Thank you a wonderful feedback. The last cliffhanger was plain mean, so here's an early update :)

Big thanks for my beta, keiman and kei, for fixing my mistakes.

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DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN TRUE BLOOD OR SVM. MOST CHARACTERS WON'T BE MINE. THEY BELONG TO HBO AND CHARLAINE HARRIS

Chapter 8

No One is Without Sin

EPOV

Avoiding Sookie was really rubbing me the wrong way although I knew that was probably for the best. Her person was a big distraction, she was capturing my attention and making me unable to focus on the task at hand.

It didn't help either that I had realized what I truly feel for her. I was in love with Sookie Stackhouse and I was absolutely terrified by this fact. Never being a coward, I was going to admit it to her tonight.

I took out the small box I had been hiding in my desk since Tuesday. The necklace I had chosen for my Lover was gold, just like her hair and skin and had a small elegant pendant that showed a fairy. She would hopefully see some humor in my selection.

I was about to stand up and take a little walk around the bar when I sensed many vampires approaching the premises. I called Pam to my side but at the same second, I felt her fear and surprise.

It couldn't be good.

A moment later the door to my office opened forcefully and I felt my heart clenching at the sight in front of me. Pam was standing in the entrance with her arms raised above her head and Magister's lackey - Margaret - standing right behind her. I was probably fast enough to run to her and rip the head clean off her neck...

"I suggest to not make any rapid movements, Sheriff," she hissed from behind my progeny. "Guns are quite fast."

I glanced at Pam who gently nodded her head - fucking bitch was in fact holding her at gunpoint.

I did what every reasonable maker would do in the same situation. I surrendered.

In the matter of a few minutes, my bar was cleared out when all the humans were glamored and sent on their way. Magister, that disgusting bastard, was waiting for me; sitting on my throne and watching with a smirk while his underlings are slivering both me and Pam.

My own people were all lined up against the wall, surrounded by the V-FEDs. Judging by the way Thalia was hissing at them, all of my vampires were more than ready to fight. I looked straight into Thalia's eyes and shook my head. She scowled back at me, surprised by my surrender but I couldn't risk any acts of insolence. Pam was being held at gunpoint. Thalia, Chow and four other vampires were on the other ends of those guns- and Sookie was on her way - I could sense her coming closer.

"Well, well… Sheriff Northman, I admit I was shocked when I was told about your crimes," sing-songed Magister but I averted my gaze and said nothing. "I am even more surprised that you've been just sitting there. I guess is it true what they say about old vampires – they become ignorant in their older years."

"I would like to know of what I am being accused," I said with as much authority as I could muster in my weakened state.

"That's rich!" he laughed and nodded his head at his bitch-servant who smiled at me. I watched helplessly while she slowly dragged a dagger across Pam's cheek. I yanked my chains when the shot of pain ran through me. My child hissed and tried to kick the bitch.

"You fucking dry cunt!" Pam growled and despite the whole situation, I had to smirk at my child's feistiness.

"You will remember your place, Northman," warned Magister and it didn't escape my attention that he didn't use my title. "One more sign of disobedience and your beautiful progeny will lose something. I think we will start with her ears."

I was clenching my fist so hard right now that a few of the bones were surely cracked. "Whatever you accuse me of, my child had nothing to do with this," I pleaded. " Magister," I added after a short pause.

"Of course she didn't," he chuckled sarcastically and stood up. "You and you alone will be tried; you will not be killed right away only because all vampires have to see that your age doesn't matter when you cross the higher authority! Out with him!"

I didn't fight when I was dragged outside and I ordered Pam to do the same. At first she was surprised but when I gently nudged my head aside, she realized. Sookie was very close right now and I was praying to Odin that she wouldn't do anything stupid.

For a second I was able to look Sookie in the eyes and I saw fear, panic and tears there. At that moment I would have given everything to be able to send her my emotions to calm her down and to beg with her to not do anything stupid. When I watched her driving away, I felt a wave of relief washing over me.

"You know, Northman…" I bit down my remark and turned to Magister. " I would have never suspected you to be stupid enough to kill your own queen."

SPOV

I couldn't believe him.

"You won't help?!" I yelled, ignoring Niall's attempts to hush me.

"Sookie, my dear, Eric would not want you to be put in any danger. Godric will surely send a rescue party but I can't, I just can't jeopardize my own people. We are not yet ready to reveal our existence." he explained calmly and I felt my palms lighting up.

"You old, two faced, treacherous coward!"

"I repeat, I will not support your actions," he told me and for a second something appeared in his gaze. Something like a suggestion? "If you do anything stupid, I will be forced to condemn your behavior in front of the elders."

I watched him for a minute, completely taken aback. Was he trying to tell me that I CAN do something? I was still puzzled by his expression.

"Fine," I said quietly, taking few steps back. My heart was bleeding because of his rejection. I truly thought that he liked Eric and he would help me. My grandpa didn't even raise his gaze when I was leaving his office.

Preston was waiting for me outside and I noticed he was as nervous as I was.

"My lady?" he asked, glancing at the door.

"We are alone," I told him

"But… we are?" he questioned with the same expression that Niall had given to me earlier and I sighed.

"Yes," I confirmed and he smiled gently. "We cannot count on Niall, we need to find other allies. Call my guards."

"Elves?"

"No," I told him impatiently. "All of them. I need you to do your magic. Use all those fancy computers, street cameras and stuff to find out where they have taken Eric." I was in full 'princess mode' right now and I didn't care if I was rude. I needed Eric back and safe with me.

"Yes, my lady." He was already on his way, texting someone on his cell. I had someone to contact on my own.

When I was dialing Evan's super secret phone number, my hands were shaking a little bit. How will I persuade him to help me to free a vampire from some vampire prison?

"What?!" my teacher answered me with what was typical for him… rudeness.

"Evan, it's Sookie."

"Oh no, what do you want? Did you fry someone? Because if you did…"

"No, I didn't but I am planning to," I interrupted him and I knew that I had caught his attention.

"Well, look at you sweet potato, how courageous of you… But why would I care?"

"I know you're bored…"

"I have important shit to do. I'm hanging on," he hissed and I felt tears threatening to fall.

"Please, Uncle…" I whispered hoarsely. I was met with dead silence from the other end of the receiver. "I will not do it alone, I need your help."

"Don't ever call me uncle," he murmured.

"It's Eric. They will kill him, I know they will. I need your help to free him." I begged.

My fists clenched when I heard him burst into laughter. He was fucking laughing at me. "Vampire boy, really?"

"You said you liked hi…"

"Shut up! I never said that!"

Despite the situation I was in, I had to chuckle at his stubborn answer. "Please," I said again. "I think you will get the chance to kill quite a few vampires…" I taunted him.

Evan moaned quietly, which gave me the creeps, but I knew he was interested. "I like killing vampires and I haven't killed one in a good long while… But what would your mighty king say?"

"He won't help me. He basically forbade me to…"

"I'll do it," cut in Evan and I smiled. There was no better way to persuade him to do something than to say that Niall forbids it. "Tell me what has happened."

So I explained what I knew so far, which wasn't much.

"Magister has quite the resources and if the V-FEDs were there- that group of dumb fuck stormtroopers - he is supported by the Authority." he summed up my tale.

"It's possible; that's why Niall doesn't wanna do a thing…"

"It's Nawoja's job, you know? She is bound by that old blind vampire seer to take down the whole Authority."

It surprised me a little. When I had seen her, she hadn't looked like a person who was planning on taking over the vampire power structure in the US. I told Evan as much.

"But she married the King of Scandinavia, didn't she? That poor bastard has been trying to tie them together for centuries and she has finally agreed. Use your dumb blond head…"

I was listening to him but my mind wasn't into it. I was too worried about Eric. I couldn't lose him now, not when we had admitted that there were feelings involved between us.

"So, should I call her or what?" I growled. "Hi, it's me. Would you like to hurry up your top secret plans and help me rescue my boyfriend, who, by the way, you skinned alive once upon a time?" I was unable to skip the sarcasm and Evan chuckled.

"Wow…. Talk about a complicated situation." I jumped when Evan's voice sounded right behind my back instead of inside of the phone. "Nice place," he murmured looking around my condo. " And to answer your question – yes, I think you should." He sat down heavily on the couch and pulled out his inseparable flask, taking a long gulp. This eternally intoxicated mean old fairy was – my best ally. And of course, the unstable vampire queen –was my potential ally. Poor Eric, I will fail him… My musing was interrupted when Evan threw the phone at me. I gasped when it collided with my face. "Call her for fucks sake, you're so slow…"

I rubbed my hurting nose, giving him a dirty look. Asshole. "You know about time differences, right?" I murmured.

He checked his watch, squinting. "It's two am here, so simple math tells me it's around six pm. there. During winter it's pitch black already. You would know if you could add two and two together. Call!"

I checked Nawoja's number on my cell and made a call with my heart beating like a triphammer. I had no idea what to say…

"Czego? (What?)" she greeted me and I gulped. Bad mood, definitely bad mood.

"Nawoja, it's Susannah. I apologize if I interrupt…"

"Oh, my newest fairy friend!" she exclaimed happily. Mood swings, fantastic. "Hello, hello. What do you want?"

Right, there is no better way than to just get right to the point. "I would like to ask for your help." I took a deep breath and dropped the bomb. "Eric has been arrested by Magister and Niall is not willing to help. I have Evan in my corner and you… You're the closest person I could call an ally right now."

I closed my eyes when there was nothing but silence for a very long minute. "Magister? Jorge Alonso de San Diego?" she whispered and I raised my eyebrows. Honestly, I had no idea.

"Yes," said Evan, leaning closer to the phone.

"Hello Evan!" Nawoja sounded thrilled.

"Give me this." Evan just took the cell from my hand and started to speak rapidly in a language - Polish maybe? - so rapidly that I heard nothing more than some some swishing sounds.

I waited nervously, quite surprised that I put so much faith in my uncle. He was a master at pissing people off but somehow, he sounded rather pleasant during his conversation. I gasped when he hung on. "She will be here," he said simply and I felt my mouth gape open. "I will open a portal for her and her people. The closest is …" He fell silent for some dramatic effect. "… in Bon Temps."

"Great!" I jumped to my feet, feeling some hope building in my chest. "Thank you!" I was about to hug him with all I had but I thought better of it and optioned for a simple smile.

Someone knocked softly at the door and I knew it was Preston. I allowed him to enter and I smiled when he was followed by at least two dozen of my guards.

"Everybody will follow you, my lady." He nodded at the small gathering and again I had to stop myself from hugging all of them senseless.

"Thank you, all of you. I know you don't have to do this and I warn you that it may anger the King."

All of them were silent expect for Elmond who shrugged his arm and murmured "Ac yr wyf yn ffyddlon i-chi" ( I am loyal to you.)

I was truly moved.

"Preston, what did you find?" It was better to get back to business.

He hurriedly put a laptop on the nearest table and started to show me footage from traffic cameras. "We lost them here," he pinpointed a spot at the map. " but, if rumors are true, Magister had a small prison in the junk yard...here."

"Seriously?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.

"Vampires are bizarre…"

"Speaking of vampires, make sure that everybody wears a 'cloak spell' because we will have a few vampires in our corner. Contact Godric for me; he will surely help us as well and maybe, he will bring some vampires of his own." Preston only nodded. "We will meet at my farmhouse in twenty." I finished my simple orders and was ready to teleport when my guard cleared his throat.

"My lady… I think I found out the reason that Sheriff Northman has been arrested…" said Preston quietly and something in his tone made my insides flutter. I did not like his tone.

"Well?"

"I assumed that the Queen of Louisiana or a fairy antagonist was responsible so I hacked into palace security footage to spy on them and I found this…"

He just turned the laptop in my direction and clicked 'play'. I felt Evan leaning closer and watching the video over my shoulder.

We saw Sophie Ann sitting in a small room, her bedroom probably and she was speaking with two identical giant vampires. There was no sound so I had no idea what they were talking about. For a moment the whole screen turned black and I frowned.

"So? Someone turned off the camera?" I asked, looking at Preston who moved uncomfortably.

"It will be turned back on in a second."

And so it did. The picture was different - the whole room was painted in red and there were three fast decomposing corpses on the floor in the same place where the Queen and two other vampires had just been standing. It didn't shock me as much as it should have because in the corner of the screen, I noticed a quick moving individual. Due to the speed, the person was blurred but when I stopped the video with a shaking hand, I immediately recognized who was running from the crime scene.

It was Eric!

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