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Chapter 40

Eric Northman's Got Serious Game

Sookie's POV

Eric was on the phone with Pam. He needed to hang the hell up, I had other plans for his mouth and none of them involved talking.

"Interesting. So he's no longer a problem I assume? I am extremely curious to find out the details of how you accomplished this." Eric smiled at me as I lay beside him and teased his nipple with my fingertip. "Really? Well I won't ask you to explain over the phone." His look was serious and I sat up, worry buzzing inside my brain. "Yes, we'll meet you at Fangtasia in an hour. Yes, Pam, our agreement still stands, you will receive whatever you ask for in payment. We can discuss the details later."

My stomach was lurching as he hung up the phone.

"Well? What's wrong? And don't sugar coat it!" I could feel my hands start to shake and my face took on the ridiculous smile I couldn't help but wear when I was tense.

"Something terrible has happened, Sookie and I do not know how to tell you."

I felt like I might faint. I just couldn't take much more bad news.

"Pam has found a way to rid us of Mr. Compton on a very permanent basis." Damn him, he was teasing me. I was relieved and irked all at once.

"And?"

"She will be expecting payment for her services."

"So pay her!" I made an exasperated waving motion with my hands and smacked him hard on the shoulder.

Eric laughed and pulled me close. I breathed in the smell of him and that alone made some of my ire fade.

He took my head in his hands and stared deep into my eyes, I could feel my thighs start to quiver with longing. It HAD been about six minutes now since we'd had sex and I was having withdrawal symptoms, no pun intended.

"My dear, I think you will be the one she will want to collect from. It seems that unknowingly I have made another decision for you."

"What exactly do you mean by that?" Shit, I didn't wanna be mad at him right now, I just wanted to sit on his face.

"I mean that when she came to me and told me that she expected payment of some sort for this little side job, I told her she could have whatever she wished for. I didn't think about asking what exactly that was, but I have an idea now of what she is expecting."

I think I knew where this was headed.

"I am sure that she wants you. The same way I want you."

"I don't know if I can do that. I've never, well you know. I've only ever been with you and Bill. I wouldn't know what or how. And it's not that I don't think Pam is gorgeous or that I think I'm too good, I just..." I was stuttering like a buffoon, my eyes begging Eric to understand what I was failing to articulate.

"If you decide that you do not want this, I will tell her no. She will be angry and probably retaliate in some way but I am her maker and can deny her. I will not feel good about it, but I will do it for you."

"No. She did this thing as much for me as anybody else. I'm sure it couldn't have been easy because Bill is sly. I'll do it, but only if you're there too. I like Pam, a lot. But I am a little scared of her. She's another you, but with feminine wiles and cunning added in and that's pretty frightening."

"You are sure? Have no doubt, it is something that I would very much like to see. I will tell you that Pam is a very generous lover and she is capable of extraordinary things. But my desires aside, I would not do anything to damage your trust in me."

"Well, if it would please you to see, it would please me to do it. Who knows? I have a sneaking suspicion that I might even enjoy it." I wasn't about to admit that I had fantasized about this very thing quite a few times after having met Eric and Pam at Fangtasia.

Eric spoke again and his tone had turned serious.

"Sookie, this is the only instance that I feel I can share you in any way. I am a very jealous man. Can you handle that? Can you be with only me? I would kill anyone who ever put their hands on you and I cannot promise that I would not kill you as well. I feel I need to be honest with you about this."

"Eric, I can't imagine ever wanting to be with anyone else. You're all I need and sometimes a little more than I think I can handle. Besides, if I ever caught YOU with someone else. Lets just say that they wouldn't find your dick laying in a field to sew it back on. I'd put it in a blender and hit frappe'. Now that's jealousy, honey."

"I do not doubt you at all. You will make an amazing vampire, min alskarinna."

Ah, time to acknowledge the big pink elephant in the room. He'd wanted to talk about this earlier and I had avoided the subject like I used to avoid Maxine Fortenberry around town.

"I'm excited and scared about it all at once."

"Have you changed your mind, lover? I want there to be no doubt in your mind. I could not bear it if you resented me for changing you."

"I haven't been unsure for a single second. I know what I want. I'm decisive if I'm anything at all. This is what I want because I want to be with you. Nothing can change my mind about that. I would feel better if I could go to this trial with you as a vampire though." I admitted this with a little trepidation. I didn't want to distract Eric by making him feel even more protective of me.

"As would I, but we do not have enough time. Three days is typical for a proper turning. And you, min älskling , (my beloved) are anything but typical."

"What will I feel when this is all happening?" I was nervous to hear what he would say but I didn't want to be completely unaware when the actual time came. His expression was one of mild surprise and admiration.

"The draining will be painful but dulled somewhat once you drink from me. For three days we must go to ground, during which time you will be unaware and defenseless. That is why the maker must go to ground with his child, so to speak. On the third night, we will make our way to the surface and the world will have gained the most extraordinary and beautiful vampire in the history of the world." I blushed to hear his compliments. He had a way with words, extravagant with both his praise and his criticism. I appreciated all he said that much more because he didn't say things just be saying them. I felt his hand turn my reddened face towards his. The deep blue of his eyes was mesmerizing, his pupils huge and infinite in their depth.

"So, why does it not hurt when you drink from me during sex?" This was something I had wondered about since the first time Bill had fed on me during intercourse.

"I suppose it is one of those unexplainable, mystical things between some humans and vampires. I say some because it is not pleasurable that way for all humans."

"So do you think that we might try the draining thing during, well, you know...?" I instantly felt like a skank. Who the hell asks someone to screw them while they basically kill them?

"I have never heard of that being done, but I would be more than willing to do that for you, my sweet." His tongue flicked out and flitted lightly across my bottom lip.

"I guess I sound like some pitiful fangbanger don't I? Drink me dry while you fuck my brains out." I couldn't look him in the eye, but he turned me to face him once again.

"Alskarinna, the idea of fucking you while feasting on you drives me insane with desire." My blush deepened, he hadn't answered my question and that made me think that I was pitiful.

"Sookie, I hope you know that while I more than appreciate your physical beauty, there is more to my feelings than that. There is something so wonderful inside of you, something so brilliant and lovely that I feel blinded my it at times. It made me pursue you when you made it known that you found me comparable to cancer. I had never been rebuffed like that and I was confused and intrigued. You are unlike anyone I have ever known, human or otherwise. There is an overwhelming purity and goodness in you that makes me think that I might end up better simply for having known you. I think that your idea could only serve to make our bond that much deeper when you awaken as vampire."

I could find no words, my thoughts were actually stuttering inside my brain. Add idiot to that list there, Eric.

"There is that other side of you as well and I treasure it equally. You are a most sensual woman, as sensual as and maybe more than any supernatural creature I have ever met. I feel worried that I may not be able to keep up with you once you are turned!" His eyes darkened as I looked into them. I saw the animal that lurked within, that danger that made me fear and follow him all at the same time. " I crave you every waking minute, I dream of you during the day and delight in finding you by my side upon waking. För alltid vilja inte bli lång nog till vara vid din ta parti mot någon. (Forever will not be long enough to be by your side)"

"Your pillow talk is beyond reproach, Eric Northman." I kissed his mouth hungrily and my hand crept below the covers, finding the hardness that I had hoped for. He sighed contentedly as I rubbed my hand up and down his length and tugged gently on the soft curls that framed it's base. I felt him smile into my hair.

"As much as I would adore staying here in this bed and making slow, passionate love to you until the sun forces me to slumber, we need to meet Pam and Quinn. I am eager to hear of how she took care of Bill and to find out what exactly she learned."

"Well, while I am all about a nightlong marathon of sweet lovemaking, I would most definitely settle for a quick and dirty how-do-you-do while we shower." I couldn't help myself, I was too worked up to leave here without getting a dose of Eric Northman's country mile.

"Now why did I not think of that, you brilliant woman?" He smiled his naughtiest smile and scooped me up off of the bed.

He wasn't fooling me, I knew he'd already planned on doing that very thing.