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Chapter 8

"What the hell was that? And who is the mated King and Queen? What is going on?" Sookie was rambling and really mad. Each of the vampires looked at one another. Ok, they knew something and were keeping it from her.

Eric looked at the envelope in his hand with the seal he recognized. He opened it feeling her magic all around them. He read it out loud to them all.

Viking,

I send this to you by my ancient messengers to warn you of danger that is building in your direction. I cannot risk speaking to you directly to warn you of this because you are being watched by those above you. Prepare your warriors Viking. Trust only those closest to you. I know you have found your fated destiny, the one I told you about all those years ago. Trust your instincts and hers. She seems a child to us but she is part of you with great powers. I will see you in 3 nights to perform your blood bond. You must explain this to her and it must be given freely. You both are meant for great things Viking. I will look forward to serving you both.

AP

The letter burst into flames when Eric was done reading it aloud. Eric gave them all direction in another language then headed Sookie to the car. He put her in the passenger side then went to the driver side.

"What just happened, Eric?" Sookie was scared out of her mind.

For a moment he thought about lying to her but all she wanted from him was honesty. How could he not tell her the truth as he knew it? "Sookie the Ancient Pythoness is one the oldest of our kind she is vampire and an oracle. She has been a great ally to me over my lifetime. About 700 years ago she summoned me to her. She began to tell me a tale one I didn't believe but out of my respect to her I listened to every word she said to me. This tale was of vampire that would meet a woman that had incredibly magical blood and together they would change the face of their worlds bringing them together with an act of their love. She said that together these two beings would bring into the world something no one else was able too. The AP didn't tell me what that meant but she said that no one could separate them that they would live together in all eternity. She told me that I was that vampire and I would live to meet my fated destiny. I remember thinking the old gal lost her mind but she assured me that her visions were never wrong."

Eric had turned the car onto a private road Sookie didn't recognize. He planned on taking Sookie home to her apartment tonight but after the visit from the messengers he knew he could not trust her to be safe now. His world knew of her existence now and they would now be coming for her. It was time for him to do what he did best, wage the war against their enemies. He stopped the car in front of a house.

"Is this your home?" It was recently built and lovely she thought.

"No Sookie, this is not my home, this is our home. Come on, let's get you inside." He grabbed her hand pulling her toward the house. Inside he explained how everything worked as they entered the house from the security systems to the lights. He walked her from room to room showing her around and telling her she could change anything she did not like. How could she not like it, it was beyond beautiful. They walked into the spacious kitchen and he explained it belonged to her to do or buy anything she needed. Finally he took her to a door and gave her the code and there was a staircase then another door which he also gave her the code too. Inside the door was a large bedroom with a desk and laptop, closets that were bigger than her living room which had clothes in them for both of them, a bathroom with a Jacuzzi tub, a full shower, sink and toilet and adjacent to that there was a second bedroom with its own bathroom as well. Finally was the little kitchen area. Eric explained this whole area was light tight, bomb and fire proof and of course sound-proof. That part he said with a huge smile on his face.

Sookie sat on the bed because she felt like she would collapse otherwise. Eric sat next to her. "Sookie if the AP risked sending the messengers to warn me then we must listen to her. I cannot dismiss this. We are in danger and we must be ready like she warned. I will make arrangements for you to have security during the day while I am at rest. You must promise me you will not go out without your guards. I know this will be inconvenient but I told you I would do whatever I needed to protect you. Tomorrow might be a good time for you and your cousin Claudine to get some practice in. I will call Niall tonight. " He was not asking her he was telling her.

"I don't want to think anymore tonight Eric. I am too tired to try so whatever you think is best. I will need to go by my apartment tomorrow and get a few things and we can work on dealing with the rest of it after New Orleans. I will tell Tara I won't be able to come in until then while we are figuring this out ok?" Her response made him happy.

"My love I know you are tired but we must talk about one more thing. It is important so it cannot wait. You heard me say what the AP mentioned about our bonding?" Eric was looking her in the eyes waiting for her answer and she whispered "Yes" to him. "Sookie, we have bonded through our blood and when a vampire shares their blood it is a strong bond but when a vampire shares his blood during love it is different. The binding bond ceremony will have many of my kind there and you will be become my bonded and my wife by our laws similar to your human wedding. The bond can never be broken, not by the bonded or by any other. It would make us connect for eternity. This is the bond the AP will perform for us in 3 days." He waited to hear what she would say.

"Eric this is too much. I can't just run off and get vampire married! This is insane! You can't make me!" She was hysterical now standing then stomping her foot like a child. Exhausted and scared half to death was the only feelings she had now and Eric could feel it clearly in the bond. He was sending comfort and love through it to try to help her.

Standing he went to her rubbing her arms up and down trying to soothe her. "You have to understand that this bond is also to protect you Sookie. It is will make it punishable by death for anyone to try and take you from me. No one can touch you and if they try I will have the right by law to kill or have them killed. It shows everyone that you are mine for all to know officially. You heard what she said Sookie. You cannot pretend you did not. Don't you love me?" He was livid now.

She stood up to him now reeling with anger and confusion. "Eric that is not fair! You can't throw my love for you around like that! I barely got my feet under me from the last few days and now you tell me this? We will be vampire married and what am I supposed to do then? What happens if you find someone else Eric? What happens when I get old? I can't give you children and I won't have them because they aren't yours biologically. I won't live with you and watch you taking other women to bed. I would die from it." She was crying now. The whole situation was overwhelming her.

He yanked her to him crushing her to him and his reasoning was slipping. "Sookie I have lived on this earth a thousand years and never once in that time did I want to love someone nor have I shared my blood with anyone than Pam in the act of love, Now there is you. Don't you see the significance of that? I want no one other than you now nor will I want anyone else but you when I meet my final death." Pulling her away from him he looked down at her. That was all he could say to her now. Her eyes were bruising from her exhaustion and he couldn't stand to see it. He picked her up putting her on the bed then he laid down next to her speaking love words to her then telling her about his life as a child at the North Sea. Desperately wanting to hear his memories and forget everything else that was going on around them, she tried to fight the sleep that she needed only to fail falling asleep in his arms. Reaching in his pants pocket he took out his cell phone to call Pam speaking softly not to wake Sookie. They spoke of the coming days and things that needed to be arranged Eric knowing full well Pam, his second in command was up to any fight they needed to face. Ending the call he got up to do what now had become a ritual, leaving a note for his lover, undressing completely, slipping into bed with her pulling her close and watching Sookie sleep. Tonight would be a new chapter for them because now he could pull her into his arm before dawn came to him to pull him into his resting sleep.

"Good night my bonded." That was the last thing he said before the dawn took him to rest.