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Chapter 43
Sookie could feel something wet on her face, her eyes still closed she whimpered and tried to get away from it. Wet again, she opened her eyes, the beautiful face of her husband was right next to hers, his tongue against her SKIN. "Hello lover." He pulled back slightly to grin at her.
"Hey sweetie. What are you doing?" Her sleepy eyes blinked at him.
"I know how much you despise the sound of the alarm. Consider me your wake up call." He softly kissed her lips.
She broke the kiss. "Wow, that is the best kiss ever Eric. Ok, stop or we will never leave this room."
He laughed. "My wife, we have too much to do this evening. My son is leaving shortly to go on his first sleep over, we have work to do and you need to get in the shower and I believe you said something about dolling yourself up." His eyes were full of desire.
She rolled away, stood looking at him. He was showered and dressed in all black, he had on a black tank top, leather jacket, jeans and boots. His hair was perfectly combed back. You could see his chain around his neck clearly and his wedding ring. It never got old looking at him wearing that ring, it meant so much to her he wore it. "Ok, I am going to take my shower. Meet you downstairs shortly." He nodded. She turned on the water in the shower, stripped off her clothes and got in. She laughed thinking about Eric laying there licking her face to wake her. How many woman were that lucky? None, she thought, she was the luckiest girl in the world. Here she had everything in the world, money, kids, an extremely handsome husband, what more could she ask for? Nothing and she knew it. She rinsed and stepped out grabbing a fluffy towel to dry off. Tonight was Fangtasia night, she knew Eric and the staff would be dressed in their usual garb but Eric didn't like her to dress that way. She went to her closet and pulled out the outfit to dress.
Eric was sitting on the couch bouncing Erika talking sweetly to her when Sookie came in. His head turned to see her walk in, he blinked a couple times at the sight of her. She had curled her hair, she had on sapphire and diamonds on her ears. The dress she wore was silk, it was the deepest sapphire blue possible, it was sleeveless, hugged her breasts and narrowed at the waist and the skirt was full and knee length. Her legs were bare but she had on the most amazing platform pumps in the color of nude. His fangs popped and he growled. "Erika, do you see mommy? If I ever catch you trying to leave the house looking like that I will build a dungeon and lock you in it." He stood with his daughter and slowly walked to his wife. "My wife, you are too beautiful for words."
"Thank you sweetie, is it ok for the bar?" Her eyes looked down on her dress, she looked almost embarrassed.
"In the sea of black and death you will look like what you are, an angel." He kissed her softly until his daughter began to wiggle for his attention, he broke the kiss and held his daughter over his head. "My Princess, your mommy is mine, I must tell her how pretty she is, just like I tell you." He pulled her down and smacked kisses all over her making her laugh and squirm.
Johan was giggling from his chair on the other side of the room. Sookie walked to him and put her hands out to pick him up. "Are you ready to go to Pammy's baby?"
He stood up to let his mother pick him up. "Yes mommy. I am excited to go." He smiled brightly at her.
Sookie looked to Lily who was holding a napping Enar. "Did you pack his bag? You have his teddy bear?"
Lily smiled and walked to the portable crib to put Enar in it. "Don't worry Sookie, he will be fine. If there is anyone that loves that little boy as much as you and Mr. Northman it is Pam. Besides, he couldn't be safer with her and those two assassins." Both Mark and Nigel were going to Pam's with her son. Eric wanted to make sure no one could get to his son.
"Remember what I said Lily, if anything, I mean anything out of the ordinary happens call me immediately." Eric stepped forward, his face serious.
"I will, don't worry. I wont let anything happen to him." She stood to take him, Mark and Nigel were standing in the doorway.
Johan touched his mothers face, Sookie saw the vision of her son going to Pam's, the fun they would have, Lily, Nigel and Mark bringing him home in the morning. Sookie had tears come to her eyes. "Thank you baby. Show daddy ok?"
Eric rushed to her side in a panic. "What is it?" He set Erika on the floor. Johan reached for his father and Eric took him, his first born showed him the same image and he was relived. "You have fun at Pammy's son. Mommy and daddy love you." He kissed Johan on the cheek and held him tight until he started to protest. He handed Johan to Lily and looked at the males standing in the door way.
"Watch my son with your lives, if you allow anything to happen to him retribution will be more than you willing want to pay." His fangs came down again and he said it with enough venom to make Sookie shiver. The two males nodded at their King. Sookie walked to stand next to him and put her hand in his. "See you in the morning son." Johan waved and smiled as they left the house.
"Ok, that was the worst, I feel like a terrible mother, I just let those three take my baby." Sookie was wiping tears away.
"You are no such thing, do not say that in front of me again. You give my children everything and I could not have chose a better mate or mother for my children." His fangs were still down, he leaned to kiss her.
"Thank you sweetie." She held his hand tighter.
Trish came in the room at that moment. "I believe you two need to get going don't you?" She smiled at them both. "You both are gorgeous by the way."
"Oh, you are too sweet Trish. Enar is napping in in the portable crib. Don't let him sleep too much longer, maybe ten minutes other wise he wont sleep through the night." Trish assured her that she was fine and they should go and have a good time. Eric thanked her and took his wife by the hand to lead her to the SUV.
Eric had her outside, Bill and Stephen stood next to the car. Sookie looked up at Eric who grinned. "I offered him a job, he is in training. I also told him if I get a whiff of him lusting after my wife I would decapitate him, he took the job anyway." Eric grinned down at his wife. She just shook her head and let her husband take her to the waiting car to head to Fangtasia.
The car pulled to their usual spot in the back. Eric told her he needed a few minutes to take care of some business and make some calls to Sheriff's and Kingdoms. Sookie left him in his office and went out to sit at the bar. Felicia was working the bar, she had it running like clockwork, the staff were working like a well oiled machine. "Good evening my Queen. Would you like something to drink?" Felicia was always so sweet, she was not the typical vampire.
Sookie smiled. "Evening Felicia. I will take a ginger ale please. How is everything going?" Sookie looked around, the bar was really full for mid week.
Felicia giggled. "It is because Master is here tonight. He always draws a crowd like this. We have extra security of course and staff because he is here. It gets really busy sometimes.."
Taking a sip of her ginger ale she looked around. "Do you need my help? I can help if you need it."
She shook her head no. "Of course not, Master would be angry. We have it under control."
Sookie looked at Felicia seriously. "Felicia, I worked in a bar for years, if you need help all you need to do is tell me." She heard the growl before she felt him.
"I do not believe so wife. If I catch you behind that bar I will paddle your behind." His fangs were down.
"Eric, do you own this bar?" He nodded. "Then I believe I do too. If they need help I will help them."
"They have more than enough staff here tonight Sookie." He walked to her and Felicia nodded and slightly smiled at her Master. Eric took Sookie's hand and lead her to the platform where their chairs were. Eric helped her up and held her hand while she sat on the seat. Eric walked behind her to sit in his chair. Eric took his phone out of his pocket and began his usual stance, bored, blank and too busy for the vermin. He sent her love and lust through the bond as he let his persona of Eric Northman, Fangtasia owner begin.
The crowd was like a magnet to her husband. Sookie watched as woman and men alike turned to look, gawk or stare. A group of women sitting at one table were grinning and giggling at the site of Eric. Sookie smirked and let her shields down. 'I wonder if he will let me bite him?' The man standing at the bar with a beer was looking at Eric. 'I bet those rumors about their sex life is true, she looks like a wild one. Willy said he saw them fucking in a building outside of town at some Were meeting.' That didn't make her happy but what was done was done, Eric grinned at her. There was couple sitting in a booth along the wall, the girl looked longingly at Eric. 'I want him so bad. I would dump this loser in a heartbeat if I could have him.' Sookie scanned again. There was a human that looked to be in her late twenties, early thirties. She didn't have the usual look, she looked bitter and angry. Sookie knew this woman wasn't a regular here, she was dressed in expensive clothes, those shoes had to cost a couple thousand dollars, she had seen a similar pair in Pam's closet. Sookie focused on her. 'Well, its true, the great Eric Northman took a wife. Not what I expected. I will send him an text and let him know I am here.' Sookie watched, the woman got her phone out, typed and Eric's phone went off. He read whatever she sent, he growled and his head came up.
"Did Lisa send you a message Eric?" He turned to look at her, he grinned.
"Yes, she did. She is hoping I will take her downstairs." Eric's voice was full of mischief.
Sookie's eyes changed to predatory. Sookie held her hand out to him so he could give her his phone. Eric dropped it in her palm. Sookie looked down and typed. "Hi Lisa, my husband only shares the room downstairs with his wife now. Run along and find someone else to play with. Have a nice night." Send. She handed the phone back to Eric and nodded to Felicia. Felicia was in front of them in seconds. "Felicia, give Lisa a drink on me please." Sookie indicated the direction of a very angry Lisa. Felicia smiled and went to do as her Mistress asked.
Eric looked at the message she had sent and he did everything he could to not laugh, it did not do his image any good to seem like he had a sense of humor. He looked at his wife. "Lisa was a long time ago Sookie."
She nodded and took his hand. "Eric, I am not an idiot. You had women in your life, I know that. But now these women need to remember their place. I am the only one that will ever touch you for the rest of our lives, you are mine and I will make sure anyone who thinks otherwise gets a refresher course." She stood up and moved to his lap. "You are mine Eric. Only mine." Her lips went to his, he moaned against hers, her hand went to his lap and she rubbed her hand across his jean to feel gracious plenty respond to her claiming of him in front of the bar. Every pair of eyes were on them, the fangs of every vampire came down, their senses were working overtime, the smell of Sookie' and Eric's arousal was flowing through the bar. She broke the kiss. "Ok, I know, we are going to start a riot."
Eric's eyes were full of want for his wife. He didn't care about the creatures in the bar, he pulled her face back to his, his tongue was deep in her mouth, twisting with hers. She panted against him. Her hand went back to the front of his pants, he was rock hard, she put pressure on him, he moaned into her mouth as her hand was moving against him harder this time. His hands went into her hair, pulling her to him, kissing her until her lips were swollen. He pulled back, bit the tip of his finger and put his finger in her mouth, her eyes rolled back then closed. Eric watched as his wife took his blood. It took him a minute to realize where they were, he looked out onto the crowd, they were all watching like it was a movie that none of them could take their eyes off of, even his staff was watching, working but watching. He had them off the stage and in his office in a flash, her panties were off and in shreds in the floor, she didn't even realize what or where they were before he had her bent over the desk and he began fucking her hard, her hands went up over her head to hold on to the top of the desk. Eric pulled her up and bit into her shoulder taking her blood and making her cry out. Eric knew every vampire in the bar could hear them over the music, he didn't care, he needed her so bad. His hips were trusting so hard into her the desk moved with each push inside her. Eric was yelling to her. "Mine Sookie, you are mine!" She was screaming and panting so hard it didn't take long for the two of them to climax together shouting each other's names. Eric dislodged and pulled her to him, his lips were on hers, his fangs scrapping her tongue. "You are too much my beauty. I think we gave our patrons too much stimulation this evening."
Sookie giggled, her legs were wobbly but she was happy. "Eric, I think it well known by now how we are with each other."
He pulled her back to look her in the face. "Who are you and what have you done with my sweet southern belle?"
She smacked his ass. "You have your southern belle and your vixen all wrapped into one. You know you love it, what we did out there."
Eric's head fell back laughing. "Yes, it was quite exciting. I would never believe you would do such an act in front of people."
"I wanted everyone in that room to know you belong to me. Your whole body, soul, everything is mine. I wont share you with anyone, ever. If some women or creatures for that matter thinks differently I think we just set them straight." She kissed him lightly.
'Yes, I believe we did. Are you ready to go back out?" He adjusted his clothes, pulled her dress down and lightly kissed her.
She closed her eyes, opened them, straightened up and looked at him. "Absolutely."
Eric laughed again. A year ago she would have curled up on the couch and not wanted to leave the office. Here his wife rubbed his cock on the platform, allowed him to fuck her screaming his name and was willing to face all who heard them. His life was glorious. He took her hand and led her back to the bar, it was a bit back to normal, vampires still had their fangs down, but now they were bowing and nodding to him. Sookie felt nothing but pride and love. This creature was her life, their sex life was better than phenomenal and she didn't care who knew it, actually she wanted everyone to know what her husband did to her. Bill stood on the side of the stage with an odd look on his face, Stephen looked like he was punched in the gut. Sookie grinned at them both as they past the two males. "Hello Bill, Stephen." Sookie smiled at them as Eric took her back to the platform. Looking out into the crowd Eric noticed Lisa was gone. Sookie was one of a kind he laughed to himself. Sookie took a break to use the bathroom. When she returned Eric had Felicia bring her a big bowl of fruit and a glass of milk. Sookie looked at Eric. "I will go to the office to eat this." She moved to stand and he pulled her back.
"Eat Sookie, my son is hungry." Sookie did as Eric asked eating every piece. The rest of the evening was uneventful, Eric nodded to Felicia and they exited out the back door to head home. He could feel she was missing Johan and he held her hand tight. "My love, would you like me to call and check on our son?" Her eyes welled up, he smiled at her. He took his phone out of his pocket and hit the speed dial and put the phone on speaker.
"Master." Pam sounded happy.
"How is everything going Pam?" He was smiling at the phone.
"Great, Johan is asleep. We had so much fun Eric. He is amazing." She giggled, Pam didn't giggle unless there was blood and dismemberment involved.
"So you two had a good time then? Anything happen we need to know about?" Eric looked at Sookie.
"No we just had fun, we played games, watched a movie, he had a banana and a glass of milk before he went to sleep. He loves his room, he climbed up in the bed all by himself. I put his rail up so he doesn't fall out. I want to thank you for letting me take him Eric. It means a lot to me you trust me with him." She sounded like she was crying.
"There is no one on this earth I trust more with any of them then you Pam and you know that. Sookie was just a bit nervous about him being away from home. You understand, yes?" The bond was full of love and pride Eric had for Pam.
"Of course, I would never want to upset her. Please tell her that her son is fine and he will be home first thing in the morning. Mark and Lily will bring him home before dawn. I felt better them coming home before Nigel and I go to rest for the day. Is that alright?" Eric was thrilled she thought of his safety.
"That will be fine. Tell Nigel and Mark I will be waiting for them to arrive before dawn. Good night Pam." She said good night and Eric hung up.
"Thank you for that Eric, I feel better now." She wiped the tears out of her eyes. Eric held her hand tight as they approached the gate to the house, their vampires nodded and opened the gate. Eric parked the car in front of the house, went around to her side of the car, cradled her and carried her up the stairs, his lips never left hers. He gently put her in the bed, undressed them both and made love to her slowly until almost dawn. When she fell asleep he got up, redressed and went downstairs to wait for his son. Eric heard the car approach just before the sun came up, the door opened and Mark was holding a sleeping Johan, Nigel carrying his bags. Eric rushed to his son and gently took him out of Mark's arms. He whispered Thank you to them both and took his son up to his room. Eric sat with him in the rocker and held him close, rubbing his back. Johan was sleeping soundly, Eric didn't care, being away from his child made him anxious and worried, which he tried to keep from Sookie. He was glad they went to Fangtasia to keep their minds off him being gone. Eric talked to his son for quite a while in Swedish telling how much he was loved and missed.
Sookie found them like that hours later. Johan's head was on Eric's shoulder and they both were sound asleep. Sookie walked to Eric and touched his face. "Sweetie, why don't you take Johan and go lay down in our bed with him." Eric's sleepy eyes opened and he smiled, he liked the idea. He stood, kissed her and was gone in a blur with their son to go back to bed. Sookie went to take care of the twins. Sookie told Lily to take the morning off this morning, she wouldn't need her to the afternoon so Sookie smiled as she took care of her kids. This was bliss to her, the time she could spend with her kids. Enar was still sleeping but Erika was patiently waiting for her. She picked her smiling daughter out of the crib and took her to bathe her and change her. "Lets put a pretty dress on my baby girl today, daddy will be so happy to see you in your dress." Sookie picked a yellow dress with white polka dots, brown leather shoes and yellow socks. She looked for her bows but they seemed to be missing, so she just brushed her hair and put a barrette in it the same yellow as her dress. Sookie sat her in the floor next to her toys and went to get Enar. He was awake and looked a bit on the grumpy side.
"Son, what is that face for? You are too handsome to have such a dirty look on your face. Give mommy a smile." Sookie picked him up and tickled him and his little face grinned.
"No mama." He smiled and then laughed at her.
"No, my little warrior doesn't want to be tickled, is that it?" She tickled him again and he laughed. Again he told her no. She laughed and took him to give him a bath. Sookie washed his blonde hair, the same color of Eric's. She took him out of the tub and dried him off. She diapered his bottom then put black jeans, a grey Fangtasia long sleeved t-shirt and black and grey Nike's on him. Sookie picked up her kids to take down to get their breakfast done. She put them in their chairs and Trish came out with their bowls of cereal and a plate with an omelet and sausage. Enar was reaching for her sausage and Sookie took a small bit off the end of it and gave it to Enar, he made a strange face at first but then his eyes opened wide and he grinned. Sookie just shook her head. Erika was reaching for a piece too so Sookie did the same and she wasn't as thrilled as he was. They shared Sookie's breakfast, bites of egg here, a bit of their cereal there, sips of their milk. Breakfast was a blast and after they were done Sookie thanked Trish and Sergio and took the kids to the living room to play.
Sookie had Enar in a fit of giggles when Eric and Johan came in. He ran to his mother as fast as he could almost knocking her over. "Mommy! I'm home!"
Sookie laughed and kissed his face all over. "Yes, baby, I see you are home. Did you have a nice nap with daddy?" Sookie looked up to see a happy Eric, he was showered, dressed and so was her son. They both were so handsome and Johan was thrilled to be home.
"Yes, mommy. I slept with daddy. We showered and had breakfast." Her oldest son went to his siblings next hugging each and talking to them in Swedish. Adorable was the only word Sookie could think of.
Sookie stood up and went to Eric. "How are you feeling?" She touched his face, he looked great.
"I feel fine my love. I felt fine yesterday." He leaned down to give her a kiss. "I am going to take Johan and the kids out to do some sword practice for a while before my meeting this evening. Is that alright with you?"
"Ok, I think I will run over to Amelia's then come home and start packing. Day after tomorrow comes fast." She turned to walk away.
"Sookie?" She turned to look at him. "I love you." She smiled at him and told him she loved him too. Mark was next to her and out the door they went.
"Alright my little warriors, lets get some work done shall we?" Eric picked up the twins and took them out with a bouncing Johan trailing behind them.
Mark, Tray and Sookie pulled up to Amelia and Alcide's house. When the car stopped Tray got out and opened the door to let her out. Mark fell in line with them and flanked her other side. Sookie saw there were guards on the property at Amelia's now, there was a work crew at the road building a tall fence and the vans in the yard all said security on them. "Uh ho." Sookie said to her Were guards. Sookie knocked on the door and Alcide opened the door, he was grinning ear to ear.
"Hey Sook, come on in. Adam just woke up for lunch." He moved to let the three of them in. He nodded to the two guards and walked with Sookie to the living room where Amelia was sitting with her feet up on the couch holding a nursing Adam. She was dressed in a button down blouse in a deep pink, loose dress pants, her feet were bare and her usual hair was up in a pony tail. She looked great.
"Hey guys! Come on in". Mark and Tray stood back out side the room and Sookie came in to sit next to her friend. "How's everything going?" Amelia was smiling.
"Great, how are you guys getting along? Adam doing ok?" Sookie touched his dark hair.
Amelia beamed. "Oh, yeah, we are really good." Amelia cleared her throat. "Sook, can I ask you a question?" Sookie's eyes narrowed and she nodded. "Is it true you and Eric had sex in front of a bar full of people last night?" Amelia was trying not to laugh, Alcide turned away and started laughing hysterically.
"No, we did not have sex in front of everyone, we may have gotten a bit feely with each other, I believe my hand was in a place it shouldn't have been. It was fun, Eric enjoyed it too." Sookie was grinning.
"Wow, if someone would have told me two years ago my BFF would be fucking her husband in front of half of the vampires in Shreveport I would have told them they were crazy." Amelia put her hand over her mouth to keep from laughing too hard.
Alcide turned around straight faced. "Should have seen them in that building a while back, if Eric wasn't behind her we all would have gotten a view of her none of us would ever forget. Her screams were enough."
"Alcide! You didn't look did you?" Sookie was teasing him.
"How could I not, Eric is know for his prowess, every supe group in the country knows of the great Eric Northman and his body part. Besides it was hard to miss, him bent over you like that. Every Were in the building saw it." Alcide looked like he was sweating thinking about it.
"Honey, maybe you should go take a cold shower." Amelia looked at her husband smiling.
"I am going to work. I will be back in a few hours ok?" He kissed his wife and son then kissed the top of Sookie's head before he left.
Sookie sat back on the couch and giggled. "By the way, I tried that trick on Eric, it was a show stopper for sure. He actually got mad after, he thought I had done that with someone else, he insisted on where I learned it, sorry I had to give you up."
Amelia smiled and put Adam on her shoulder to burp him. "Hey, if he actually looks me in the eye and says something to me about it he better be thanking me. That is will be well worth it."
They sat and chatted for a while before Sookie decided she better let Amelia rest and she headed home. Mark helped her in the car and got in the drivers seat. They pulled on to the road for the drive to the house. Sookie got an odd feeling while they were driving, she turned around to see a car that was really close, she looked to see Mark who had already noticed it. He nodded to Tray who was already on the phone. The car got closer and closer. "Sookie get down on the floor." Mark commanded her, she did as she was told. Sookie knew the SUV was bullet proof and built like a tank but it wasn't a thing she wanted to find out about first hand. She put her head down as they began to speed up, just then the pings of what she assumed were bullets hit the car. "Sookie, you ok?" Mark was calm as she had ever seen him, she told him yes. Tray was still on the phone, describing the vehicle and the driver. Sookie opened her shields to see if she could get a read on who ever it was. The only thing she caught was death. The car got closer, Sookie could hear the engine revving. "Sookie, I need you to pop, can you pop to the house safely?"
She blinked and sat up a bit. "Yes, but I don't want to leave you."
Mark flashed mad. "Go! Go now!"
She concentrated and popped to the middle of the foyer of the house. Eric was pacing the living room and rushed to her as soon as he felt her. "Sookie!" He had her in a crushing hug before she could say anything. "Are you alright?" His hands were searching her body for injuries. She nodded yes. "Where are your guards?"
Sookie's eyes welled up. "Mark made me pop out. Eric?" She was so frightened.
Eric heard the sounds of the SUV and it was barreling down the driveway. "Stay here." His fangs were down and he rushed out the door in a blur. Eric was out in the yard with Mark and Tray for a while before they came back in. Sookie was sitting on the couch when they came in.
Sookie jumped up to check to make sure they were alright. "Mark! Oh, are you guys ok?" She rushed to stand in front of her guard.
He nodded. "Sookie we are fine. In the future if I tell you to do something you have to listen to me, it could be a matter of life and death like today. It is my job to take the bullets, not you." Mark was completely serious when he said.
"Not if I can help it. I should have tried to stop them. I was just so freaked out." Every fiber of her being wanted to cry but she wouldn't. She would remain calm and strong.
"Sookie, please go check on the children. Mark and I have some things we need to figure out." Eric looked at her and she turned and did what he asked. He waited until she was up the stairs and he heard the door open. "What do you have?"
Mark paced. "We were able to get a partial plate which I am having run as we speak, I am sure it will come back stolen, the car and or the plate. It was male, early thirties and a good shot, all which were designed to hit Sookie where she sat in the backseat. I am increasing security here and on each of you. I don't think it is a good idea for you to travel alone either Eric. If someone is looking to hurt her, they may be looking to get to you too."
Eric nodded. "Spare no expense. I want all the Were guards to have bullet proof gear. All are armed correct?" Mark nodded. "Bring in anyone you think is best, and as quickly as possible. I was planning on leaving the day after tomorrow but I think it will be best to keep who ever it is looking to harm her in the dark. We will leave first thing tomorrow. I will need you to screen every one of the construction workers, if any of them come back with any kind of a record, replace them. If the Johnson brother's don't like it, tell them to speak to me." Lily came down the stairs quickly and stood at the end of the stair case. "Go talk with her." Mark nodded again, headed toward Lily who looked like she was about to cry. Eric rushed up the stairs in a blur.
Sookie was sitting in the middle of the floor with the kids. "Sookie?" Her head came up, she looked like she wanted to cry but she was breathing through it. He went to sit next to her, taking her hands in his he looked up her. "Do not worry lover, I will get a handle on this quickly. We will leave in the morning instead of the day after for New Orleans."
"Is that a good idea, I mean the residence is so big Eric, it takes so many to run it, we are more of a target there." He shook his head no.
"There the security will be even more advanced. They will be able to keep a better eye on you and the children. Plus the security we are bringing with us, we will be very secure." Erika was crawling toward him. "Dada." Her little hands grabbed his pant legs to pull herself into his lap. Eric grinned down on her and pulled her to his chest. Enar and Johan were playing together on the other side of the room. Sookie nodded and the two of them played with their kids.
Dinner and bedtime came quickly, everyone had dinner then Sookie tucked her kids into bed. Eric left to go to Fangtasia to do some work on the shooter and to get things together for their plans to leave in the morning. Sookie spent a few hours packing for the kids and for the both her and Eric. When she was all packed she called Amelia to tell her they would be leaving early in the morning and she would see them all when they got back home. Sookie was passing the window of their bedroom, the window was wide open and she saw something out in the yard, it was a man she never recognized. She stood there for a moment, it wasn't a guard, he wasn't dressed in the Royal guard uniforms, the black t-shirts with their crest on them and black cargo pants and boots. Sookie leaned out the window. Stephen was visible. 'Stephen, ten o-clock, unknown male.' Stephen's head went up to see Sookie, he turned and ran as he with his radio in his hand. Men gave chase all over the yard, Thalia was in the doorway.
"Mistress, are you alright?" Thalia had her usual swords on her back.
"Yes, will you ask Lily to bring the kids in here and have the portable crib brought up?" Thalia was gone in a flash. A minute later Lily had the Johan and Thalia was carrying the twins, Bill was bringing the portable crib in behind them. He set it down on the floor and Thalia gently set the twins in then Lily put a sleeping Johan in the middle of the bed. "Thank you all for your help. Lily, I will keep the kids in here with me until Eric gets home, you can go ahead and get some rest" She nodded and left. "Bill did anyone call Eric?"
He nodded. "Yes Sookie, I spoke to him personally, Thalia will stay here in this room with you until he returns, and the guards are hunting the intruder." He went to the window, closed it and shut the curtain. "Would you feel better downstairs in the bunker below?"
Sookie looked at him. "No, if we have any more incidences, I will take the kids down there. I think we are ok up here." Sookie went to each of her kids and put their protection bubble around them. Bill nodded and quietly left. Thalia stood in the doorway. "Thalia, sit, you will make me a nervous wreck if you don't."
"Mistress, lay down, I will turn off the light, you will not even realize that I am here." She stood where she was.
Sookie nodded and got in the bed. Thalia turned off the light and Sookie fluffed her pillow and pulled Johan close to her. She sat up to check on the twins, they were asleep and their bubble was still there. She sighed and laid down, she was stared into space for hours until she heard him come in the room.
He knew she was still awake. "Sookie, my love are you alright? Why are you still up?" He took off his boots in the dark, went to the bed and laid down next to her.
She shook her head. "I was waiting for you to come home. I cant sleep." The tears were welling up in her eyes.
"Do not cry my love, I will take care of it, I promise." Eric smiled at her, she took Johan's protection bubble off him and he pulled his son close then her. They laid together and she cried. "I know you are frightened Sookie, but I wont let anything happen to you."
The tears came faster. "You cant be with me every minute Eric." She pulled away from him and sat on the edge of the bed. "I swear if anyone tries to hurt our kids Eric, I don't know if I will be able to control myself."
Eric came around and knelt down in front of her. "I will be with you every moment I can, I will not let you out of my sight until this bastard is found." He sat next to her. "I love you Sookie." His face came to hers and he gently kissed her. Eric's cell phone rang. "Yes." He listened. "Keep searching, let me know if you find anything." He hung up, stood up and pulled her to him. "Sookie, we will figure it out, we always do. Please do not upset yourself with….." Sookie didn't give him the opportunity to finish his sentence before she was rushing to the bathroom to throw up. Eric was trying to send love, strength and support through the bond. When he walked in to check on her all she could do was look up at him to got sick again. After about a half hour of her getting sick he leaned down. "Sookie, please try to calm down, let me give you some blood and see if it will help."
Sookie shook her head no, she just wanted it all out of her system. He went to the sink and wet a towel like he had done too many times to count and sat on the floor, pulling her into his lap, her head against his chest, he wiped her face, her chin, her temple. His mouth was next to her ear. "I love you so much Sookie, it kills me to see you like this. I would do anything, anything possible to help you." Sookie looked up and saw the blood tears in his beautiful eyes, it was all she could do not to sob at the sight of them. Her hand went up to catch them. Her arms went around him, she held on to him as tightly as she could, her tears began falling fast.
"I have been nothing but a thorn in your side Eric since you met me. This is all my fault, all of it. Maybe it isn't us that needs to leave, it me. I cant stand the thought of something happening to you or our kids. I would leave this minute if it would keep you all safe, I would probably never survive it but I would go, I would make that sacrifice to keep you all safe." She would do anything to keep her family alive, anything.
His fangs came down and he growled at her. "Do not talk like that. We are one, you are me and I am you. You know that, you feel it when we make love, you see it in our children, you taste it when you kiss me. Tell me it is not true!" He pulled her up to look in his face. Their eyes were locked on each others.
"It hurts Eric, all of this, I want them to leave us alone. I am scared Eric, really scared." She climbed higher in his lap, her arms went around his neck and she held on like her life depended on it.
"I know my love, I know you are. I am your husband, I will take care of you and our children. Let me do what I need to do to find this animal. Do not be afraid. I will protect you." He put his wrist to his mouth and ripped it open then placed it at her mouth. Sookie's eyes closed and she moaned. Eric put his hand down her the front of her pajama bottoms, he rubbed her clit while she too his blood and she came fast, hard and quietly. He knew she needed the release, it would help her sleep. He picked her up and carried her to the bed, laid her down and covered her. She rolled to the direction of Johan who was in the middle. Eric went to the dresser and got out a pair of pajama bottoms, took off all his clothes and slipped them on. Eric walked to the portable crib to check the twins, they were sleeping soundly, he leaned down and kissed each of them. He then went to the bed and got in it with his wife. She was asleep before he got in with her. Pulling Johan close to him, he then pulled her to the other side of them both and fell asleep.
Eric woke startled, he sat up looking around the room. His wife and children were gone, the portable crib still sat on the side of the room. The clock said was a little after seven. He opened the bond, they were fine, they were downstairs. Relieved, he went to the bathroom to shower. When he was dressed he came down the stairs. The house was buzzing with activity, Trish was walking down the stairs with bags, Mark was in the foyer talking to Stephen. He heard a car outside. Eric walked to Sookie's security, "Mark, Stephen, any luck finding the intruder?"
"No, I wish we did, it was like he just disappeared. Stephen tracked him until the guy just vanished. I believe he had help to get off the property, from who I don't know." Mark's face was less than happy this morning. Stephen looked just as disturbed as Mark. Eric nodded and thanked him.
Eric found Sookie standing in the dining room helping Johan with his breakfast, the twins were half asleep in their chairs, they look like they had already eaten. "Sookie?"
His wife turned to look at him. She smiled and looked at him like the sight of him took the world off her shoulders, she walked to him smiling. "Morning sweetie." Her arms went around him, he hugged her tightly to him.
"How are you this morning? Have you been sick?" He pulled her back to look in her eyes.
"Just a little but I had a ginger ale and Sergio made me some scrambled eggs. I feel a bit better. I think the blood you gave me last night helped." She held him tight.
She broke the embrace, kissed him and went back to Johan. "Hi daddy!" Enar woke to shout too. "Dada!" Eric was thrilled. His kids all got kisses and he chatted with all but Erika, her little eyes closed and he let her sleep. Sookie sat down to help her son finish his breakfast and to allow Eric to drink his True Blood.
"Is everyone ready to leave?" Eric sat the emptied bottle on the table, Sergio came out to get it.
Sookie looked around. "Yes, Mark put the few things we needed for the plane in the car. The guards are ready, Mark said he sent most of the Were's and luggage ahead with Bill, Pam, Thalia and Nigel at dawn." Mark was becoming more and more efficient. It was time to give him a raise Eric thought.
"Good, I am glad that he took care of it, that is one less thing we have to worry about." Eric took Enar out of his chair and held him in his lap.
"You know your son was trying to walk this morning. He had pulled himself up on the table in the living room. He almost has it." Sookie was smiling at her son who was surprisingly smiling back.
Eric looked down. "Are you serious? He has always wanted to be mobile, I told you it would not be long before he was walking. I cannot wait to see him get his legs under him. Johan is going to be thrilled." Johan turned to his father and smiled. Sookie wiped his sons face then took Johan out of his chair and set him down, he was off running through the house. Mark walked in with the car seats to put the twins in. "Mark, I wish to thank you for taking care of the travel of the vampires and our luggage."
"Not a problem Eric, it is part of my job to make sure you all get to your destination safely." Mark nodded to Eric.
Eric knelt down to put a sleepy Erika in the seat. "I believe when we get to New Orleans you and I need to discuss your pay, I believe it is time for a raise. You are irreplaceable to my wife and I."
If Eric has said he was a Martian Mark would have been less shocked. "I appreciate it Eric but I am doing what needs to be done." Eric paid Mark a small fortune to protect his family and Mark took his job personally. Sookie was a friend, he cared for her, he would never let anything happen to her.
"That is true but irrelevant. Your job has increased as our position has became more complicated. We will discuss it further in New Orleans." Eric was shelving it until later.
Mark nodded and took the twins. Eric turned to his wife. "Ok my bride. Count down thirty minutes, get what needs to be done so we may leave." She smiled, kissed him and left the room.
Eric was on the phone, standing in the foyer when Sookie walked to him with Johan. She smiled and Mark walked to her. "Lily, Trish and are in the car ready to go. You got everything you need Sookie?"
"Yep, just waiting for that big, bad handsome vampire to stop ruling the world so we can go." Sookie smiled at her gorgeous husband as he smiled back at her.
Johan went to his father. "Daddy are you ready to go now? Our plane is waiting." Sookie covered her mouth to try not to laugh. Johan, she thought, will be just like his father.
Eric hung up his phone, put it in his pocket and picked up his son. "Is everyone ready to go son?" He said with all seriousness to his son.
"Yes, daddy, everyone is ready. We are waiting for you." Johan touched his father's face.
Eric smiled. "Well, if your sure we may leave."
"Lets go. Ready Mark?" Johan looked back at Mark. Mark nodded to the little boy and took his sibling out the door.
"My Prince, you will rule our world well." Eric was beaming at his son. The pride Eric was feeling was swirling all around them.
They got to the airport and were loaded on the plane for the trip to New Orleans. Sookie was anxious to get going. Lily, Trish, the kids, Eric, Mark, Stephen, Maggie, Tray and six other Were's were on the plane. The twins fell asleep in the car and Johan was getting sleepy himself. Sookie curled up next to Eric for take off. They were in the air and on their way with little fanfare. Eric put his arms around Sookie and held her tight throughout the trip. Johan fell asleep while the rest talked quietly between them.
When they were back on the ground the caravan took the ride to the mansion. Sookie was nervous and anxious. Eric knew he needed to do something to get her to calm down. "I think you should lie down for awhile when we get to the mansion my love. I would like you to be there for the Sheriff's meeting tonight."
Sookie nodded. "If you need me Eric, you know I will be there." He hugged her to him the rest of the ride.
When they got to the mansion things moved fast and smoothly. Sookie had the kids in the nursery sleeping and she went to their room to take a short nap. Eric followed behind her to make sure she got to sleep. "Eric, have you thought anymore about selling this place?"
"I have. I just do not know were we can accommodate the vampire community for events like the Sheriff's ball or a Summit. The rebuilding and support of the city is very important. I thought it would be best if we keep this place for a while longer. Maybe in the future we can locate to another place for us to stay while we are here or build something. I do not want to take away builders who should be doing important work to build another vampire compound." Eric was looking around the huge palace. Sookie nodded and began putting their luggage away. "Sookie, do that later. Come now, lay down and rest. Gunnar needs his rest."
Eric went to her, pulled her to the high bed and climbed in pulling her to him. Her head rested on his chest, he bit his wrist and held it to her. She sucked the wound hard and the blood relaxed her. "Thank you sweetie." She moved her hair from her neck, angled it for him to reach it. "Eric." She whispered his name.
Eric's fangs came down, he growled softly, his tongue licked her skin and he found the perfect spot and the bite took her breathe away. She cried out as his fangs pulled her blood and her skin. Her eyes rolled in her head and she moaned. Eric was playing with her breasts as he took her blood. She could feel his hard on as his hips moved against her. Eric closed the wound as he finished and Sookie wanted him desperately. She turned to kiss him.
"My love, please, you have had a rough couple days. Rest." She pouted, he hurt her feelings. Turning she grabbed the covers and pulled them up and moved away from him. The tears were stinging her eyes. His hands were rubbing her arms softly and his lips went to her ear. "My love, I did not say that to upset you."
Moving away further she didn't care what he said, she knew she wanted him and he was dismissing her. "Go take care of what you need to Eric. I am tired."
Eric laid where he was until he was sure she was sleeping. He wanted her so badly but he knew she was exhausted and worried. Nothing was more important to him that her health, he needed to make sure she was rested and was taking care of herself. He knew what bringing his children into the world did to her tiny body and he wouldn't let her get to where she was with the twins and their lost daughter. He would be abstinent with her for the rest of the pregnancy if he needed to keep her well. When he gracious plenty finally would allow him to go back out into public he kissed her on the temple and went to check on his children before he needed to get to work. They were sleeping peacefully, Lily was sitting with the door open in the room adjacent to the nursery reading that was set up for her when they were there. He tapped on the door jam. "Hello Lily."
She looked up and smiled. "Hi Mr. Northman, the kids are fine."
"Yes, I see that they are. I am concerned about Sookie, she has been not feeling well and I want her to rest as much as possible. Trish is available to help you with anything you may need or myself. If you need me please call me, I will be in my office." He put his hands in his pockets.
"We will be fine. I am right here next to the kids. I will take good care of them you know I will. I do want to talk to you about Johan's lessons. Do you have time?" He nodded at her. "I have some ideas of what I would like to start him out on as far as his education goes. When I took this job I thought we would have more time to begin that but he is so advanced in his reading and vocabulary I would really like to dive in on a higher education level. I know he seems like he is a baby, but he is really intelligent. I would suggest we spend a few months and see where he is at around his birthday." Lily stood to get something out of her messenger bag. She walked to him and handed it to him.
Eric looked the papers over, they were lesson plans of languages, advanced math and science. He looked up at her. "You believe he can do this now?" He was almost shocked.
"Yes, I would like to see if we can hire different language coaches. I speak Spanish, German and Italian. I will begin him on those first and then I would really like to delve in with Japanese and more advanced languages. I have been coaching him for awhile on Italian but I wanted to talk to you about it first. The math and science I believe will be a breeze. He really is like a sponge." She grinned up at Eric, he looked through the pages as she spoke to him.
Eric didn't know what to say. He knew Johan was smart, he was since before he was born, Eric felt him in the womb but this? "I will follow your guidance on this. Keep track of where he is, the lessons, what he is learning. I will want to know daily how he is progressing. He is my son, I do not wanting him stressed or overworked. I want his learning to a positive experience."
She laughed. "Of course, he loves books and he has already been leafing through more advanced reading. I wanted to talk to Sookie about that but I didn't want to hurt her feelings."
Eric grinned. "I will talk to her about that. Give us a list of items you would think he would like so when she buys items on the internet. Also, order whatever you need for his lessons. I would like a copy of the items you order for reference myself. I appreciate your help with this Lily."
"Thank you for understanding." Lily took the papers he handed back to her. "I can email you daily on what we do and I can give you hard copies of anything you need." He nodded and turned to leave her to head to find his vampires.
Bill and Pam were standing in the middle of the sitting room drinking a True Blood. "Hello all, I take it your trip was uneventful?"
They turned to nod at Eric. "Yes, it was fine thank you Master." Pam smiled at her maker.
"How is Sookie?" Bill was always had a one track mind when it came to Sookie.
Eric narrowed his eyes at him. "Your Queen is fine Bill, she is resting." Eric walked to sit on the couch. He crossed his leg over his knee. "Are we on track for the Sheriff's meeting?"
Bill nodded. "Yes, everyone should be here at ten. We can get started promptly at that time. We have some issues with Area 6 and 7. That is something we must deal with right away. Area 2 has a V-dealer and I believe the Sheriff is involved, that too must be taken care of."
"Any suggestions on who should relived Gino in Area 2? I have no patience for the dealing of V." Eric frowned at Pam.
"Yes, Master, we have his second which I believe will be a good replacement. He notified me of the situation when it became known to him his Sheriff was involved. I believe he is sincere." Pam was looking at her nails.
"Fine, if you vouch for him then we will do so. Remember you are the one who recommended him Pamela, I suggest you keep a close eye on him." She nodded and grinned.
"Now, William, what do you think of becoming Pamela's second?" Pam looked at him shocked, Bill just as much.
"Your majesty, I would be honored." Bill bowed. Pam stood staring.
"Eric, you want me to be Sheriff?" Her face began changing, she was beaming.
"You may take Shreveport if you wish or take New Orleans." He knew what her decision would be.
"Area 5 will be fine Master. As much as I enjoy Area 1 I do not want the headache. Thank you." She nodded to him.
"Very well, I will continue to run Area 1 but I want a reliable replacement soon. Keep your eyes and ears open both of you and find someone we can trust. New Orleans is too important to the balance of our state to let just anyone run it." He stood. "I am going to get ready for the meeting. Anything else before I leave?" They both told him no and he left them.
He walked to the kitchen to find Trish and the kitchen staff making dinner for the humans. "Trish, is my wife's dinner ready?" All the staff stopped what they were doing and bowed to him. He nodded and they returned to what they were doing.
"Yes, my King. I was just about to take it to her." She had the tray ready on the table.
He nodded. "I will take it. Please assist Lily in anything she needs where the children are concerned. I do not want Sookie to wear herself out, she has not been feeling well."
"I was on my way to get them to bring them to the dining room for dinner. They will be fine master, I will see to it." She smiled and he nodded taking Sookie's tray with him.
He went to their room, Sookie was still sound asleep. He set the tray on the table next to her and moved to sit next to her. "My love, your dinner is ready. Wake up and eat for me."
Her eyes opened and she blinked sleepily at him. "Hi."
"Hi my love. Can you sit up and eat?" He caressed her face.
"Eric, I am not crippled. I need to get up and feed the kids and get ready." She sat to move off the bed.
He stopped her. "No, the children are fine, Trish and Lily are taking care of feeding them. You need to eat and if you feel up to it then get ready for the Sheriff's meeting."
Her eyes narrowed. "I don't know what your up to or why you are doing this but I can take care of our kids Eric. I am not sick, I feel fine." She put her legs on the side of the bed and her head began to spin, her hands went to the sides of her head and she began to fall back.
Eric was to her before she fell. "This is what I am talking about. You are not fine." He helped her back to the bed and pulled her chin up to look at him. "I will not allow you to get ill Sookie no matter how hard you fight me. You are too important to risk your life again." His fangs came down and he looked really angry.
"Ok, fine. I will eat." That was all she would give him, the rest she would deal with later. He moved to get the tray to put on her lap. He watched her as she took the fork to eat the stuffed pork chop. "Eric, why are you staring?"
"I will watch you every moment my love. I will make sure that during this trip you are eating and in no danger, so get used to it." He grinned wickedly at her.
"Whatever." She rolled her eyes and began to eat her food. He smiled as she eat her food, drank her milk and dug in to the piece of red velvet cake Trish added to the tray. "Tell Trish I love her." The color was back in her face, her cheeks were rosy.
"I will relay the message lover. Do you want to take a bath?" He wiggled his eyes at her.
She shook her head. "I believe my husband said I was too tired." She faked a yawn and closed her eyes. He was on her the minute her eyes closed. She giggled as he kissed her hard, her lips were swelling from the pressure he was putting on her tender lips.
Eric broke the kiss, his face was full of desire for her. "I will run our bath, do not start without me, do you understand?" He looked at her and she burst out laughing. Picking up the tray he moved it back to the table then left to go run their bathwater. He made the water really warm, added some raspberry scented bath oil, then he took off his clothes leaving them laying in the middle of the floor. Walking back to the bedroom Sookie was sitting on the side of the bed, all of her clothes were off. His fangs popped down again. "Lover." He whispered and picked her up, cradling her to the tub. He kissed her deeply as he stepped into the tub holding her to him.
She giggled, the bond was swirling around them and she could feel the arousal, the love, the concern for her. "I love you too sweetie." Eric pulled her to his chest and began to wash her hair. "Listen sorry for earlier, I just really wanted to be with you and you weren't interested."
He laughed. "Sookie, that was far from the truth, I wanted you so badly but I knew if I did I would not be able to control myself, I would fuck you and take your blood making you more tired." He kissed her neck and shoulder.
"And that would be bad why?" She laughed.
"I want you to relax this week. We have to many things going on and I will try to control myself where you are concerned." He nibbled on her ear.
She pulled away and turned to look at him in the eye. "Eric, don't you dare! If you try to pull some crap on me about not having sex I be really pissed. The doctor said it was good for me, it helps me relax and you know it."
He growled and pulled her up to him. "As you wish my Queen." He went right for the vein in her neck making her cry out. Her hands went into his hair pushing him harder to her. Eric stopped, his head snapped up. There was a knock at the door. "Hold my place lover, I will be right back." Sookie growled this time as he stood up and started to walk out of the room.
"Eric!" He turned. "Towel!" He shook his head, came back and got a towel to wrap around his waist. Sookie could hear Eric speaking to Bill, she heard the door close and he came back in.
"Lover, I have something I must take care of." He held his arms out for her and she stood up, he leaned to help her. He took her wet body to the bed and laid her down. "I am sorry we have to cut this short Sookie. We can pick this up later."
Sookie cried out and pulled him back. "Please, just really quick. I need to feel you in me Eric. Hurry."
He didn't need to be asked again. He smiled down on her as he crawled between her spread legs, he pulled her hips up and with vampire speed he was pumping her hard, she was waling, shaking, clawing while he rammed her over and over. He finally pulled her up to him to be face to face and planted kisses all over her face as she cried for him to help her. She was desperate, her need was over powering her as she begged for him to make her come. Eric was relentless, he never stopped until he heard her scream with release then he let go and followed her climaxing hard. She fell back, giggling. "What is so funny my love?" He was between her legs cleaning her.
"I have turned into a sex maniac. I think I will need to go to one of those groups where you say Hi, I am Sookie Northman and I am addicted to sex." She laughed and Eric did too.
He stood, went to the bathroom then came back out to redress. "I must go lover, something has come up I have to take care of. Myself or one of the guards will escort you to the ballroom for the Sheriff's meeting. Do not, under any circumstances go alone. Do I make myself clear?" His fangs were down.
"Yes, I understand Eric. I will be ready by 9:30 alright?" She smiled sweetly to him and he kissed her then left in a flash. "What was I thinking when I got involved with a vampire?" She laughed at herself.
Sookie laid back for a few minutes then her phone rang, she leaned over to grab it and answered it. "Hello?"
"My child, how are you?" Niall, Sookie thought.
"Fine Niall, how are you?" She knew something was up.
Her great grandfather cleared his throat. "Sookie, I need to inform you we have been having some issues with some rogue Fae. Most have been dealt with but these are the extremist that believe differently than my people do. I need you to be aware that since you are part of my family, you and your children may be targets. I will need to speak with Eric. Is he there?"
"No, he had a meeting to go to. Did you try him on his cell?" Sookie sat up in the bed, this Fairy shit was getting on her nerves.
"Yes, it went to voicemail. Sookie, when I tell you this I do not wish to alarm you but I would rather err on the side of caution then let something happen to you.?" He sounded sincere Sookie thought.
She didn't need this now. "Who are we looking for? Male, female? Old, young? What?"
"I will send you a email now with pictures, I will also send them to Eric and Pam. Do not approach them Sookie. If you see them get away from them as quickly as possible and notify me immediately." He said goodbye and hung up.
Sookie text Eric: Niall just called, something's going on he needs to talk to you about
Eric: Can it wait?
Sookie: He says that some crazy fairies might be coming for me and the kids
Her phone rang, it was Eric. "Sookie, what is this about?" She explained what the Prince had said to her. "Fuck!" Eric was livid. "I swear I should just wage war on Fairy and be done with this! Sookie, I am sending Thalia to you now. I am also going to have Lily bring the children to me. I do not want any of you out of my sight." He hung up and there was a knock on the door. Sookie grabbed her robe off the vanity chair and put it on.
Thalia stood there waiting patiently. "My Queen, Master sent me to you." Sookie nodded and let her in.
"How are you this evening Thalia?" Her vampire nodded and told her she was fine. "Let me get dressed, I will only be a few minutes." Sookie smiled and Thalia stood waiting. Walking to the closet Sookie took out a ruby red tailored suit, an off white silk short sleeved blouse and matching bra and panties. She went into the bathroom to dress and came out. Sitting at the vanity she put on earring, she chose diamond solitaires. She left her hair fall down her back and lightly put on her makeup. Before leaving she grabbed her cell phone off the table and told Thalia she was ready. They walked quickly to the room Eric was waiting for her in, they were in the ballroom.
He was pacing. Lily was sitting in a chair with Mark behind her. The twins were in their carriers and Johan was sound asleep on her lap. There were vampire guards all over as well as Bill, Pam, Nigel and Mr. Cataliades were sitting at a table together. Everyone stood and bowed as she walked in. "Thank you everyone, please, be seated." Sookie smiled at her vampires and staff. They did as she asked. Eric was in front of her, his face was riddled with anger. "Sweetie, we know about the danger, we can head it off."
He jerked away from her. "I will kill them all if any of them approach you or my children." Her husband was hissing.
Sookie looked around the room, servants and palace staff were setting up for the Sheriff's meeting and none of the creatures in front of her seemed to notice. It was only about an hour before the vampires and their staff began to show up for the meeting. "Eric, just take care of the Sheriff's, we can deal with Niall and his situation later."
Eric and the vampires sat at the table and discussed what needed to be talked about. Sookie went to Lily and took Johan out her arms, she pulled him tight to her. His little eyes opened. "Mommy." He whispered to her.
"Hi baby, go back to sleep, mommy is here." Johan yawned and snuggled closer to his mother. Sookie rubbed his back and as she sat there she got a really bad feeling, she felt something really evil around them and it made her shiver. Eric's head snapped to look at her. She smiled her really big smile. Eric knew something was wrong but he had no idea what was causing her distress, he turned back to the vampires. Sookie got more and more nervous as time went by. When Eric came to kneel in front of her hands were shaking.
"Sookie, tell me what is wrong?" He took Johan from her and called Pam to him. "Take your sibling Pamela." Eric stood and picked Sookie up and sat with her on his lap. "My love, please tell me what it is."
She shook her head. "I don't know Eric, I just feel something, its bad, really bad." Eric nodded to his vampires, several of them left the room. The double doors opened and Sheriff's began to trickle in, Eric stood to carry Sookie out. "No, don't leave me Eric, ok?" He could feel through the bond she was traumatized and really scared.
He moved her to the table and sat her next to Bill. "Do not let her out of your site Compton." Pam still had a hold of Johan talking sweetly to him. Eric went to Lily and told her to sit next to Sookie at the table. Thalia was instructed to sit on the other side of Lily. Sookie felt like she was going to throw up, pass out or something. What ever was in or around the palace was bad and it was making her really sick. Enar began to wake and he was fussy. Eric picked up his son and spoke to him gently in his ear, which didn't do much for the mood their child was in. Enar whimpered and pouted, his little face distorted and Sookie knew he was about to throw a fit. Eric was gently patting his back, speaking to him in Swedish. Sookie just wanted it to stop, her heart was beating so fast, Enar was getting worse too. Eric was so patient, he put Enar on his shoulder which seemed to help, his whimpers slowed down a bit. Sookie could only stare at them, her head began to pound, she knew she was going to throw up.
"Eric." She whispered to him and he looked at her, quickly handed Enar to Lily and rushed her out of the room to the bathroom. Sookie barely made it to the toilet, her head was spinning. Her stomach kept heaving over and over until there was nothing left to purge.
"Sookie, I told you that you needed your rest, it isn't good for the baby." Eric was rubbing her back.
"Eric, this isn't Gunnar, this is whatever is here." She got really dizzy but she didn't want to alarm him. "Can you get me some water?" Sookie asked him as calmly as she could. He dialed his phone commanding someone and Nigel appeared with a bottle of water. "Thank you both."
It was like time stood still, Sookie looked at her vampires in front of her but they were like statues, Sookie spoke and nothing happened. She put her hand in front of her face, she could feel it, see it move but neither vampire did, they were like stone. Sookie spoke to Eric, calling his name, and he didn't move. Her head began to spin, faster and faster until she couldn't control it, her eyes rolled in the back of her head and she blacked out.