AN: chapter contains lemons and adult content. *character death * I don't own any of the characters I just want to give Eric and Sookie a happy ever after eventually.
*Flashback*
Later that night after their first time, Sookie woke up to Eric kissing his way down her neck and chest. He pulled one of her nipples in his mouth and sucked until it budded against his tongue. Sookie opened her legs and wrapped her arms around his neck and tangled her fingers in his hair. He did the same thing to her other breast and pushed them together so he could bury his face in them. He kissed down her belly to her hips. He checked to see how wet she was. She was dripping. He worked his fingers in her and she gripped his neck. He kissed the inside of her thigh. Close she was so close.
"Eric!" His fingers sped up to an inhuman pace. Sookie pulled his hair desperately trying to get his tongue where she wanted it. She bent her knees to give him more room. She arched her back as he ran his tongue over her. She cried out as she came on his fingers. He licked her one last time and kissed his way up her body until he was looking into her eyes. He licked his fingers.
"You are delicious." He bent down to kiss her and pushed inside of her.
"Oh god Eric!" She moaned against his lips as he set a slow but steady pace. Sookie looked at him in amazement as his fangs came out. It was the first time she had seen them since the night he'd saved her life. She touched his cheek and softly touched one of his fangs with her index finger.
"Bite me!" She pleaded. He looked down at her and began kissing and licking the side of her neck.
"You sure?" He grunted against her neck.
"Yes," she was so close.
Eric licked the side of her neck one last time and bit her. "Eric!" They both came at the same time. He drank from her for just a minute before stopping. He pricked his finger with his fang and rubbed it against the bite marks until they were completely healed.
"Sookie you taste amazing." He whispered against her neck as he kissed her. Sookie could do little more than cling to him. Eric looked down at her and kissed her tenderly.
"We have to find out what you are lover." He said rolling to his side and tucking her in his arms. She looked up at him alarmed.
"Eric!" Eric shushed her with a kiss.
"Lover, you taste like sunshine. I'm over 1000 years old and I have a lot of self control. If others had found you they may not. If we knew what you were I could protect you better." Eric stood up and lifted her in his arms. He carried her through the house.
"Where are we going?" He opened the back door and walked out onto the patio.
"The hot tub." He told her when they reached the beautiful pool. He walked around to the hot tub and walked in. He sat down with her still in his arms and moved her to his lap.
"What do you think I am?" Sookie asked dropping her head to his shoulder.
"Honestly I have no clue. But I would like your permission to dig around a little. Maybe build a family tree. See if anyone else could of possibly been like you." He kissed her shoulder.
"My Grandaddy was like me. He could hear people's thoughts, I don't know about teleporting. He disappeared when I was like three years old. But as far as a family tree goes, Gran has one for the Stackhouses and the Hales. Mama was a Turner. But she was adopted out of North Carolina. I tried to find Mama's birth parents but it was a closed adoption and her adopted mom and dad passed away right after I was born. I never really knew them. I don't care if you look around. But I'll warn you. I've been trying to look since I was 16. And nothing."
Sookie wrapped her arms around his neck. He grabbed her by her ass and she moaned when he slid inside of her. He felt much larger with her on top. She dropped her head to his shoulder as he slid her up and down on top of him. He took her slow and kissed her passionately. She began kissing his neck and she tangled her fingers in his blonde hair. They both came hard and Sookie collapsed against his chest. He kissed the side of her face, and held her close.
"I think you broke me." She panted against his neck. Eric laughed and stood up with her still attached to him.
"Let's go take a shower." He said carrying her back into the house. He took her in the bathroom and turned the massive shower on .
"Eric my legs feel like jelly." She giggled as soon as he sat her down. Eric began to wash her starting with her feet. He cleaned every inch of her body and finishing with her hair.
"You've had a busy night." He said pulling her back against his chest. He wrapped his arms around her waist and cupped her breasts in both his hands.
"Have I told you what beautiful breasts you have?" He kissed her neck. She laughed.
"I don't think you've actually said it in words." Eric kissed her again. "I'll have to rectify that. " he whispered against her neck. He spent the rest of the night showing her how beautiful her body was until exhaustion won out and she curled up against his chest and fell soundly asleep.
*End Flashback *
When Sookie mentioned going to confront Bill at Fangtasia, Eric looked at her like she was crazy.
"Eric Northman, don't you look at me like that. I want that bastard to look me in the eye." He pulled her to him and kissed her forehead.
"Go get in the car." Eric frowned but followed her and opened her door. When he got in she slid over until she was as close to him as possible.
"Shit, I'm not dressed to go to Fangtasia." Sookie realized grabbing her tshirt.
"You're fine," Eric said placing his hand on her thigh right where her shorts stopped.
"Why exactly do you want to see Compton?" Eric asked her as they pulled out of the driveway.
"I want him to tell me what he wants, Eric he went after Gran, I can't be with her all the time." Eric squeezed her leg lightly.
"Lover, I can get Thalia to guard her house discreetly. Before I talked to the queen earlier tonight, Let's just say Compton isn't in one piece. He's just not in as many pieces as I want him. I never wanted you to see the cruelty I'm capable of." Sookie shushed him with her finger and leaned over and kissed him.
"Eric I'm well aware I see a side of you, most never get to see. I know you aren't as nice to others as you are to me. I know honey, but I need to look him in the eye. I couldn't even sleep good last night until you got there." Eric pulled her against his shoulder.
"I understand Lover, I just wish I could have prevented it. " Sookie snuggled against his shoulder and closed her eyes she was sleeping peacefully against her Viking in minutes.
They pulled into the employee parking lot behind Fangtasia to soon for Eric. He leaned over and brushed a strand of hair that had fallen in her face. He kissed her softly on the lips. Her eyes fluttered open.
"We're here." Sookie stretched against him and sat up. She looked at him.
"Let's get this over with while I still have the nerve." There was no point in trying to hide her anxiety. Eric felt it. She'd thought about having him bite her and keeping the marks but there was no point. He was very protective and tried hard to keep her away from the other vampires. For the longest time, Pam was the only other one she knew. Then he introduced her to Thalia and finally, very reluctantly, he'd introduced her to Longshadow, when they had turned the video store into a nightclub. Everything else he kept separate. When he was with her he was Eric Northman. When he was working he was Eric Northman, Sheriff of Area 5. He had told her numerous times he wanted to keep her as far away from vampire politics as possible.
"Lover, you don't have to do this." He kissed the top of her head.
"I know. But I need to. For me." She didn't wait for him to get out and open her door. She opened her car door, and got out and was half way to the door by the time he caught up.
"Lover, go in my office, stay behind the desk, I don't want him to be that close to you. I'll have someone bring him in." Eric opened the office door for her closed it behind her once she was inside.
Sookie went and sat in Eric's desk chair and decided to attempt to start payroll while she waited. She brought up Eric's computer and logged into the software. She almost had a heart attack. There was 60,000 missing. It had been taken out of the account the night she had been run off the road. Sookie picked up Eric's office phone and called out to the bar. Longshadow answered.
"Could I speak to Eric or Pam please?" He growled. Before he could say anything Eric came in dragging a very beaten up Bill Compton behind him. Eric wasn't exaggerating when he said Compton looked rough. They had really done a number on him. He was wrapped in silver. Part of his right hand was missing. He was missing teeth. She realized why Eric didn't want her to see what he was capable of.
"Can he even speak?" She asked Eric
Pam kicked him hard in his spine?
"She asked you a question Bill. Answer her, and be polite." Sookie closed her eyes.
"Yes ma'am." Bill coughed and spit up blood.
"Mr. Compton, why were you at my Gran's the other night? And did you have anything to do with running me off the road?" Sookie reached out for Eric.
"Your cousin told the Queen about you. She sent me after you. She wasn't aware you were bonded to Eric. I glamoured your grandmother. I had planned to take you back to New Orleans but I wanted you first. Hadley said you were a virgin. I had nothing to do with the accident. I was merely following you. I saw you drive off the road and I saw the were pull you from the car. I saw him beat you. I pulled him off and went to heal you and you just vanished. What are you?" Sookie looked down at her hands trying to will them not to shake. This was a mistake she just hoped she could get through this without Bill Compton seeing her cry. Sookie jumped as Eric slammed Bill against the wall, his fangs down. He was furious.
"That's none of your fucking business. You don't go near her or her Grandmother. If you happen to see her, you better turn around and go the other way, you don't look at her and you most certainly don't speak to her, so help me god Bill, if I didn't have a direct order to release you… and I still plan to take this up with the magister. Sookie is mine!!!" Eric threw him back to the ground and kicked his spine. Sookie heard the bones snap. She jumped and had to bite her lip to keep from screaming.
"Pam get him out of my sight before I forget about the order to release him." Eric stepped over him and walked around the desk. He kneeled in front of Sookie and placed his hand on her knee. He touched his forehead to hers. They stayed like that until Pam drug Bill from the room and slammed the door.
"Are you alright Lover?" Sookie shook her head no.
"Hadley? How could she?" Eric stood up and pulled her into his arms, tucking her head under his chin.
"We thought she was dead." Eric let out an unnecessary sigh.
"I've seen her many times. I just never put two and two together. I wasn't even sure of her name. She's been Sophie Anne's human for quite sometime now. I'm sorry I never put the two together." Sookie reached up and placed her finger over his lips.
"It's not your fault, you never met Hadley. Eric I've got to show you something." Sookie sat down in his chair and brought his computer back up and logged back into the banking account. She brought up the missing money then pointed at it to show him.
"Look at the date it was taken out?" Eric studied the computer for a few minutes.
"Have you told anyone else about this ?" Sookie shook her head no.
"I logged into do payroll and found it."
"Good, don't. Get what you need to work from home the next few days and we'll finish talking about this in the car." Eric kissed her and got up.
Sookie opened his top drawer and grabbed the folder with the time cards and the rest of the paper work she'd need for the rest of the week.
"I'm ready when you are." Sookie stood up and he took her hand, he put his arm around her, protectively, and led her out the back door.
Once they were in the car Eric pulled her in his arms.
"Honey, were we wrong about Bill? It's to much of a coincidence." Eric kissed the top of her head.
"Bill got what he deserved, even if he didn't cause your accident. He was planning to rape you Sookie, kidnap you, and turn you over to someone where you would have been nothing more than a slave." When he put it like that.
"Can we just go home?" Eric kissed her, cranked the car, and drove her home.
An hour later, Sookie heard Eric on the phone as she was getting out of the shower. She dried her hair and got dressed. She pulled on her panties and her spaghetti strap baby blue nightgown. She walked out of the bathroom and turned the covers down. She didn't know if Eric had to leave again or not so she went ahead and got in bed. When Eric saw her he hung up and took his clothes off and got in bed beside her. She smiled at him and slid over until she was in his arms with her head laying on his chest. She was softly tracing his chest muscles and circling his nipple with her finger tip.
"I called a meeting for Monday to figure out the 60,000." He said kissing her forehead. Sookie yawned.
"Ok honey. Do you think Gran will be safe?" Eric began tracing small circles on her shoulders.
"Thalia is guarding the house to make sure. But if Compton has any sort of brains left, he'll stay far away. " Sookie snuggled closer into his chest.
"Eric…" she said sleepily with a big yawn.
"I love you and thank you for always taking care of me." Eric kissed her softly.
"I love you too." He whispered in his ear as she drifted off to sleep.
Sookie woke up the next day still in Eric's arms. She kissed his chest where her hand was resting and wiggled out of his arms. She got dressed in a yellow flowered tube dress that went just above her knees. She left her hair down to fall in loose curls around her face. Since she was only meeting Gran she did very light simple make up. She leaned over Eric to kiss him bye. He opened his eyes slightly.
"I'm going to Grans for dinner, I'll see you in a little while." He nodded and kissed her lips gently. "Take the red BMW, it just got new tires and the gas tank is full." She smiled at him and kissed him one last time before he went back to sleep.
Another hour later Sookie was pulling up to Gran's house. She got out of the car and walked up the back steps to go in the house. Just as she turned the knob she got a gut feeling something was awfully wrong. She couldn't smell the dinner Gran was supposed to be cooking. She hurried in the door and walked in the kitchen and screamed. Gran was on the floor covered in blood .
"NOOO" she screamed she fell to her knees and rolled Gran over as tears filled her eyes. She pulled Gran's head in her lap and screamed. She nearly dropped her as she saw where her throat was slit. She grabbed a dish towel to Try to stop the blood. She wasn't sure how long she sat there rocking her Grandmother back and forth.
"Gran please please wake up." Sookie held pressure to the towel.
"Please Gran! Somebody help." Sookie's phone rang in her purse that was still on her shoulder. She let go of her grandmother long enough to get it from her purse. She knew it was Eric.
"Lover what happened?" Eric asked her.
"Gran, Eric I need you to heal her." Sookie didn't even recognize her own voice.
"Sookie, what happened? Did she fall again? I can't go out yet, the suns still out." For the first time Sookie looked around the old kitchen. Besides the pool of blood she was sitting in there was blood on the wall, the table, both doors. On the wall written in blood there was a message.
'Die Fangbangers.'
"It was supposed to be me." She heard Eric cuss in Swedish.
"Sookie listen to me lover, I want you to stay on the line with me, I'm going to call Jason from the other phone. Stay on the phone." Sookie was silent. She couldn't form the words to tell Eric she understood.
"Gran, please wake up…" she whispered.
"Eric?" She heard him talking to someone else.
"I'm right here." He told her
"Honey I don't think she's going to wake up this time." Sookie was staring down at her gran. Gran's mouth was frozen open in a silent scream and she had a terrified look in her eyes that Sookie hadn't noticed before.
"Eric, someone killed her……. I think it was supposed to be me." Sookie said quietly.
"Sookie stay on the phone with me, Jason's on his way. I'll be there soon. We'll figure out who did this and I promise they will pay."
Sookie believed him but it didn't matter now. Gran was gone and nothing could bring her back. Sookie screamed suddenly when she heard a diesel truck engine pull up to the back door.
"Oh my god, Eric he's back." Sookie knew she wasn't thinking clearly but she was scared and it felt like her heart was going a million miles a second. It was hard to catch her breath and she was starting to see black spot. Her hair was matted to her head with sweat and she screamed again when she looked down and saw all the blood covering her.
"Sookie, you've got to take deep breaths. It's just Jason." Sure enough a second later her brother walked through the back door. Sookie gave up fighting once she saw Jason. She dropped the phone and collapsed head first into a pool of blood.