EPOV
I enjoy watching my lover work, for more than just the simple fact that seeing her do almost anything gets me hard as a rock. No, I enjoy watching her because she looks so confident and I don't need the bond to know that it makes her happy, just looking at her makes it clear as day. She was nervous the first time she saw clients, and I knew she would be, it was why I had her read people for me first but she got through a few of them and realized she could do her job and do it well it was as if she flourished. She looks so bright and in control tonight as she's reading my underlings fang bangers and work associates and I know that it pleases her that she's now making enough money that Adele no longer has to worry about their bills.
Although that isn't necessary, I told her that she's my bonded now and that means that we are one, what's mine is hers, and neither of them will have to worry about money ever again. She honestly took it better than I thought she would, as in she didn't have one of her tantrums and deny me out of pride. She accepted what I said as truth but told me that just because she might not have to worry about money doesn't mean she isn't going to work and hold her own. I wanted to scoff at her but if she can be accommodating then so could I. Plus, it is good that she is making a name for herself in the supernatural community. I know she'd rather stay unknown but thanks to her cousin, that is no longer possible.
Speaking of her cousin, I do not doubt that I will be getting a call from Sophie Ann any day wondering when is the closest time my pet is free to come to New Orleans for a job. Fuck, I wouldn't be surprised if she calls tonight. That reminds me, I should probably tell her that the bond is completed, it might stop any plans she has in the works to try to get Sookie from me. Then again, that might just her make try something more desperate, maybe it is better to keep it to ourselves for now. I must think over this and possibly ask Godric what he thinks.
I realize I've been lost in thought when I feel Sookie's hand working its way up my leg. I hadn't even noticed the last customers left. Though I enjoy watching her work, it is getting boring listening to the hundredth vampire asking if they are able to trust their pet. They deserve whatever happens to them if they're idiotic enough to let someone they aren't positive they can trust close to them. It is one of the main reasons I don't keep pets. Sookie is the first one in over a century and she doesn't count.
I turn my attention back to her when she reaches my cock and squeezes it over my jeans. "Mhmm, lover, are you ready for a break? Do you need a little destressing after a long night's work?"
I don't wait for her to verbally answer, her arousal filling up my office is answer enough. I grab the back of her head and pull it to me to kiss her hungrily, she joins in eagerly. I lean forward enough that I am able to grab her by the hips, lift her up to bring her on top of me, and have her straddle me. I thrust up once and she moans into my mouth. Oh how I love her sexy little dresses, it is so easy to get to her pussy. I move my hand under it and rub my thumb in circles over her clit while using my other hand to pull the thin strap of her dress down so I can get access to her breast. Once it's exposed I break the kiss and move my lips down her until I get to it and use my tongue to play with her nipple the way I know she enjoys. She isn't idle either, she unbuttons my jeans and opens them so my cock springs out. Thank the gods, it was getting uncomfortable after being contained while hard for so long. I groan when her hot little hand wraps around me and starts pumping.
I enjoy this for a few minutes before I decide I need a taste of her and move her once again by putting my hands on her hips, lifting her up, and sitting her on my desk. She knows what's coming and is excited about it. She looks at me with needy wonton eyes and puts each of her feet, which are in strappy heels that make her legs look even sexier than normal, on my desk spread apart clearly welcoming me to my meal. It is one of the hottest things I've ever seen. Especially when thinking back to when she was a shy virgin who blushed every time I touched her, to seeing her now looking at me, knowing exactly what she needs and not being afraid to take it.
I growl my pleasure, rip her underwear off, and dive right in. I feel her slight annoyance but it doesn't take long for me to make her forget her destroyed underwear and for her to start moaning. Other than my maker and my child, I've never been with anyone long enough to take note of what they like and what gets them off. With Sookie, it was almost as if I had no choice but to. I can't help but be attuned to every part of her, take note of every flutter of the walls of her delectable pussy, every sound of pleasure she makes, and every groan of need when I'm not touching the places she needs me the most. I enjoy those sometimes, I have been slow in introducing more fun things to do while making love, I didn't want it to be too much too fast for her since she was so innocent when I met her.
But now, I think it's time I show her the pleasure that can come from keeping her on the edge. So that's exactly what I do, I bring her to the edge and every time she is about to fall over I slow down and move away from her clit. I can feel she's getting close to begging me at this point which is what I'm waiting for. I cannot ignore my own need anymore so I fist my cock and pump it in time with her moans. I am not being nearly as torturous to me as I am being to her.
"Fuck, Eric, you're being evil!"
I chuckle, it is not often I hear my lover curse, it makes me know I am doing my job well. I elisit another groan from her when I pull my mouth away from her completely to answer her. "Why whatever do you mean?"
"You know exactly what I mean."
"You must tell me what you need that I am not giving you, lover. How am I supposed to know otherwise?" I lean back in with my tongue sticking out and give her one long lick.
She moans loudly when I circle my tongue around her clit a few times then suck it into my mouth while maintaining eye contact with her. Again, just as it's enough to finally push her over the edge I pull back, "Sookie?"
She groans loudly, it's clear she's exasperated at this point. "I need you to-to make me cum, damn it!'
I smile at her and decide she's waited long enough, I'm only trying to ease her into new experiences. Eventually, I will get her so comfortable that she will beg me to take her into the playroom and use all the fun toys I've accumulated. Fuck, just thinking about it makes me need her even more so I quickly get to work and moan when she finally cums harder and more intensely I've seen thus far, I love everything her body has to offer so I make sure to lap up every drop. I quickly stand and ram myself inside her before she even has a chance to come down from her high.
"Oh God, Eric!" She yells as I start to thrust into her at vamp speed. My fangs come down in anger when there is a knock on the door.
"Later!" I growl as I pull out of Sookie and flip her around so that she is bending over my desk.
"Master, Sookie's clients have been waiting for almost an hour, they are speaking of leaving." I hear Pam say from the other side of the door.
I groan, upset. Though I do not give a fuck if the vampires decide to leave I know Sookie does. She takes pride in having a great work ethic and would be upset if she lost customers because I was fucking her for too long. So regretfully, I stop playing, I move my hand to her clit and play with it while slamming into her, bringing us both to our end quickly. As I feel her clamping around me and milking me of my dead seed, I make use of my fangs that are already down, and bite into her neck. As I bite, she moans and squeezes me harder, I didn't know that was possible.
When we both come down and our breathing evens out I quickly pull out of her and right myself and her. She's still looking dazed by the time I call to Pam, "Bring them in."
"What? She asks confused.
"Your next client is here." She looks upset but doesn't say anything when my phone starts ringing. I know this ringtone by heart. I was right, I knew she'd call soon, I just hoped she'd have the patience to wait a night. I was foolish to hope for such a thing, it's the queen. Sookie looks at me questioningly, she knows the ringtone is different than the normal but she does not know who it is.
I let out an uncharacteristic sigh, reach over to the phone, and answer. "Hello, your majesty. How may I help you this night?"
"Eric, so glad to hear your voice it's been too long. I've had the best idea." She responds in her overly cheary fake loud voice that makes it clear she's up to something.
"Oh really, my queen? I cannot wait to hear, you always have the best ideas." I mean not a word of it but you have to kiss some amount of ass when you are not the leader. Since I decided I did not want to be king, I've accepted that.
"Such the flatterer, you are, my friend. You should see in your emails that I have filled out and returned the paperwork you sent me for purchasing your telepath's services. I have scheduled next week for you two to come. The most perfect part of my plan is that I have cleared my schedule so that we may send your telepath to work and you and I can spend some time together." Fuck, not this again. How many times do I have to tell her that I want no part of anything she has to offer between her thighs?
"Yes, she is free to work at that time, as am I. Is there anything specific you need my help with? My area is in order and I've sent all the necessary monthly paperwork in on time. What could you possibly need me for?"
"Eric, you know I tire of your excuses. I need not your help with my state, I have more carnal needs for you."
"As I have told you many times before, my queen. I am not interested, I like to keep my business and private life separate."
"Oh spare me that same old excuse, Eric, I grow tired of it. You fuck any pretty in a skirt that walks into your place of business, and you cannot tell me you have not fucked that telepath of yours, you're on your way to bonding with her for fuck's sake."
She is pushing my patience today. I have been in situations before where I've had to fuck my seniors because they told me they ordered me to or blackmailed me but I'd sooner die than let someone such as her force such a thing on me. "I don't see how that's any of your business. What I do in my free time is not part of my job as your sheriff."
"I'm not saying it is, darling. I'm just pointing out that your rule isn't as ironclad as you'd like to believe and that you should make an exception for some fun time with your queen."
I despise how diplomatic I have to be when speaking to her. What I'd really like to say is 'I don't want to fuck any part of you' but I do not feel like moving currently, and I doubt Sookie or Adele would want to either. Plus, I'd just move to another place that has a king or queen who would want the same thing from me. At least this one has been taking no for an answer, until now anyway. "It matters not anyway, while my bonded is working I shall be with her, you know it is written in the contract."
"Ahh yes, I did see that now that you've brought it up. Oh well, it was worth a shot, I will get you into my bed eventually."
She must be going insane to still honestly think she has a chance with me, I've made it abundantly clear since I signed my contract that I want no part of her. "We shall see, my queen. Is there anything else you need to speak to me about?"
"Yes, it seems your telepath is related to my Hadley. Are you sure there is no way I can buy her off of you? As you know I like to indulge my worthy pets from time to time and Hadley has shown a marked interest in getting close to her cousin again, and Hadley has earned a treat or two."
"As I've stated, your majesty, she is not only my telepath, we've bonded. There is no way I'm willing to separate myself from her."
"You've completed the final exchange? It is official?" I know Sophie Ann very well after knowing her as long as I have. She is using her voice that she uses when she tries to pretend everything is fine but in reality, she's very upset.
"Yes, as of a few days ago, I am officially a bonded vampire."
"Well, it seems I owe you a congratulations, you've seemed to secure yourself a telepath." She grits through her teeth.
I notice that Sookie is getting more and more angry as the conversation goes on. It surprises me, though I know her senses are better than normal because of my blood, I did not know they were that precise. I also know she will not like what I'm about to say. I hope she knows by now that it is all a show, I can't let other vampires know how much Sookie means to me, not only will it make me look weak, and therefore make other vampires more willing to attack, which makes it more dangerous for Sookie and Adele. If they know how important she is to me they will also find her as an easy target to use to get to me. "Yes, it is good. Her skills have already been very helpful, it is good to have her under my control. It is also good for the state, I don't know of any other monarchies that have a telepath working for them."
"Yes, that is true." She says thoughtfully. It might be fruitless to hope but maybe she is understanding that Sookie can be just as helpful and useful to her from here. Though knowing her, I will not be so lucky. She eventually continues, "Yes, well, I shall see you at the beginning of next week as soon as the sun sets. It might be better for you to come to town early because I have a lot of people I need her to read in the short amount of time she'll be here. So I'm expecting you early."
"That will be fine, Your Majesty. If that is all, I shall take my leave of you. With another trip so soon after the last, I must start to prepare."
"Okay, Northman, I have said all I need to. Just do not be late on Monday and all will be well."
"Understood," I say and hang up.
When I put the phone down I stay quiet while I think over the conversation to see if I can figure out what angle the queen is working. I know she is going to try something when we get to New Orleans I just wish I knew what. The thing is, I don't think she even knows what she's going to attempt yet. That is both a good thing and a bad thing. It means that she hasn't thought of anything and so her plan, when she does do whatever she's going to do, isn't going to be well thought out. The bad part about it is that means she is getting desperate and desperate people are dangerous. Especially someone like her, even on the best of days she's devious. She Is selfish and she thinks she deserves to get whatever she wants. Most of the time she gets her way but when she doesn't she either throws a temper tantrum until she does or she tries to steal it.
"Eric?" My lovely bonded asks, snapping me out of my musings.
"Yes, min kara?"
"Is everything okay? Do you still think she's up to something? Should I be worried about this trip? Is it even safe to bring Gran?"
Although part of me does wish that Adele would not be coming with us on this trip I know she has to. That granddaughter of hers had to tell the queen about her so she would be expected. Plus, I will be able to do a better job keeping her safe if she is close to me. I just hope that when we all go to the queen's compound they do not plan to use Adele to get what they want.
"I know she will attempt something, Sookie. I am just not sure what she has planned. I will make sure Adele is safe when we're there, there is no need to worry." I say as I pull her close. "We will not be going alone, either. I will have Godric, Pam, and Bubba come along with us. Plus, I have quite a few vampires inside the compound that are loyal to me and not the queen. She doesn't know this, of course, so she'll be accounting for those vampires to be on her side whenever she attempts to take you she'll have an unpleasant surprise."
"But what are we going to do? Say she tries whatever she's going to and we win, what happens then? It is not as if the problem will disappear, what's stopping her from trying again and again until she wins?" Sookie sounds very scared and I have to admit, she has a point. Though there are a lot of faults I can find in my queen, her being a quitter isn't one of them. It doesn't leave me with many options and none of them are too palatable to me.
"I will end her if I must, I do not want the position of king but will take it if need be."
"Eric, I don't want you to be forced to do that, especially because of me."
I lean in and kiss the top of her head, "Sookie, I will do whatever I need to, to keep you safe. You must know that by now. You are my bond, the most important being in my life, I do not take that lightly, there is nothing I wouldn't do to keep you safe and happy."
I'm surprised when I see tears forming in her eyes, though I can tell from the bond that she is not upset.
She opens her mouth to say something but Pam knocks twice quickly on my office door then opens it leading to the next vampire in line for a reading. Sookie quickly turns her head and wipes away the stray tear that fell. When she looks at her next client, if he weren't a vampire he'd never be able to tell that she was just emotional, but because he is, he can smell the salt in the air as much as I can. Thankfully with a sharp look from me, he says nothing about it.
The rest of the night goes quickly for me, I pay attention to her readings, take their payments, and pay just enough attention to be ready in case a vampire tries to take any bad news they get out on Sookie, thankfully that has yet to happen. The rest of my mind is focused on next week and our trip to New Orleans. I need to call Rasul to see if he has any new information. Other than that and the preparations I've already made, after hours of thinking, I cannot think of anything else to do to ensure our safety, though I will keep working on solutions until we leave.
I am surprised when another one of her clients leaves and I realize that is the last one of the night. I listen to my internal clock to realize it's already around 3 am. Sookie looks like she's half asleep already. I did not like her taking on so many clients in one night, there is no need for her to push herself that hard but she insists and my Sookie is a determined one. "Let us get you home, min stjärna, you're tired."
"Mhmm, that sounds good."
Without giving her any notice I scoop her up and walk out the door. I deposit her in my passenger seat and start to make our way home. We are about halfway there when I hear a sound and the car jerks. I realize that we have a flat. I curse under my breath when it wakes Sookie up. I lean over and kiss her forehead. "Relax lover, it is only a flat, go back to sleep."
She nods her head and closes her eyes. It isn't until I'm outside of the car that I realize I was wrong because I see that there is a spike strip across the road. I try to look and listen with my enhanced senses and that's when I hear a group of at least five men around the corner. Their thoughts must have woke Sookie back up because I feel her urgency in the bond. I send her calm because panicking isn't going to help us. I can just fly us a way like I did the last time people tried to attack us on the road but I want to know what these men want and who's after us now. I can't help but feel exasperated when Sookie gets out of the car. Does the woman have no form of self-preservation at all?
She walks over to me pretending to look at the tire like I am and whispers, "Eric, there are people here, they're planning to attack you, they want me for some reason."
Again? Just as I'm wondering what they're waiting for, they turn the corner and start to run at us. This time they are Weres, since there are so many of them, I have to be strategic in how I take them out. Especially the few that have silver weapons. I use my vamp speed and attack the one that looks like the leader. Right before I break his neck I feel Sookie's panic at the thought. I have the urge to roll my eyes but instead, I hit him hard on the back of the head. I quickly move to the next one closest to me but this time he's ready for me and tries to throw a silver net at me. Thankfully I am able to dodge I get close and use my fangs to bite him. Werewolf blood is unpalatable but tolerable, especially under the circumstances. I worry that Sookie will look at me badly, this is the first real time that she's seen me like this, she wasn't with me when I killed the human in the church nor was she paying attention to me when I staked Longshadow. Now I am in the middle of a battle, trying to control my blood lust so that I do not kill anyone and I know she can feel my pleasure and excitement from the fight. I feel pleased when no negative emotions are coming from her other than the worry for my safety.
I must be too focused on her emotions in the bond because I don't even realize someone is sneaking up behind me until I hear Sookie yell to warn me. I turn around just in time to see Sookie's hands light up and shoot the one trying to attack me. He flies across the road and doesn't get up. I see Sookie look at her hands confusedly but I do not have time to check on her because another is coming for me. I drop the were that I almost drained, he'll survive if they get him to the hospital, and I focus on the two that are still awake. One looks terrified and the other looks like he's ready to go down fighting. I decide the scared one will be best for questioning so I take no time to dispose of the other much like I did his comrade, a strong hit to the back of the head. I realize I might have hit too hard when I hear a crack that signals a bone breaking. Oh well, I tried.
I look at the last one standing and he looks as if he's about to pass out from fear. I understand, I must look terrifying with the blood of one of his packmates running from my fangs down my face and neck. Quickly I vamp up to him, grab his hands, and pull them behind his back. As calmly as possible, I ask, "Where are the ropes you were going to use to tie my lover up?"
"Wh-what? We weren't planning on taking her."
I use a little strength to pull his arms, I know from experience how hard to pull to rip one's arms off or to pull them out of the socket, I pull just enough that he isn't damaged but enough that he knows it would be no problem for me to hurt him. "It is not safe to lie to someone who holds your life in their hands. You may not be high-ranking enough to know this information but my Sookie over there is a telepath, she heard your plans before you even meant to make yourself known. Now, where are they? That is, unless you'd like to end up like your friends."
I'm sure to him it looks like they're all dead, which is what I want. "Over there, by where we were hiding!" He yells, I guess he'd rather be a hostage than dead, smart guy.
"Good," I say and walk him over to where he indicated. I look at Sookie and realize she is still just staring at her hands, she feels like she's in shock, or at least what I imagine shock would feel like. Vampires do not have that state of mind, for which I'm glad. I don't know if she's more shocked about her hands or being attacked again. Either way, I'm going to have to work to calm her once this Were is secured.
I throw him in the back seat and use my vamp speed to change the tire, it takes less than a minute after all is said and done. I walk over to Sooking and softly put my hands on her shoulders. "Sookie?"
She shakes her head as if to snap out of her state and looks at me, "I did it again."
"I see that, lover. Come, let us get home, I think it is time we spoke to Godric about Niall, maybe you will be able to get some answers."
She nods her head, "Okay, that's a good idea. Should we call a tow truck?"
"Why would we do that?"
"The tire."
"It is already taken care of."
She looks surprised but doesn't comment on it further, instead, she looks around at all the Weres lying on the ground. "Wasn't there more of them?"
"Only one, he is in the backseat. I have some questions to ask him." I say ominously.
I can feel her apprehension in the bond but she doesn't say anything. It is good, I have been trying to keep the dark side of my life away from her but I can only do so much. I cannot let an attack like this go unpunished, nor do I want to. She'll have to understand. Hopefully, the fairy part of her will come forward and it will not bother her so much. I walk her over to the car and put her into the front seat before vamping over to the driver's side and making our way home.
