*Flashback*
Sookie held on to Eric's waist as he sped on the boat down the waterway. For their third anniversary Eric had surprised Sookie with a two week vacation at his house in Barbados. The only way to get to it with all their luggage was by water. Sookie had a couple of drinks while they were still on the plane and two more while she waited for Eric to get them situated on the boat. She didn't drink often. It was difficult for her to keep other people out of her head when she did. The airport had been full of people. She still wasn't a big fan of boats.
Eric leaned over and kissed the side of her face. He ran his hand up her dress and under her bikini bottoms. He rested his hand on her butt.
"We're almost there." He leaned over and said in her ear, pulling her earlobe between his lips. Sookie held on to his waist and ran her hand up his chest.
"Good, I'm horny." she said pulling away so she could pull her dress over her head. She had a hot pink bikini under her dress. Eric looked down at her and laughed.
"Do you ever get enough sex woman?" Eric asked her slowing the boat down as they pulled up to the dock. He slapped her lightly on her butt and moved to tie the boat up.
"Are we alone out here?" Sookie asked
He leaned down and kissed her, His hand running down her body.
"For the most part except for maybe the sharks." He joked.
Sookie giggled and walked to the bow of the boat . She sat down on the cushion. Sookie leaned back and spread her legs open. Eric watched her. She licked her fingers and pushed her bottoms to the side. She very softly started rubbing her clit. Eric watched her. She ran her free hand in her bikini top and pushed the cup to the side. Eric sat down in front of her when she moaned and pushed two fingers inside of herself.
"Baby, I'm so close." she moaned. Eric ran his hand up the inside of her leg and ghosted her clit with his fingertips. "Let me help you. Lover." he said.
Sookie cried out. "Please baby, I need you so bad." Eric stood up and hooked his arms under her knees. He pulled her body half way off the seat. He pulled her fingers out of her dripping pussy and pulled himself out of his swim trunks and slammed into her hard and fast. She cried out and arched her back. "Oh God baby!"
Eric took her other breast out of her bikini top. He cupped both of them in his hands to use as leverage.
"You like that?" He asked, giving her breasts a gentle squeeze and rolling her nipples lightly between his thumb and index finger. She stretched her legs and rested them against his chest.
"Please don't stop!"
His hips were a blur as he pounded into her vampire speed. He only slowed down when she couldn't catch a breath from coming so hard. He pushed her legs down around his waist and pulled her in his arms and turned them so she was sitting in his lap. He kissed her as they made love slowly. She wrapped her arms around his neck, while they tangled their fingers in each other's hair.
"I love you." She moaned against his lips as she came hard one last time. She dropped her head to his shoulder and held him tightly when he finished inside of her. He brushed her hair out of her face and laid soft kisses on her shoulder.
"You're going to be the true death of me, Sookie Stackhouse." he whispered in her ear placing soft kisses on the side of her face as she panted against his chest.
"Are we here yet? Or did you just pull over so we could have amazing sex in the middle of the ocean?" Sookie asked, finally trying to look around. The alcohol was starting to hit her hard and the thought of having to ride on this boat much longer was making her queasy on her stomach.
"We're here." Eric said quietly. He reached down and tried to pull the cups of the bikini back over her breasts. He ended up pulling to hard and ripping one of the strings holding it on. They both laughed.
Sookie stood up off his lap and covered her breasts with her hands. She stumbled over to find where she had thrown her dress.
"To bad." Eric said, holding up what was left of the bikini top.
"I liked you in that one." he said, throwing it aside.
Sookie laughed.
"Baby I can't find my dress." she said looking around everywhere.
"You threw it." Eric said, standing up to help her look. She was right. The dress wasn't on the boat. Eric looked out in the water. He finally spotted it, floating on the opposite side of the boat where she had thrown it. There was a lingering scent on that side of the boat. Eric felt like they were being watched. Eric looked at Sookie. He wrapped his arm around her and brought her protectively against his chest.
"Don't get scared, but I think someone was watching us." Eric lifted her in his arms, covering her with his body. He carried her quickly to the house, it was a few 100 feet from the pier. He quickly grabbed the key from his pocket and unlocked the door. He carried Sookie in and sat her down on the overstuffed couch. He ran through the house quickly, double checking every nook and cranny until he was satisfied they were the only two in the house. He went back downstairs to Sookie.
"Eric, what's going on?" she asked, sounding a little worried.
"Stay here, I'm going to go get our things, and I'll explain when I get back." Eric kissed her quickly on the lips and ran vamp speed out of the door. He quickly grabbed their luggage and grabbed her drenched dress from the water. He looked around and scanned the area. There was nothing there. But he knew with every instinct he had, someone had been. He was on his way back when he caught a scent of magic, mixed with honey? It reminded him of Sookie. Only much stronger. He looked around again, but there was still nothing. He followed the scent to the property line. It was intoxicating. Suddenly the only thing Eric could think about was finding the source of the scent. He heard leaves crunching behind him. He turned around and saw a beautiful woman dancing around. He went into a blood lust. All he could think about was fucking her and draining her dry. He rushed toward her vamp speed. Just as he reached out to grab her he was knocked to his knees by a crippling fear from Sookie. He stood up and raced back to where he had left their bags. He picked them up and raced back toward the house.
When he got back, Sookie was sitting on the couch. Her knees were tucked up against her chest and she had found a blanket to wrap around her. Eric sat beside her and pulled her against him.
"What happened?" He asked stroking her hair.
"You were in blood lust. I felt it Eric." He looked at her.
"I think it was a fairy." He told her honestly.
"What do they want?" She asked.
"I'm not sure. Would you feel better going someplace else? I don't think you're in any danger. They would have tried while I out of the house." Sookie shook her head.
"No, I'm too excited about laying on white sand beaches nude." Eric laughed and leaned down to kiss her.
"That's my girl." He said, pulling her in his lap. She wrapped her arms around his neck. He held her tightly and kissed her softly. They made love for the rest of the night. Eric wasn't sure had been watching them but the rest of the trip was amazing. They made love on every surface of that island. The fairy wasn't seen again and Sookie soon forgot about it.
Eric kept his eyes and ears open but after a few days even he let it go.
*end flashback*
Eric pulled into the employee's entrance of Fangtasia at exactly 7:30. Sookie was still sleeping against his shoulder.
"Lover, we're here." He kissed the side of her face. Her eyes fluttered. She smiled and opened her eyes. He was so happy to see her smile.
He got out of the car and opened her door and held on to her while she got out. Eric wrapped his arm around the small of her back and led her in through the back door.
Eric took her directly into his office. Pam was waiting and pulled her friend into her arms.
"Don't you ever scare us like this again!" Sookie thought she heard Pam's voice crack. And when she looked at her she thought she saw a bloody tear start to pool in the corner of her eye. But it was gone quickly.
"Pam, will you let Godric know we're here? I don't want to take Sookie in the main bar and I don't want to leave her alone." Pam glared at him and left the room.
"What was that about?" Sookie asked.
"She's been very angry with me over the night you disappeared. I can't say anything to her because she's right. I did everything wrong." Eric kissed her forehead.
Sookie gripped his hand extra tight.
"Eric… honey you've always done what you thought was best." Eric leaned down and kissed her.
"Yes but this time you got beaten, tortured, nearly raped, and kidnapped by fairies. I lost you for over a year. I should never have taken you with us that night." Sookie wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him softly on his lips.
"Baby, you didn't know any of that was going to happen." Eric held her tightly.
"But it did, Sookie." Sookie held on to his neck tightly.
They were still holding each other when Pam came back followed by Godric.
Eric reluctantly let her go so she could hug Godric.
"Sookie, I'm so relieved to see you." Godric said.
"It's good to see you too Godric. I hear you're a king now." Godric smiled at her sweetly.
"Yes, it turns out the authority doesn't want me to be a Sheriff in Texas but are more than fine to have me as King of Louisiana. Now let's get you comfortable. I need you to tell me what happened in your own words. Take your time. I know this is difficult." Godric assured her. Eric gripped her hand. Eric sat down with Sookie on the couch and pulled her in his lap. Pam sat beside them and Godric pulled the desk chair from behind the desk and sat in front of them. A tear slid down her cheek. She didn't want to relive this.
"Bill knocked the breath out of me." Godric cut her off.
"Sookie, we know what happened with Bill. Sophie Ann had cameras. We were able to see everything up to the point he threw you out of the window." She felt Eric flinch underneath her. His rage rippled through the bond but he regained control immediately.
"I never hit the ground. Well I did but it wasn't falling out of the second story window onto concrete. I think I teleported because I could have sworn I was in Bon Temps Cemetery. I think I even saw Gran's name written on her grave. I could have imagined that I suppose. A beautiful woman was there. She said her name was Claudine. She promised to take me home. Everything hurt so bad. I thought I was going to die. She said I would be happy and safe. I thought she was taking me home to die in my bed." A tear slid down her cheek. Eric reached up to wipe it with his thumb. " I didn't know where I was when I woke up. It was beautiful. My granddaddy Earl was there. He looked the same then as he did the day he vanished over 20 years ago. I was still in pretty bad shape and losing a lot of blood. Everything hurt so unbelievably bad. I couldn't move my legs. There was a woman there who said her name was Mab. She tried to make me eat this fruit. I can't explain it. I just knew I shouldn't eat that fruit. Not that I was able to at the moment. She promised me she'd heal me." Sookie looked at Eric and shivered. He squeezed her hip, slightly.
"I think it was the bond. I shot her with my light. And everything changed. It wasn't beautiful anymore. It was dark and looked like a desert and I just knew I had to get out. My granddaddy tried to get me out. I couldn't even stand much less walk. There was so much blood. There was a group of fairies. I knew they were fairies. I don't know how. One of the guys. Well fairies I guess. One of them shot his light at the other fairies and the other one and my grandfather picked me up and got me out of there. There was a big black hole. He told my grandfather that I was the only one that could leave because he had eaten the fruit. Grandaddy Earl jumped into the hole with me. I fell out of the sky. I hit one of the headstones right here when I fell." Sookie touched a spot on her ribs that had been giving her trouble earlier. "Granddaddy was just gone. I don't know where he went. I think I lost some time then because I woke up on the kitchen table with Eric giving me blood. The whole thing seemed maybe 20 minutes at the most from the time Bill attacked until I woke up on the kitchen table and Eric was the one that told me it had been over a year." It took Godric a minute to say anything.
"Did Mab say why she wanted you there?" Godric asked.
"She wanted to seal off Fairy from the human world. I think she was pissed because vampires had my blood. She said they could get in. She wanted to breed me. She never said that. Someone else did I'm not sure who." She felt Eric tense and growl. Sookie shivered all over and felt Eric stiffen under her.
"Baby no one touched me there like that." She promised him.
"Sookie, I think we need to contact Niall. He was Fenton's father. I could question him before I told him about you. But I feel this is best to secure your safety. You can stay around vampires all night long and I assure you no fairy will try anything with us around but you're vulnerable during the day. Eric can't stay up with you all day everyday. Eventually it will take its toll and he'll just drop until nightfall." Godric explained.
"If you think that's what is best. I'm scared to be at the farm house without anyone. I feel like a sitting duck there for both Bill and the fairies. I know you tried so hard to fix it up for me after Gran died but I just can't help it. I feel like home was our house in Shreveport. We were happy there. We were happy in Italy. There's so many bad memories and so much tragedy that happened there. And Pam you did a beautiful job cleaning up but everytime I go in that kitchen I still see Gran laying there in a pool of her own blood. She looked like she was so scared. I'm sorry baby." Sookie began to sob.
Eric cradled her in his arms.
"It's alright. Sookie. You don't have to be sorry for anything. I need to show you something after we leave. You don't need to apologize to anyone. You've been through so much." Godric patted Sookie on the shoulder.
"Sookie, you're a brave girl. Most humans would have given up long ago. You held on. I don't feel like the fairies are a real threat simply because there aren't many that would be willing to start a war with vampires. And Sookie, I am prepared to go to war for you but I don't think it'll be with fairies.
Eric, you need to teach her how to defend herself against a fairy and remember this. They can't take you anywhere unless you say so." Sookie took a deep breath. "So it was my fault they took me to start with?" Eric ran his hand up and down her shoulder. He kissed the top of her head. "Lover, it probably saved your life. I couldn't have gotten to you in time to heal you if you had been here. You would have bled out." Sookie laid her head down on his shoulder.
"If you don't need anything else, Godric, I'm going to leave so I can get Sookie home early." Godric nodded. "Just one more thing, Eric. It seems we have a group of witches that have moved in a few blocks over. I sent someone in just to keep an eye on the situation. They are practicing necromancy. I think we need to handle this sooner rather than later. They sent the first letter demanding money last night after you left." Eric nodded and looked at Pam. Pam nodded her head yes. She knew what Eric was about to ask her.
"Could you stay with Sookie long enough for us to take care of this?"
Eric asked.
"We can give it a couple of days. Your wife just got back and you need to take care of her first. But I fear that is all we can wait for."
Eric was relieved. He really didn't want to leave Sookie. He stood up pulling Sookie up with him.
Godric reached his hand out and patted Sookie on the shoulder.
Sookie smiled.
"Goodnight Godric. Thank you for everything." She said sincerely.
"Pam, we'll catch up soon." She promised smiling as Eric led her out of the club to the car.
Eric opened her car door and closed it behind her.
When he got in she fell against his chest crying. He held her, one arm around her waist the other tangled in her hair.
"It's ok Lover. Just cry. I'm here." It took her a few minutes to be able to talk. "Does Bill Compton know I'm back? Can he find me now? You know he forced me to take his blood. " Eric brushed a strand of her hair from her cheek that got stuck to her face. He was trying so hard to control his anger.
"It's hard to say. It was only one time and you and I are bonded. I'm so much older than he is. My blood is so much stronger than his. I kind of think our bond wouldn't let him form a tie with you. Have you had any dreams about him?"
Sookie looked at him and shook her head.
"No, not yet." Eric tilted her face up and gently leaned down and kissed her lips.
"Do me a favor then. Try not to worry about it unless you do. And if you do start dreaming of him please tell me."
Sookie shivered and Eric took off his leather coat and gave it to her to wrap around her shoulders.
"Are you to tired to go see your surprise tonight?" He asked into the top of her head.
"No I'm ok baby. Please, maybe it will distract me." Eric cupped the back of her head in his palm and kissed her forehead. Eric started the car and backed out of his reserved parking spot.
They drove about 30 minutes. Sookie held on to Eric's hand for the entire ride.
"We never got around to getting you a new car. I'm going to have a SUV sent over tomorrow. Do you want another Benz or something else this time?" Sookie looked at him.
"I'm fine with anything. But baby I don't know if I can drive a car by myself right now." Sookie truly hated feeling so scared all the time.
"Lover, you won't always be this frightened. You're strong and resilient and when that time comes I want you to be able to come and go as you please."
Sookie smiled at him.
"You have more faith in me than I have in myself. I'm broken Eric. You may have fixed the outside but the inside is still a hot mess." A tear slid down her cheek and Eric wiped it. "It will get better." He promised.
"We're here." Eric said, turning and stopping in front of a large security gate. He hit a button on his visor and the gate opened. Eric drove inside. There was a long driveway. It was paved. There were trees down both sides of the driveway that formed a canopy over their car.
The house at the end of the driveway was breathtaking.
"Eric what is this?" Sookie said looking at the mansion.
"Well, when Godric became King. I was promoted to his second. I'm still sheriff of Area 5. But I'm also Godric's second. He brought in Isobel for area 4. He's over area 1 and I don't think you've met 2 and 3. I got a raise. We decided for safety reasons we should all have houses in close proximity to one another. Godric's is the next driveway and Pam's is the first. Everything is sealed off. We don't by any means have to stay here if you don't want to. Godric and Pam rarely do. But Sookie, this place is a fortress. I built it with your safety in mind. You can keep the farmhouse. I know how much it means to you. You won't always feel afraid like you are feeling now. We don't have to stay at either place. I've kept the apartment. We can go anywhere you want. I'm sure I could even request some time off and we could take an extended leave. I just want you to feel safe." Sookie had begun to cry.
"Can we go inside?" Sookie asked through her tears.
Eric smiled at her and got out. He went around to her side of the car and opened her door. When she got out he scooped her up in his arms and carried her up the front steps.
He stuck his thumb on a print reader and the door opened. Eric carried her inside before sitting her on her feet.
Tears ran down her cheeks. The house was beautiful. It resembled the old house a lot.
"There are ten rooms, five bathrooms. The safe room has it's own wing. It's state of the art. I had it built with your comfort in mind. There's a full size bathroom with a big tub in there and a full walk in shower. Two more bedrooms. A kitchen. A sitting area complete with a big tv and a faux fireplace, should you ever want to sit by the fire during the day. Everything we would need if we ever had to disappear for a few days. It's fireproof, waterproof, and bomb proof. And there's iron in the foundation. Your powers may not work but it also means your fairy relatives can't pop in uninvited. " Sookie threw herself into his arms and he easily caught her and lifted her so she could wrap her legs around him.
"Thank you." She said crying into his shoulder.
"Anything to make you feel safe and happy. I've felt your pain far more than I ever want to. Come on let me show you. Pam has a full wardrobe here for you. I have your things packed at the farmhouse but I haven't had them moved yet because I didn't know how you would feel."
"I'm scared." She said sadly. Eric sat her down and pulled her against him. "It's going to be alright. I swear to you. Maybe we can get Niall to close the portal close to your house. " Eric took her hand and led her upstairs. The house was huge. "Baby it's beautiful! But why do we need all this room? Ten bedrooms that we aren't ever going to use is a lot." Eric laughed and winked at her. "I can think of a few things. But, yes, you're right, I suppose it is. But you'll understand in a minute. " Eric led her into a bedroom closet. "This is the master bedroom and bath." Eric said, leading her into the bedroom closet. There was a shelf in the back of the huge walk-in. Eric grabbed the third shelf and pulled hard. The shelf opened like a door and Eric walked in and closed it behind him. There was a scanner beside her. Eric reached around her and pressed his finger against the scanner. "It takes a tiny drop of blood for security." A door opened and Eric led her into an elevator. Sookie leaned against his shoulder. "We needed the size of the house to conceal the safe room. It's like two houses in one." The elevator stopped and Eric took her hand and stepped out. It was perfect. There was a huge electric fireplace under a big tv. The leather sectional sofa was the perfect size for them to lounge on. It had been selected for comfort. There were two doors off to the side. Eric led her into one.
"This is our bedroom." Sookie looked around. It was beautiful. A huge king size four post canopy bed with carved wooden columns was in the middle of the room. A matching nightstand was on either side. There were three doors. Eric led her to the closest door. It was the bathroom. The first thing that caught her eye was the huge bathtub. It was more than big enough for them both. The wall had a built-in electric fireplace. The cabinets were white with white countertops. The shower was big enough for six people. It had multiple shower heads and built-in seating.
For just a second Sookie forgot everything she had been through and desperately wanted to soak in that big bathtub with Eric. She looked at him and smiled for the first time in days. Eric squeezed her hip and left her for a moment to go turn on the faucet.
"Let me finish showing you everything and we'll come back to it."
Eric led her back to the bedroom. He pointed at one of the other doors. "Our closet. And this door over here is our office for whenever you're ready to start working again. You know you don't have to, right? I have more than enough money to keep us comfortable for a long time." Sookie looked at him trying to figure out what she needed to do and what she wanted to do. All she wanted was to crawl into that big beautiful bed with her husband and not leave it for 100 years.
"I think I need to work." She said after a few minutes.
"I know." Eric said, winking at her. "But take your time. Let me know when you're ready." Eric leaned down and kissed her gently. He pushed his leather coat from her shoulders.
"Baby, I need you." She moaned against his lips and she pushed his t-shirt up, trying to get it over his shoulders. Eric broke their kiss. He pulled his shirt off and threw it across the room. He pulled her sweatshirt off and lifted her off the floor. His hands rested under her bottom. She wrapped her legs around his waist. He returned to kissing her. She let out a tiny moan and tangled her fingers in his hair. He carried her back into the bathroom. He kissed her one last time before sitting her down in front of the bathtub. She pulled off her tights and panties while he finished undressing. She climbed in the bathtub. The water was perfect and it felt like a ton of pressure she didn't know she was carrying was lifted from her chest. Eric got in and pulled her against him and continued kissing her. He pulled her on top of him and pushed himself against her.
"I probably won't be able to last long the first time. It's been so long." He whispered in her ear as she moaned at the feeling of him. He kissed his way down her neck to her chest and started sucking on her nipple as his other hand massaged her other breast. He alternated breasts until neither of them could stand it anymore and kissed down her belly quickly. He hooked his arms under her knees and pushed her legs up out of the water and he settled between her thighs. He grinned at her before disappearing underwater. She cried out when she felt his tongue slide through her folds and settle on her clit. She felt his big fingers at her pussy and cried out when he pushed two in. He ate her pussy until she was screaming his name and begging for more. She was holding onto the sides of the bathtub to keep her head out of the water as he let go of her pussy and took her in his arms. He rolled underneath. She climbed on top of him and straddled his waist. She grabbed his big hard cock and placed it at her entrance and she began sliding down. It was all he could do to hold back. She felt so good with her pussy wrapped around him. She rode him slowly using the sides of the bathtub to hold herself. He sat up in the tub and wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close. He kissed her breasts and chest and right before he exploded inside her his lips found hers. She sagged against his chest and rested her head in the crook of his neck. He kissed the side of her face and held her tightly. Sookie looked up at him. Bloody tears ran down his cheeks.
"Baby?" She asked, reaching up and wiping one away with her finger.
"I thought I'd lost you." He said, kissing her softly. She reached her hand up to his face.
"I'm here honey." Eric stood up in the tub with her still holding on to him. He grabbed a big fluffy towel and wrapped it around her. He lifted her in his arms and walked over to the shower and opened the door to get in.
He turned the water on for them before taking the towel from her and tossing it over the side. Eric sat down on one of the shower seats and pulled her to straddle his lap. They held each other for a few minutes before Eric sat her down and began to wash her.
They finished showering and Eric carried her to their bed. He sat her down and pulled down the covers. She scooted up on the bed and climbed in. Eric got in after her and she laid on his chest. His arm wrapped around her waist and he held her close. They didn't need to say anything. The bond was wide open and they were both happy. She drifted off to sleep feeling safe and truly content for the first time in a very long time.