Dead Ever After Re-write (Sookie Stackhouse and Eric Northman)

Chapter 9

I hope you enjoyed the previous chapter. I want to thank everybody who took the time to read the story. I am definitely enjoying this and I hope you're enjoying it too. J

Disclaimer: I am not the owner of these characters. The original story and the characters belong to Charlaine Harris. I am only borrowing them for a little while.

Chapter 9

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Eric's POV

From the moment I woke up I knew my body was completely healed. My energy was back and I felt strong again. I went to check on Karin and Pam. Karin woke up when I entered their bedroom and Pam followed a few minutes later.

Pam used this bedroom on a regular basis and she had it decorated to show her feminine side. Modern style furniture with colorful materials decorated it. Karin's taste was opposite to hers. Last night they shared Pam's large bed, and as long as both of them agreed, I wasn't going to interfere.

"I have not been able to talk to you properly," I told Karin as I kissed her forehead.

"I understand. Who did this to you?" Karin asked.

"There's much you don't know," I replied while I inspected Pam's toes. "Your recovery is remarkable," I told Pam.

"I feel much better," Pam replied.

Meanwhile, Karin walked in with three warmed bottles of blood and we drank them fast.

"King Felipe de Castro did this to us," Pam told Karin.

"Then, he must die," Karin replied.

"It's not that simple," I explained as I went on with the takeover story, Sookie, our marriage, Ocella, and Freyda.

"Ocella did it to fuck with you," Pam said.

"There is some of that in it, but he also saw the economical advantage and the power that he would have received with the marriage. Freyda lured him well."

"I understand your need to comply with your maker's last wish, but is it worth it?" Karin asked me.

"I'm split. I really love Sookie. For the first time in a thousand years I have fallen in love. That didn't even happen when I was human."

"Are you willing to wait another thousand years to find somebody like her again?" Pam asked.

"No. I don't want to."

"Then, it's not worth it. Besides, King Felipe de Castro will find a way to kill you no matter what, and he will use Victor's death as an excuse," Karin replied.

"I know."

"Then tell me why aren't you planning his death?" Karin asked.

"Because he doesn't want to be king," Pam replied.

"That's a minor detail. Either he dies or you die. I don't see what's to decide," Karin replied.

"He needs to die after what he did to Pam, but it has to be strategically planned," I replied.

"Right now, he will use Sookie to keep Eric checked," Pam said.

"I want to tell Sookie the truth, but that might put her life in danger. The least she knows, the better," I explained.

"I disagree," Pam said while looking at me, "you're underestimating her ability to survive."

"Why don't you turn her?" Karin asked.