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

Chapter 17

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 17

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Sookie's POV

I didn't like to be the center of attention and right now everybody's eyes were on me. Ruben, Mario, and Stephan stared at me in a weird way. I couldn't read their minds, but the way they were looking at me made me feel uncomfortable. Eric was next to me in an instant as if something was about to happen.

"We need to figure this out, but it will have to wait until tomorrow. Sunrise is approaching," Sophie Anne said.

"We're going to offer security during the day time as it was agreed with Sookie," Alcide said. He looked at one of his pack members who nodded back to him and then he continued, "We've a truck that's sun proof. We'll keep guard all day. It's not luxury, but it'll fit y'all."

"I am the Queen, how can you expect me to trust my life in your hands?" Sophie Anne said.

"It's either that or you go underground. I'm sure there's a cemetery nearby," I snapped.

"I'll be there too your majesty. I trust my wife," Eric said.

There were so many things I wanted to talk to Eric... yet, there was never enough time.

"We need to go now," Bill said as he left Fangtasia through the front door; everybody followed him.

Without them in the room, I had a better view of the aftermath of the fight. The walls were covered with blood of who knows how many vampires. There were several broken tables and so many piles of guts splashed all over the floor.

Eric collected his sword and extended his other hand for me to hold it. For the first time, we walked holding hands. It felt so human, so normal. Eric locked the front door on our way out. I felt giggly when I looked down at our locked hands. Even though I just had his blood, I couldn't feel him the same way before I broke our blood bond, but I was starting to and if felt great. Soon we'll have our blood bond back.

When we walked out of Fangtasia, Sophie Anne and her group of vampires were gone while Eric's group was reluctantly getting inside the large U-Haul truck. Even the last three Oklahoma survivors were there.

"Where's Sophie Anne?" Eric asked.

"She left with her guards," Maxwell replied.

"Very well," Eric said as we walked towards the back of the U-Haul.

There were three boxes of True Blood set up against the far back corner and Rubio, Pam, and Karin, already had a bottle on hand. I was tempted to ask them if that would that be their dinner or breakfast, but I chose to keep my mouth shut.

"What happened to the vampire whose arm you amputated at the beginning of the fight?" I asked Eric.

"Sophie Anne took him with her," Bill replied.

Eric glared at Bill for butting in our private conversation. A silent conversation between Eric and Bill happened right in front of my eyes. I wanted to ask, but there wasn't any time. Bill went inside the U-Haul while minding his own business as Eric turned to face me and said, "tomorrow night we will talk and we will fix our marriage." He then kissed me deep but short, and off he went to join the others inside the truck. Using thick cloth materials, Alcide's pack members quickly sealed up the U-Haul to prevent the sun from permeating and then latched the rear door. I could feel Eric fading away as the sun was beginning to rise.