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This story is about a darker and more dominate Eric; as well as a stronger and more determined Sookie. There will be no rape, but we will be testing ALOT of boundaries. Eric is honorable, but please remember he is a Vampire and will be responding to situations as a Vampire. If you don't like it, don't read it, but I do hope you like it :)

ALSO, this has been updated - kudos to my awesome beta ShadoKat :)

Chapter 1

"God damnit!" Sookie cried, struggling with the chain that had her linked to the bed. His bed.

This was her only chance to get away, and it had to be today. He had threatened to turn her tonight.

Focusing all of her energy, she took a deep breath and summoned up her anger and frustration. Pointing her hand at the chain, she sent her energy at the junction and watched in shock as it snapped in half. She sat for a moment, staring at her bare ankle and then quickly looked at the bed. He was still there, motionless. It was only 11 a.m.; she still had plenty of time to get away, once she got out of the house.

Moving quickly, she grabbed a backpack into which she tossed in several sets of underwear and bras, a few t-shirts, and a few pairs of jeans and socks. She had to pack light to move quickly, and she had to move with the sun. She had to head West, no matter what. Once the sun went down, he was going to be hunting her and she was not going to want to deal with his rage when he did.

She tossed her favorite flip flops into the bag, along with a small amount of toiletries and a nightgown. She pulled on her socks and tennis shoes, and looked around quickly. She looked at the sleeping Vampire and walked to his side, his long blonde hair almost leaving a halo around his head. She pressed her lips to his and whispered "If you weren't such an asshole, I'd love you."

Moving quickly, she grabbed her wallet and purse and punched in the door code she had pulled out of Bobby Burnham's brain earlier that morning. He'd made the mistake of coming into Eric's chamber to leave a package for Eric. Sookie ignored the package and focused on getting the door code and all necessary exit information out of his head; it had worked too.

Running down a hall, she made her way up the stairs and entered another door code. Once the door was open she made her way to the kitchen to grab some travel food and then ran to the garage. She found all the cars unlocked and open, the keys in the ignition of each one.

She stopped for a moment, trying to decide on the best car. She didn't want anything flashy; she wanted to keep as low a profile as she could. It wasn't easy with Eric. His Corvette would definitely be the fastest, but with a license plate like FANG1 it was pretty unmistakable. She settled on the Volvo he was getting ready to get rid of. It was something he'd originally gotten for Pam, about 4 years ago. She'd bought one of her own the same night this one had been delivered, so he'd kept it instead.

Sliding behind the wheel Sookie said a silent prayer that the tank was full and, after opening the garage door, backed the car out and took off down the road. Glancing at the clock she saw that it was 11:30; she'd lost 30 minutes. She quickly made her way to the nearest ATM and, using a credit card Eric had given her, she withdrew the maximum amount possible. After she had the 5k in cash in her purse, she used a second card and withdrew another 5k. She broke both cards in half and dumped them in the trash can nearby. Making her way back to the car, she was on the road again and following the sunset.

She was in Texas when she had to stop for gas. She bought a prepaid cell phone and plugged it into the car charger she had also gotten, and called Amelia.

"Its Sookie," she said as she made her way back onto the highway.

"Oh Shit, Sookie did you get away?" Amelia asked.

"I did, you where you need to be?" Sookie asked cryptically.

"I am, and I'm ready, for all of it. I cashed out the accounts and everything. It's all set; you just need to get here," Amelia said.

"I'm on the way; I'm driving thru now. I'll be there hopefully before nightfall, but if not I'll call," Sookie said.

"Got it. Stay indoors; he's gonna blow a gasket!" Amelia said.

"I know," Sookie said quietly. "He was going to do it tonight."

"Oh shit!" Amelia said. "I'm glad we made this plan before he took you Sookie! I love you!"

"I love you," Sookie said. "Don't call this number, just in case."

"I won't. Maybe you should get another phone before you call me back," Amelia suggested.

"No, that will look obvious. Did you get the prepaid like I said?" Sookie asked.

"Yes, want the number?" Amelia asked.

After getting the number, Sookie gave Amelia the number for the second prepaid she had gotten, "I am going to throw this one out after I get off the phone with you. I'll call you tonight on your prepaid, from my other prepaid," Sookie told her. "I got 3 at the same time."

"Alright, stay safe," Amelia told her.

"You too and don't go out at night, just in case," Sookie told her.

"No worries kiddo," Amelia replied.

They hung up after that. Sookie looked at the clock again; it was almost 6p. The sun would be completely down by 8, but Eric would be awake at 7. She needed to be where ever she was going to be by 7.

She tossed the phone out of the car as she drove down the highway. Her mind trailing back to how this had all started, she shook her head. "I can't do this now; I have to keep going, think later," she said out loud, turning up the radio so she could sing along.

It was 6:30 when she felt the bond start to come alive, and almost immediately she felt the flare of rage. He knew she was gone.

Sookie tried to keep herself calm. She needed to make it through Texas before the sun was down and she was so close to the New Mexico border. She'd been flying all day.

She found a hotel at 6:45, just across the New Mexico state line, and was safely inside by the time the sun fell. She set her things around the room, hoping it would be a "home" and that if Eric did indeed find her, he wouldn't be able to enter without an invitation. She managed to call Amelia quickly, giving her the location she had stopped at, and got off the phone. She needed to focus her energy again and shut down the bond, or at least temper it so that Eric couldn't use it to find her.

With a sigh, Sookie relaxed, forcing her mind to at least slow down, making it more difficult for Eric to track her. She had to stay calm; that was the key. She could feel Eric's rage, the white hot anger burning through him. He was hunting her, but he had no clue where to look. He'd gone to her old house in Bon Temps thinking that was where she'd run to. It was odd, but she could feel it. She could hear him sometimes, snippets of his thoughts. That's how she'd known he'd intended to turn her tonight, she'd heard him think it during their fight last night. She'd heard him tonight, when he'd gone to Bon Temps to find her; he was positive that she'd gone to the house there. He also went to Jason's house to check there and found nothing.

Sookie felt him go quiet after that, and it scared her.

"If you're afraid of him, why did you take his blood?" Niall asked, suddenly beside her.

"Holy shit!" Sookie cried out loud, jumping off the bed.

"Relax child," Niall said quickly. "I cannot assist you, but he cannot sense you when I am near. It's part of my masking spell," he explained.

"I had no choice to take the blood," Sookie said quietly.

"You could have refused," Niall said.

"I thought he was going to die," Sookie said. "I only sucked out a couple of bullets. I thought I was helping him!" she said.

"You were," Niall said with a sigh. "You were helping him bond to you."

"I didn't think 1 dose of his blood was enough to bond?" Sookie said quietly, staring at her great grandfather.

"How many bullets did you remove using your mouth?" Niall asked, looking at her.

"Three," Sookie said quietly, looking down.

"It was enough," Niall said with a sigh. "I'm sorry my child, but even I cannot break this bond." He laid his hands on her shoulders. "And I am not permitted to assist you unless he harms you."

"He was going to turn me!" Sookie said, tears falling from her face.

Niall smiled at her, making no comment. "What are you hoping to accomplish by running?"

"I'm trying to escape," Sookie said. "I want to be free of him. I am not a possession!"

"Sookie…" Niall said softly. "We are all possessions." he sighed and sat down on the bed.

"Are you in danger being here?" Sookie asked suddenly. She didn't want anything to happen to Niall if Eric found her.

"No child. I told you, as long as you are near me, he won't be able to track you. And I am not helping you escape, I am checking on you and trying to help you make your own decisions," he explained, smiling softly at her. "You may be his bonded, but you are still a Fae Princess in your own right, and my subject and blood. I am allowed to visit," he told her. "And if my visit allows you to sleep comfortably for the night so that you can continue making your decision tomorrow, so be it," he said grinning at her mischievously.

Sookie understood what he was telling her and she threw herself into his arms. "Thank you!" she said, tears of relief streaming down her face.

"I love you Sookie," he said, holding her close. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you before, but I will do whatever I can to see you happy now," he told her. "But I think running is the wrong thing to do. There is much you do not understand."

"What don't I understand?" she asked.

"And there is much I am not allowed to say. If I do, then I am helping you," he said unhappily. "I'm sorry."

Sookie nodded. "I'm going to shower and try to sleep," she said, knowing he would not tell her anything more.

"I'll watch TV," he said, smiling at her.

Sookie was rinsing off and wrapped in a towel when she tested the bond lightly. She felt it come to life immediately, as though Eric was waiting for it, and she closed it just as quickly as she opened it.

"Don't do that!" Niall cautioned from the bedroom. "It will allow him to find you," he told her without looking up. "You must keep it closed for now."

She pulled on her nightgown before stepping out into the bedroom. Brushing her hair, she sat down on the bed quietly. Niall looked at her for a moment before speaking "I'll be here until sunrise; you will sleep in peace," he told her. "Where are you going?" he asked.

"I don't actually know," Sookie said. "Amelia arranged it all, and she didn't tell me in case Eric could find out through the bond," she explained.

"Good," Niall said. "I don't know how much he has learned but it's better that you not know just in case."

Sookie crawled under the covers then, laid her head back for just a moment, and woke up to the alarm the next morning. She was alone in the room; the sun had risen almost an hour ago. She jumped up quickly and changed into her clothes, making sure to pack all of her things. She found an envelope on the table with her name on it in Niall's script. It contained over $20k and a black Amex card with his name on it and her name under it.

"Thank you," she said out loud.

She ran out of the room then, and after checking out of the hotel, jumped into the car.

Sookie waited until it she was in Arizona before calling Amelia's prepaid cell phone.

"Sookie?" Amelia said as she answered.

"Yep," Sookie said.

"You gotta be careful; Eric has Weres tracking you!" she said quickly. "They went to my place last night."

"Oh my god! Are you alright?" Sookie asked quickly.

"I'm fine, but we have to change our plans," Amelia told her.

"Are you sure Eric doesn't suspect you?" Sookie said quickly.

"Of course he suspects me, Sookie!" Amelia said impatiently. "He just couldn't get to me last night! But I have no doubt he will tonight, so I left. I'm on the road," Amelia told her. "I left this morning at sunrise. Where are you?"

"I'm in Arizona," Sookie told her. Her heart was racing now.

"Good, me too!" Amelia said. "Meet me at the airport in Phoenix. Can you get there in an hour?"

"Yep," Sookie said.

"Good! I have luggage, clothes, and your passport and wig. We'll fly out today."

"Ok," Sookie said. She glanced at the clock on her dashboard. "I love you Amelia!" she said.

"I love you too, see you soon!" Amelia said before hanging up the phone.

It was only 30 minutes before Sookie was at the airport. She parked the car and called Amelia to let her know she'd arrived. Amelia was also there, and they made arrangements to meet up.

Sookie sighed for a minute before getting out of her car. She locked it, and dropped the key into her purse. She made her way into the terminal quickly afterwards.

The women hugged tightly when they found each other, but it was Amelia who broke away. "Alright tootsie, we have to get you ready. I have the tickets," she said, dragging Sookie into a bathroom.

She got the wig situated on Sookie correctly and was quickly pulling her towards the terminal and to a gate. They'd barely said two words to each other. Handing the gate agent their passports, they were issued boarding passes and they made their way to their plane. Once they were seated in first class, Sookie looked at Amelia and said "Wanna tell me where we are going?"

"Alaska," Amelia said. "It won't have enough dark to allow someone to find you and it will give us sometime to think and plan," she said, smiling at her friend. "And in case I didn't tell you, your name is now Adele Hale," Amelia whispered.

"Isn't that a bit obvious?" Sookie asked.

"Adele Stackhouse would be, but Hale is just another name," Amelia said. "And I knew it had meaning for you."

They landed in Anchorage and quickly changed planes to continue on to Barrow. When they finally landed, it was after 11pm and the sun was still in the sky. Sookie looked at Amelia who was smiling broadly at her.

"We have about 70 days of this," Amelia told her. "I researched quite a bit."

"Thank you!" Sookie said, pulling her close and hugging her tightly.

"Don't say that yet," Amelia said, giggling as she pulled a parka out of the suitcase she'd been carrying. She gave it to Sookie and grabbed one for herself as well. "Its like 90 below out there; you can't expose any skin," she told her. "Come on, we have a car waiting."

They made their way through the airport quietly. Sookie lifted her shields for the first time that day and listened to the people around her. She found a lot of Weres. The car Amelia had arranged for was driven by a Were. He was very kind, helping them with their luggage and taking them to the large estate Amelia had arranged for their use.

Once they were inside, Sookie was happy to note that they were totally alone. Pulling the now itchy wig off her head, Sookie shook out her hair and spoke. "We have to be careful; this place is crawling with Weres!" Sookie sighed. "All it's gonna take is for one to mention or talk to someone on the mainland to draw attention to us!"

"Relax for now," Amelia said, pulling her close in a hug. "Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not really," Sookie said. "He is a conniving, lying son of a bitch!"

"Uh-huh," Amelia agreed. "Can I ask one thing?"

"Anything," Sookie said smiling.

"Did you get it on with him?" Amelia asked laughing.

"Nope!" Sookie laughed.

"You didn't lose your damn V-card? SOOOOKIE really?" Amelia groaned. "At least he would have been good at it! Holy shit, he had me wishing I had a v-card to give him damnit!"

Barrow Alaska gave Sookie 70 days to think, 70 days to not deal with Eric. 70 days to miss fighting with him.

Sookie managed to keep the bond shut down most of the time. There were a few times, when she should have been sleeping that she tested the bond. She felt him and rage in the background, and she would shut it down quickly.

She knew she was running. She also knew the longer she was able to evade him, the angrier he was going to be.

"Run from me Sookie, but don't ever try to break the bond," he'd told her. "I won't tolerate it. I won't tolerate you running either, because I will find you, but if you try to break the bond, I will make you regret it!"

Sookie shook her head then, trying to clear it, and got up and took a shower. She and Amelia had another 30 days of guaranteed safety.

Amelia was waiting for her in the kitchen when she walked in to grab her coffee.

"We 30 days left," Sookie told her, as she sat down on a stool beside her.

"I know," Amelia said with a sigh.

"Is there anywhere South we can go?" Sookie asked.

"No," Amelia told her, shaking her head. "We can try to find a way to travel with the sun, but Sookie…I don't know how we are going to do it"

"What are our plans for the day?" Sookie asked hoping to change the subject.

"I guess we have another movie day," Amelia replied, smiling as she looked outside. A snow storm had started while they were sleeping, and in Barrow, when it stormed, you stayed inside.

The girls made their way to the living room where they sat and flipped through their movie options for the day.

The storm ended up lasting 33 days. Sookie was in a panic when the sun went down, even if it was only 4 hours at a time. She'd tried to feel Eric through the bond and felt nothing. The girls finally got the all clear on their flight and were pulling their bags out of the house to the waiting car when Sookie had tried to feel him.

"I can't feel him" Sookie told Amelia.

"Stop worrying Sookie," Amelia told her. "We just got authorization to travel; he can't get here!"

"I beg to differ Ms. Broadway," came a voice from behind them, the voice Sookie had been dreading, the voice that made her scream in shock and run towards the house.

"I don't think so pet," Eric said coldly as he grabbed her a moment later.

"Sookie!" Amelia cried as she saw Eric grab her friend. It was moments later that she felt a set of hands grab her. "I don't think so," toned a voice behind her.

"Pam…he is going to kill her!" Amelia cried.

"She is his pet, we cannot get involved!" Pam said firmly.

"Pam!" Amelia begged.

"He is my master Amelia. I cannot," Pam said, looking down. She knew how angry Eric was, and she knew how bad it was going to be for Sookie, and for the first time in many years, she felt pity.

Sookie shocked them all in the next moment, her anger and rage taking over. "I'VE FUCKING HAD IT NORTHMAN!" she yelled from underneath him.

Eric had no clue what had happened. One minute he was on top of Sookie and the next he was being thrown off of her. He landed on his feet, using his own Vampire capability. Rage moved through him then. "SOOKIE! Whatever you are doing, stop it!" he ordered.

"NO!" she yelled back, rising to her feet. "NO MORE OF THIS SHIT" she raised her hand then, intent on freezing everyone around them and smiled when it worked, until she noticed Eric was still moving….towards her….quickly.

"It won't work on me Sookie. We are bonded, we are one," He told her quietly, landing back on top of her.

"I am my own person!" Sookie yelled, struggling under him.

"Stop Sookie!" Eric commanded.

"NO! You're going to turn me; I heard you!" She yelled at him.

"You've grown quite powerful drinking my blood haven't you, my little Fairy Princess?" Eric said, sarcasm heavy in his voice. His fangs snapped down slowly.

"No Eric, no, don't do it!" Sookie cried, in anger and fear, her struggling becoming more violent.

"Who's going to stop me?" he whispered, his head near her ear then.

"GOD DAMNIT I SAID NO!" Sookie cried, her body tensing up as she seized under him.

Eric's head moved back momentarily before he moved it forward quickly, aiming for her neck with his fangs, her hands above her head, until she was no longer under him.

Eric stopped when he felt her move out from under him, but he felt her standing next to him.

"I told you No!" Sookie said firmly, waving her hand to release Pam and Amelia, who blinked in shock at the change in Sookie and Eric.

Eric wasted no time with Sookie, his rage reaching new levels, as he pulled a collar from his jacket pocket. It was an iron collar and he snapped it on her neck in the blink of an eye.

"Alright my pet," Eric said. "I've taken the time to find the restraints needed to hold you still. You won't be escaping this time. I hope you enjoyed your vacation Sookie; it was your last."

"I don't want to be around you!" Sookie hissed, trying to take the collar off. Her hands started burning as soon as they touched the iron.

"What you want doesn't really mean much to me Sookie. You will learn, MY wants are all that matter," Eric cupped her cheek then, leaning forward he spoke again. "And soon…" his hand trailed down her breast, which he cupped gently, "Soon my wants will be your wants, lover."

I just want to point out to everyone as we progress, while this may be similiar to a D/S relationship, this is a Vampire/Pet relationship... so far... for now... until it may or may not change ... got it? :)