Eric smiled, pleased when Vala arched her body into his touch. He continued to caress her, his fingers moving to her side and over her ribs before moving down her stomach again.
"I have always been Eric, though it used to be spelled with a K rather than a C. I changed it to the more conventional English spelling when I moved to America. That's when I adopted the last name of Northman as well. A very long time ago, when I was human, my last name was Ulfriksson."