I stood and watched Sookie from across the room. Why the hell did I feel so strongly for her? She was only a human! The thousands of humans I had meet and I had to ....had to....fall for the only one who was not throwing themselves at me, begging me bite them and drink their blood.
But I longed to do just that. Just to have her in my arms and be able to have my wicked way with her. I wanted what Bill Compton had, and this infuriated me even further.
Never before had I wanted anything I could not have. I was the sheriff and the oldest and wisest in this area second to Godric. Jealousy was not an emotion I ever showed, not in my thousand years of existence. But Sookie always brought out the worst in me. Compassion. Care. Jealousy. All the things that made me think humans were weak. And here I was feeling them all for some blood sac.
But Sookie was more than that, just watching her and her reaction to the company she was surrounded in. Many people looked at my kind with disgust. Others just wanted us for sex. But not Sookie, she wanted to get to know us. She saw beyond the pale skin and fangs. She saw a person and wanted to get to know them.
When most people saw me they were either turned on or scared shitless. But not Sookie well may be turned on a little but she did not react to it.
Worst of all was she made me doubt myself. In all my years I never thought I would change, I thought I was stuck the way I had been a thousand years ago. A moving statue.
But Sookie made me laugh, not at her but with her. She made me worry because she was always getting herself into trouble.
And right on que, I noticed that Sookie was know being pinned down by a very pissed off vampire. And the vampire was none other than Lorena. How the hell did Sookie manage it? I also noticed that I was holding my breath. Maybe if Lorena just dealt with Sookie it would save me a lot of heart ache but as soon as I had thought it I knew my life would never be the same without Sookie. I felt too strongly for her.
As I took a step forward to pull Lorena off of her, Godric was in front of him, holding on to Lorena. I tried to listen to what Godric was saying, something about Sookie being important. I couldn't really concentrate when I was too busy checking for any tell tale signs that Sookie had been hurt.
Ugh, I was disgusted at myself. Sookie was not even interested in my. How many times had I shown her an interest and how many times had I been shot down in flames with the reminder that she was Bill's. I had to make her mine and I had to make a bond with her. How I did not know but I was Eric Northman. What I wanted I always got, no matter how long I had to wait.
Bill had been asked by Godric to escort Lorena out and now Sookie was standing alone. I headed over to talk to her and that was when it happened. There was a loud explosion and instinct took over. I through myself at Sookie, shielding her from the blast. Not caring about what would become of me, as long as she was safe. Small stinging sensations covered my skin. A bomb containing silver. Shit that was going to leave a mark. I could feel Sookie moving underneath me and sighed with relief. I could feel my wounds were already starting to heal but Sookie did not know that. Here the bond would be made. Like I said, I was Eric Northman and Sookie may bring out the worst of me but she doesn't get rid of the best.