Sookie and her vampire, Bill sat on a couch in Eric's office. Eric had called them there to discuss a very important business venture. He had talked to Bill privately, and then called in Sookie.
She was nervous. She was getting a very strange reading from the room. They were all waiting on something to happen, what, was the only thing eluding them. They sat in silence for a long time before Sookie got a hostile reading from the club.
She got up and peeked through the blinds of the window overlooking the club. She saw the bouncer stepping aside to let a woman with long auburn curls through. Bill and Eric joined her at the window. The two men exchanged fearful glances.
"Who is she?" Sookie asked. She was becoming frightened herself. No one could scare a vampire. A knock at the door made them all jump and Sookie's heart pound.
The woman was standing there with her hand on her hip. She was wearing a tight strapless black dress. She had an hourglass figure and beautiful creamy skin. She had light freckles peppering across her nose. Her eyes, were frightening, they were white except for her pupils.
"Hello Eric." She said in a voice that could make anyone's knees go weak. Sookie went and sat back down. She was shaking. Eric and Bill stood their ground as if preparing for a fight.
"Hello. What are you calling yourself these days by the way?" Eric asked.
"I was going by Hecate, but decided to change it back to Persephone."
"Well, it's better suited for you." Bill stated.
"Anything's better than being called Diablo or the Devil." She walked past them and saw Sookie on the couch. She shivered.
"Who is she?" Persephone asked.
"She's my girlfriend." Bill said moving closer to Sookie.
"Stay." Persephone said stopping Bill in his in his tracks. Persephone stopped in front of her. She reached her hand out to Sookie. Sookie took it and stood.
"What are you? Or do you know?"
"I- I don't know what you're taking about." Persephone smiled. She buried her face in Sookie's neck and took a deep breath. She took a step back.
"Your scent is something familiar, but I can't place it." Sookie swallowed hard. "You are a lucky man Bill. Not only is she beautiful, she has a powerful gift that could become better with my help. I can read minds. You shouldn't be afraid of me Sookie. I'm quite friendly."
"That is until you make her angry." Eric stated bluntly. Persephone's eyes changed to a scarlet color. She turned to Eric. She moved so quickly, the next thing Sookie knew Eric had his head pressed against his desk and his left arm pinned behind him.
"Like this, Eric?" Persephone hissed. Bill went over to stand in front of Sookie.
"Persephone, we didn't invite you here to anger you. I promise. We want you to do us a favor." Bill spoke, his soothing southern voice made the energy of the room turn slightly down.
"Well, spill it, Bill." Persephone said still holding onto Eric, who was struggling. No one said anything, but Sookie heard Eric.
'Kill the queen.' Persephone let him go as if she touched hot coals.
"Are you fucking crazy?!" He turned to face her.
"You want me to kill the queen of vampires? Are you out of your mind? You know for a fact that every vampire has a ghost story about me. They don't believe I exist. That's why they still do stupid things."
"They didn't when you were in control."
"That was also a long time ago." Eric turned to Bill.
"It's best if you wait outside the door, but go no further." Bill nodded and led Sookie out of the room quickly. He turned back to Persephone.
"I need you to do this. There is going to be an uprising if something is not done with her soon."
"She hates me Eric. What makes you think I'll be able to get closer to h…?" She let her voice trail off. She took in a deep breath. She looked at the door, then at Eric. "She's here."
Eric pissed her off. He always had. His smug smile on his handsome face, it was enough to make her sick. She grabbed him by his jacket lapels and through him back onto the desk. She straddled him.
"I should kill you."
"From this position I would rather you do something else, you were always good on top."
"Ugh. You are disgusting." She leapt away from him. She peeked through the blinds, there she was, Sophie, queen-good-for-nothing.
Eric came up behind her and swept her hair of her neck.
"Why are you still so shy around me about sex? Or is there another man?" She looked at him.
"You want to know the truth."
"I would."
"I was a virgin when I slept with you all those years ago. That and I've never had sex with anyone else. I couldn't." She said pushing past him. She ran her hands across her body. She changed herself into a man's image. Eric looked at her in shock.
"Just call me Garrett." She/ He said. Garrett smiled fangs showing. "Come on, Eric. It's a great costume."
Garrett left the office. He smiled at Sookie and Bill, his white fangs beaming. He winked at Sookie. 'It's only me.' Persephone's voice spoke.
Sookie was surprised. She stared at the man, well woman or whatever, walk towards the queen.
Garrett approached the queen with the smooth styling's from a James Bond film. He put his hand on her shoulder to get her to turn. They exchanged pleasantries and he kissed her hand.
"My Queen, you are so beautiful. It's quite a shame my heart doesn't beat because I'm sure it would stop beating at the sight of you tonight." He smiled fangs gleaming.
"Well thank you, sweetheart. I don't believe we've met before." She said her finger on her chin.
"I've only seen you in passing. I've always wanted to be close to you." He said getting close to her ear. His lips were almost touching the curve of her ear. "I would hope to get you alone, to further express my loyalty to my queen."
"Well, let's go prove your loyalty then." She grabbed his hand and led him out the door.
Sookie turned to Bill and Eric. They were turning to go back into Eric's office. She followed them.
"Shouldn't we go and make sure she's going to be safe around the queen?" She asked them. They exchanged a glance and laughed. They were laughing at her. She stayed straight faced. "I don't think this is very funny."
"You don't understand her. She's a-" Bill looked at Eric. "Well, Eric, what would you call her? You have known her the longest."
"But I've never fully understood her myself. She is the maker of vampires as I've gathered through the centuries. Godric, my maker was her first fledgling that lived. After him, she made no one else which I don't understand. She has amazing abilities. She can run at the speed of light, has super strength and can maintain life without the help of human food, even though she indulges every so often. Most vampires call her the demon and pretend she doesn't exist. Which could be true, I haven't seen her in almost a hundred years now." Eric explained.
"If she mad vampires, then why are they afraid of her?" Sookie asked. As soon as the words left her lips, she felt uneasy.
"Her blood kills us. It's like eating a rich, decadent piece of sugary chocolate cake as a diabetic. You love the taste, but it will ultimately kill you." Eric said stretching. He exhaled deeply. "She'll probably kill the queen in that way. I have seen it done before, it is quite horrifying. It's like her blood sets you fire from the inside out."
Sookie wanted to pass out. Her mind was reeling. She jumped in her seat when Eric's phone rang.
"Hello?... Okay. We will be there soon." He shut his phone and stood up. He threw keys at Sookie. "Go home Sookie. I have some business with Bill now."
Sookie nodded. Bill made sure to escort her to the car. Then, he took off in the darkness of the night with Eric. She sat in the car, waiting until she found the courage to leave. It would be difficult to be Alone in the house without Bill.
Eric and Bill followed the scent of Persephone and found her in a secluded piece of swamp. She was sitting on top of a car. The queen was nowhere to be found and there was a human on the ground struggling to breathe on the ground. He was rolling around grasping at his throat.
"What is going on?" Bill asked.
"Well, first off, I killed the wretched bitch of a queen. Then, there was this little pathetic piece of wannabe vampire hiding in the woods. He followed the queen here." She explained, then jumped off the car and went over to the human and stood over him. "I gave him some of my blood. I'm surprised he isn't dead yet. Usually it only takes a few seconds."
"Why did you give him some of your blood? I thought it was poisonous to both humans and vampires." Eric looked at her in shock.
"I thought it would kill him." She looked at Bill. "Go home. Protect Sookie. There is going to be another few vampires after her, especially after this whole ordeal." Bill nodded then left.