If there is one thing that Eric Northman hates about humans it's their emotions. He prides himself on not having any feelings and he feels like it has only made him stronger over the years, while humans are weak and you could never call him weak or desperate for that matter.
Emotions only destroy you in the end. That's Eric's philosophy. It's better not to care about anyone and only look out for yourself and he has survived that way for over a thousand years.
He sneaks a glace, only a second long at her. She's sitting across from Bill and she has her hand on his thigh and he can't deny that he would like her to feel something for him. This is the reason for his mistrust of everything human and the way they feel. He doesn't want to have these feelings for Sookie and he's not just feeling this way because he wants to fuck her, even though he does.
She is still chatting intimately with Bill and he is sitting alone, only with Pam, but she doesn't really count because she's always with him. And he does it. He finally admits to himself what he's known all along. He's just as human as she is with only one flaw, he's a vampire. He wants her and it pains him to see her with Bill. Damn those feelings that always get in the way.
What is he supposed to do now? Should he ignore them? Try to get her to give into them or just pretend like nothing is different? He raises his head as he is pondering the questions that drift through his mind and he sees that she is staring at him, and he also sees that same heat that he feels in her eyes and the way that she is looking him over. Sookie Stackhouse wants him, just as much as he wants her. Heat, lust and passion race through his body all at once.
An evil smirk crosses his face. He will have her if it's the last thing he ever does and she already knows that. Let the games begin.