A/N sorry about the late update guys real life got in the way but here you are another installment of Broken Magnolia
Disclaimer I do not own the southern vampire mysteries or anything related to sookie Stackhouse
Chapter 4
Spov
I woke up late today quite late which was abnormal for me as I normally get up with the birds but alas it was 10 am and I only had 2 hours before I was to meet Amelia so I got up and had a shower and got dressed by the time I had finished it was 11:30, so I raced out of the hotel into the cacophony of sounds I took a moment to compose myself and put up my shields, after that I made my way to the restaurant.
When I got there she was no where to be seen, I waited at a table and ordered an ice tea, I had been waiting for 10 minutes when my phone started to buzz with a message, it was Amelia telling me that she could not attend lunch as she had to work through it but I could come and keep her company in the shop while she worked at the bottom of the message was the address of the shop so I paid for my ice tea and made my way there.
As I stood outside the shop I got a shiver down my back like someone was watching me, I scanned the crowds but no one was thinking of me so it must have been a sense of paranoia
The shop was called "Sit for a Spell" owner and proprietor was Octavia fant I read that on the sign outside the shop, I made my way in and was greeted by a strong smell of vanilla candles and a feeling of good will what I did notice was that I couldn't hear any one, I didn't mean that I had gone deaf, I could hear the noises of the shop but I couldn't hear anyone's thoughts, it was a wonderful feeling, I almost felt like a normal person, I never wanted to leave the shop.
Amelia ran round the counter and gave me a hug I tensed in her grasp but realized that there was no need I still couldn't hear her thoughts, normally touching made it feeling like they were shouting in to my ear all their thoughts.
As we pulled apart she offered me a chamomile tea and I gratefully accepted.
Amelia went off to make the tea she told me to have a look around which I did I was drawn to a beautiful pendant of a fairy her wings were silver with red at the ends of them and she seemed to be sitting on a bauble of red glass it was beautiful, Amelia came out of the back room with the tea and noticed me looking at the pendant.
"It's our last one of that type we have not ordered that particular item in about 2 years so she just hangs there lonely"
"But it's so pretty why would any one not buy her" I said
"I don't know, anyway about your news sookie what developments have you made"
I told her about my dream and the advert I had seen with the same woman, her eyes widened when I told her it was the exact same woman, and I told her that I phoned the company and made an appointment to see the head realtor.
Her lunch was almost over and I had to go and look for more clues around new Orleans just as I was leaving I decided to pick up that pendant and buy her she would not be lonely any more she was only $12 so I took her to the counter and took out my wallet as I was handing over the money a tall grey haired woman came out of the back office which I presumed was the owner Octavia fant and whispered something into Amelia's ear, after that Amelia would not let me pay for the pendants, I tried a second time to hand her the money but Octavia told me that she was meant for me and I would need her in the coming weeks, I thought that was odd since it was only a pendant but I would need all the help I could get to find Hadley so I took it, giving Amelia a goodbye hug I left the shop, off to trawl the streets looking for clues of Hadley's disappearance, and to get ready for my interview with the realtor.
Amelia's pov
sookie found the shop ok and I offered her a cup of chamomile, while I was making the tea Octavia came into the tea room and told me my guest was welcome in her shop and to make her feel comfortable, she would need all the comfort she could get, Octavia was always a little cryptic so I took her at her word. I came out to the till area and handed sookie her tea which she sipped gratefully, I noticed that she kept taking in deep breaths and sighing with a smile on her face, I guessed that she was relieved about something so I let it go at that, we spoke about her interview with the realtor company that found a tenant for me I was shocked to hear that she had a dream about the owner of the company I had only ever met her once but she was a striking woman with red hair and a pale complexion but beautiful nonetheless.
We spoke about the pendant that she was eyeing it was a beautiful pendant, I always wondered why the last one never sold, but who am I to question it, my lunch was nearing an end and sookie had to go anyway, she decided to buy it she seemed drawn to it, just as I was about to complete the transaction, Octavia came out of the back room and whispered to me telling me that sookie should not pay for it as it was hers all along and that's why it did not sell, I was not about to argue with her in front of sookie so I told sookie that it was hers, sookie argued with me trying to pay again but Octavia cut in telling her to take it as she would need it, sookie thanked her and hugged me goodbye and left the shop.
When she left I turned to Amelia and she told me that the pendant was blessed and that she had got a vision that told her that sookie needed it, I relied on Octavia's visions as they had gotten me out of a few tight spots, so I questioned her no further.
Epov
I rose for the evening, a woman was standing by my bed in lace garters and a lacy bra and thong, my first thought were of sookie and how wonderful she would look in that ensemble my second thought of the evening was to what kind of operation Sophie Anne was running here donors were allowed into the rooms of vampires before they woke for the evening was she stupid, we were only months away from the big reveal and she was so lax in her security that it could cause a riot amongst vampires and humans alike if not handled properly, I got up off of the bed and glamour the girl away I was not hungry and the girl smelled like she had been used by vampires one to many times.
I was summoned by the queen not long after that, she told me she had a meeting at one of her businesses in an hour and she wanted me to attend, I agreed and was excused I went to my room and took a shower and got ready for the meeting. I was glad I did not see Hadley there was something that I did not like about her as yet I did not know what that was, call it a feeling had.
Once I was dressed and ready we made our way across New Orleans to her office to attend the meeting.
Spov
I went made it back to the hotel in time to shower and change it was a hot day today and I was sweating I decided to put on a sun dress as it was still hot, put on a white dress with little red flowers on it I grabbed a white cardigan as it might get cold later on in the evening I also put the fairy pendant that was given to me earlier in the day as it went with the dress and I made my way to the office of SA LeClerq, I got there with 5 minutes to spare and the receptionist greeted me with a smile and handed a form to me to fill out about what my needs were, while I was waiting to be seen I listened in to the receptionist and found that while I could hear some of her thoughts some were off limits to me as though that had disappeared out of her head and the left a blank space in her wake, that was odd but so far new Orleans had been odd so I paid no mind.
After about 10 minutes I was called into the office as I stepped through the doorway my pendant started to feel cold against my skin, I figured as the weather was I was just feeling the necklace cold on my overheated skin, I walked into the office and was greeted by the last person I expected, it was Eric Northman, I stared at him and his eyes widened in shock but he said nothing except from shaking my hand and asking my name to which I replied also in shock I'm sookie Sookie Stackhouse.
Epov
I opened the door to the office to let the customer in and to my surprise it was sookie but it did not smell like sookie it smelled like someone totally different, actually a bit repellant to me, there had to be some kind of spell involved, sookie did not smell like this I should know, I asked her, her name just to make sure, she told me that she was sookie, anyway I showed her into the office and waited for the meeting to begin.
A/N hi there its me again just wanted to give you a link to the pendant that sookie is wearing its on my profile
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