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I was caught up with my fantasises on how I would take her from Bill, when he bowed to Pam and myself, took two steps backwards and turned away while still holding onto Sookie.

You're wrong Bill, I thought to myself. Sookie Stackhouse will be mine!

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"It seems Bill has certainly been entertaining himself lately." Said Pam with a sly smile aimed in my direction.

"Yes, but it is very interesting she remains untouched." I said thoughtfully.

"It will only be a matter of time of course before she succumbs to him or he will glamour her."

Glamour

If I could get Bill away from Sookie long enough, I could Glamour her to come to me. Bill will have no say in her choice.

"Sherriff, what are you planning? I can see it in your eyes, the chase, a game." She smiled.

I looked over at Pam and then Bill.

"Ask him to the bar. See to it that you get as much information about Sookie Stackhouse as possible." I looked from Pam, again to Sookie's direction "and if Bill has been intimate with her."

"I do love games!"

Pam was laughing to herself when she stood and walked very slowly with no apparent interest to the bar where Long Shadow was working.

"Can I get 2 O positive True Blood's?" Pam spoke with deliberate slowness after standing there a couple of minutes.

I turned my attention from Pam to the table Bill had just vacated.

Sookie sat there with her head turned down while staring at her hands. What an odd thing to do.

I focused all my attention on Sookie Stackhouse.

"Come to me Sookie, look into my eyes and stand by my side. Feel my influence."

I could feel myself start to hum with all power of influence I had sent to her.

She still did not look up.

How can it be? In 1000 years this has never happened nor have I heard of it ever happening!

I focused more, and felt a very small amount of blood almost escape my nose.

"Sookie"

As I was about to stop, she looked up at me, bore into my eyes and then looked away. Her face was as if someone had called her name, in the quietest and personal way, but she had brushed it off as hearing things.

How could she do that? Could she feel my influence? I have never infused so much effort to be thwart off before. I had not influenced her one bit.

This peaked my curiosity in her all the more.

Bill was returning to the table with their beverages when Pam came to sit back down.

"I cannot Glamour her!" I hissed to Pam stunned and awed at the same time. "Have you ever heard of such things?"

"I have not." She said "But Bill did make a slight sip of the tongue. Our Miss Sookie is a barmaid from Bon Temps, that's were Bill met her. She lives across a cemetery from him."

I was still waiting to hear about their sexual involvement and wished she would get to it.

"Although she is his, they remain "steady" whatever that means?" Pam finished.

Surely not steady. So they have not had sex than. What an interesting development.

I looked over to see Bill staring at me with contempt. I just laughed, let him stare.

I turned my head ever so slightly to see that Sookie's features looked... annoyed?

I could pick up on bits of pieces of their conversation and was not at all surprised with what I could hear.

"He's breaking the rules just by attempting to glamorize you after I've told him you're mine." He sound very pissed. Good it would be no fun if it were to be that easy to take her away from him without a fight, however it did bother me he knew she could not be Glamorized as he put it.

I could read her face and body language to know with all assurity that that was not a saying she liked too much.

"I don't think she likes it when he calls her his" Pam pointed out grinning. "What do you think would happen if I were to claim her as mine?" her fangs were running out now.

Pam, such a tease. Although I think that she may be honest in this instant.

I have to admit I wondered what it would be like to say she is mine, too taste that sweet blood and to take her on my couch.

"Sherriff I think I need go and find Sarah now." Thought Pam "I will be leaving for the night if that is alright with you?"

"Of course, please take Sarah and exit through the back way. I will contact you before the sun rises."

Pam looked around the room for Sarah and located her. She stood up walked over to her and whispered in her ear. I could see Pam and Sarah pushing and grinding all the way out the door.

Pam

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I looked around the room for Natalie, thinking about how tonight she would please me and be a substitute for the one Sookie Stackhouse, when I saw Bill lead Sookie out of the booth.

As I was watching them get ready to leave, Bill started in my direction. He gave a very subtle nod that told me we needed to talk.

Here we go again.

I get it, I get it. She is mine.

He really did need to get over it, I have.

I know she will be mine.

Some may say I am possessive, I say I'm just very determined.

As I stood up and walked towards the back door I passed Bill and Sookie and took Natalie on my arm and lead her outside with us. I put her in my car and turned to Bill to find out what this was about.

Was he going to fight me? That was laughable.

"There's going to be raid," Bill said

Well that was not what I was expecting.

"How do you know?"

He seemed to be keeping something from me, and why did he look towards Sookie?

"Me," Sookie's small voice quivered as she said it.

She is a cop. How could I have not seen it? And with the questions about the two fangbangers! This will not stand!

Unless.....

"I read the policeman's mind," she simply said as though it should be obvious.

I remembered back to when I used to have a psychic myself. Hilmar was very talented. He taught me many things of the thoughts of mankind. How selfish people are and the secrets they keep and what they are willing to do to keep them. He helped me become the ruthless, powerful and respected person I am today. We had only been together a short time when an idiot staked him thinking he was Vampire. I have not encountered one since. Well until now.

Bill however was looking sick. I guess I am putting the pieces together now Bill.

"That's interesting," I said. "I had a psychic once. It was incredible."

I do miss Hilmar.

"Did the psychic think so?" Sookie said with a tone that indicated that she was not for sale. We shall see about that.

I looked over at Bill and he was back to grabbing Sookie's arm tightly. I could hear him draw deep breaths; I am guessing he was hoping I would not act on impulse and kill such an out spoken creature. Truth be told, I like her being bold and brazen. It is a very rare thing to encounter.

In the background I could hear the sounds of sirens coming towards Fangtasia.

"For a while," I told her as truthful as I could without divulging into my history.

I gave Bill a nod letting him know that this will not be last of this discussion. He gave me a curt nod back and looked to Sookie.

I slid in my Corvette and told Natalie that I will be taking her to my home for the evening. What I didn't tell her was that it would not be her I would be seeing. Sookie Stackhouse's face will be permanently pictured where hers is.

As I was driving off, I could see Bill walking her to his car. Yes Sookie Stackhouse is entirely other.

A psychic, how surprising.

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Just as I was about to retire for the day I called Pam.

"How was your evening Sherriff?" Pam purred on the other end of the phone.

"Very eventful, I have uncovered something tonight about Sookie. She is a psychic." I waited to hear what Pam would say.

"This is very bad Sherriff!" she said somewhat guarded and confused, all sexiness gone out of her voice.

"I am well aware it." I said.

"Can she hear our thoughts?"

"No, I don't think so. If she could she would not have had her face as picture perfect with all the things I was fantasising about her, let alone yourself. But it is something that we will need to explore. Pam I will need you to arrange a meeting with Bill to come to my office so we may discuss this matter at a more convenient time for all."

"Yes Sherriff, I shall call as soon as a I rise." With that I shut my phone off for the day and went to bed with a smile on my face thinking of the pleasures I could see giving Sookie Stackhouse.

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When I rose the next night my thoughts went straight to Sookie and the drama and havoc she has now inflicted in my life. I turned my phone back on and noticed I have several calls from the Police.

I checked my voicemail and sure enough I had a message telling me that Fangtasia will be shut for the night unless I make an appearance and explain to them about a Vampire feeding in the restrooms.

I got into my shower replaying every minute of last night. The very second Sookie Stackhouse walked into my life and invaded my thoughts.

By the time I was ready to leave to go to Fangtasia I received a text from Pam.

.......Bill nt cmig. Is bsy......

Damn Bill!

Well I could always go there? I could find out where Sookie lives and maybe even see her?

Arh, listen to yourself Eric! A human, she is a human. You are whipped!

I will go and see Bill, I am his Sherriff and he has a lot to explain. If I happen to see Sookie, so be it.

As I made my way outside I looked up into the sky and wondered why I had even asked Pam about love? It seems like the Gods are playing some sort of cosmic joke on me.

Love? Never, I am merely curious about her.

With a sigh I flew into the sky and headed towards Bon Temps. I admit I had to stop for directions to the old Compton home, but I was on the right track. At this point I am glad I didn't bring Pam with me when I thought of calling her. She would never let me live it down.

I sited Bill's home and landed a kilometre away from his home. I straightened my suit and set out to his house. As I walked up the front porch steps, Bills stepped out through the front door.

"Eric" Bill said with a nod.

"Would you mind explaining to me why you could not make your way to Fangtasia tonight? I am your Sherriff, when I say to be somewhere, you will be there. Am I understood Bill?"

"Yes" He said. "Sookie is not what you think, she,"

"I do not need to hear you excuse Bill," I said holding up my hand to silence him until I was ready. "Need I remind you again that I am your Sherriff?"

With a dramatic sigh, Bill started into a very poorly acting debut.

"Sookie is telepathic. She can only read the minds of other humans. She works at a bar named Merlotte's and her boss is a shifter named Sam Merlotte. She does not know of any other world but human and Vampire. I suspect she has her own suspicions about what else is out their though. She lives with her grandmother and she has one brother Jason. Both her parents died when she was very little. That's all the information that I can see would be any use to you." Bill said while kicking his foot against an old pillar.

Something was off with how he was telling me. It seemed orchestrated, planned out. His body language alone screamed out that he was keeping something from me.

"What does Sookie think of you telling me this information about her?" I asked merely out of curiosity, or so I told myself.

"She doesn't know of this talk." He said with tone. I got tone from Bill. How cute.

"Is everything alright with your mate Bill?" I was asking with a big smile on my face.

"She is mine"

"Bill, you really need to move on from the she is mine talk. I have had enough of this. If she comes to me, you cannot do anything about it. You cannot even Glamour her!"

"Sookie is not... you see she can't... I can't..." Bill tried to get the words out but kept stumbling like a fool.

"You know I know that our kind cannot Glamour her! And you chose to leave out this vital information when you were informing me of her. What else are you keeping from me Bill? Are you being a naughty little Vampire?" I said as lightly as I could.

"I am not keeping anything from the one who protects me." Bill said with his head held high that there was no reason to doubt him.

"Very well, but Bill, be warned that I will be keeping an extra eye on you. You may not be "keeping" things from me, but you are hiding something. Know this, I will find out." I could see his lip twitch a little which proved to me he is hiding something.

Bill could tell I knew this too.

"Oh and Bill? If Sookie needs anything, please tell her to come to me with no hesitation. I am not her enemy. I want to be her friend."

"She will not come to you; she does not want to be a part of this world." Bill said smugly.

Did he really think I would leave it at that?

"That is where you are to encourage a relationship with me is good. Do not start with me again. I meant a working relationship." I said knowing I had him now. It was priceless the look on his face though, a look that I would love to see on a daily basis; however that would require seeing him. Maybe not.

"How would you suggest I do that Sherriff?" Bill said resigned.

I smiled when I answered him. "If, no, when I require her special talent you will encourage her to come and aid us. You are not to discourage her about me. Is this simple enough for you?"

"Yes"

"Very well, I need to get back to Fangtasia now. Please say hello to Sookie for me." I had the pleasure of seeing his eyes go dark and hard.

"I think it might be best if I left this conversation alone, don't you think?" He said smugly

"No, I don't agree, I have nothing to hide. Do what you please, but do not forget this conversation and what I require of you."

I turned and walked down the old and cracked steps, stared up to the same mocking sky and took off to Fangtasia.

On my way to Fangtasia I spotted a house directly across from Bill's. So this is Sookie's house? It was everything I pictured in my head. The house suited her Southern Belle politeness. I could picture her growing up here.

With a beep of my phone I noticed I had a new message from Pam.

...Hve u dlt wit Bill?

I laughed to myself and took off to Fangtasia.

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When I arrived at Fangtasia there were several police officers waiting and a lot of impatient fangbangers.

"I had a prior engagement. Let me assure the feeding will not happen again in this venue." I stood their contemplating whether or not to just Glamour him, but the thought of it brought back memories of Sookie. No I would not Glamour this man. "I understand if there is need to pay a fine." I would pay it, and I would not Glamour the police officer to give me the money for it. Just this once.

What is happening to me? Not 24 hours ago I would have said and done anything to avoid this situation, this embarrassment.

"You're paying?" said a very nosy Pam coming up to stand next to me.

I thought out my answer and thought best to keep it simple. "Yes." Ok, that was simple.

"I see hope in you yet Eric."

There is that bloody word again. Hope. How could one little word cause so much to happen, but if I'm being honest, I like the idea of hope.

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