Pam didn't pay much attention to Bill's negotiating; she was busy keeping an eye on the witches who had appeared in a protective semi-circle behind Marnie.
At least she was trying to; it was rather difficult with Eric insisting on blocking her view of them by taking up a defensive position in front of her and Sookie. A gesture which she found completely unnecessary and rather irritating: she was not a weak human who needed protecting.
She glanced across at Sookie, and she resented being put on a par with the fairy.
"Bill! She's casting a spell!"
Pam snapped out of her musings at Sookie's warning, resisting the urge to bare her fangs as the others came out of the darkness to join them.
"Hon kommer att vara säker,"* Eric snarled under his breath, Pam looked at him in surprise as he suddenly broke his position, ripping the heart out of one of the witches before anyone could blink.
Everything happened rather quickly after that as Marnie engulfed them all in a thick fog. Pam snarled, flicking out her fangs as she joined the fray, intent on finding Eric and getting him the hell out of there.
She found Tara instead.
"I'm not going to miss you one bit," Pam promised her, reaching in for the kill.
"I forbid you!" a voice rang out.
Pam froze, "You have got to be kidding me."
Eric loomed out of the fog, "The king claimed the punishment for killing a human was the true death," he continued.
"That didn't seem to stop you," Pam countered, making no move to release Tara.
"I will accept the consequences for my actions," he paused, "but I will not allow you to endanger yourself." He took another step towards her, "Release her and go," he commanded.
He watched with something akin to fascination as she did as she was bid, though clearly against her will. He would be lying if he said he enjoyed forcing her to do as he commanded or if he said that he didn't feel a twinge of regret as he watched her speed off into the night.
But he had promised himself that he would keep her safe and he intended to keep that promise.
He turned his attention back to Tara, intent on helping her, but found that she had already gone. He shrugged and moved off to re-join the fight, remembering that there was someone else he had sworn to protect, only to come face to face with Marnie.
"We meet again," she said by way of greeting.
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A/N: I thought it would have been more interesting if Eric had stopped Pam rather than Bill...or maybe that's just me...
*Hon kommer att vara säker = "She will be safe" (at least, according to Google translate :P)
