A/N: S5E6: This chapter is a bit short, but there are two updates for this episode. Hope that makes up for it :)
Tidbits:
Sanguine
"But not impossible."
Those were the words that truly changed Eric's mind.
Not the makeshift stake Bill held against his back, not Bill's warning not to make his decisions for him and certainly not any desire to bring Russell to justice.
No.
What changed his mind was the small grain of hope that Bill's words planted into his mind of getting out this mess.
Unbidden an image of Pam's face when he had broken their bond sprang to his mind.
Bill was right; bringing back Russell was the only way that they might free themselves from this mess.
And once he was free of the Authority, and everything associated with it, he could return to Fangtasia; return to Pam.
The thought of reclaiming what was his and of life returning to some semblance of normal was what made him finally back down.
Of course, as seemed to happen so often lately, his hope was short lived as Kibwe and a contingent of the Authority guards entered the room.
But for once in his life, Eric decided to remain optimistic and it wasn't until Salome informed him that Nora was a Sanguinist that his hope finally died.