Godric pov

I enjoyed rising for the night next to my childe, it had been so long since we shared a resting chamber. I listened for my angel's voice and heartbeat. She was laughing with my house staff in the kitchen, it warmed a piece of me inside to hear her happy. I quickly cleaned and clothed myself before I made sure the light-tight shutters were down. I exited the room, to stand in the doorway of the kitchen, watching my angel socialize.

She sat on a stool close to the island counter, laughing along with Sarah and the cook, Rosa.

Rosa laughed. "Do it again!"

Morriah nodded, trying to still her laughter as she reached for one of the small candies in the bowl on the island. I watched, transfixed as she tossed the candy in the air, catching it in her mouth as it fell back down.

"Woo!" Sarah clapped het hands, jumping in excitement with Rosa's cheer.

I chose to speak up after the excitement had died down. "That was a wonderful trick, min lilla sol (my little sun)."

She looked to where I was standing and smiled. She dressed simply, but beautifully in jeans and a grey elephant t-shirt.

"Thanks Godric. Jason and I will have these types of competitions sometimes." She tossed another candy in candy in my mouth. "Oh, and speaking about Jason, he called earlier to say he was with Gran at Julia's place."

I walked over to where she was sitting. My house staff nodded to me and walked away, leaving the two of us in the kitchen alone.

"Are you packed? The flight will be at eight, so maybe when we arrive back in Shreveport, we can look into the things happening in your town."

She playfully kissed me on my nose, popping another candy in my mouth. "Okay. But that leaves us with five hours. What do you want to do?"

I had a few ideas, but I could only go as far as my door. "Do you know how to play chess? I have a set in the library."

She kissed my nose again, jumping off of the stool, grabbing the bowl of candy. "Okay. But the m&m's come with me."

That's what the candies were named. I nodded and took the bowl from her hands to carry it for her, but she grabbed it back.

"Mine." I chuckled as I lead her to the library.

We played chess I the library for the next hour until my child rose. Morriah made a formidable opponent, she was skilled in chess, but I was well versed in my skills, as I had more practice than she did. I saw her observing my moves and plays, as I observed hers.

As my childe walked into the room, I had the board set for a checkmate.

"Hey, Eric!" She looked at him happily add he took the seat beside me.

"Good evening, älskare (lover). How many times did Godric win so far?"

"Far too many." I laughed at her statement as we continued our game.

I was so sure I was going to win. The game has been getting harder to play as we progressed, she had been observing my plays, and effectively blocking them. It was tan minutes after Eric walked in, when Morriah had finally taken my king. I leaned back in my seat, completely flabbergasted at her win. Eric shook with laughter at my shocking loss, Morriah practically rejoiced in her win.

"Don't look so shocked, Godric. I won fairly and you weren't going easy on me."

Eric quieted his laughter, wiping the bloody tears from the corner of his eyes. "Godric, she had practiced with me many times before. I helped her improve upon her skills."

I chuckled to myself as I put the board away. "I suppose so." I joined my childe back on the couch, and contemplated what was going to be happening for the night. "We have a few hours before our flight, so do you have any ideas of what we could do until then?"

We played monopoly for the next few hours. It was a very heated game. I thought it would be a good idea, the game seemed it would be focused around finances, as Eric and I were good businessmen. Eric and I were proven wrong as we started the game. Our angel knew the game well, and as far as I could tell, she started off well. My nest mates, including Isobel and Stan joined us in the living room, watching the game. They placed bets on who would win, clearly most of them were as uneducated on the game as I was, thinking about who runs a better business when placing their bets. Four placed bets on me, four on Eric, only Isobel and Stan placed bets on Morriah. It officially ended in a tie between Eric and our angel. We decided the winner on a dice roll. Morriah ended up winning, as she rolled the highest number.

I smiled to myself, remembering our last few hours in Dallas. I watched our angel's gentle breathing as she slept on the plane. My childe held her feet in his lap as she rested. It was only ten minutes before we landed when Morriah began to stir from her sleep.

Morriah pov

I stretched my body as I slowly came back into consciousness. I didn't move my feet from their position on Eric's lap, it was comfortable. It was easy to tell the plane was still in the air, the feeling of it and smell was something I picked up on easily.

"When are we going to land?"

"Ten minutes, min kärlek (my love)." I nodded to Eric's statement. I decided to close my eyes again and relax, but not sleeping food the rest of the way home.

In no time at all, we arrived at Julia's house in Monroe, thanks to Eric's usual driving of his Corvette. Gran came out of the house to embrace me in a large hug. She had worried about from the moment I had left, she a always does. When she pulled away, I could see her line of sight directed on Eric and Godric. I laughed as she looked at me expectantly, before introducing them.

"Gran, this is Godric and Eric." I gestured to reach of them as I spoke their names.

"It is nice to meet you both. Call it a grandmother's intuition, but I have a feeling your not going to be staying long." She looked to me for explanation, sometimes she was so right about things, I often wondered who the real telepath was. I smiled, glad for her understanding.

"Yes, Gran. I will be staying with Eric for a bit, until Bon Temps' problems clear up. Speaking of which, did you find out anything?"

Gran shook her head, "No, unfortunately. Trying to find information on such a event was harder than playing Monopoly with you."

I had to let out a giggle. "Wow, that bad? Okay, I know it's late, and you should get your rest. I just wanted to check in with you."

"Alright, dear." I have her another large hug, I was about to turn to leave, but she stopped me. "Oh, one more thing. Lafayette said he had Tara over at his house. You should try and get over there."

"Okay, thanks Gran." She was worried, though I couldn't see it on her features, I could hear it in her voice, and use had no doubt that Godric and Eric could sense it too.

I was sitting in Godric's lap in the car as we made drove to Laff's house. I called Laff, and he relayed the information to me, that I hoped wasn't true. He would be waiting for us, readying himself and Tara for our arrival. It was easy to tell I was perturbed, I had good reason behind it.

Trying to ease the tensions, Eric grinned, "What's so bad about playing Monopoly with you? I enjoyed it."

I let out an awkward laugh. "Well, last time I played it was with Jason, Laff, and Tara. We started the game at about six, after dinner, and we didn't finish until about one in the morning. I won the game. The coffee table we were playing on ended up flipped over, and Tara refused to speak to me for the next week. We haven't played monopoly since." I signed, thinking. "That was last summer."

Godric chuckled. "If it helps any, I found our game to be quite entertaining."

"Thank you." I smiled, leaning back into Godric, who in turn embraced me.

I jumped out of the car as soon as we stopped in Laff's driveway. I practically ran to the door, with my Vampires on my heels. Before I had the chance to knock on the door, Laff opened it. He barely glanced at me as he enveloped me in his arms. I used the contact to run through his thoughts, I could tell it was bad, and the unbelievable concern he held for me and Tara.

He pulled apart to gaze at our strange group. I knew he feared Eric from being trapped in the basement of Fangtasia, but I hoped he could be forgiving, at least for tonight. "Come in, still of y'all. Maybe yous can set her brains right." I was glad he did not protest my being with Eric and Godric, though his mind was in a different place tonight.

I nodded and Laff motioned us all inside. Tara was in the living room, her back was facing us, though I saw her whip her head around, turning from watching us walk in. She was eerily quiet. I brought a chair over to sit in front of her. Godric, Eric, and Lafayette stayed back, allowing me to have space with Tara. I gasped slightly when I saw her coal black eyes. I stifled my reaction best I could at seeing my friend. Tara looked at me, grinning darkly at me, and she let out a sinister giggle.

"Morriah you whore." She spoke with a laugh in her voice. My Vampires threatened to come near, but I put my hand up to stop them, without letting my eyes leave Tara. I didn't speak, I didn't need to.

'Leave town with one Vampire, and come back with two more. You knew something was wrong! And you left! You abandoned us! You abandoned me! For Vampires! You slut!"

My Vampires growled at het words, but respectively stayed where they were. Laff started in place as well, but I could hear the thoughts swirling in his head.

I trained my eyes on the dark of hers, I could feel the energy pulse through me, my eyes shone as I pushed into the static that blurred her mind. As I focused on her mind, the outside world was lost to my senses. I pushed at the barrier of static, releasing fuzzy memories. I searched through them, making them clear again worth the light I found within my own mind. I slowly rescinded from her mind, letting the outside world fade back to me, just as slow. I saw my friend's eyes glowing a pale yellow where the black once was. I released the last of my hold on her head and memories, watching as the pale yellow faded, revealing her normal chocolate pupils..

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