Chapter 10
Need You
The sun was setting and Eric's resurrection was just as traumatic and unsettling as it was the previous night. Even before his heavy lids could open he was suffering the onslaught of Sookie's turmoil through the bond. Once again her frenzied emotions came at him so forcefully they almost rang in his ears.
"ERIC! I NEED YOU! WHERE ARE YOU?! NEED YOU, NOWNOWNOW!!!"
Part of him desperately wanted to close off to the bond for a few moments of peaceful relief. But he had already reconciled that this was the penance for his transgressions.
Bill would approve.
Eric keyed in the pass code, Bill had showed him the night before, to open the hidden crypt. They exchange no further words after Bill had returned home an hour before sunrise. He silently escorted Eric into the study, showed him his extra 'hidey-hole', demonstrated the locking mechanism and then left for his own resting place.
Eric had changed his clothes before going to rest that night so he could be ready to leave immediately. The extra clothes he always kept in his car came in handy as his shirt had become soiled with Bill's blood.
Without hesitation Eric dashed out of the house and crossed the graveyard towards Sookie's in less than two minutes. With each yard traveled Sookie's mental shrieking built in volume. He had spent most his night plotting out how he would approach her differently this evening.
Lover…I am coming.