A/N: S5E10 with elements form S5E9.
Tidbits:
Sister
"You're not the power hungry bitch I used to love."
At the time he hadn't given much thought to his choice of words, it was only later that he realised he'd used the past tense to describe his feelings for her.
It was meant to be teasing, a passing comment about how she had changed.
In the wake of Godric's death at the hands of Lilith, however, he realised that he'd meant exactly what he had said.
He had loved her once; she had been his sister and his lover for centuries – until Pam.
Pam had changed everything; she was more than his child, she was his equal from the moment they met. Something that Nora had never understood, or liked.
As he knelt at Russell's feet, pledging his allegiance to Lilith and renouncing his vendetta against him, Eric reflected on how much he had been forced to give up because of his sister. How deeply she had betrayed him – and Godric – by her actions.
No, he did not love her any more, at least not in any romantic sense. She was still his sister and he would still do everything in his power to protect her, but no longer at the expense of everything he held dear.
He was no longer playing nice in order to get out safely with Bill and Nora; he was playing to get back to Pam.
Saving Nora and Bill was now little more than an added bonus.
