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Chapter 26

SPOV

Godric's life is slipping away gradually; I can feel as much through the bond as I desperately struggle with his restraints, crying steadily as I see how the silver lining of the shackles has marred his pale flesh. I peel the metal away just as carefully as possible from his hissing, steaming skin, growing more and more frantic as I feel him drifting further away.

"Hold on, Godric, please," I beg, struggling with the final, large shackle around his neck. "Just hold on a little longer, I'm gonna fix this, I promise," I swear, finally pulling the last of the silver from his welted, and bleeding skin. I've been told time and time again how skin to skin contact between fated mates is greatly beneficial and as my succubus power source is rooted this same way, I have to conclude this is the best option left to me for saving my mate.

I was able to heal my mates by sharing a metaphysical feeding not so long ago and am hoping the same logic holds true now. I throw away the lethal metal from my mate, having to choke back a sob seeing him so helpless and wounded before me. Not now, Sookie, you can break down later, Godric needs you! I take a deep, calming breath, stripping away my dress before lying beside my mate, pressing just as much skin against his as possible whilst keeping close attention to the vanishing bond between us.

Skin to skin contact is a go, now to add lust into the equation. But how to I elicit lust from my mate in his current state? I let out a sigh, hoping I'm not completely off my rocker as I lean forward to press my lips against his, kissing him softly as a spark of life flairs up through the bond. Thank God, I think this is actually working!

I lower my face along his body, proceeding to kiss along the red, injured flesh of my mate, pushing my own feelings of love and affections through the bond and am surprised to feel mirroring emotions pushing, albeit weakly, back at me. Holy shit! This is actually working! I pick up my attentions then, running my tongue along seared, bloody flesh to see pale skin knitting together before my very eyes.

His life force is gradually strengthening through the bond and I now know I can heal his physical injuries, but will my shared feeding work to counteract the effects of the pathogen still coursing through him? An icy chill runs through me wondering if this physical healing will lead only to my mate mindlessly attacking me due to the bio-agent. God, please don't let that be the case.

I continue my gentle attentions, seeing to each wrist and ankle, all the while flooding the bond with the overwhelming love I have for my mate. His own feelings of adoration and devotion are becoming stronger and I feel no more signs of despair or bloodlust flowing through him, making me think maybe this is somehow working to counteract the pathogen's hold on him as well.

Soon, all my mate's physical wounds are wholly healed and his life force is strumming through me nearly as strong as it normally would. I look up to his face to see his features set in a peaceful visage and wonder why it is he's not yet waking. I rise above him to mold my body against his, straddling him and pressing just as much heated flesh upon his cool skin as possible before leaning to his ear.

"Godric? Can you hear me? It's Sookie," I whisper, running my fingers gently through his thick locks and holding my breath as I await a response. A soft whimper escapes his lips and I stare intently at his face, waiting to see those mesmerizing jade orbs of his looking back at me once more.

His eyelids fly open then and I jump back seeing them flashing a bright, glowing red. Fuck! I rush from the cage at superhuman speed, slamming the door shut behind me. Fuck, fuck, fuck! I work to catch my unsteady breath, shaking subtly as I wonder what the hell I did wrong. Dammit! It seemed to be working!

"Dear one?" is whispered softly behind me and my eyes well with hopeful tears as I slowly turn to see those blazing crimson eyes bleeding back to the most beautiful green I've ever seen. Holy shit, I did it! He's back! I actually saved him! I fall to my knees in relief, grateful tears streaming down my face as I thank God, Lucifer and angels and demons alike for this apparent miracle.

I take firm hold of the metal bars, dragging myself back to my feet before once more opening the door to the cage to see Godric gazing at our surroundings in confusion. I lower myself to my knees before him, having to reach out and run my hand along his jaw just to make sure this is real as it feels more like some sort of wonderful dream.

"What happened, my love? How did I end up in this place? And why are you crying so?" he questions softly, reaching up to place his hand over my own as I let out a sigh of contentment, feeling more tears streaming down my face.

"It was the Fellowship," I tell him, shaking my head. "You were shot in the battle with bullets filled with the bio-agent, Godric," I explain as he looks to me in shock. He proceeds to look over his perfectly healed body, his head tilted in confusion.

"Truly?" he whispers as I feel his shock emanating through the bond. "Then you found an antidote?" he questions as I shake my head at him. A smile comes to my lips as I find myself still in a state of wonderment that my plan actually worked, that he's truly back with me once more.

"No, Eric and the others are searching for a cure at this very moment," I tell him as he looks to me in confusion. "I healed you, Godric," I tell him. "I'm not exactly sure how it worked, but I was able to share a metaphysical feeding with you like before. It healed your physical wounds and somehow worked to cure you of the effects of the pathogen as well."

"My love," he cries out, reaching out to pull me into his embrace, gripping me tightly against his chest as I feel his body shaking with silent sobs. I smile against the newly healed skin of his neck, hot tears stinging at my own eyes as I feel his overwhelming elation welling through the bond.

"Lover?" sounds softly behind us then, and we both turn to see Eric's shocked face as he stares open jawed at the two of us, surrounded by the troop of equally surprised angels and demons. "How?" he whispers as I grin up at him, brushing away my tears with a shrug.

"Our female was able to use her succubus powers to bring me back to myself, it seems," Godric enlightens him as Eric drops to his own knees in disbelief, shaking his head at the two of us.

"We searched everywhere for a cure," he whispers, red blood rimming his cerulean eyes. "I had all but given up hope when I felt you drifting away through the bond, Master," he says, crawling through the open door of the cage towards us. He kneels before us, reaching out his own hand to mirror my early actions as he cups Godric's face with a small smile, a bloody tear trailing down his cheek.

"I am truly here and well my child, our mate saw to that," he assures him as Eric turns to me in amazement, a grateful smile forming over his handsome face. Someone clears their throat loudly then and the three of us turn to see Al smirking at the three of us, as his companions of both Heaven and Hell are grinning brightly.

"Forgive us for interrupting such a touching moment, love," Al says, his silvery eyes twinkling in delight. "But I just wanted to tell my apprentice to take some much warranted time off in order to reconnect with her blokes. I'll be back when Lucifer has another case for us," he informs us before the lot of them transport from the room into a wafting cloud of green smoke.

GPOV

If I needed breath, it would surely be knocked out of me as my two loves hold me tightly between them, drowning the bond with their shared love and elation. A contented smile pulls at my lips as I hold them close, submersing myself in their comforting scent and sending them my own love and gratefulness through the bond. I cannot imagine what hell they must have been through in my absence and find myself grateful I cannot recall the time spent under the influence of that horrific bio-agent.

"Come, my loves," Eric says then, rising to his towering height with our female held in his arms as I stand to join them. "I can feel your hunger, Master," he says, running his large hand over my face with a soft expression. "And our female is due for a feeding as well," he adds as I feel my demoness' lusts rising through the bond.

"An excellent proposal, my child," I assure him, feeling as though I have been deprived months' worth of blood as well as the sweet attentions of my loves.

"I propose a bath is in order," our succubus says, looking over our bloody faces and my own bloody body with a small smile. Eric and I both nod our agreement, heading to the bath together and I pause in the doorway feeling an odd sense of déjà vu. "Godric?" my Sookie whispers, looking to me in puzzlement.

"Something happened here," I say softly, looking around the room as I wrack my cloudy memories for answers. "It was…unpleasant," I add, feeling a sense of dread as both my loves look to me with small frowns. Eric lowers our Sookie to stand once more and she steps before me, placing a hand upon my shoulder as her eyes shine with unshed tears.

"You attacked us in here while under the influence of the pathogen," she informs me as a pang of guilt pierces through me, a deep frown forming upon my face.

"I am so terribly sorry, my love," I tell her, cupping her face as a warm smile comes to her lips and she shakes her head at me.

"It wasn't your fault, Master," Eric says then, placing his large palm upon my opposite shoulder. "All that is behind us; you're back with us now and that's all that matters," my child assures me, bending down to place a tender kiss to my lips, pushing his unconditional love to me, helping to quell my overwhelming guilt.

I feel my female's lusts spiking then and Eric and I pull from our kiss to turn to her, seeing her eyeing us both hungrily, a small smirk pulling at her pouty lips as the inebriating scent of her arousal wafts around us. Eric smirks over at her raising a devious brow.

"Enjoying the show, Lover?" he questions as Sookie's grin widens, her sapphire eyes darkening in lust as she starts the water in the large tub.

"Don't stop on my account," she purrs, stripping away her undergarments in a slow, erotic display, lifting a challenging brow at the two of us. Oh, how I love my lusty succubus. Eric takes hold of my face then, flashing me a wicked grin before crashing his mouth to mine, kissing me deeply and managing to raise our female's lusts to soaring heights.

Soft splashing sounds through the room then and Eric and I pull from our impassioned kiss, looking over to see our demoness sinking into the steaming bath, curling a slender finger as she bids us to come hither. I need no more encouragement, readily obliging my female as I sink into heated water, pulling her into my embrace and lowering my face to throat, nuzzling her with my nose as I take in the comforting scent of my mate.

"I've missed you, Godric," she breathes against my ear as she runs her hands down my chest, grazing over my dampened skin ever lower before trailing slender fingers teasingly along my throbbing erection to bring a pleasured hiss from me. I meet my child's hungry gaze then and he winks at me before rising to his knees, lifting our female between us as he presses wet kisses along the flushed skin of her shoulders.

I rise to my own knees, molding my front to my Sookie's chest and she proceeds to wrap her slender legs around my waist whilst snaking her arms around my neck to hold me close. I reach down, working to align myself with my female's throbbing sex and groan out as her silken walls envelope my crown, wrapping me in her scorching heat.

"Sookie," I groan out as she slowly lowers herself over my hardened length before finally encompassing me fully, marrying our bodies snugly to one another. My succubus' nails then bite into my skin as my child breaches her second entrance and we both work to soothe our female between us, taking things slowly whilst monitoring her through the bond until the three of us are made as one in the sweltering heat of the tub's steaming water.

"I love you, my Sookie," I breathe against her ear, feeling her tense muscles relaxing as she lets out a shuddering sigh against the skin of my shoulder. All her earlier feelings of discomfort are quelled as her lust is rising between us once more and Eric gives me a knowing smile as we hold our female tightly between us.

"I love you, both," she whispers back as Eric and lift her hips between us, beginning to pump her curvaceous hips over our combined lengths. Perfect. Mine.

"Gods, my love," I hiss out, relishing my female's sweet attentions as she begins pressing soft kisses along my jaw whilst pushing her overflowing love to me through the bond. I ache for her, it's a yearning emanating from my very soul, an insistent longing only my fated female can satiate.

I cup my love's delicate face, bringing her face before my own to capture her sweet lips into a heated kiss, letting my lips and tongue thank her for bringing me back, for returning me to myself once more as I push my gratitude and affections through the bond to her.

Hips are rocking, grinding steadily, water sloshing over the edge of the tub as the three of us continue our erotic dance against one another, driving one another ever closer to sweet release. My succubus pulls from our kiss, gasping heavily, her golden skin flushing darker as her heart is racing ever harder, signaling her soon approaching peak.

"Bite me, Godric, Eric," she breathes out between us, pulling her golden tresses from her neck. "Let me feed you as you feed me." Eric meets my heated gaze as we each lower our mouths to our female's offered throat and as I lick along her heated flesh, a groan escapes me, anticipating what is to come as my fangs shoot down in hunger.

Glistening fangs sink deep into golden skin and my demoness mate screams out with her climax, brought on by our dual bite. Eric and I have to hold her steady between us as she shudders lightly, her fluttering walls clenching around us to milk out our own release as I lose myself in overwhelming bliss. I drink deeply from my female, indulging in her intoxicating blood and sating a hunger the likes of which I haven't felt in centuries.

Eric soon squeezes my shoulder tightly and I have to shake off my reverie as I release my bite, licking my female clean of every drop of sweet blood as I examine the bond between us, detecting I may have taken a bit much from my love.

"Are you alright, dear one?" I question softly, more guilt stabbing through me as I note her pallor. She nods lightly, reaching up to hold her head before giving me a warm smile.

"I should be asking you that," she says, leaning forward to press a soft kiss to my lips. "I'll be just fine, Godric, I'm glad to provide you the sustenance you need," she assures me as I nod lightly, still feeling remorseful for having caused any discomfort for my female.

"Come, Lover," Eric says, situating our lightheaded mate into his long arms before standing from the tub. "Dawn approaches and with a bit of sleep, you'll be back to your saucy, demoness self come morning," he assures her as I trail them to the bedroom with a small frown, hating that I am the cause of our lover's current state.

The three of us crawl into bed together; Eric and I situating our Sookie between us on the mattress as I cautiously look over my female, only to receive another faint smile from her. She lifts her delicate hand to cup my face, running her thumb lightly over my jaw.

"I'm fine, Godric, really," she says as I let out a small sigh, nodding to her. "I'm an immortal now. It'll take a hell of a lot more than a deep feeding to hurt me," she reminds me, bringing a smile to my lips. I know she's right in her assessment and stroke back her golden tresses to receive a soft sigh of contentment from her.

"I could never thank you enough for all you've provided me with this night, my love," I admit earnestly, as her sapphire eyes shine in admiration. "I am forever in your debt and will ever strive to supply you whatever you could possibly wish." My Sookie leans up then, pressing her lips firmly against my own, proceeding to kiss me thoroughly.

"I've got you back with us, Godric," she says, her blue orbs sparkling in delight. "What else could I ever possibly ask for?" A wide grin crosses my face then as Eric chuckles lowly across the bed, shaking his head at the two of us.

"Literally anything, Lover," he tells her, wrapping his arms around her tightly. "You name it and it's yours," he tells her as Sookie shrugs lightly, letting out a jaw cracking yawn.

"I guess I'll have to sleep on it," she informs us sleepily as her tired eyes are drooping shut. Eric and I both lean down to kiss her softly as she quickly drifts off to sleep between us, my child's ocean blue gaze capturing my own.

"I thought I'd lost you for good tonight, Master," he whispers, shaking his head. "I've never been so elated to be proven wrong," he assures me with a warm smile before leaning forward to kiss me tenderly. "I love you, Master," he whispers against my own smiling lips.

"As I love you, my child," I assure him, running my hand through his golden mane to elicit a pleasured purr. We each relax upon the bed then, wrapping our female tightly between us as I feel the dawn drawing nigh. I settle into the soothing comfort of my two loves, immensely grateful for this precious gift they have bestowed upon me. I've been given yet another lease on life it seems, and I silently vow to make each and every second of it count.