Chapter 29
"My child, you disappoint me," Godric said with a pleasant smile. "That I could enter this far into your lair without you noticing it."
"I gave you the security codes last week," Eric said, slightly affronted. He was still lying on top of me, buried deep inside me. "Besides, I was a little bit...distracted."
"Yes, I can see that," Godric said, and now he locked eyes with me and his smile grew. I just stared at him. I couldn't believe Godric was here. I was sure I was dreaming, but vampires didn't dream. "I can also see that you two are getting along well. This pleases me."
Eric didn't move. He just stared at Godric in a peculiar way and it was starting to get awkward. I pushed a hand against Eric's shoulder so he would move. Eric still didn't budge.
"Eric," I whispered. "Get up."
Finally, Eric pulled out of me and rose to his feet. I pushed myself up and looked at Godric, vaguely aware I was standing there in my lingerie with my breasts hanging out of my bra.
"My dear heart," Godric said, and that was all I needed to hear. I launched myself at him, wrapping my arms around his neck and my legs around his waist. I buried my face in his hair and inhaled.
Godric.
I inhaled again and again, and then kissed his throat, his jaw, his cheek and finally his mouth. Godric smiled against my lips and kissed me back, sliding his tongue inside my mouth and I moaned at the familiar taste of him. Godric rubbed his hands down my back and over my thighs. "Did you miss me?" he asked in between kisses.
"Yes," I said, pressing closer in his embrace. "So much."
"I have missed you, too." Godric brought one hand up between our bodies and trailed his fingers down my breast. "I have thought of you every day."
"I will leave you to your reunion," Eric said, and there was something odd about his voice. He pushed past us out the office. I stared after him in confusion. Where was he going?
"Wait!" I yelled, because I didn't want Eric to leave. Eric stopped in the middle of the hallway, but he didn't turn around. "Where are you going?"
"I assumed you wanted to spend some time with your...boyfriend," Eric said, and now his voice was impassive.
I looked down at Godric and then back at Eric. Was Eric being jealous? But he'd said he was all right with me being with Godric. Just like Godric had said he was all right with me being with Eric.
"Yes," I said pointedly. "I want to spend time with my boyfriend. Thing is, I have two. And I don't want to have to chose between them."
Godric chuckled quietly and carefully lowered me to my feet. I grabbed his hand and pulled him after me into the hallway. Eric still hadn't turned around, so I grabbed his hand as well.
"How about you come and finish what we were doing when we were interrupted," I whispered, and I gave his hand a gentle squeeze. Finally Eric looked at me over his shoulder and his face broke out in a brilliant grin.
"Lead the way," he said, and I pulled both my boyfriends into the bedroom. That was all the control Eric was willing to give me, because once we neared the bed, Eric grabbed me around the waist and tossed me onto the bed. I landed with a little bounce and giggled. Eric and Godric shared a look, and Godric gave Eric a tiny nod, which was all the approval Eric needed. He crawled up the bed until he was hovering over me.
"I will watch," Godric said, pulling his shirt over his head. "For now." He kicked off his shoes and lowered his pants, and then he sat on the bed beside us naked.
"Eric," I whispered, as Eric pressed kisses down my throat. "Will you lick me?"
Eric growled and moved lower and lower down my body, leaving kisses in his wake. He paid a little extra attention to my breasts, of course, laving at my nipples and teasing them with little nips, but finally he made it to my centre. He pushed my panties aside, spread my folds with his fingers and flicked his tongue across my swollen clit.
I moaned, long and loud, and looked over at Godric. He was watching us with a small smile on his face. There was something very exhilarating about Godric watching us like this. Of course, he'd seen Eric and me together before, but that had been under far more frenzied circumstances and I'd hardly realized it. Now, I was perfectly aware of it, and it aroused me more than I thought it might.
Eric sucked at my clit and slid two fingers inside me. I bucked my hips up and placed one hand on his head, trailing my fingers through his hair. I reached out my other hand to Godric and he caught it with his own. He leaned down and pressed a kiss to my palm, and then he lowered my hand to his erection. I grinned and started stroking him in time with Eric's fingers as they moved in and out of me.
"This is so good," I breathed, as Eric brought me closer and closer, and I rocked my hips against Eric's mouth, pressing my clit against his tongue. I exploded into orgasm with a sharp cry, my body shuddering. Eric didn't allow me time to come down from my pleasure, though. At once he kneeled between my spread legs, pulled me closer, and thrust inside me with a grunt. He looked down at me and grinned, his fangs glistening.
Godric shifted closer to me, bringing his hips near to my face. I knew what he wanted, but I wasn't sure how to do that while my fangs were out. And I couldn't just pop them back in. During this state of arousal, my fangs had a mind of their own.
"Just lick me," Godric said, apparently understanding my dilemma. Now, that I could do. I angled myself closer so my cheek was resting on his thigh, and I brought his erection down to my mouth. I licked him up and down and around the head, all the while pumping him with my hand. Godric leaned his head back, his eyelids fluttering.
Eric chuckled, and sped up his thrusts, causing me to lose my rhythm on Godric, and I giggled. I was pretty sure Eric did that on purpose, the bastard. And when Eric really went to town I was so overwhelmed I couldn't do much more than press my face against Godric's cock, but Godric didn't seem to mind. He stroked my hair with one hand and pinched my nipples with the other while I bucked back against Eric faster and faster.
I found my release again right before Eric came inside me with a groan. He shuddered against me and when his climax had passed, he looked down at me with a huge grin.
"Did you enjoy that?" Godric asked, as I pressed a kiss to his erection. I nodded. "What would you like to do next?"
I bit my lip, and got a naughty idea. A very wicked, naughty idea. I squirmed a little underneath Eric and then looked up at Godric with a nervous smile. "Could you two kiss?"
Eric quirked an eyebrow, and Godric threw his head back and laughed. And then he crooked his finger at Eric, motioning him to come closer. And while Eric was still buried inside me, they closed the distance right above me and their lips met in a searing kiss. But it didn't stop there. Eric parted his lips and Godric quickly deepened their kiss.
It had to be one of the hottest things I'd ever seen, and I gave Godric's erection a few licks as my body started throbbing with arousal all over again. They pulled back from each other and both looked down at me with amusement in their eyes.
"Like that?" Godric asked innocently.
"Yeah, that was pretty good," I said and giggled.
Eric snorted. "Pretty good?" He looked at Godric. "We're losing our touch." He gently pulled out of me and stretched out on my other side. "Perhaps you can make her see reason."
That was all the encouragement Godric needed, and he moved between my legs with vampire speed, pushing inside me at once. I groaned and arched my back while Eric squeezed my breasts and buried his face in my neck to lick my throat.
I'd missed Godric. I'd missed the feel of his body, the little sounds he made as he drove inside me, the way he looked at me when he was buried deep inside of me. I grabbed hold of his upper arms as he hovered above me, his hips moving faster, and I locked my eyes with his.
"Do you enjoy it when my maker fucks you?" Eric whispered in my ear, pinching my nipples at the same time. I groaned in response. "Do you enjoy feeling his cock inside you?"
I gasped for breath. My goodness, was Eric trying to kill me? Somehow his dirty talk went straight to my sex and I clenched around Godric in sheer need. Godric thrust harder, and Eric lowered his hand and pinched my clit. Just a soft little pinch, but still. I keened and thrashed against the sheets. Eric bit my throat while Godric leaned down and bit my breast, and my pleasure peaked violently. I cried out and worried my spine might snap as I arched off the bed and crashed back down.
Godric started groaning, and he drove inside me as deep as he could as he came, his gaze locked with mine. I smiled at him, my body still trembling from my release. Godric stilled and lapped up the blood on my breast as Eric licked at my throat.
"Holy crap," I whispered in awe, and that made both Godric and Eric chuckle. Godric pulled out of me and rolled beside me, and just like that I was pressed between two hard bodies, our legs lying together in a tangle while their hands roamed across my body.
A girl could get used to this!
I gave Godric a long kiss, and then turned my head and offered Eric the same. Then I lay back with a sigh and looked up at Godric. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, because I am...very happy, but why are you here?"
"That's a good question," Eric said, with just a hint of something in his voice. I gently elbowed him in his ribs in response.
"The presence of an unknown creature here concerned me," Godric said with a patient smile. He seemed completely unfazed by Eric's strange attitude, and I was grateful for it. "So I decided to come for a visit to help you find it and kill it."
"Hm," Eric said with a frown. "Do you have any idea what this creature actually is?"
Godric shook his head. "There are a few possibilities, a demon being one of them. Or it might be something even I haven't heard of before. I'd like to see the scene of the attack."
"We can go there later," Eric said. "We have business in Bon Temps anyway."
Eric's cell phone rang, and Eric used vampire speed to retrieve it from his office. He stood in front of the bed, checked the display and held it to his ear.
"Your Majesty," he said, and Godric and I shared a curious look.
"Sheriff Northman," the Queen said. I could hear her loud and clear, thanks to my spiffy vampire hearing. "I heard your new child had a little incident last night?"
"I know of no such incident," Eric said easily. "Or are you referring to my child protecting her maker because Bill Compton's human had the audacity to assault me in my own bar?"
"Your child attacked something that belongs to me, Northman," the Queen said, and my eyebrows shot up. Since when did Sookie belong to the Queen?
"I was unaware Bill Compton's human belonged to you, Your Majesty," Eric said impassively. "But I assure you, the human was not badly hurt. She should already have made a full recovery."
"And then you went and threatened Compton with the Magistrate," the Queen said, and she sounded very displeased. "You've already brought him before that vile little monster once. I will not allow you to do it again."
"Your Majesty," Eric said with the patience of a saint. "Compton was unhappy with my ruling concerning the case of my child defending me. I merely suggested we take it up with the Magistrate instead. He refused and accepted my ruling in the end."
"What you must understand, Sheriff Northman, is that Bill Compton is working on a little something for me. So let me make this very clear to you. If your new child displeases Compton one more time, I will punish her myself, is that understood?"
"Yes, Your Majesty," Eric said through gritted teeth while I stared at him with wide eyes.
"Tell me, how is my little project going that I assigned to you?"
"We should have it up and running later tonight," Eric said, again sounding impassive.
"Good. Have a nice night, Sheriff."
"You, too, Your Majesty." And with that, Eric shut his phone and threw it against the wall with a growl. It shattered into a thousand pieces.
"What the fuck was that about?" I asked, looking from Eric to Godric and back. Godric was frowning and Eric paced in front of the bed.
"It means Compton can't keep his mouth shut and believes he can challenge my authority by going to the Queen," Eric snarled.
"Tell me about this incident," Godric said, and Eric finally sat down on the bed and recounted the tale of me pouncing on Sookie.
"Turid was in her right to protect her maker," Godric said once Eric was finished. "Why would Compton take this all the way to the Queen, especially if his human was not badly hurt?"
"Because he's an obsessed fool! When it comes to his human, Compton simply cannot see reason," Eric said, his eyes narrowed to slits. "But he will not get away with this. He will pay for having brought this to the attention of that bitch. He will pay for risking the well-being of my child!"
"You cannot take this out on Compton directly," Godric said. "Or your Queen will take it out on our witch, and we cannot allow that to happen."
"You're right," Eric said, and buried his face in his hands. He sat like that for a while, and I crawled a little closer to Godric. I did not like the idea of being punished by the Queen, or by anyone for that matter. Finally, Eric raised his head and looked at us, a very nasty little smile playing around his lips. "I can't take it out on Compton, but his maker can. And even the Queen cannot interfere with that. A maker has full control when it comes to punishing their child, after all."
Godric started laughing, and after they shared a very satisfied grin, Eric got up from the bed.
"I have a quick phone call to make." Eric strolled into his office, and a few minutes later we heard his side of the conversation.
"Lorena, this is Eric Northman, Sheriff of Louisiana area five...I'm calling about your child, Bill Compton...he's making quite a fool of himself these days...he's in love with a human girl...yes, I know, it's preposterous...he's even killed a vampire for her...yes, simply appalling...he's making us all look bad...certainly I know where he resides...in Bon Temps, in the old Compton house...no, I require nothing in return...I would appreciate it if you did not mention my name in this matter...I'm just glad to help...yes, such behaviour should be discouraged by any means possible...good luck, Lorena."
Eric sauntered back into the bedroom, looking like he'd just won the lottery. "Lorena assured me she will make her child see reason. She's quite disappointed in him."
Godric chuckled while Eric crawled up the bed and gave me a long, hard kiss. I smiled at him and pressed myself against him as he wrapped an arm around me.
"There is of course the chance Lorena will take this out on Compton's human as well," Godric said with a tilt of his head.
"Let her. That telepath is far more trouble than she's worth," Eric said with a hard look at Godric.
"That is too bad. Telepaths can be so useful. Ah well. Better to keep our little witch safe." Godric gave me a soft kiss, and even though I felt a pang of worry for Sookie, I relaxed between my lovers, knowing I would be safe. If I had to choose between myself and Sookie, I'd pick me. I liked Sookie, but not enough to offer myself up for punishment at the hands of the Queen. Besides, it had been her own choice to get involved with a vampire, and if that vampire still had a maker, that was something Sookie would just have to deal with. Even though I doubted Bill had ever mentioned his maker to her.
"There is something you should know about our little witch," Eric said, his tone suddenly serious. "She has a very curious talent, as we've discovered."
Godric propped himself up on his elbow. "And what is this talent?"
"She can glamour vampires," Eric said, and I took in Godric's response quietly. Godric's expression stayed blank for all of three seconds and then morphed into shock, his eyes widening as his mouth opened.
"None can know of this," Godric said urgently, grabbing my hand and squeezing it.
"We had already figured that out, thank you, master," Eric said dryly.
"This is no joke," Godric snarled, and I raised myself up a bit and placed my hand on Godric's cheek.
"Please calm down," I said, looking at him with pleading eyes. "Eric and I have already been through all this and trust me, it was no picnic."
Godric relaxed a bit and nodded. "Then I assume only the three of us know about this?"
"You assume correctly," Eric said. "Turid knows what's at stake."
"Good. How did you discover you have this talent?" Godric asked, his voice now merely curious. So I told him about Jessica, although Godric already knew most of the story from my letters, and Eric joined in and told Godric about the Queens job for him. When Godric heard about us having to sell vampire blood for the queen he growled and muttered a few curses, but he understood there was nothing we could do about it at that time.
"I agree it is a good lesson for you, Turid, to give your blood to a human," Godric said, and I tried not to look too displeased. As Eric had told him about our plans for Lafayette, a tiny part of me had hoped Godric would object. But sadly, this was not the case and I resigned myself to the fact I'd be giving my blood to Lafayette later. I just didn't know what to expect, and that worried me more than anything. What would it be like to be able to sense someone else's emotions? Would I be able to tune it out, or would I be stuck feeling everything all the time?
"This is an important part of being a vampire," Godric said to me with a reassuring look. As usual, he'd sensed my distress. "You will be fine. I suggest we get this over with as soon as possible, to lessen your child's worries," he added to Eric.
"That is fine by me," Eric said. "Let's get dressed and get going."
"No shower?" I asked, seeing as I definitely needed one. Both Godric and Eric gave me a negative look and I sighed. What was it with these two vampires and their need to smell their semen in me whenever they had shared me? Not that I didn't like the idea of smelling their scents on myself so strongly, but this was getting just a little bit weird.
I decided not to ponder on that too long, though. There was too much going on in my life right now to get stuck on the small details. We dressed quickly, and I wore a pair of jeans and a tank top since Eric made it clear we'd be flying. It was a lot quicker than travelling by car, and apparently Eric had more plans for the three of us later and he didn't want to waste any time.
Once we stepped out into Eric's backyard, both vampires offered me their backs and looked at me expectantly.
I sighed. "How about I fly with Eric on the way there, and with Godric on the way home, okay?" My goodness, no one had told me that having two boyfriends required you to be a frigging diplomat. Eric beamed at me, apparently approving with my suggestion, but then again, Godric didn't seem displeased either. I climbed on Eric's back and at once we were off at a breakneck speed, Godric flying right beside us.
I buried my face in the crook of Eric's neck and enjoyed the sensation as much as I could. We made it to Bon Temps in no time, and Eric put us down in front of a small house. Or, as Eric called it while he looked it over: a strange plywood hut.
Yes, I'd seen better housing in my day, but who was I to judge a man by his house?
Eric knocked on the front door, but when no answer came, Godric tilted his head and said, "I do not believe there are any humans in this hut."
"How do you know?" I asked him curiously.
"I cannot hear any heartbeats," Godric explained.
"You could hear a heartbeat all the way from here?" I asked, astonished. I knew vampire hearing was good, but this good?
"You could, too, if you focused," Eric said and gave me a cheeky grin. "That will be another lesson."
I huffed. "I'd rather you teach me how to fly," I said, thinking that was a far more useful thing to learn. Plus, it would keep the strange feud between my two vampires down to a minimum.
Both Eric and Godric started laughing, as though I'd just told them something amazingly funny. I stared at them and put my hands in my side, tapping my foot on the ground. "What's so funny?"
"Flying comes with age," Eric said, sharing an amused look with Godric. "It's something we cannot teach you. Either it happens, or it doesn't."
"How old were you when you got your mad flying skills?" I asked Eric curiously.
"My child was just over 200 when he flew for the first time," Godric said with a fond smile. "And he'd been just as impatient as you are now to learn it."
"Aww, really?" My shoulders were heavy with disappointment. "I have to wait two whole centuries?" And they both started laughing again, the bastards. I stared up at a nearby tree, ignoring them pointedly. "So what do we do now?" I asked, hoping that would snap them out of it.
"Now we go to Merlotte's," Eric said, still grinning madly. "This human holds a job in the kitchen there." And he offered me his back. I climbed on, and at once we were off. It only took a few minutes and then we landed in the parking lot of Merlotte's. It was empty, yet there was still light on in the bar.
We walked inside, to find the bar empty as well.
"This is weird," I said, as we looked around. Just then, Sam came walking into the bar from the back and glared at us.
"Were is everybody?" I asked, trying to sound polite.
"What business is that of yours?" Sam replied, crossing his arms.
I zipped up to him and stared him deep in his eyes. I was in no mood to play twenty questions with a cranky shifter, so I pushed my power into his mind. "Tell us where everyone is."
Sam's eyes glazed over just a bit. "Maryann is throwing Tara a birthday party at Sookie's house. I think the whole town is there."
"Who the hell is Maryann?" I asked, and Sam shifted his gaze left and right and up and down, but he didn't answer my question.
"What is Maryann?" Godric asked from behind me, and now Sam started trembling.
"She's dangerous. I think she's come for me, after all these years," Sam said, his voice barely above a whisper.
"Explain yourself," Eric said, as he and Godric stepped closer. And so Sam did. He told us about how he'd met Maryann, what they'd done together and how he'd stolen from her.
"I tried to give her back her money, but she refused it. And now she won't leave," Sam said as he finished his story.
I shared a worried look with Eric and Godric. "And Lafayette," I asked, pushing just a bit more power into Sam's mind. "Is he at this party as well?"
Sam shrugged. "Tara's his cousin. I'm sure he's there."
"All right," I said, pulling my power back. "Thank you, Sam." And before Sam could realize he'd just been glamoured, we walked out of the bar.
"Let's go check out this party," Eric said and offered me his back. I hesitated. Was it really such a good idea to crash a party thrown by an unknown magical creature?
"We will observe the party from a distance," Godric said, stroking his hand down my arm. "Until we are sure what we're dealing with."
I nodded and climbed on Eric's back, and just minutes later we landed in the woods around Sookie's house. We stood just behind the tree line, and thanks to our excellent eyesight we didn't have to move closer to see what was going on. The place was packed, with more and more people arriving. We even saw Sam join in the fun at some point.
It looked like a really successful party, but something wasn't right. I sniffed the air. "The scent's all wrong, isn't it?" I asked quietly.
Godric nodded, while Eric said, "Whatever it is, it's not human."
We saw Lafayette at some point, but Eric gave me a look that clearly said now was not the time to go ahead with our plan. And we saw Bill, Sookie and Jessica leave some time later. From what I could understand of Sookie's conversation with Tara, as they said goodbye, Sookie would be spending the night at Bill's, so Tara could enjoy the rest of her birthday party.
And then Maryann stepped outside, and as one all three of us crouched down. It wasn't a conscious decision on my part; it was just pure instinct. Whatever she was, she wasn't human and thus she was a potential threat. I studied her aura, but it looked like nothing I'd ever seen before. There was magic there, most definitely, but not any magic I was familiar with. Eric and Godric were quietly sniffing the air as Maryann walked around the partygoers. And the more she moved, the wilder the people became.
There was magic now, waves of magic, and I crouched down closer to the ground as Eric and Godric went rigid beside me. They could feel it, too. Whatever Maryann was doing, she was controlling these humans, and before long the whole party turned into a full-blown orgy. I wrinkled my nose. Smelling dozens of drunk humans having sex isn't something I'd recommend anyone do. It smelled just awful. Eric and Godric both kept blank faces as we observed the orgy, and finally Eric tugged on my hand and we turned and moved further into the woods.
"We will discuss this at home," Eric said, and shot up into the air. I quickly climbed onto Godric's back, and we flew up after Eric. My mind was in turmoil during our journey home. What the hell had we just seen? Was Maryann controlling the demon that had attacked Sookie? Or was Maryann the demon that had attacked Sookie?
Godric pulled out his phone the moment we entered Eric's living room.
"Gerald, I need you to go to my library and collect a few titles for me," Godric said, and summed up a whole list of ancient sounding book titles in several languages. "I need them delivered to Fangtasia in Shreveport tomorrow evening. There can be no delays." He shut his phone and looked at us with a frown. "I'm not sure yet what this Maryann is, but I'm beginning to get an idea. She is old and she is powerful. We will know more tomorrow."
I was about to open my mouth to ask Godric to explain himself further, but Godric grabbed my hand and looked at Eric. "My child, I'm sure you have some work to do still. I will take our little witch for a walk around the yard to take her mind off things."
Eric looked like he wanted to protest for a moment; the corner of his mouth twitched a few times. But then he nodded and made his way to his office, the set of his shoulders looking just a bit too tense to be comfortable.
Godric gave me a soft kiss and tugged me along with him outside. We walked across the lawn in silence and as we neared the trees in the back, I showed Godric where Eric had taught me to rest in the ground.
"Eric has told me you're doing very well in your lessons," Godric said, and I gave him a bright smile. "I'm very pleased you're adapting to your new life with so few problems."
"It's okay so far," I said with a shrug. "Some things are easy to accept. Other things are not so easy, but I'm okay."
"Good." Godric cupped my cheek with his hand and stared into my eyes. "Now, tell me, my dear heart. How long have you been in love with my child?"
0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0
A/N: Awww, our little Yoda notices everything, doesn't he? Poor Turid. How is she ever going to explain this? I should have the next chapter up by tomorrow, so then we'll know. Thanks for reading, everyone! And please let me know what you think of their reunion so far. Your reviews keep me writing!
