Sookie awoke to find herself in a very large bed. She quickly sat up moaning slightly and rubbing the back of her head. She couldn't remember much except hitting a tree rather hard. She pulled her hand away and found that there was blood on her finger tips.

"Yes, your head took quite a hit."

Sookie jumped at the sudden intrusion. She spun around on the bed that was centered in the middle of a very large and dimly lit room. There was a doorway a little ways from where she sat staring and a man was leaning against it, smirking.

"Who are you and what do you want? Where is Godric?"

"Mmmm…my child, you are infatuated with him are you not?"

Sookie stared at the man in amazement as he began walking towards the bed. He now stood at the end, not far from where she sat in the middle. She backed up onto the bed a little bit more and he watched her, cocking his head to the side while still smirking.

"Your…your child?"

"Yes, I made Godric over two thousand years ago. Surely he has told you about me."

"No…no he hasn't. I wasn't even aware that he had a…a maker?"

The man let out a bellowing laugh. He climbed onto the bed and laid on his side next to Sookie with his head resting in his hand. He stared at her but he was no longer smiling. He seemed to be truly looking at her now. Sookie began to feel a bit uncomfortable but didn't move for fear of angering him.

"My, my, I must say that you are rather beautiful."

He reached out and brushed a strand of Sookie's hair behind her ear. Sookie refused to budge. She wasn't about to show this vampire any fear.

"I must also add that you are rather foolish. To believe that your master has no maker is quite…ignorant. Every vampire is created. Every vampire has a maker he or she must bow to. Godric is no exception. But then again, I wouldn't expect you to understand. And I imagine that Godric wouldn't either, or he would have told you about me surely. The man glanced down at his wrist to check the watch he was wearing.

"I expected my son to have been here long ago."

"Godric is coming?"

The man let out another laugh and Sookie, even though she should have been slightly revolted by his arrogance and stature found him to be quite handsome. He was tall, not like Eric but taller than Godric for sure. He had shoulder length brunette hair that he kept brushing behind one of his ears. He had bright blue eyes the most charming smile Sookie had ever seen. He had closed his eyes for a moment and Sookie took the opportunity to push her dress back down and cover herself up a bit better. She looked up when she heard another chuckle coming from the man. He sat on the edge of the bed looking back at her.

"Don't worry little girl…I will not hurt you…nor will I harm you in that way which you feel requires you to conceal your body from me. You belong to my son and I have no plans to take you from him."

Sookie felt a little at ease by his words so she decided to be a bit brave…and foolish.

"How come, do you not like human companionship?"

The man turned his head to her and smirked.

"My, my, she has nerve. Human companionship has nothing to do with it and next to that you are far from human."

Sookie turned her head from him. He took and reached over and grabbed Sookie, pulling her into his lap. Sookie yelped and struggled but found herself forcefully in his lap anyway. This vampire was stronger than Godric. The man reached over and grabbed all of Sookie's hair and this time pulled it behind her shoulder so that as her back was against him he had complete access to her neck.

"Tell me, does Godric share you?"

"Would my answer truly matter?"

"It would."

"Then no, he doesn't."

"In the bed?"

"No."

The man traced his fingers over her neck and stopped at her pulse.

"Does he share your blood?"

"Never."

"Mmmm…does he know what you are?"

"Do you?"

"I do."

"So does he."

The man bent down to Sookie's ear and whispered softly into it. Sookie felt herself falling into a trance. She had never been so affected by anybody before. Not even Godric. She began to feel that everything in the world no longer mattered. Not her Gran, not Tara, not Eric, and not even Godric. The only one who she seemed at all remotely concerned about was the vampire cooing in her ear. She knew that this was wrong but she couldn't help it, he was making her feel like this. It had to be magic. He had her bewitched and she couldn't dig her way out of the abyss.

"Then listen my little fairy… I shall have you know, that you are the loveliest fairy in all of this world."

"Well seeing how fairies only exist in another dimension, I'd have to say that being the loveliest isn't a hard feat to accomplish."

The man let out another loud laugh and Sookie found herself smiling a little bit too.

"You are very humorous."

"Thank you."

Sookie kept her head straight. She could feel him watching the back of her head. It felt like he was in deep thought.

"Are you hungry?"

"No thank you."

"Do you thirst?"

"No."

There was more silence and Sookie shifted a bit on his lap. She felt him sneak up to her neck and place his nose to her pulse. He took in a deep breath and Sookie felt herself becoming aroused. The man noticed her arousal as well and he leaned back.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to awaken such feelings in you. You just smell so exquisite."

Sookie nodded her head and shifted in his lap again. This was getting quite awkward and she felt her heart swell up with remorse. How could she allow another man to make her feel this way. This was horrible.

"Shhhh….don't worry. It's natural for you to become aroused. I'm not acting very gentleman like, and Godric wouldn't mind this. He has never denied me anything. He would share you if I asked him to."

Sookie felt her heart and stomach sink; her heart because she would never want Godric to share her, unless it was with Eric, but that was different because they were maker and child and already a topic of discussion.

So in actuality, Sookie realized with great horror, what would make this situation any different? And her stomach dropped because how did he know what she was thinking about? Unless… Sookie climbed off of the vampires lap and spun around.

"Did you just read my mind?"

"I did."

The man smiled and sat up with his legs drawn up and his arms wrapped around his knees. Sookie couldn't help but realize how this man looked to be only a few years older than Godric, maybe twenty or so. Again she couldn't help but realize how handsome he was.

"How?"

"How can you?" He rebuted.

"How did you know that I could?"

"You are a fairy and fairies, among other things, can do that."

"So is that what you are?"

"I am…or I was."

The man became a little uncomfortable by the topic of discussion and Sookie noted this but couldn't help her curiosity getting the better of her, as always. She regained her composure and crawled her way back up to him. She bent her head down to capture his fallen gaze and bring it back up to its original post. He smiled at her weirdness and Sookie smiled back. He decided to continue.

"I was made two thousand and four hundred years ago. This was back when not all fairies had secluded themselves to their own realm. My family was one of the many that stayed behind. I don't remember much except that it was a very chilly night, lots of stars, and the moon sat high in the sky. I had been walking through the woods not far from my families area when an animal, or so I thought then, caught hold of my scent. It chased me for hours and eventually caught me, drained me, and buried me. It came back three days later and dug me back up. I was then what you see me as now, a vampyre."

"But you still have all of your fairy powers?"

"I do."

"But then you have everything now, right? I mean fairies are very powerful, nothing can harm them, but they are not immortal. Now you have all the power and immortality."

The man's gaze became serious and he reached out, cupping Sookie's cheek and bringing his face as close to hers as possible. Sookie couldn't help but realize that this vampire was very warm, and it wasn't from feeding. She realized that he was always this way.

"Immortality, little girl, isn't always what it seems. Once you are branded with its mark, you are marked to live eternally with no purpose and no love. Loneliness becomes your new best friend. That same loneliness is why I'm summoning my child to return to me for a moment. I miss our hours of endless conversation and bickering. It used to always be soothing and quite entertaining."

"So that's all you want, is to see Godric? You aren't going to hurt me?"

The vampire gave Sookie a genuine smile and shook his head.

"The fairies did come to me and ask me to call Godric for the sole purpose of getting him out of the way so that they could reclaim you. But I wanted to see my son anyway and that is why I had you kidnapped and brought to me. That way I could ensure the safety of my child's companion. The last thing I wish to do is harm him by allowing or aiding in your harm. Although, I must add that he may not feel that my intentions are what I tell you they are. I released him and we parted ways on very bad terms. He may think that I still have a personal vendetta against him."

"But you don't!?"

"I don't!"

"What were the bad terms that you parted on?"

"Another story for another night."

Just then there was a knock at the door and the same man Sookie remembered who came and took her from Godric walked in.

"Sookie…am I right?"

The man turned Sookie's face back to him and away from the doorway. She nodded. She was too angry to say anything, she remembered that the man who had just walked in had treated her horribly.

"That is my dear friend and closest confident….Anton. I am sorry he treated you rather harshly."

Sookie blushed when she realized that he had been reading her thoughts again. She forgot he could do that. She was going to have to build a shield. The man eyed her and chuckled lightly.

"My I could help you with that sometime."

Sookie blushed again and smiled pulling herself away from his grasp and his gaze. She watched as he climbed his way out of the bed and stood before her. He turned to her and extended his hand for her to take so that she could climb out of the bed with some assistance. She took it and he quickly pulled her from the bed and watched as she smoothed out her dress. She looked up and caught his gaze again. His eyes were very beautiful, they were no longer bright blue, they were an emerald green and they seemed to be glowing. He was the most beautiful creature she had ever seen.

"I'm sorry, but I never got your name."

The man smiled as he took Sookie's hand and lead her to the door where Anton stood waiting.

"Master, I am sorry to disturb you but it appears that your child has arrived."

"Yes I am aware of this."

Sookie felt her belly doing back flips and she wanted to let go of the vampires hand so as not to upset Godric but she found her body unwilling to let go. Like there was some sort of force there keeping her glued to him. Anton led them out of the room and after a moment or two Sookie heard the vampire speak again.

"My name is Matthias."