Godric stare had Eric wondering if he would live long enough to see the results of his blood in Sookie. Godric growled and took a menacing step towards his childe, only to be halted by Sookie's groaning. "Godric." She was still unconscious but clearly felt his presence.
With one last withering look at his childe, he turned his attention to his bonded. "Sookie... dear, I'm here." He picked her up from the sofa and held her. "What happened?" He asked no one in particular. Thalia was just glaring at Eric. She now knew Eric could feel Godric coming and that he was very close and yet he gave Sookie his blood knowing those seconds would not have made any difference to Sookie's health. Then again if he was truly concerned for this maker's bonded he would have asked Thalia to give Sookie her blood as she was twice his age and her blood was more potent. This was about getting his blood into Sookie.
Sookie had told them about Eric biding his time for the perfect opportunity, and she now knew this was it. It was about getting his blood into Sookie. She hoped for his sake he had nothing to do with the accident that put her in this state for him to give her his blood.
"She was walking to her car when a car came out of nowhere and hit her. The driver sped off." Thalia answered still annoyed with herself for not being closer to the girl. "My first priority was for Miss Stackhouse so I'm afraid the driver got away." She added.
"We have CCTV," Eric answered.
Godric looked down at his bonded and stroked her hair gently. There was blood on her forehead. In his fury, he hadn't taken notice of the smell in the office and for the first time realized the office was saturated in Sookie's blood and scent. It explained why only Thalia and Eric were in the office with Sookie. Anyone younger would have been unable to control themselves around his bonded. "Godric, baby." Sookie moaned. Any other time Thalia would have laughed at the term of endearment.
"You are not supposed to use that term in public." He chastised her knowing she was waking up.
"I got hit by a car, I believe I am allowed some leeway." She muttered opening her eyes. "Hey." She said with a smile.
"You scared me... I don't believe I have ever been this terrified." He admitted boldly.
"Getting hit by a car isn't what is going to kill me. I would have healed by morning. Did you give me blood, it doesn't feel like you did... it feels different." She muttered the last part more to herself.
"No, Eric did." Godric barely got that out through gritted teeth.
"That explains the lack of..." Sookie let the sentence hang as her hand came to her head or at least to where the gash should have been.
"Thalia, could you wash the blood by her car," Godric ordered. "Was there any..."
"No, I sealed the wound immediately." Godric nodded gratefully.
Her sealing the wound had incensed Eric to no end, but what got to him more was the fact that he could barely feel her emotions. In fact, since she woke up he felt nothing, her scent was gone, and she had clearly also shut down whatever link his blood would have created in them. On a positive note, he now had two more pieces of information to go on. That was if he lived long enough with the way Godric was glowering at him.
"You can smell the nature of my bond with her and yet... I don't know what you hoped to achieve by giving her your blood, but you have crossed a line I cannot forgive. You knew I was here and yet... now is not the time, but rest assured we will have words at a later date." No sooner had the words left his mouth when Jason burst into the room.
"Thank fuck you are alright. Where is your phone?" He asked with a relieved sigh.
"It was damaged in the accident," Thalia answered walking in behind him. In any other setting, she would have comforted him.
"Well, the kid that hit you turned himself him. He ran because y'all are vampires and he feared the worst." He chuckled.
"What's going to happen to him?" Godric asked.
"Since he turned himself in and admitted to the crime... it will be a ban and a slap on the wrist since Sook is alright." Godric hated that answer. "I know it's not much, but we can't go to the hospital. How do we explain her healing right in front of them or the lack of blood type? I'm just as pissed... kid taking his father's Ferrari, worse, going at speeds he couldn't control." Jason groused.
"I'm fine, just a little banged up, but nothing a good nights rest won't cure," Sookie muttered attempting to get off Godric's lap who refused to let her go. She stared at him, sighed and gave up.
"You will take more than a nights rest." No one argued with him.
"Okay then, take me home." She kissed him gently hoping to calm him if only a little.
Sookie watched him as he flew them to the farmhouse. His jaw was clenched, and she could feel the rage rolling off him in waves. He still didn't put her down when they landed or entered the farmhouse. He finally did when they got to the basement, and gently placed her on the edge of the bed. Without a word, he stalked into the bathroom and started running the bath.
After a few minutes he came back shirtless, and again carried her to the bathroom. His gentleness belied the anger that was brewing inside the vampire. The bond was closed, and in truth, she was grateful for that. She doubted she could have dealt with what he was feeling right now, and also because she had also shut her end down. She had done so to stop Eric from getting anything from her, even though she doubted he could.
For once he allowed her to stand on her own two feet to get undressed. He didn't get in the bath with her as he meticulously washed her. "Please, get in." Her voice was barely above a whisper, but he heard it clearly and the emotion behind it. With a sigh, he pulled his pants off and got in. She settled against him with a smile.
"You weren't this mad when you came back from Compton's place the other night," Sookie muttered running her finger up and down his thigh.
"No, they are strangers, and therefore I don't see what they are doing as a betrayal." She now truly understood his anger.
"He is my child, has been for a thousand years. I know he is obsessed with you, but I never truly believed he would go out of his way and do something knowing it would hurt me. He knows we are bonded... maybe it's not complete, but he could smell it when you were unconscious."
"I understand." She sighed settling further into him. He wrapped his arms around her and buried his face into her neck. "Does he know what I am now?"
"No, yours and Jason's scent differ greatly from that of a full Fairy. Your human side has added a unique flavor to it. It makes it quite unique. And several species of Fae can also mask their scents. Elves are more known for their ability to mask their scents and hide their true nature more than Fairies. I believe the Goblins are also capable. Eric has encountered Fairies, but I have warned him about draining one. It more often than not leads to a vampires true death."
"How?" Sookie asked.
"One the blood of a Fairy is intoxicating to vampires." Godric chuckled.
"I know that. One of the journals we found detailed it. I understand being drunk on Fairy blood, but how does that lead to death?" Sookie asked.
"Vampires have happily walked around till the sun came up and after the blood wore off have burnt to death. I believe that is where the myth of spontaneous combustion more than likely came from. Then there are the occasions where other Fairies quickly turn up and kill the vampire in question."
"Yeah, that would make me weary were I a vampire," Sookie whispered.
"Whether Eric had drained a Fairy when I wasn't around I do not know. Believe me, most vampires, myself included are usually too overcome to mentally catalog the scent more or less pick up on it when diluted. Unless you tell him, he will never know. Telepathy isn't known by many to be a Fairy trait. I wish I could say this will be his last attempt, but I know my childe. He wants you, and he has demonstrated his lack of respect for me in his attempt. My position no longer means anything to him."
"He can try and take me away from you, but it's a fruitless endeavor." Sookie groused.
"I do not believe that the end goal, I think he means to share. He did ask, and I shut him down."
"He did what?" The temperature in the bathroom dropped suddenly. Yep, he'd fucked up, and he knew it. "He asked to share... me. When exactly did he ask to share... me?" the disdain in her voice could not be missed.
"After our first night together." He whispered, his anger long gone replaced by trepidation and by the gods he loved it. The feelings she could invoke in him was just sublime.
"And why am I only finding out about this now?"
"I never intended to tell you. I wasn't going to sully this by even mentioning it. It wasn't worth..." Godric's words were swallowed as she kissed him. She had turned in the bath and was now straddling him. After several months together these sudden change in moods still confounded him.
"So," Pam asked after Godric flew off with Sookie and Thalia drove off with Jason. She had heard everything even though she'd been kicked out of the office for losing control.
"I feel nothing. There was this hum when she was passed out... the minute she woke up, she shut off the bond and masked her scent." Eric grumbled.
"Well that is certainly further confirmation of her having a sup side, but what kind of sup."
"She can mask her scent and shut off bonds. The Fae are known for it, especially Elves. " Eric smiled.
"You believe that's what she is?"
"I need to do some more research." His voice trailed off when he thought of Godric. In the heat of the moment, he grabbed his opportunity with no thought or care for his maker. Now, in the cold of light day or in their case night, he couldn't think of any other analogy he was regretting his decision. Deep down what did knowing what Sookie was going to achieve? It certainly wouldn't get the girl in his bed or anywhere else. He was never going to sample the delights of Sookie Stackhouse, and yet he couldn't let the idea go.
"What of Godric?" Pam asked knowing where Eric's mind had gone.
"I don't know... at worst... he could simply ignore me. It's nothing new... we have barely had any time together since he laid eyes on Sookie." He sounded like a petulant child, and yet he didn't care. His maker still existed, but in truth, he might just as well have met the sun. The second the thought hit him he knew it was not true. He'd rather have Godric existing and ignoring him than dead. In truth, he was feeling a great deal of jealousy and hurt over his maker choosing Sookie over him. Godric hadn't thought of him when he decided to meet the sun. Nothing Eric would have said would have changed his maker's mind, but somehow the mere existence of Sookie Stackhouse had so and that hurt.
Then there was the fact that he was jealous of Godric having Sookie. A year and half of trying had gotten him nowhere, but Godric within weeks had Sookie and now was bonded to her.
Before Pam could say anything her phone rung. "Grandsire." She answered.
"I believe you are responsible for filing the necessary paperwork with the queen when one is bonded in her region." Pam's jaw dropped. Having not been in the room with Sookie she had no idea of the exchange.
"Yes, I am, but I do require proof, and I have been around Sookie and I have not ..." She didn't finish.
"You shall have your proof in a couple of nights. Desmond Cataliades will also be present." Godric dropped the line before she could respond.
"Well, that is going to anger Sophie-Anne." Pam chuckled.
"Why?" Eric asked sitting straight.
"Of course, you weren't here earlier. I believe the queen sent Compton here for Sookie." That theory made more sense than Eric would have liked. "For the two night he was here, he did nothing but stare at Sookie till we called him out on it. The first night he showed up..." Pam started.
"I, at the time believed he was looking for someone." Eric finished. "He was looking for her." Eric stood up. "She knows what the Stackhouses are." He whispered.
"I believe she does, and now with Godric about to announce his bond." Pam cackled.
"Indeed, Sophie-Anne is not going to be happy." He couldn't help but smile either, but for entirely different reasons.