"So, can they read the minds of vampires?" For some bizarre reason, the thought hadn't occurred to Eric.
"I don't know, but I strongly suspect they can." It explained so much. Sookie had given him a wide berth from the get-go. Even in the early days of her employment when he tried to change her opinion of him. Clearly, she read his mind and knew the things he was genuinely thinking significantly differed from what he was saying. He never truly stood a chance. Even now he still could feel nothing. Maybe if he was closer to Bon Temps.
"What did you find at Compton's." He asked Pam.
"Nothing." He looked up at her. "And no, I didn't detect anyone at his house. If he had anything, then he didn't keep it there."
"That is unfortunate." He muttered angrily.
"Do you truly believe he had information on the Stackhouses?"
"I do. According to Sophie-Anne, it was something Compton was good at. He had even proposed a database that kept information on the lineages of all sups."
"Isn't that dangerous?" Pam asked in disbelief.
"Yes, when you are desperate for money you will do anything." He murmured. "Her desperation for Sookie was because she was hoping her gift of telepathy would bring in the funds the state was desperately short of."
"And yet because of Godric, Jason is out of the question as far as she is concerned." Though Pam would never say it out loud, she agreed with Sophie-Anne's stance on it. Godric was as feared as he was for good fucking reason. Her maker was playing with fire, and she feared his obsession with Sookie would get him in a kind of trouble he couldn't charm or buy his way out of.
"I'm sure you handle things tonight..." He stood getting ready to leave.
"What are we going to do about the missing money? In the last two weeks, a further three thousand dollars has gone missing." Pam asked. They had their suspicion as to who it was, but so far they've found no evidence to support it.
"I will think of something." He murmured.
"We could just ask Sookie to use her gift," Pam advised.
"And how did we come by the information?" Eric asked with a raised eyebrow.
"If Godric killed Compton then Sookie knew the queen sent him and why? Sophie-Anne told you, and that is how you came by the information."
"I will think about it." Somehow coming straight out and asking Sookie didn't satisfy Eric. For some reason he wanted her to be the one to reveal her gift of telepathy.
Eric took off into the night leaving his corvette behind. He had no intention of going home, and he couldn't hide if he drove. He headed straight for Bon Temps, desperate to see if his blood in her would allow him to feel anything from her. With Godric's side of the bond closed, he knew he could risk going to the farmhouse.
The night was proving to be one of revelations. He wasn't entirely surprised to find Thalia and Jason swimming in the pond behind the boy's house. He didn't waste time on them, he had always suspected something was going on with the two. On the other side of the large pond, there was his maker and his bonded. He didn't need to be closer to tell what was happening, what surprised him was the fact that he felt nothing from her. She was in the throes of sex and yet he felt nothing. He had angered his maker for nothing. He didn't stick around any further, the folly of his action weighing heavily on him. He had played his hand tipping of his maker and Sookie and had gained nothing. Yet Eric would not concede the game because for a thousand years he has never been denied what he wanted and he would get his chance with Sookie.
Pam wasn't the least bit surprised when she arrived at Fangtasia to find Eric there, she could feel his presence through the bond. The bar didn't open for a few more hours, but she was needed here to sign the papers confirming Godric and Sookie's bond. The vampire in question arrived before she got out of her van. What surprised her was the sight of Thalia and Jason hand in hand.
"Figured we might kill two birds with one stone and sign the necessary paperwork as well," Jason said with a wide smile. Pam stared at the pair in surprise. The entire time she had been teasing him about his failure with Thalia she had been wrong.
"You are bonded?" Surprise still marred her features.
"Even before these two," Jason admitted with the smuggest of smiles.
"Nicely played, Stackhouse." She said with a chuckle. "Let's go to my office." The sight of Desmond Cataliades sitting at the bar didn't surprise Pam. Godric could undoubtedly afford the half-demon lawyer.
"Mr. Cataliades, good evening." Pam greeted.
"Miss De Beaufort, good evening. Could I use your office to talk to my clients for a few minutes before we sign the papers?"
"Yes, please go ahead." Pam watched as Godric lead Desmond to her office. She grabbed a bottle of true blood at the back of the bar and soon it was drained. With a sigh, she grabbed another. Upon seeing the demon lawyer, she had recalled Sookie's scent when the car hit her. The very scent she would have to smell again to see if the bond was complete.
"Don't worry, with Desmond there you should be fine," Eric said as he stepped out of his office.
"Did you know about Jason and Thalia?"
"I suspected." He said omitting the fact that two nights ago he had seen the pair frolicking in a pond behind the boy's property. "It is a good thing the queen has no interest in him because Thalia is not a vampire she would want to cross not after angering Godric," Eric said with a humorless chuckle.
Pam couldn't help but wonder if Eric was acting obtuse to the fact that, that was a position he was in. He had angered both Godric and Thalia by giving Sookie his blood knowing full well Godric was in the car park.
"Sookie, Jason... I have to say it is an absolute delight to see you two again." The pair looked perplexed, so did Godric and Thalia. "I am Niall's lawyer, on this realm at least." He clarified.
"Oh." Was the only response Sookie managed. She could also feel Godric's surprise at the news.
"Do you remember just before Jason's fifteenth birthday your gran brought you and your cousin to Shreveport?"
"Yes, she left us in the reception area for almost two hours," Jason said, his annoyance about that day hadn't waned.
"Yes, with you soon turning fifteen you were soon to inherit the journals and chests from Niall. Before Niall disappeared, he had entrusted me with the items, which was passed to the first of his descendant who showed signs of inheriting Fairy powers. Especially female descendants." Warlow was still a threat. "I met you two when you were young and immediately knew the journals and the chests would be yours. " Desmond explained.
"That explains why I never saw them in the attic, then days after my fifteenth birthday there they were." Jason chuckled. "It was Sook that discovered the stuff."
"Actually, gran send me up there to get something I can't for the life of me now remember, apparently she had asked you, but you hadn't gone up." Sookie reminded him.
"Oh yeah," Jason murmured remembering he had procrastinated on that particular task.
"Was all part of the plan," Desmond admitted. "The moment I confirmed your Fairy abilities the chest and journals would be magically transported to the attic on Jason's fifteenth birthday," Desmond added. "It is good to see you two and know it all worked out. I had feared with your immortality finding partners would be difficult for you in the long run. Okay, let's get down to business." Desmond opened the door and called for pam.
Before Pam could steel herself, she realized the siblings smelled slightly sweeter than usual and she could also smell their respective vampire's blood in them. Yep, they were bonded, and she was grateful to them for masking their scents. "Godric, Thalia, fill out the first page, then sign here and here, and we are done." She said pointing to the boxes she wanted signed. She filled out her part and was soon done.
"Excellent." Desmond cheered. "I will get this to the queen." The papers disappeared the second the words left his mouth. Pam knew Eric not seeing the paperwork before it was sent off would anger him, but she could hardly bring herself to care. "Thank you, Miss De Beaufort."
Pam nodded before turning her attention to Sookie. "Are you back at work?"
"Yes." She departed the office with Jason, Thalia, and Pam in tow. Sookie knew Godric had a long discussion with the queen, and with Desmond being both their lawyers, it would be prudent to have him there. She did wonder about the conflict of interest with the same layer presenting two clients in the same matter.
Her shift went swimmingly well; she was quite taken aback by the love she received from the patrons. Most wondered if she was well enough to be back behind the bar after getting hit by a car. Even Crystal showed genuine concern for her health.
Threats were made to the young driver's life, which she had to curtail, least someone actually followed through. Sometime during the evening, Pam asked all vampires in the area to stay after the bar closed.
She was wiping down the bar when Godric appeared from the office. "Sookie." He put his hand out for her. She jumped over the bar and joined him up on the dais. "I will like all vampires in the area to know that myself and Sookie are now bonded." The news didn't come as a surprise to many. In fact, the news was received with rapturous applause and wolf whistles.
"Thank you all," Godric said after the cheers died down. "Now, I will like to in some way acknowledge some human tradition for my bonded " He added taking out a small box. The box contained a princess-cut diamond ring set in a white gold band.
"I'll be damned," Sookie murmured at the sight of the ring. This was unexpected, but she gladly accepted the ring as Godric put it on her ring finger. "It's beautiful, thank you." She said before planting a kiss on his lips. Despite the short and sweet nature of the kiss, it didn't prevent the vampires present from catcalling.
Just before getting off the dais, Sookie decided she couldn't be the only one with big news. "I believe Thalia has got some great news to share as well." Thalia was about to ignore the announcement, but the beaming smile on Jason's face made her acquiesce.
Sookie was gone before Thalia could threaten her.
"Dear, I'm afraid my meeting with Desmond will take a few more hours. It's not just about the phone call I received yesterday. I also have to get a few things in order."
"No, that's fine. I can drive your fancy car home." She teased as she fished his keys out of his front pocket purposefully touching his cock as she did so. He growled in response earning a laugh from her.
She was met with congratulations from Brenda and Ginger who fussed over her ring. She wasn't surprised by the glare she got from Yvetta.
Sookie knew the best thing to do was walk away after all Yvetta hated her and made no effort to hide it. Yet Sookie found herself walking over to the crying woman to offer her help. "I am going to regret it, and I know it." She muttered as she walked over. "Are you alright... do you need any help?" Yvetta lifted her head and stared at Sookie in shock.
"Why would you help me?" Yvetta's shock was still prevalent on her face.
"Because you look like you could do with the help. Your car won't start, and you don't want to be out here by yourself at this time of the night. Come, I will take you home." Sookie knew it was more than that. Eric had left the bar at the same time Yvetta had tried to start her car. He was well aware the dancer's car wouldn't start, and yet he sped past her in his Corvette without hesitation.
The drive took Sookie in the opposite direction of her home, but that didn't bother her as much as it seemed to bother Yvetta. "You drop me off anywhere... I can get the bus or a cab whichever comes first."
"It's not that much of an inconvenience to take you home," Sookie said with a shrug.
"I have been nothing but rude and hateful to you, and yet you were the only one who offered me help." Sookie could hear the shame in her voice.
"Maybe you haven't noticed, but your behavior is no skin off my nose." Yvetta looked as Godric did when an idiom meant nothing to him. "I don't care about your attitude towards me. It makes no difference to my life. I also know you feel that way because you want more from Eric and he is unwilling to give you that. Worse, he is infatuated with me, and I don't give him an inch. Frankly, you hating me is downright laughable. One, I don't want Eric, and he knows it. Two, you know he's using you for sex and blood, and yet you continue to indulge him."
"If you left he will." Sookie could hear the shame and desperation in her voice.
"Let me get this straight." Sookie turned to look at her for the first time. "You want me to leave the only job that pays me a decent amount. That job allows me to care for my grandmother. Take care of the roof over our head that was falling apart and better yet, affords me a college education. You want me to leave my job so that a narcissistic vampire of a whore who only cares about the next hole his cock goes into will look at you as more than a receptacle. That is what you are saying or am I wrong?" Sookie for the first time glared at her. Yes, she was bonded to Godric who was one of the wealthiest beings on earth. The man was incredibly savvy when it came to money and investments, but that was beside the point.
Yvetta averted her eyes realizing just how stupid and conceited she sounded. "What do you think he's doing right now? You aren't the only one. He was a whore before I showed up and he will still be one after I'm gone. So no, I'm not leaving my job in hopes that Eric Northman will see you as more." Sookie pulled over sharply. "We are here." She muttered angrily. Leave her job, had this woman taken leave of her senses.
"Thank you... sorry," Yvetta mumbled quickly getting out of the car. As she watched Sookie's car disappear into the distance, she wondered when she became that woman. The one that hated another because they had what she wanted. Had she really expected Sookie to quit her job just so Eric would look at her for once. It was time to move on. She doubted Eric would even notice if she didn't show up.