And here is the conclusion of season 3! Thank you all for sticking with me this whole time and I want to thank those who have told me how much they enjoy this story and the way its written. Without you, the story would have never gotten this far :) Updates will be very slow until the end of August as I have major revision to do! I gotta pass my second year of uni :) But my twist on season 4 will be with you soon ;)
A/N: Very slight lemons in this chapter (More next season ;) )
Disclaimer: See chapters 1-3
The sight of Eric and Russell draining Sookie became a blur in my mind. After what felt like forever and after Sookie had stopped screaming, Eric and Russell both stood up. Russell had a huge smile on his face whilst Eric didn't look too comfortable.
"Fantastic! What a sweet taste! I now know why you're very fond of her Compton." I turned around and saw Bill growling at Edgington. He was still pinned to the wall because of my blade and Pam was standing by in case he did manage to get free. This wasn't personal, but we couldn't allow him to ruin our plan. Although I felt awful because of how helpless Sookie now looked.
"After you Northman." Russell indicated towards the door and Eric smiled then walked out. Once the door was shut, we all quickly headed behind the bar to watch Eric on the CCTV monitors. I held my breath but released it when I saw that he wasn't burning. Well I'll be damned. He turned to face the camera with a grin on his face and indicated for Russell to join him.
Both Pam and I looked at Russell and beckoned him to do so. The smile on his face only grew as he walked towards the door and joined Eric outside. Now this was the moment of truth. Edgington needed to believe that it was permanent otherwise the plan wouldn't work. We looked back and saw that he was talking to Eric but we couldn't make out what was being said.
"Release me so I can give Sookie my blood. She's dying." Pam and I looked back at Bill who was trying to break free. I quickly ran over to him and pulled my blade out and watched as he made his way over to Sookie and feed her his blood from the wound be just created on his wrist.
"They're burning." Pam's voice pulled me back towards the monitors and I saw that Eric had handcuffed Russell Edgington to himself. "Why would he do that? Why didn't he just handcuff both Edgington's hands together?" "You obviously don't understand the effect the sun has on us and how weak it can make us."
"Point taken. I'll be right back." Pam nodded as I made my way out of the club. I managed to only open the door slightly before slipping out and preventing much sunlight from getting inside. I rushed over to Eric who was laying down in the car park with Edgington next to him. I could see their flesh burning and my heart broke at the sight of Eric in pain. I rushed over to him and kneeled down next to him.
"Our beloved immortal. Be a dear and help us why don't you?" "I'm not here to help you Edgington. You've caused us nothing but pain and now your own selfishness will be your downfall. It's poetic justice really. I can also think of 12 Gods that will find it just as amusing as me." Russell's eye widened at the mention of the 12 Olympians and I think it was in that moment he fully understood who I was. Without wasting another second, I pulled at the handcuffs and they broke in half. I wrapped Eric's arm around my shoulder and pulled him up and back into the bar.
I placed him down on one of the tables and saw that Sookie was up and walking. I looked over at her and gave her an apologetic look as she held onto Bill. I plan on apologising fully but right now, Eric needed to heal. I grabbed one of my blades and pulled it across my wrist then held it to Eric's mouth.
"C'mon Erastís Mou, you have to drink. There's no way I'm letting you stay looking like this." I could feel that Eric had started to drink my blood and slowly, I saw his skin start to heal. He reached his arm up and pushed my wrist closer to his mouth and held it there. I could feel the blood leave my body with such urgency and just as I felt my legs give way, Eric wrapped his other arm around me. He pulled away and smiled when he saw me.
"Did you really think I wouldn't know when to stop?" "It only crossed my mind when I suddenly felt weak." He laughed and then I saw him bite his tongue. Before I could ask him what he was doing, he licked my wound and the blood from his tongue healed it. "I didn't want you to have to wait for it to heal." I grinned at him then threw my arms around his neck and crushed my lips to his.
Eric wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer to him as his tongue pushed it's way into my mouth and started to fight for dominance of the kiss. I felt every nerve in my body come alive because of Eric's touch. He really was the one I was destined to be with and I don't remember the last time I was this happy with someone.
"Alexie? I think we should make a move." I pulled away from Eric and looked over at Sookie who was wiping blood away from Bill's noise; he needed to go to ground which meant Eric and Pam also needed to go to ground for the day. I looked back at Eric who just nodded at me then let go. "We have a spare coffin here for you Compton." He nodded then leaned down to kiss Sookie. I looked away and made a face, which made Eric smile.
"Now that all this is over, would it be possible if we could spend a night together? I think there' still some items in my lingerie draw you haven't seen yet." I giggled when I heard Eric growl and took that as a yes. Looks like I finally had my date nights back.
"Hey, have you slept?" Sookie looked up at me and shook her head. We hadn't spoken much on the way home from Fangtasia and because I felt so bad, I told her that I was going to catch a few hours sleep, which I managed to do. I woke up still feeling tired but better that I had slept.
I sat down opposite Sookie in the kitchen and watched her as she drank her drink. "How do you feel?" "Better. I suppose I've gotten use to being drained now." I winced at her words and reached across the table to grab her hand. She relaxed when I held her but I could still feel her shake a little.
"I'm sorry about what happened. I knew it was going to happen but I didn't tell you because I was afraid you were going to say no. I know it was really selfish and shitty of me and I'm thankful it worked. I just wished you didn't have to go through all that pain. It killed me to just stand there, knowing that I couldn't do anything about it."
"I understand. We've both done some unthinkable things to each other and as much as they suck initially, they have good intentions behind them. And I also know that your boyfriend wasn't too keen on fang-raping me." It was only after I saw the smile on Sookie's face that I threw my head back and laughed. Not only did I find what Sookie said funny, I was relieved that things weren't going to be strange between us. I loved Sookie to pieces and all I wanted was for us to be okay.
"Speaking of that boyfriend of mine, did you know he almost have sex with Talbot?" Sookie chocked on her drink and started coughing. "Come again? Eric nearly had sex with Russell Edgington's lover Talbot?" I reached over and took a sip out of Sookie's drink and nodded. "Yup. He said he needed to seduce him so he could stake him but that's all I know. I don't know how far it went but I do intend to find out."
Sookie then erupted into another round of giggles, which I joined in on. "Is it really over? Is Edgington gone?" I nodded and saw Sookie exhale in relief. After Eric, Pam and Bill had gone to ground and before we left the club, I checked the monitors and saw that there was no sight of Edgington except for the half of the handcuff that was around his wrist. The bastard had finally burnt to death and I couldn't be more relieved.
"I'm gonna go see Bill when the sun sets. I know you two have your issues but I love him and I know he loves me so maybe you could just be nice when he's around? I'll make sure he does the same because I know you're capable of doing." I smiled at Sookie and ran my thumb over the back of her hand. "Just be careful Sook. Make sure it's what you want because I wouldn't want you to settle just because you think you're not gonna get any better."
"I'm not settling with Bill. I love him and I know we'll always be together. Trust me okay?" I nodded then watched as Sookie got up and headed upstairs. She was probably going to catch a few hours sleep before tonight. It had been a hectic few days for us all.
"Sometimes a quickie is all you need." I looked over at Eric, who was still lying on the floor, and threw a pillow at him. He caught it with his vampire reflexes and laughed at me. Eric's idea of a 'quickie' was anything that lasted less than an hour, which was something very rare for him. I blame it on the fact that we hadn't had sex in such a long time therefore, Eric finished much quicker.
I got up off the couch and stepped over Eric who was yet to move. He watched me as I picked up my robe off of the floor and wrapped it around my naked body. "This is why I prefer it when we have crazy passionate sex at my apartment, you can stay naked. Here, you have to cover up so Sookie doesn't walk in on us like she did in my office." "More like barged in on us and it is technically her house so the least we can do is cover up after we just had sex on every surface in the living room."
Eric grinned then caught his jeans as I threw them at him. I could hear my stomach rumble and groaned. I hated eating in front of Eric. He told me that he doesn't mind because it's what I live off but I still felt really awkward. Just as Eric put his jeans on, his phone went off and I silently thanked the Gods because it was my opportunity to quickly stuff my face. I literally bounced into the kitchen and opened the fridge the door. However, my happy mood suddenly dropped when I saw that there was nothing in there. I suppose it made sense considering neither Sookie nor I had been home in a while.
With a sour look on my face, I made my way back into the living room and sat next to Eric on the couch. When he finally hung up, he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into his chest. "I hope that was the last time I ever have to hear the name Russell Edgington again." "So what did he take from you when you were human?" Eric looked down at me and I turned around so I was facing him.
"It was a few months before I was turned by Godric. My family was slaughter by some wolves. They killed my mother, my father and my infant sister. I fought back and managed to kill one of the wolves but when I did, it turned into a human and bore a mark on his neck. It wasn't until I saw that mark on Edgington's wolves that I realised he was the one who killed my family."
Eric then did something I had never seen him do before; he started to cry. His blood red tears started to fall from his eyes and all I could do was pull him into a hug and I just held him. It must have been traumatic for him to live through that and his only reaction would have been revenge. I know understood why he wanted Edgington to suffer; killing him wasn't enough. Edgington took everything that Eric loved away from him and that was something I could relate to: Apollo took everything away from me and I hate him to the core for that.
"I get it Eric. He needed to pay for the pain he caused you but he's gone now. He's never going to hurt us again." Eric looked up at me and I smiled at him. I gently wiped his eyes with my hands and kissed him softly on the lips. "So, are you going to tell me what happened between you and Talbot?" Eric smirked and kissed me on my forehead.
"Jealous lover?" "Of Talbot? No, he's dead. I just want to know exactly what happened cause I have this image on you laying down and Talbot on top of you…" Eric cut me off by placing his hand on my mouth, "I wouldn't have allowed it to get that far. The most we did was kissed. I kept my pants on." I laughed and launched myself at Eric. He laid back and held me firmly around the waist whilst I was on top of him.
"That's a relief. So what do we do now that no one is trying to kill us? I'm assuming the Queen will leave you be since she'll inherit all of Edgington's riches." "Now we do whatever we want to do. How about we go to Paris? I hear it's beautiful there this time of the year and I have an apartment there that hasn't been used in several decades."
"Paris sounds amazing. There's just one problem." I looked down at Eric's bare chest and started to trace small objects on it with my fingers. "There's no problem. Pam will be okay here by herself and I'm sure Sookie is out of danger now." I looked up at him but I couldn't match his smile.
"It's not that. I still owe Athena which means she can call me at any time and when she does, I have to go. Time runs differently on Olympus. A day there is a year here. I could be gone hours but to you it would feel like days and I don't know how long I'll be gone for. I don't want us to be somewhere so romantic and I have to leave without you and not know how long I will be gone for."
I didn't realise I had been crying until Eric wiped away my tears with his thumb. "It's okay. What are a few months to a vampire? I won't go anywhere and I'll live off Tru Blood if I have to." I laughed and slammed my lips against Eric's.
"I wouldn't want you to live off the synthetic stuff. I trust you can distinguish the difference between feeding and fucking. Just promise me you'll be waiting for me when I get back? I'll finish whatever mission I have to do faster if I know I have something to come back to."
"Always." Eric kissed me softly then flipped us over so he was now on top. His hand starting moving us my leg and I shivered when his hand lightly brushed my core, which was growing wet with every second that passed. I thrust my tongue in Eric's mouth and heard a low moan erupt from him. I tugged on his bottom lip and began unbuttoning his jeans. Just as I was about to take off my robe, Eric stopped kissing me and held my arms.
"Sookie." Before I could question him, the front door slammed open and I heard Sookie scream at Bill. "Stay away from me Bill! I never want to see you again and I rescind you invitation to this house." I quickly got up off of Eric and rushed out to the hallway. I saw Bill standing at the bottom of the porch and Sookie crying her eyes out in the hallway. I ran up to her and pulled her into my arms. I looked around and saw Bill walk towards the front door.
"You heard her Bill. Now get the hell out of here before I end you!" "This is all your fault you spiteful bitch! You put ideas in her head because you couldn't handle that she was happier in her relationship than you are in yours. I'm surprised Eric's kept you around this long…"
I had no idea what Bill was planning on saying next because out of nowhere, Eric appeared and literally kicked Bill into next week. One moment he was standing there, the next it was just Eric. I felt Sookie tighten her hold on me as I watched Eric walk back into the house and close the door behind him. Sookie then pulled away from me and held up a pile of papers.
"You were right! He was procuring me for the fucking Queen! I can't believe I fell for it. He fed me his blood so I would fall in love with him and I fell for it. It was like a dream come true. I have to get out of here. I need some air." Before I could stop her, Sookie was out the door and left me standing with Eric in the hallway. If I had known that I wouldn't see her again until a year later, I would never have let her walk out that door.
So there you have it! I hope you all loved it and can't wait for the next part of the story :P Please review and let me know what you think and drop me ideas for season 4! I know I could definitely use the inspiration :)
Jem x