ATTENTION ATTENTION - READ ALL ABOUT IT! CHAPTER 30 IS UP!
Well, if you go to one of my other sites that is since I don't post full chapters over here anymore. I'm really just listing that a new chapter is even up for those of you who'd PM'd me requesting that I do this, so: here ya go! The reasoning behind all this is available several posts back. Check my profile for sorta-addresses of my other posting sites since this site is absolutely batshit terrified of external links.
Here's a teaser if you're interested:
Despite the odd changes to Sookie's "bubble" from the previous night, the first thing to catch and hold Eric's gaze the instant he entered the door was the telepath herself.
She was as beautiful as always, but remained clearly exhausted.
Fragile.
Knowledge of how easily he could lose her – how very close he had just come to losing her, pierced his chest once again
Although no longer near death, her inner light remained dimmed to a fraction of its former glow. While in his own Niall-erected "bubble" his light bond with Sookie had been muted, but once in her presence, he could sense quite clearly just how fatigued her body was. The set of her mouth, however, revealed her understandable frustration with her current state.
She now rested on a ridiculously large, plush sofa complete with pillows and throws, and an unknown woman with alarmingly red hair sat by her side. It was then that he realized the "homey kitchen scene" in the back area had been replaced with her bed.
Her face when she spotted him brightened considerably – gratifyingly – with unconcealed relief and joy. When she spotted Godric immediately thereafter, her visible pleasure sprang forth anew, but in a thankfully different sort of way.
Eric's studiously ignored fear that she might understandably prefer his Maker died a sweet, sweet death. Although minute, the difference in her welcoming looks was incredibly telling.
Come on in - the water's nice and cool (it's still summer-hot here)!
~Mer