Ok, kiddies, Chapters 33, 34, and 35 are available for your reading pleasure. You know the whys, wherefores, and the what to dos...

As an incentive, here's a splurb of Ch. 35:

Eric felt laughably little surprise at neither Godric's statement nor his delivery. The vampire could be the most deviously sinister being on the planet when he wanted to be, and the base situation surrounding Sookie would make any decent person furious. Before he could ask what he would have intended to be a suspiciously banal question, however, Sookie, apparently being familiar with his Maker's ways, piped up.

"You have a house in Vegas? Really? Um…so…," Sookie tilted her head to the side rather like a confused golden lab, "Why do you have a house in Vegas?"

Sookie had felt that bit of a chill in the air from the way Godric had informed his audience of the house's location, and while she respected his anger and felt gratitude that the anger was on her and Eric's behalf, she knew that ancient vampire. Even though she was impatient to get the evening going so she could have some time with Eric, mouthing around with Godric was always a blast…plus she needed to be certain the ancient being wouldn't take off into the night and spark the vampire version of a world war.

"Why wouldn't I?" Pure too-innocent blinks did nothing to hide the humor now gleaming in Godric's occasionally expressive – gloriously expressive at that – eyes.

Erich fought to not roll his own eyes. With the ease of a master spy, the ancient vampire could present at will a facade so impenetrable that even those closest to him couldn't decipher his true thoughts. Yet when he wished to do so, he could delight, intrigue, and amuse with his incredibly fluid display of perfectly timed animation. Even a thousand years later, Eric was still sometimes in awe of his Maker's ability to switch so completely from deadly to playful.

Such mutability had been known to scare the hell out of enemies.

Accustomed to his ploys and thrilled that he was playing along – a playful Godric was not a sight to miss – even while more than ready to go to this house somehow mysteriously appearing in Vegas of all places, Sookie grinned and whined playfully, "Goooodric…"

Also accustomed to his Maker's ploys, Eric quirked his usual brow and waited. Dealing with Godric, especially when he was in certain moods, often required lots of patience.

The ancient vampire had to laugh. The current threats were no less dire; in fact, the severity had increased exponentially. However, with this new information, things were different now. In the back of his mind plans were forming, had been forming since he'd first heard of the situation, but the additional intel had allowed him to narrow potential strategies from the hundreds down to a far more comfortably manageable double-dozen or so. Being able to discard some of his more drastic options was a huge relief.

You know as well as I do that things are posted on my site first then all else second as time/memory permits, and you know why I no longer tend to post full chapters on this site. I hate that things have to be this way but I do thank you for working with me on this. You rock!