A Better Tomorrow

Chapter 8- Breath

Eric would of held his breath if he had one as he was offering his wrist to Sookie. She hesitated for a minute but slowly brought her lips to the wound before it closed completely. At first she only seemed to be dipping her lips into the warm liquid but after one small sip, she started drinking more rapidly the suctions becoming more aggressive. Eric closed his eyes enjoying the moment. For a vampire, feeding was not only necessary but sexual and when a human fed on them, it was near orgasmic. As Sookie drank, her heart accelerated. Eric could hear it beat in her chest; he could feel her body temperature coming back to normal. Her smell was intoxicating him and as he tried to keep control, Sookie brought her hands to his wrist as if she could stop him if he tried to pull away. She looked up at him without breaking the connection between her lips and his wrists. Her body was naturally drawn to Eric and without her noticing, she was getting closer and closer to him. He tried not to break the eye connection they had but his gaze moved down to her nose and then her lips full of blood. There was something incredibly sexy about her and Eric had trouble controlling himself. As he wondered what was so special about Sookie, her neck seemed to cry out for his attention. He could see her pulse under her delicate skin and when she moaned from the pleasure of drinking his blood, Eric lost control and plunged his fangs in her neck.

Sookie did not break from his wrists but instead moaned louder as her body was searching for Eric's.

It took him a couple of minutes to realize what was happening and in an effort to not drain her despite the fact she was drinking his blood at the same time, Eric retracted his fangs out of her neck without breaking the seal between his lips and her soft skin. She too stopped drinking from his wrists without pulling away. She had her eyes closed and Eric could hear her heart beat slowing down. After a minute in silence, Eric sighed and pulled away. He wanted to apologize for losing control but he did not want to show weakness to a human.

Sookie was standing in from of him her eyes still closed. She opened them slowly while taking a deep breath and stared at him as he was turning around. He then heard her look at her leg. He knew she wouldn't even have scars left from her wound. As he was walking away, he heard her catch up behind him.

" it worked!"

"Of course it did, why would I lie about it"

"to feed on me.."

"I could feed on you without lying to you if I wanted to"

"The community would kill you"

" yes from their tower they could definitely kill me"

He was amused on how little she knew about vampires. Bill and Pam were young vampires and needed to feed more often which explained why they lived within this human community. Eric knew they were just protecting a personal food supply but for him, as he was older, he did not need to feed so often therefore did not require a community of humans. To an extent, he could just find one human and as long as that human was alive, he would have no problem surviving. He also knew from the briefing Pam and Bill had given him that they were ordered by the queen to protect some members of this community. They were also told not to give their blood to any of them as vampires could not afford sharing such precious information with humans. If the community or any other humans knew what their blood could do, they would start hunting them down for it and in the event they would catch one of them, they would probably use them as their personal infirmary.

" why did you help me then?"

"do you need a reason for everything?"

"yes, we all have our reasons"

"indeed and I do not wish to share it with you"

Eric turned around to face Sookie. He knew the queen had ordered not to tell humans about their blood and although he did not receive that order himself, he did not want to disappoint his queen so he had decided he would glamour Sookie to oblivion. She had seemed deeply upset by the revelation and Eric did not want her to start asking too many questions. So as he stared at her pretty blue eyes, he stood right in front of her. His chest against hers; she did not break the connection but instead seemed lost in his eyes. With a very soft tone, Eric whispered.

"Sookie, you will not remember any of this" but before he could add anything she looked away frowning.

"why on earth would I want to forget what happened. Imagine! The whole community could be cured of everything with just a drink of your blood! I'm furious Bill and Pam never told us… we lost so many people to stupid things like pneumonia which they could have cured with one drop of blood!"

She did not move away from him but was looking in a different direction. Eric grabbed her chin and gently made her look at him right in his eyes. He had never failed to glamour anyone before. As he was staring at her, she rolled her eyes

"why are you looking at me like that!?"

Eric growled in frustration

"what are you!?" he said.

Sookie looked shock by the question. It wasn't the first time someone was asking her that.

"What do you mean? I am Sookie Stackhouse"

Eric growled louder and clenched his fits. He was growing impatient with her and now that she wasn't bleeding anymore, her sense was not as strong which meant, Eric had better control of himself.

" You cannot be human" he simply said

She then pulled away and raised her gun at his head. He could tell her knees were shaky.

"Don't move or I shoot"

Eric laughed and at vampire speed took the gun away from Sookie throwing it out of her reach. He then grabbed Sookie by one arm being careful not to break it. Her eyes were terrified and were looking everywhere as if she was trying to figure out a way to break away. She then looked at him with fear.

"are you gonna kill me?"

The words completely petrified Eric. He had no intention of hurting her in any way yet she thought otherwise. He did not want her to be afraid of him, on the contrary, he wanted her to trust him. He took a second to assess himself. He was growling, he was holding her by one arm and his other fits was clenched. He could see why she was scared. He let go of her arm.

"no"

Sookie briefly looked at her gun which was lying not too far from her. She did not attempt to get it although Eric knew she was thinking about it

"I do not wish you harm Sookie otherwise why would I heal you and then kill you?

She seemed to calm down at the words. They stared at each other in silence. Eric wanted to apologize once again. Something was pulling him to her, something was making him out of control in her presence and without fully understanding it, Eric knew she attracted him in many levels. He wanted to understand what was so special about her but did not know how to approach it. He was never one for communication in the first place and now in the world they lived in, it was becoming clear to him that vampires did not have the edge. Humans were dying which meant his kind would too.

Eric heard noises coming from the field and looked in the direction of it. An animal, most likely a dog was running towards them.

"we have company"

Sookie frowned at Eric and then she too heard the dog running towards them. The smell of a shifter then hit Eric like a ton of bricks. He did not want to leave Sookie but also did not want to stay in the presence of a shifter. So as he took flight, he said

"We shall continue this lovely conversation in private some other time"

He did not look back knowing that Sookie was safe behind the wall. Once, he reached the lake, he called Pam realizing she wasn't near. She took a couple of minutes but finally landed at his side.

"Yes master?"

"What exactly is Sookie? I cannot glamour her"

"Oh I forgot to warn you of that."

Eric looked at her child furious by the omission.

"I am sorry! There is just so much information to share... We do not know what she is. All I know is that she smells way too good, can hear people's thoughts and cannot be glamoured. The queen wanted us to keep an eye on her"

"We exchanged blood for the second time today. I should know where she is at all time"

"You fed on her!?"

Eric looked down at his child with the coldest look he could manage.

"I will feed on whomever I want. " Eric turned the other way to see Bill emerge from the cave.

"The queen summons you Eric" Bill said as he walked in their direction

"we haven't heard from her in 3 months and now that Eric is awake, she wants to see us?"

Pam didn't seem too keen on going to see the queen but she had little choice.

" We will leave tomorrow when we rise." Declared Eric "do you need to join us Bill or is it just me that is summoned?:

" I have orders to stay behind to protect Bon Temps while you are gone."

"Very well"

"Did I hear you say you fed on Sookie earlier?" Bill asked

"It is none of your business Bill"

Eric was showing his fangs which made Bill look down. Bill did not like Eric but he wasn't stupid enough to provoke him considering the years Eric had over him. Bill chose to not argue and looked at Pam

"You will need to feed before you leave. Alcide owes us some human blood from the past few weeks. I can ask him to give you my share as well"

"How generous of you Bill" Pam stated as she headed to the community with Eric. Bill followed them silently promising himself to check on Sookie before sun rise.