I stared at my wrists in shock. The silver wasn't even affecting them anymore... I was fairly sure it was only temporary, but it was a welcome relief.

Brianna... She was intriguing. Her being a telepathic Healer was only part of the intrigue. She so obviously didn't share the Newlin's view on vampires, my healed wrists proved that. Plus she was beautiful, for a human. Her pale blond hair accented her pale skin, she was so pale that some humans may mistake her for a vampire. She also had a strong personality, yet she'd tempered it down and made herself appear meek.

She'd already caught more of my interest than any human had since Eric, and that was a thousand years ago. Thinking of Eric, I focused on our bond and realized that he had come to Dallas. I wasn't really surprised. I had hoped he would come too late to do anything, but I had no such luck. I just had to hope he didn't kill everyone trying to get to me.

I felt my wrists begin to burn again and I realized I had been lost in thought for almost an hour. Brianna was a strong Healer if her influence lasted that long.

I was broken out of my thoughts by a woman's screaming and I heard Steve's voice, "Gabe, help me! I think the cunts on V!"

I sighed, I knew that whatever poor humans were up there were sent by Eric. I began to feel the bleeds coming on, I'd been awake for far to long. I let the pull of the sun drag me down.

I awoke to screams. "I'll show what a real man is like!" I recognized Gabe's voice and the screams were the same woman from earlier. I stood and broke the silver chains off the floor. It was fairly weak silver and it broke off my wrists, finally allowing my skin to heal. Being so old, silver this thin was easy to break away from. I kicked the door down, ignoring the stinging in my foot from the threads of silver. I moved at vampire speed, jerking Gabe up by the throat.

"Godric, It's me." He tried to plead with me, but men who tried to rape women would get no mercy from mercy from me. I snapped his neck and let his body crumple to the floor. I turned to the blond women who was fixing her clothes, she reminded me of Brianna, they had the same facial structure but this woman's hair was brighter and she was tanner.

"You should not have come." I told her, whatever her reply might have been was cut off by a crashing from upstairs.

"Bill..." She whispered hopefully, looking up.

"No," I whispered, feeling my child through our bond, "I am here, my child, down here."

Eric appeared in his full six foot four inches of blond Viking glory at the top of the stairs. "Godric." He breathed, kneeling in front of me.

"You should not have sent humans after me, this one betrayed you, " I said, indicating the dark haired man that was unconscious. That bit of information had stuck in my head while I was asleep.

The blond elaborated, "He was with the Fellowship, they were waiting for us. It was a trap."

Eric simply looked at her before returning his gaze to me. "Get the human out." I told him.

"I'm not leaving you." He said strongly.

I smiled slightly, "Yes, you are. Spill no blood on your way out."

He stood, looking pained. He did as I said though, and took the human woman out.

I sighed, thinking of Brianna. I believe Steve had mentioned a lock-in, Brianna was probably in the church somewhere. I ran at vampire speed through the whole church, taking note of where humans were placed and their paths. As I neared the sanctuary i heard Stan's voice. This was bad.

"Steve Newlin, you have pushed us too far!" Stan announced. "You expect us sit on our thumbs while you round up your men to come and lynch us? We'll kill you first." He paused for dramatic effect, he had always been theatrical," Same way we did your father." That was bad.

"Murderer!" Steve Newlins voice broke across the room.

"Kill them. All of them." Stan said. I moved quickly, standing on the alter in the center of the sanctuary.

"Enough." I didn't raise my voice, but everyone froze. I locked eyes with Brianna, who was standing near one of the pillars. She was the only one without some sort of weapon. "You came for me, I assume." It wasn't really a question. I saw Stan leaning down to bite the human he was holding. "Underling?"

He sighed, "Yes, Sheriff?"

"These people have not harmed me." Much." You see, we can coexist." I turned to Steve Newlin, who was still on the ground but no longer being held. "Help me set an example, if we leave you in peace will you do the same?"

He glared, "I will NOT negotiate with SUB-humans!" He growled, he stood on his knees and moved before Eric. "Kill us, murder us before God, Jesus will save us."

"I'm actually older than your Jesus, I wish I could have known him, but I missed it." I said offhandedly, noticing that his followers obviously didn't share his views. I moved across the room at vampire speed, holding Steve Newlin up by the collar. "Who of you are willing to die for this mans madness?" No one stepped forward. " That is what i thought, you are all free to go." When nearly everyone was gone, I dropped the reverend, "I daresay my faith in humankind is stronger than yours." I turned away from him and searched out Brianna.

I flitted in front of her, "Brianna" I whispered and smiled. Her heart skipped a beat and i smiled wider.