The characters are not mine, they belong to Charlaine Harris.
SOOKIE'S POV
The hot water feels good as it beats against my back. I can't believe that they were laughing at me! Well at least they were doing something together, other than fighting each other. I can feel my anger building again, Sam telling me that I was riding a high horse who the hell does he think he is? And Eric, I heard his thoughts '..the shifter really knows her, she was riding a pretty high horse..' talk about riding a high f-ing horse. My Gran would call that the pot calling the kettle black and I would have to agree with her. I know I was riding a pretty high horse, I should have not let my pride stand between us for so long, but I really didn't like being called on the carpet about it by Sam!
Hell, now I wished I hadn't stormed off. I really want to know what they are saying. I sit on the bench that runs the length of the shower and begin to shave my legs. Eric, has my razors, my brand of shampoo and conditioner, everything. I really wished I had stopped being so stupid sooner and just paid attention to all the things, the hundreds of little things, Eric had done to show me he loved me, not to mention the big things. My mind begins to drift and I cut my leg, dammit!
I watch as the blood flows and a compulsion over takes me, I remember something Niall said about adding the blood from without. I reach out and run my finger over the cut and then taste it. I can feel the bond, my side it is pulsing with power. I know what to do no one has to tell me, the knowledge has always been there just waiting to be unlocked. I remember what it felt like to be a vampire and I change, just like that. I can't believe that it was that easy!
I don't care about Eric and Sam's conversation anymore. I jump out of the shower and towel off as fast as I can, which is pretty darn fast at vamp speed, let me tell you. Eric's towels are the nicest towels I have ever had the pleasure of using, the only thing I don't like is that they are blood red, go figure. I enjoy the texture against my skin, I truly believe I can feel every thread, it is amazing. I look in to the mirror, wow! I look amazing, my skin is perfect, my hair is shinier that it has ever been. I practice running my fangs down and run my tongue over them and promptly cut my tongue. I can't help it I giggle out loud .. my what sharp fangs you have Sookie. I realize that I have forgotten to shut the water off and I'm there and back to the mirror in less than a second. Lord have mercy, I'm fast!
I'm pulled from my fun and games by Eric's voice "Pamela ..." Oh shit, this is serious! "... I need you to come to my house."
"What's wrong Master?" My God, I can hear Pam just like she's standing next to Eric. I giggle again.
"The discussion will have to wait until you arrive."
"I will see you in twenty minutes. How was your evening?"
"Eventful, something else we will discuss when you arrive. Please bring the King and Alcide with you."
"That will take a bit longer, make it an hour?"
"Fine, just hurry."
"Yes Master."
"Pam, drop the Masters, you know damn good and well, as does everyone else, that I am not angry with you and your punishment will be really nothing more than a formality. What's your game this time."
"I was hoping to act scared long enough to make Sookie ask you to forgo my punishment as a favor to her. I wanted to know just how far ...."
"Pamela, why must you always push and test? Fine, play your little game, if you are able to convince Sookie to plead your case I will tell her no and teach two lessons at the same time. I will warn you, you might just be surprised by her reaction."
"Whatever, I will see you in an hour."
I can't wait for Pam to get here, this time I'm going to win her silly game. Eric calls from the other room "Lover, Pam is on her way and I would like to speak with you before she gets here. I have clothing for you ... "
I emerge from the bathroom naked as the day I was born. I have other plans, he can tell me whatever he thinks he needs to tell me when I'm done. "Lover, you are vampire again! How did this happen, I am calling Niall." I can feel his fear and anxiety bouncing through the bond.
"There is no reason to call Niall, I know exactly how this happened and I know how to change back. This time I used my blood to make the change, I don't think I'll have to use any blodd the next time."
"Your blood, you were bleeding?" I can feel his anxiety and fear peaking.
"I cut my leg when I was shaving and I just had to taste it, it was like a compulsion. When the blood touched my tongue my side of the bond began to pulse with power. The moment I felt the power I knew what to do, I just knew, it was like all I have always known. Eric, I can't believe this!" I want him to understand, I want him to be happy this is the best gift that we could have ever received. "Eric, I can be vampire at will, it is like the best of both worlds! My God, I feel so much, this is exhilarating. Watch me, see how fast I can move!" Just like a child on Christmas with a new toy, I begin to zoom around the room first running then flying. I'm going so fast, but I can still see everything so clearly. I watch as my lover's fangs run out, I can see his gracious plenty rising. I feel Eric reaching out, he's projecting through the bond, the waves begin to hit me lust, desire, love, happiness, lust, love.
I react instantly, scooping him up and throwing him on the bed and pinning him down. Eric growls in response, his lust and desire are overwhelming, with this much power coursing through the bond I can hear bursts of his thoughts 'dreamed about this ... perfect ... need her ... please'. I begin to rain kisses over his face, he darts his tongue trying to catch my mouth. I relent, his hands begin to cup my head ever so gently as his tongue begins to explore my mouth flicking against my fangs, I moan into his mouth. I never truly realize what that did to a vampire until that second, it was like I had another sexual organ. I was quite sure Eric could bring me to completion by stroking my fangs with his tongue just like he does my nub. I steady myself and begin to move down his perfect body, kissing, licking, and nipping as I go.
I can feel my lust building. I begin to run my tongue in circles up and down his hard shaft from the base to the tip, over and over again. I gaze up and realize that his eyes are closed, I can't have that "Watch me Lover" His eyes snap open and lock onto mine. I take him fully in to my mouth and begin to stroke him with my hand, he begins to buck his hips moaning and growling "Sookie ... lover ... urgh". I relax the back of my throat, I have so much more control of my muscles as a vampire, and take him fully into me. Eric goes crazy, thrusting forward, I press down on his hip and regain control of him as I begin to squeeze his sack. I slowly slide up and down, taking him to the hilt each time, slowly but surely increasing the tempo. I can feel his release building, his cock is swelling, I move faster and faster all the while squeezing and massage his soft sack harder and harder. I never stop looking him in the eyes.
I feel his release beginning, a deep rumble escapes his chest. His reaction excites me, it turns me on more than I had ever imagined it would. I begin to moan as I use my vamp speed, sliding my mouth up and down. He wraps his hands into my hair, "Sookie ... URG ... please ... LOVER ... oh ... FUCK .... YES!" I can feel it wave after wave of pleasure erupt and crash through the bond as he pumps his seed into my throat, his eyes never leave mine. When all that I can feel are his aftershocks I slowly remove my mouth, stroking him a few times with my hand for good measure, before I slide back up his body lying my head on his chest.
He leans over planting kisses on the top of my head, I raise my face to his and kiss him deeply. I have never felt so powerful and content in my entire life. My beautiful Viking echoes my feelings "Lover, I have never felt anything like that in my life. You are the most amazing woman I have ever known. I love you Sookie Stackhouse."
"I love you too Eric Northman, now where were we?" I ask as a reach between us and begin to stroke his member.
"Lover, Pam, the King and Alcide are on their way .. urg ... woman ... there are things ... Sookie ... we must talk before they arrive." I never stop, we can talk later, I have waited so long, I have needed him, I have craved his touch and now that I am his I need him and crave his touch even more, he is mine and he will yield to me. "I don't care, they can wait, I need my Viking. I need to feel you inside of me." I begin to kiss his neck, squeezing my hand just a little harder with each stoke.
A moan escapes his lips, I feel him trying to fight against the waves of lust and desire I'm sending to him. "I want you too ... but this is important ... woman ... you will be angry if ..." Eric loses his train of thought when I mount him, taking him into my wet core in one lightening fast move. I purr "Baby, I won't be angry" as I grind against him "are you sure we have to talk now? Isn't there something else you want to do right now?"
His response is quick, if I had been human I would not have even seen him move. I find myself on my back with Eric positioned at my entrance "Tell me Lover, tell me you are mine."
"I am yours Eric, yours and only yours. Now tell me, are you going to take what is yours?" My words, desire, and lust are too much for him, I can feel it, he has lost control, the bloodlust overwhelms him. He is inside of me in one forceful thrust, "Mine" he growls as he bites my shoulder thrusting into me harder and faster with each stroke, as he continues to feed from me. The bond is pulsing, I can feel the power building. I am meeting him thrust for thrust, I can feel my climax building, it won't be long now. I reach out, taking his head in my hands
raising his bloody mouth to mine, I kiss him deeply. I love the taste of my blood in his mouth. I look him in the eyes and growl "Mine" right back at him as I sink my fangs into his shoulder, his blood tastes so good. I draw deeply and it pushes us both over the edge, I swear I see stars. The power in the bond built by our mutual climax over takes us a second time as the waves flow back and forth through our bodies and the bond. He grips the back of my head and I release his shoulder looking up into his eyes, the love I see there is so raw and powerful it overpowers me.
There is nothing that I want more in life then to just stay like this forever. Eric buried inside of me the bond open and throbbing, emotions crashing back and forth, I now know that I am complete, I am whole, only when I am with him. I know that he has heard my thoughts, a single red tear slides down his check, my name escapes his lips as he leans forward and kisses me ever so gently and ever so passionately at the same time. After what fells like an eternity the power in the bond ebbs and he slowly pulls out of my core, I whimper at the loss.
Eric chuckles as he pulls me into his arms "Lover, why are you sad? I plan to make love to you again and again and again. Once we have settled our current problem I think we will take a year long vacation and never leave the room." I look up to be greeted by the smug smirk of Sheriff Northman, big king shit vampire. I love it when he gets that look. I snuggle deeper into his chest. "Sookie, we need to talk to Pam and the others, they will be here any minute." An alarm goes off and a monitor in the corner comes on revealing Pam, the King, and Alicide at the front door.
"Too late now!" I quip as I begin to pull on jeans and an ice blue sweater from the closet of clothes. Damn there are more clothes in here than I have back home. "Tell me something Eric, if you were going to live you life without me why do you have all of this stuff here for me?"
"I ... I only recently decided to live without you ... I just couldn't part with ..." I hear his thoughts I know what he cannot say out loud, he has been purchasing things for me since the night I walked into Fangtasia and his decision to live without me was his way of trying to shield himself from my rejection. "... I always ..." I stop his words with a kiss, there is no reason for him to finish.
"Baby, you know I love and I'm sorry that I ..."
"Please do not tell me that you are sorry again, Lover, we both made mistakes and neither of us can go back in time and change it. Really, I wonder if we could change things if we should, I love you just the way you are." I lean in to kiss him as Pam's voice booms from the monitor "Fucking come on Eric, you can fuck Sookie later, stop making us wait at the front door, it's rude." Pam can be so demanding and annoying, but I still love her. I break the kiss "Race you!" and fly up the stairs to the front door "I'll get bloods for everyone."
PAM'S POV
When we arrive at Eric's I can feel the lust rolling through him, I ring the bell anyway. Nothing, great I wonder how long he is going to make us wait outside. I'm not a patient vampire, I hit the button again and holler into the microphone "Fucking come on Eric, you can fuck Sookie later, stop making us wait at the front door, it's rude." Less than a minute later Eric opens the door, I enhale deeply expecting to be greeted by Sookie's sweet scent, but all I can smell is sex and a strange vampire. I listen, the only beating heart in the entire house is Alcide's. "What did you do to her you asshole?" Maker or not Sookie was my friend "I can't fucking believe you! Did she go home? And who the hell is the strange vamp ho in your kitchen?"
"Child, I am you maker you will not question me in my own home, ecspecialy about my bonded. I do not know who you think you are Pamela but you would do well to remember ..."
"Fuck you!" I scream at him, I am enraged, how could he? I thought I knew my maker, I thought he loved her but Sookie was right along, he is nothing but a selfish, self serving, cold hearted bastard. I can't believe that I convienced her to give herself to him and now, after everything. he is going to fuck someone else. I hear the ho walk in to the room behind me, I'm going to claw her eyes out for Sookie, and without looking I luanch myself at her hissing "Bitch!" as I go.
I find myself stopped in mid air, hanging by my throat, looking straight into Sookie's eyes "Pam stop, don't move!" I cannot move, the power of her words bind me, we are bonded as if she is my maker. My body relaxes, all tension leaves me, she is alive and Eric is not the selfish, self serving, cold hearted bastard I thought he was. I can feel Sookie's anger through the bond, she has not relaxed "You come into our home, scream profanities at my bonded, and then attack me. Explain yourself!"
"I could not hear your heart beat or smell your scent when I entered the house, Mistress. I feared for your safety when I smelled a strange vampire in the house and then when I smell sex all over the Master I ... I just lost it Mistress. Please forgive me." Sookie releases me and I drop to the floor at her feet. My God she is a beautiful vampire, but how the hell did this happen, it takes three days to make the change, she was human last night.
Now I feel Eric's anger through the bond "So let me get this straight, Child, you believed that I had harmed my bonded so you were going to .. what?"
"Master ... I ... I ... I love Sookie too! I know that she is yours, I want the two of you to be happy together, but you have to understand I will go to my final death before I allow harm to come to her, even from you. Please understand, I never wanted to doubt you and I will never doubt you again." Tears are flowing down my face, I can't help it, I'm ashamed and confused I can tell that he understands, Sookie wasn't supposed to be vampire. I can feel his pride and love flowing through our bond, I am so relieved when he finally says "Rise Child" that is, until I realize that I can't move. "Master, I can't move. I am in my Mistress's thrall." I don't tell him that she is much stronger than he, Eric would have never been able to prevent me from physically moving. My Mistresses words are like invisible chains, yet her touch is so gentle.
Eric turns to look at Sookie, I can tell they are using mind speak, I cannot hear either of them, but I can feel both inside of me. Sookie finally speaks as she offers me her hand "Rise Pam." I take her hand and stand humbly by her side, my head hung in shame and confusion. My Mistress steps in front of me, places her hand under my chin, raising my head until I'm looking her in the eyes "I love you too Pam" she says as she begins to kiss my tears away. I throw my arms around her neck and bury my head in her shoulder. She wraps her arms around me, pulling me closer, muttering under her breath "Don't cry baby, it's going to be okay." Before I know it Eric is wrapping his arms both of us, the love flowing through my bonds is so intense it is palpable. I have never felt so loved. I look Sookie in the eyes, blinking away the last of my tears, when inspiration hits. I can't help it help, I have to say it. "Are you still going to let Daddy spank me Mommy?" Eric growls and Sookie laughs, screw him and his dry sense of humor, I said it for her anyway.
"Pam you are incorrigible!" Sookie admonishes me with a smile and I reply "Yes I am! Word of the day calender, Mom?"
"Enough!" Felipe's booming voice silences our laughter. "Eric, how is that your human bonded is now a vampire? The last time I created a child it took three days and she was human just last night."
"Your majesty," Sookie kneels before the King "my blood carries the power of the Völva, my bonded is a vampire, my blood and our bond allows me to shift between human and vampire."
"Please rise, Sookie, we are all friends here there is no reason for formalities." Felipe extends his hand "My dear, you are telling me that you can become vampire at will?"
"I think, I was just starting to experiment when you got here. See what I did was use my own blood to make the change this time ... but I don't think I will need blood in the future." I have no clue what she is talking about and I don't think Felipe does either. I wish Eric would tell us what the hell is going on.
Alcide speaks for the first time, I had forgotten that he was even here, "It is said that shifters and weres come from the Völva, when we change for the first time there is normally a gift of blood. The gift unlocks the instinctual knowledge of the shift. It is like ..."
" ... a key is turned and a door opens. It can't be explained any other way, you just know, it is like you have always known." My mistress finishes the were sentence, I have not taken my eyes off of her since before she knelt before the king, she is the most beautiful vampire I have ever seen. I can't believe my eyes, Eric and I are the luckiest beings on the planet, she will be with us forever now. The huge weight that has been sitting on my heart has been lifted. I am joyous, Sookie is not going to die in just a few years or have to hate one of us for turning her against her will. Honestly, if push came to shove I would have turned her myself and risk her hatred for all eternity rather than lose her.
"I really don't understand. What do you have to say about this Eric? Have you contacted Naill?" Felipe is not pulling any punches, he is all business. I am still surprised that he cares so much but knowing that he was part Fae explains some of his attraction to Sookie.
I sense the shift in Eric, he is following Felipe's lead, but I can tell that he is not comfortable "Sookie and I spoke with Naill last night, but he did not seem to believe that the power would be this strong. It was his understanding that the shift would be a mutual exchange of attributes coinciding with an exchange of blood during the consummation of our love."
"What? I hate to sound like the dumb were in the group but I have no clue what Eric just said."
My heart leaps, Eric said 'mutual exchange', I try to clarify the situation, more for myself than for Alcide "I believe what Eric is saying is that Naill believed that they would exchange their powers, Eric would become a telepathic human, with a twist, and Sookie would become vampire but only when they feed from each other during sex. Right?"
"TMI, Pam, TMI" Alcide looks like he just figured out that his sister really does have sex. Eric is a vampire, blood is a big part of everything vampires do and there is nothing better than feeding and fucking at the same time. It makes you feel again. We vampires don't like to admit it but we are envious of human feelings, we exchanged feelings for survival long ago.
Sookie jumps right in "Yes, that's exactly what happened the first time. This time was different, I was separate from Eric, I could ... I don't know how to explain it." Oh my God, did I hear her correctly, Eric was human? I can't move, does Sookie really understand what this means? If Eric can become human he can move about during the day, he will be able to walk in the sunlight again, he will be able to taste food. This is a gift beyond reason!
"Eric?"
"Pam?"
"Did you ... were you... "
"Yes." Erics voice is quite, I can feel his conflicting emotions rolling off of him in intense waves. Poor Sookie, the maker bonds that I share with Eric and now Sookie is nothing like the bond that they share, I don't know how she is coping with her emotions coupled with his. I really expected her to be a basket case by now, but she is holding it together rather well. I wonder if being vampire will calm her down a bit "Pam, I do not know if I will be able to shift as easily as Sookie, but the ability to become human, even for a short time, ... was .... is priceless. I never ... I ..." If I didn't know better I would think that Eric may cry, I wouldn't blame him.
"Eric," Sookie is at his side in an instant laying her hand on his cheek, comforting him with her touch. "lets talk about this more later. I'm sure the King will understand that we need to explore this matter further, privately. I'm just not comfortable talking about our 'consummation' in mixed company." Sookie plays the proper southern belle perfectly, but I know that it isn't her feelings that she is worried about. I'm glad that she really seems to understand that Eric's image must be protected, it is one of our survival tools.
SOOKIE'S POV
I send clam, comfort and love through the bond. I understand that he enjoyed his time as a human and that he does not want to appear weak because of it, I also understand that he does not want to have to attempt to shift and fail. I feel his relief flood the bond "You are right Lover. Felipe, we will keep you up to date, but we do have more pressing business to address."
I feel my child's pride and happiness resonating in the back of mind, I was not prepared for the maker bond that Pam and I now share. Pam has always been my friend, kind of like a big, scary sister but now I love her as much as I love Eric. I never thought it was possible to love anyone as much as I love Eric, but I do. The love I have for Pam is differnt but just as powerful.
My thoughts are interupted by the King "Yes, yes, yes but before we move I want to insure that everyone understands" his eyes fix on Alcide " this information is not to be shared with anyone, you should consider this a royal edict. Sookie dear, it is imperative that you do not appear in public as a vampire, at least until we are better able to assess your strengths and weaknesses, agreed?"
"I appreciate your concern your highness and I acquiesce."
I can feel Pam's glee jumping from our bond as she quips "Word of the day?"
"You know it. Okay, let's be serious now. What is the 'pressing business' and don't try to make me leave the room. I won't take that vampire poticial business crapola anymore." I can't help but smile, it wasn't so long ago that I hated vampire politics and now I'm jumping in feet first. Eric is involved, I don't have a choice, he is my everything.
"Lover, when I spoke with Sam earlier he provided me with information that answered a very important question. Felipe, Pam, Alcide, and I have known that we have a traitor in our midst for sometime. We have known that the traitor works for Victor Madden with the ultimate goal of overthrowing the King and sending both he and I to our final deaths."
"What? Do you know about the traitor?" I fight to surpress the panic and rage that is overtaking me. I will not allow this to happen, I can't live without him.
"Before my conversation with Sam we only knew that he was calling himself 'Thomas' but now ..."
"Bill, its Bill. William Thomas Compton."
"Sookie, how do know this?" Eric sent me intently, I can feel his pride. I solved a puzzle that had baffled him.
"I ... I don't have any proof, I just know. When I broke in to his database ... don't look at me like that ..." Eric's right eyebrow is raised and his gaze has intensified "his password was 'Thomas'. Eric ... stop!"
"Stop what? Wondering why the King and I have spent a fourtune, not to mention countless hours trying to feret out the traitor. Wondering why I allowed myself to become indebted to a shifter. Wondering how you figured it out so quickly, and most of all wondering why I did not discuss this with you before."
"Because, we were being stupid and not speaking to each other and then we were ... busy." I feel warmth spreading through my hoohoo just remembering being busy with Eric. I push the thoughts away, for now. "So I'm right, it's true Bill is the traitor?"
"It seem so my Lover. I am sorry, I know that you have feelings for Bill ..."
"No, Eric, I had feelings for Bill." I feel the need to correct him, even if there are witnesses. I can feel the anxiety that he has buried deep inside, I have to ease his mind. "Bill has made his own bed and now I'm going to let him lie in it. You have nothing to be sorry for, your not the traitor. I just want us to be really sure, that's all." I know he can feel my internal turmoil. "What did Sam have to say?"
"Yes Eric what proof have you discovered?" The King's eyes are intent, as they flick back and forth between me and Eric. I feel something ... just a flutter ... what is it? I concentrate on the feeling and realize it is the strongest when the King is looking at me. I wonder ... I reach out with my mind and push. I still have shields! Light, flexible, impenetrable shields! I think about lowering my shields and even before I try my shields are down. Wow! I can hear all of them! The King is a loud broadcaster, just like Amelia, his thoughts come through incredibly clearly "I knew Compton would be trouble ... Eric should have allowed me to stake him when I offered the first time ..."
Listening to Pam is different her, she is not a broadcaster thank God, but she is still loud but in a very good way. Her thoughts are overlaid by the bond, it's like watching TV and listening to the radio at the same time. I feel Pam's chagrin and here her think "I knew it, every time I would think about the traitor I would think about Bill." She thinks his name like it is a bad word and rage feels the bond, her thoughts become broken but the images flashing through her mind are perfectly clear. My child is going to kill Bill slowly and painfully if she gets the chance. The images of Bill's final death bring her comfort, the comfort rolls in to thoughts and images of Eric and I. Love is the next emotion to cascade through the bond, it envelopes me fully. I feel like my heart is going to explode with pride and love for my wondrous, loving, dangerous, vicious child. I could sit here and listen to her for hours, each of her thoughts and emotions are precious to me. I know I should find it weird to feel so maternal towards someone, but I don't Pam is my child I will protect her with my life.
My internal communion with Pam's mind is interrupted by Eric's voice "Sam said two strange vampires by the names of, Harold and Daryl, came into his bar. They drank a blood and then left, it aroused his suspicions so he followed them ... right to Compton's house. I can feel that Sookie, Sam was only trying to protect you so let it go." I don't like Eric calling me on my emotions in front of other people, but I keep my mouth shut, we will talk about it later. "Sam was only able to listen for a little while before the wind changed and he had to leave but he was able to discover that they work for Victor Madden, which we already knew. Sam also said that Harold and Daryl called Bill 'Thomas'."
Warning bells are sounding in my mind "Eric, I think this is a setup. I think they wanted it to get back to you that Harold and Daryl were visiting Bill, what other reason would there to be for them to stop by the bar where I work? Now what I can't figure out is who are they trying to setup, you or Bill."
ERIC'S POV
I should not be surprised, but I am. Sookie has not only told me the name of the traitor, without hesitation, she has seen through Compton's charade just as quickly. I momentarily wonder if this is another one of her gifts, this is not the first time she has made such a fast analytical jump, I add the thought to the growing list of things that we will discuss later. There are so many things about her that I do not know. I suddenly feel off balance. I take a mental step back and look at my Lover, it is as if I am seeing her again for the first time. There are not words for the emotions I am feeling, the creature standing before me, is so beautiful, for a moment I wish I could breathe just so she could take my breath away. Her alabaster skin is glowing, her blue eyes are dancing, alight by the ethereal fire that is her being. I cannot help it, I smile at her almost shyly and I am instantly rewarded with waves of love and devotion through the bond. My body responds and begins to swell, by the Gods, this woman has invaded my very soul with a burning desire for her, she is intoxicating.
"Lover, you seem to understand the crux of our problem, please tell me more." I want her to keep talking. I want to feel her and hear her voice, but even more than that she always thinks outside of the box.
"Well ... I ... Eric I'm not very good at this." I can feel her trepidation beginning to seep through the bond. I push confidence to her, come on Sookie, take charge this is important, you have to be confident and forceful to be vampire.
"Oh hell Sookie!" Your good at everything you do, why can't you see that? I would have never stopped to think that this was a setup, I just assumed the other side got sloppy. You have to stop this shit! You know how vamps are you can't let them see you sweat, come on now just try." Alcide is blunt, I cannot be angry with him it had to be said.
"Fine, I don't think that they got sloppy, I think there are several things they could be up to. Maybe Bill has out lived his usefulness and they want us to take him out. Then once we do this they could try to use his final death as a justification to move against us. I really don't think this is it, I think that they are laying a trail for us to follow. I think they are going to do something, probably to me since I'm the lowly human, then Eric will go straight to Bill's house where they will be waiting for him." Pride flows through me, my bonded has more than proven her skill as a political tactician, more than assuring her own status, she could rise quickly through the vampire ranks, all on her own, if she wants to.
The King is clapping. "Bravo, bravo! Sookie, you have hit the nail on the head, I believe that an attack against your bonded is imminent, Eric. The only question is what do we do about it?"
I am shocked when Sookie is the one to answer "I'm going to stake the bastard and send him to meet his bitch of a maker before he ruins the celebration." I know she can feel my shock reverberating through the bond. In the past she has always protected Bill, but more than that she has never liked anyone dying, holding to the modern belief that all life is precious. I reach out with my mind, it is a forgone conclusion that Compton will be meeting his maker, but I want to understand her decision. I want to hear her thoughts, her emotions changing too quickly for me to have any true understanding of her feelings.
I slide in to her mind with surprising ease, she is berating herself "I'm so stupid! Why didn't I see this before?" her emotions shift, resolve comes crashing through the bond and she thinks "I can't keep burying my head in the sand." I feel the wall she has wrapped around her rage begin to crumble and she speaks aloud "Bill lied to me, cheated on me, almost drained me, raped me, and now he is trying to kill Eric. Fuck him!" Her rage is ripping through the bond like a tidal wave, rage like I have never felt before. I can feel her stripping off the last of her human "forgive and forget" conditioning. The emotions she has been suppressing for so long flow to the surface unchecked. Her fangs are down, her eyes are glowing with bloodlust as she growls "I cannot, no I will not allow Bill's treachery to stand! Eric is mine! I will not allow any harm to come to him!"
I did not understand until the very end that her rage was not for herself, her unbridled rage was because Compton was threatening me! I cannot believe it, she should want to kill him for all of the things that he has done to her, but she has no thoughts or images of herself. The only coherent images I could see through her towering rage were flashing of the pain in my eyes when I had to make him tell her about Lorena, the pain in my eyes when I pulled her from the trunk of the car, the pain in my eyes when she walked away with the shifter in Rhodes. She has raised her eyes to meet mine, looking right into my soul, opening herself fully to me, sending me immeasurable love. I reach out opening myself to her, I feel nothing, I see nothing but her, we are alone floating in the bond.
I am almost knocked to my knees when Pam's emotions join with ours, I had not realized the extend of the connection the three of us now share. I send calming love through the bond to my beautiful women. My lover and my child, both curled against my chest their blond heads touching. I can feel them communicating with each other through their maker's bond. I cannot help but chuckle, these two are going to be a force to be reckoned with, I cannot help but wonder if they will ever let me have them together, I push the thought away, the King and Alcide are here, just staring at us with amused expressions.
Sookie's rage has abated, now that she is calm I try to give her a graceful way to recant her recent declaration. "Lover, do you really want to be the one to stake Bill?" I expect her to say 'no, I want you to do it Baby' or something along those lines, maybe ask Alcide or the King to have it done, but she floors me when she say "Yes, Eric, I really want to do it myself. I need Bill to be dead and forgotten. Now that we have that settled, tell me what are we going to do about Pam's punishment? I really think you and I should get that out of the way tonight when the King and Alcide leave."