[Authors note: I will be using the older more primal Greek gods in this story as much as possible. I will also be adding gods from other Pantheons as well. Freyja and Loki for the Nordic, Kali for the Hindu as well as a few others. I will not necessarily be sticking to real history, or each gods mythical domain. I will be intermingling many of them as well. To make life easier for others reading this chapter I will list the current gods in scene and their spheres of power.
Nyx Goddes of Night
Morpheus God of Prophetic Dreams
Phanatos God of Dreams of Fantasy
Phobetor God of Nightmares
Hypnos God of Sleep
Thanatos God of the Dead
Philotes Goddess of Friendship, The Pleasure of Love, and Affection
Hemera Goddess of the Day
Aether God of Light and Atmosphere
Eos Goddess of Dawns Gate
Freyja Nordic Goddess of Love, Fertility, Beauty, War, Death, and Gold.
I hope this helps keep things from being to confusing. I also want to make a note that I am combining traits from the books as well as the TV show so if you are typically a fan of one or the other and character seems new or out of place they are most likely not an original. I currently have no plans to create current main line characters of my design. Staff for business, day men, and pack filler will be generated like random characters in a D&D campaign.
I am still without an Editor or Beta Reader drop me a line if you are interested. Now on with the story!]
(Nyx's Scrying Chamber)
A beautiful woman entered her hair a deep and rich strawberry blond. She watched Morpheus as he lay on the edges of the scrying pool his eyes wide open their swirling depths plunging into what she assumed was dreams. Smiling softly she walked over to her uncle and began to run her fingers through his hair. "Good evening my sweet neice." Chimed Morpheus truly content with the woman's presence as her sky blue eyes focused on his fingers. They were twined together resting lightly on his chest. The silvery silk of his shirt wrinkled and tangled beneath his hands as he focused his gaze on Eos face. "How are you this evening? I understand you and Hemera will be here together?"
Her smile widened as she leaned to kiss forehead. "Yes uncle she will. I came early hoping to see grandmother."
Morpheus frowned lightly. "You do not know why we are all here today bright one?" He then rolled over and rested his head in the young woman's lap as she sat beside him.
"No she just asked that I be here so here I am. Is something wrong? Will you show me?" Her voice was full of concern as she continued to run her fingers through his dark locks.
Nuzzling her lap and enjoying the smell of the sunlight on her clothes and skin Morpheus closed his eyes. His attention divided between watching Sookie, and conversing with his sweet niece, now he was going to send what he had found to her as gently as he could so as not to startle the young woman. "Yes my dear I shall. Give moment I want this to be as painless as possible for you."
"Uncle I am no delicate flower just show me silly." she laughed and reached over with one hand to flick water from the pool onto his back. He rolled onto his back again and looked up at her face smirking. "You asked for it little one." Then he sent it all in one rush causing her to gasp at the harshness of it.
"Okay next time I will let you take your time that was very unpleasant." She grimaced then scowled as her lips pursed in a discontented expression. "Those three are walking on my last nerve." Her sweet voice became a low growl as Phanatos, Phobetor, Hypos, and Thanatos walked in.
Thanatos focused on the two and their cuddly pose with their unpleasant expressions. "I see you have wrangled the sweetest of us into your clutches." His voice seemed playful as he watched them. Phanatos and Phobetor shook their heads, and walked to the opposite end of the pool avoiding their older brother as much as possible. Eos focused her frown at Thanatos, while Hypnos idled beside him with a playful grin.
"Actually I found him and interrupted his dream filtering so keep your nasty thoughts to yourself. I swear the five of you can be so so so..." She seemed at a loss for words when a man and woman so golden and bright they radiated like the sun walked in.
The woman chimed in smiling as if everything in the world was right no matter what. "Sweet niece they are male, just say it. They are so MALE." She laughed as the man beside her gave her a slightly disconcerted frown.
"Hemera dear do you really think all men behave that way? Surely I do not?" His features were delicate and pointed, his body well muscled and toned as the smaller woman beside him burst into a fit of giggles.
"Aether you are just as MALE as they, your jokes and pranks just tend to be of a slightly different bent. I swear all of you need to quit trying to compete it is just childish." She laughed and flopped down by Morpheus bare feet picked them up and plopped them onto her lap. "Come husband sit with me." One of her slender little hands kneeded the inner soul of Morpheus foot while the other patted the stone edge of the pool beside her. Aether The Lord of Light narrowed his silvery blue eyes at the dark haired man who was receiving the attentions of Eos and his lovely wife Hemera Lady of the Day. Recalitrantly he sat remained silent whilst watching the rest speak softly as they waited for Nyx to apear.
Philotes seemed to storm into the room her soft pink dress pooling around her feet as she walked up to Morpheus, Eos gazed at her aunt quirking an eyebrow upward, while Hemera rolled her eyes. "You are a cheat! We aren't suppose to start till after the meeting and everyone has picked, but you started last night! It is not fair!" Philotes pouted cutely and stomped her foot on the marble floor.
A deep chuckle escaped Morpheus as his sister scolded. "I think not little sister, you stated no such rules and if you think I am the only one you are so wrong. Mother dearest has chosen her player and started as well. I believe her rules supersede yours when she joins any games we play." His gaze shifted to the strawberry blond whose skin went from a delicate pink to a stark white in seconds.
"Mother is playing as well?" Gulped the youthful looking woman as her hands fell limply at her side.
"Oh yes our youngest brother seems to be in need of her and she interested in assisting him." He had an arrogant smirk plastered on his face, if Philotes didn't know any better she would swear Morpheus was a dark haired version of the crazy Viking.
She swallowed hard before speaking again. "I do not know what you mean, what brother? All of my siblings by Nyx live in this dreadfully boring palace, Elysium, Blest, or the Underworld." She seemed really confused and now Morpheus had the attention of every family member in the room. He seemed content ot ignore them all. "By night Morpheus what in the named of Hespheastus' ugly face are you talking about anyway you are not making any sense at all!"
"Yes he is my child, Morpheus makes perfect sense. Your youngest brother was left with his father for his father was a mortal king. I wanted your brother to be happy and safe. I have discovered he was neither." A voice was agitated as her dark hair trailed behind her feet upon the floor. It was like a cascade of dark silk that blended with black gracian gown she wore hiding everything but her pale, long, slender arms, and face from view. Her eyes were black, no whites, no pupils only what appeared a swirling of silver stars in the dark depths sparkling like diamonds. She was the true mistress of the night this evening.
Thanatos suddenly squirmed as his mother entered the room. His deep dark eyes focused out one of the large windows to stare at the night sky. Nyx's gaze shifted toward her son and focused intently upon him. "Why did you do to your brother what you did." Her voice was so cold and filled with frost every one in the room shivered. They knew not to anger this woman. Mother or grandmother she may be, but she could also dish out the cruelest and most painful of punishments when crossed.
"He needed rescued... They were using him, it was disgusting." Thanatos voice as soft and quite at his response. While Nyx seemed to rage where she stood. "Rescued by someone who raped and tortured him even more?" The cascade of black silken that fell around her began to shimmer and fly about her as energy crackled darkly in an menacing aura around her.
Thanatos finally looked at her a small tear falling down his cheek. "Yes and you know I punished and killed him for it. I destroyed his soul and his essence, that of my own son for my brother are you still going to punish me for it? Even though I have lost more then you?" His voice was and distant as he looked at her with no fear and complete and utter sorrow. "What more do you want from me?" The last was said in a soft whisper before he turned away again to look out the window.
Eos looked between those in the room confused. Morpheus took in her expression and signed. "Little Eos Thanatos assigned one of his offspring whom he granted night's blessings to rescue our little brother from the roman slave pits. He did so but then he used very powerful blood magic and turned our little brother into what he has become. The man was also jealous of his fathers interest in our sibling and took out his frustration on Godric, raping and debasing him for many years. Thanatos peeked in to check on his child and discovered what happened. He destroyed his son for tormenting a demi-god so and forcing him to turn to Loki. He warped our little brother to the point of near insanity and Thanatos had to make recompense for it. However mother is still angry and may demand more..." He then remained silent as his focus was split elsewhere.
Nyx's narrowed her eyes and spoke with a softer tone. "I will not require more suffering but you will aid your brother and use others of your blood to do so. This time however you will watch them to insure they never harm him again am I clear?" Thanatos nodded still gazing out the window. "Yes mother." the answer was replied in a bare whisper.
Philotes was tired of the drama and clapped her hands once. "Good now that is settled we must all pick our players then. Since mother and Morpheus have already done so that leaves the rest of us!" She then skipped to the pool and immediately brought up hers, Alcide's face floated in the rippling water as he moved around a small apparent. "This one is mine!" She smiled proudly. Eos looked over and laughed. "Are you nuts he belongs to Artemis! She will shoot you full of arrows and leave you suffering for fiddling with what she considers hers. That and how can we all pick a player for a game some of us haven't even heard the rules for?"
Philotes pouted looking around the room for some one to help her when Nyx sighed and linked their minds she telepathically sent the rules out to all of them and crossed her arms impatiently as she waited for the rest to move to the pool. Every shuffled over, those there lounging stood and turned to face the water as they too picked their earthly game pieces. Pamela, Sophie-Ann, Terry, Tara, Claud, Cladine, and Hadley appeared next to images of Godric, Alcide, and Sookie. Nyx's lips pursed and Morpheus made a soft sigh discontent. "There aren't enough we need more players."
"I believe that the childe my son created is the offspring of someone... Thanatos who does he belong to?" Her voice was curious as she tried to trace him couldn't. Thanatos raised and eyebrow and laughed. "Mother who do you think Loki would have balls enough to encourage our brother to steal from?" Pausing for several moments to contemplate it she smiled. "Freyja, that explains why I cannot trace his line." Eric's face appeared in the pool as he sat in the Lobby of the Carmilla ordering a donor. "Yes call her maybe she would like to play; we shared The Fates together as children I wonder if she knows how impudent they have become, that and she is far more reasonable then Aphrodite ever was."
The room suddenly became filled a static charge as Nyx raised her hand and closed her eyes. A sly, evil grin formed on her face as a light appeared beside her in the form of falcon, then slowly shifted to a woman with golden hair that flowed to kiss the backs of her knees, her eyes a glowing blue, skin as pale as frosty snow, a long white gown that showed off her ample curves, and a trailing cloak of falcons feathers. "Well hello there... How are the Greek rulers this evening?" her voice purred dripping with a tone so deep and sexy every man in the room fixed their eyes on her as she walked to the pool and gazed down at her Erik. "Beautiful isn't he? Capable of cold cruelty, yet intense passion. One of my favorites." He finger reached down and broke the image causing it to ripple and break into several ringed fragments. "I accept your game Nyx, I haven't hung out with you since you took that silly Dacian chieftain that loved me so. It is nice to see your union with him brought one of yours to love one of mine. I am going to enjoy this very much."
Nyx raised a raven colored brow at the Nordic goddess as she sat the edge of the scrying pool smiling. "What of our wayward daughters my dear, how shall we punish them?" Freyja seemed to be ignoring her former lover to watch their children as they stumbled about. After what seemed seemed like an eternity with the rest of the room watching two the major powers silently the blond woman's full pouting lips parted in an evil smile. "We unravel their tapestry to the point where they must start over again. Then we tie their dog to Loki as a pet so he cannot interfere. Once one tapestry unravels they all will. The three of them will spend a very long time reweaving what we have broken." She chuckled then straightened her spine to stretch. "I have picked my player who else gets to play? Maybe Loki can help you with Yuðán-Rīkjaz he was always fond of him."
"His name is Godric now, I doubt Loki would be pleased his follower is now basking in the light of a false god created by men, however I shall share my son with him if he is here to help rather then to hinder, if he crosses me I will make him suffer." Nyx walked up to Freyja and gently ran a finger over the woman's bare arm in a familiar way before reaching up and letting the woman's golden hair pass between her slender fingers. "Maybe we can revisit old memories whilst we play." The energy in the room suddenly changed, and all of the younger deities turned to the two older woman with shock on their faces at the realization the two had truly been lovers instead of just making their shared offspring. "That would please me greatly Lover..." Freyja's voice purred again her lips turning into an sexy smirk that matched the one on Eric's face in the scrying pool. He was definitely her progeny.
Hemera's hands clasped together before she spoke and looked over at her husband. "My husband and I chose sky Fae, they are not born of us but we created them none the less. We might wish to include Njord/Aeolus as he is the lord of wind and helped create the Sky Fae which seem to be quite prominent here. Styx may wish to join us and I am sure several others. Also we might want to get Dionysus to play, one of his concubines has journeyed into madness and is playing around where she will be in the midst of our game. We can call them in and let them play but I would like to start now instead of waiting for everyone else to show up and chose. I am also curious as to why so many powerful creatures are in one place, it doesn't make sense, it is but a worthless swamp." She was rambling like she always did when her mind went into plotting and thinking. Aether smiled at her and gently brought her into a snug embrace as he stood next his lovely wife.
"No one said you couldn't start, I am playing as we speak so help yourselves. As for the swamp... Demeter and Gaia dumped a ton of power there ages ago and left it. It draws in more power to sustain itself from the portals and dimensional gates to sustain itself." Morpheus chuckled merrily before closing his eyes. Yes things were definitely going to be interesting, chaotic and messy. Daddy was going to be so proud but grandfather was going to be down right ecstatic..
(Sookie's POV Hotel Carmilla Entrence Scene 17)
I was annoyed Bill had been telling what I couldn't do and what he wouldn't allow all evening. I needed space and to find Eric to see if he found out anything new, but I wanted to avoid him and his questions at the same time. Sighing I mentally decided to put on my big girl panties and turned to Bill gently placing my hand on his upper. "Bill I need to ask question of the receptionist, human stuff. I also need to eat dinner and I know how you hate watching me, do you want to meet back the room in a couple of hours?" I watched as Bill frowned for a moment then nodded.
"That would probably be best sweetheart." His voice had suddenly gone smooth as silk but it didn't make me quiver like it normally would. I just smiled softly and kissed his cheek before walking up to the reception counter and watching him go up in the elevator. I sighed heavily thankful he was gone.
With Bill gone I stepped up to the receptionist and smiled sweetly. "Excuse me, is Barry the bellboy working tonight?"
The woman gave a sad look as she gazed at me over her paperwork. "No, I'm sorry, Barry quit today. Can I get one of the other bellboys to assist you this evening miss?"
"What!" My heart sank. I surely hope he didn't quit because of me. "Oh, shoot. Thanks but I will be alright mam have a good evening."
I made my way to the restaurant and noticed it was partitioned off with a strange seating area filled with Vampires and humans wearing tags with their blood types. I stopped dead in my tracks I had never seen a willing human buffet for vampires before and between the wooden slats I saw Eric sitting on a couch with one of them, his expression bored senseless, while he drank blood from a beautiful brunette.
"Hmm, That's it, baby." Eric stopped as soon as the words came out of the woman's mouth his expression went from bored to filled with distaste. "Baby"?I'm over a thousand years old." His voice was chilled, I new that tone if she wasn't careful she was going to get hurt.
"Are you not having a good time?" she turned her head to look at Eric as he refused to look at her at all.
"There's just not much thrill left in feeding on the willing." He admonished his tone bored again.
She looked worried and reached her hand up to touch his face her brow furrowed. "Then should I try pretending not to want it?"
He caught the hand reaching for him in a firm grip and returned it to her side "Only if you are very, very good at it." He dead panned.
She nodded and smiled at him tilting her head to the side again as he gripped her firmly and leaned down to drink again. "Get off me. You sick… bloodsucking bastard." the woman sounded like an orgasming cat who enjoyed itself way to much. Eric stopped drinking almost instantly with look of complete and utter disappointment. My hands went to my mouth to stifle a chuckle as another brunette approached Eric. This one a Vampire.
Eric picked the woman up in front of him and made a shooing gesture with his hands "Off you go. Tell your manager you were magnificent. I'll back up your story if he calls" The laugh left her. First off she had never given blood to Bill without it leading to sex of some kind, it seemed strange Eric would just shoo the woman without becoming more... sexual then he was. Then there was the vampire in front of him she seemed so smug, far more smug then Eric ever was.
"I was beginning to think you weren't going to accept my invitation, Lorena." Eric raised an eyebrow in her direction as he rested his elbows on his knees leaned forward. Lorena placed a hand on hip and smirked with narrowed eyes. "For a vampire, you're a terrible liar."
"I wasn't lying, I half way considered that since your darling William has now taken a human lover whom he treats as an equal you wouldn't care to be in the same vicinity as he is." Eric had his blank mask on and my jaw had dropped. What in the hell was he talking about!
"William would never take up with a worthless human whore, she is his project nothing more. Russel has contacts in New Orlean's who have informed him that Miss Stackhouse is nothing more then a chore for William to accomplish so me being here will most likely be a pleasant surprise." It felt like my heart was going to break in my chest. I had to calm down, I couldn't think about this. I fled making my way to the human section of the restaurant and waited for a waiter to bring me a menu.
I spent several minutes breathing deeply trying to clear my mind and keep my emotions in check. I knew Bill could feel me. After closing my eyes and rerunning the last few chapters of the novel I had read on the flight here my waiter appeared and gave me a menu citing the specials of the day. I nodded and ordered the first thing he spouted off. I wasn't really hungry anymore, but I had to eat. I forced myself to eat. By the time I was halfway through my meal I was ready to get mad at Eric. Did he know? If so why didn't he tell me when I asked? How does he know that woman? Who was that woman. While I was intently focused on my food and inner rant I felt presence take the seat next to me.
"Miss Stackhouse it is incredibly rude to eaves drop. Not that it mattered I planned on informing you of the information as I soon I saw you next. However I do have more, if you're interested." I looked into his blue eyes and refused to cry. I nodded without saying a word and continued to eat. His eyes seemed glued on my lips watching me with the strangest expression almost as if he wanted a bite of the steak I was putting in my mouth.
"I am sorry I am really hungry I know vampires don't like watching us eat..." I was rambling and Eric put a hand up in the air as if to gesture me to stop his eyes blazing.
"Sookie who told you that?" It was that chilly, pissed off tone of voice again.
I patted my mouth with my napkin and swallowed hard. "Bill did, he said it smells disgusting and tastes even worse he makes brush my teeth several times after eating or he wont kiss me."
Eric's eyes narrowed to to mere slits. "Bill is unique in that regard, tell me Sookie is there something you cannot stand to eat due to the taste or an allergy?"
"Ahm yeah.. I hate beats..." I stammered.
He raised an eyebrow. "Sookie does it bother when other people eat beats?" His voice carried a hint of curiosity.
I fidgeted in my seat and shook my head no. "Well no I don't care if they eat it so long as I don't have to... what does that have to do with anything?"
A soft smile played on Eric's face as he leaned forward and looked me directly in the eyes. "Does it bother when your Bill drinks True Blood?"
"I think it is disgusting but as long as I don't have to taste what does it matter? He needs it to eat. I still don't..." Then in a blink I did understand. "It doesn't bother you to watch me because you don't have to eat it. What about the smell?"
Eric laughed. It was loud and robust and almost happy I suddenly felt my girly parts tingle and started to eat again to hide my embarrassment. "Sookie if I was offended by the smell I would never have entered the room. If you think human food would be offensive to my overly sensitive sense of smell then the scent of the combined sweat, drunken vomit, perfumes, and deodorants of the humans who come to my club would leave me crippled. No you eating doesn't bother me. However I find the way your luscious lips savor each bite leave me with a longing to see them devouring parts of myself." His voice went from humorous to dripping with sex in less then a second. "You smell divine when your excited Sookie." He purred.
Oh my god he could smell that! I wanted to die. I did not dignify with his comment with a response and changed the subject. "You said you had more information for me?"
He chuckled softly, before leaning back in his chair. "Indeed I do. Pam returned my call. Your cousin is quite well. In fact she old Rasul that the Queen was giving Mr Compton a bonus so that he could buy you an engagement ring, and residence in New Orleans. Hadley stated she was rather excited you would be joining her as the Queen's newest childe and Bill's new wife. Interesting how your life is being plotted out for you behind your back by others. I always pictured you as free willed and independent."
My fork fell out of my hand as it began to shake. This was the most any vampire had ever said to me in my life. In less then 10 minutes Eric has talked to me more then Bill ever had in a single sitting, broken my heart, shattered my dreams and injured my pride, "Do you take pleasure in hurting me, is my pain some how some a joke you find insanely funny Eric?" I was angry, hurt and sad as I looked up at him and let the tears fall down my cheeks. "You know I thought maybe after today you might not be a complete asshole, but the way your treating right now makes me wonder if it was just so you could hit me where it counts later." I stood up and put my napkin on the table and made to leave.
Eric's reached out and gently grabbed my wrist as he looked up at me a look of regret on his face. "I had no intention of hurting you Sookie, at least not intentionally..."
I looked down at him and closed my eyes before jerking my hand back and whispering. "Well you did."
I started to walk away and I heard Eric string a series of foreign expletives behind me. "Sookie wait."
I kept walking, I didn't want to go back to my room and I wasn't hungry. Eric could pay my bill for all I cared. I wondered through the Hotel and found myself staring into small garden filled with artificial lights and real flowers. I wonder through letting my fingers trail over random brightly colored blossoms. The dreams I had about Bill were right. He lied to me, he used me, he was going to let his bitch Queen murder and turn me. I stifled sob and wandered over to a bench and sat down.
I have no idea how long I was there my head tilted back and my eyes closed. My arms wrapped tightly about myself. It felt like forever yet only a few moments at the same time. "Sookie?" Eric's voice was soft and seemed to sound a little nervous.
"What do you want Eric?" Again my voice was a mere whisper of sound.
"I … do not like it when you cry, it makes me feel... " He wasn't looking at me, he was standing there in front of me with his black tank top and his dark jeans, his face looking off to the side while the fingers of his hands twitched next to his thighs.
"It doesn't matter Eric you only told me what I asked you to find." I got up and brushed the wrinkles out of my skirt. "Thank you for that by the way."
He turned to look at me with an expression I had never seen before. He almost looked pained. "You are welcome." He nodded his head and stared at me for a long time before his phone rang. Again he spoke in that language I didn't understand or know then hung up and looked at me me shaking his head. "Lorena is dangerous I should not have called her here."
I looked at Eric and sighed. "Will she be coming to mine and Bill's room?"
"Most likely." He replied and sighed. Which seemed odd to me since he did not need to breathe.
"You will come if I need you?" I asked softly.
His gaze intensified as he looked at me. "I will not know if you need me Sookie. I would if I could sense your danger."
I stepped close to him and kept my arms firmly wrapped around my torso. "Bill gave me his blood he said he could feel me. But if he is with her... and I am just an assignment... and she..." I was stammering through tears, again the pained expression on Eric's face returned.
"I could give you my blood Sookie and if anything happened I promise I will come help you." His voice was a mere whisper this time. I looked over at a hydrenia bush and pondered all the ramifications.
"Will Bill know if you did?" I looked back at him and asked.
Eric paused perfectly still for several minutes as if he was debating with himself. "If it is only a small amount he will be able to smell me on you. However you could just tell him I harassed you on the elevator which would be why my scent is all over you. Did Bill tell you all of the implications of drinking Vampire blood?"
I blinked several times. "He said it would increase my sex drive, make me healthy and let him know how I felt and where I was."
I saw Eric's face go from soft and somewhat sweet to fully enraged. "He did not tell you it draws you to the one whose blood you took? He did not tell you it can possibly give one control over your emotions and feelings? Sookie tell me how and when did Bill give you his blood." The edge to his voice was frightening I knew it wasn't directed at me but I took a step back.
My fear wasn't only at Eric's anger but at the fact I had been manipulated, tricked. "No he didn't I saved him from drainers they hand him pinned down with a silver chain, a few days later he was suppose to meet me after work and didn't show up those drainers attacked me I almost died... Bill saved me, he gave me a lot of his blood... he licked my wounds to help them heal. then the first time we came to Fangtasia he insisted we share blood because he said it would make me stronger..."
I saw something snap in Eric. I thought he could be frightening before but the sudden tenseness of his whole body and the look in his eyes screamed of death as the sharp steely edge of his reached me. "Tell me Sookie if Bill had been attacked by drainers why was his sheriff wasn't informed of the assault. I am also curious as to how two backwater drainers from Bon Temps were able to capture and harm someone as old as Bill who is capable of glamor, I am also curious as to why the one day Bill is suppose to meet you after work you are attacked and nearly killed by same said assailants who if any other vampire had been attacked would have been dead as soon as he was healed?"
I started to shake. I was no longer afraid of Eric but the things he was implying. I was scared to go back to my room, I was scared to stay with Eric. I watched as the tall man in front of me as nostrils flared, his eyes widened as he pursed his lips for several seconds. He could smell my fear. I took several deep breaths to calm myself when I heard him speak. "It is not my intent to frighten you Sookie. I am beginning to think that maybe you will be needing me to acquire you your own room. My suite has two bedrooms like your own, the spare is unoccupied and locks from the inside you are more then welcome to it." He turned his head to look away and stare off into space again. He stood perfectly still without blinking like a statue.
I could barely think and Eric's words barely registered in my head. I needed safety and sanctuary and he was offering it. "Okay... but I am going to need my things, and I will need an outfit for tomorrow.."
He looked at me again he seemed surprised I had accepted. He reached his hand out to me. "Come I will make sure your things are retrieved and a disguise delivered in the morning, we can finish talking in the room." I nodded and took his hand following him to an elevator not far from the garden. We rode up in silence my small hand resting in his giant one. I always felt so small when I was near him, now I felt absolutely tiny. I smiled softly when I remembered the last time my hand was engulfed by someone else. I remembered my Dad walking with me down the road my little hand surrounded by his.
I looked up from our joined hands and saw Eric staring down at me with curiosity written all over his face. "Your moods change rapidly what has made you so happy."
I gave him a big smile and chuckled softly. "You suddenly reminded me of my Dad." Eric guffawed and looked as if I could bowl him over with a feather.
"I am most certainly am not your father!" He sounded indignant which of course me made laugh even more.
He suddenly dropped my hand and scowled. "Daddy Eric! I can see it now, you holding a small kid in giant hand and scowling at it till it either stopped crying screamed even more!"
His eyes narrowed at me. "My children rarely cried in my presence and I never made them scream."
I stopped, did he just say he had children like real ones. "Really? How many?" I had stopped laughing and had become genuinely curious.
"Six." He said stiffly as the elevator opened and he walked out. It was my turn to guffaw. I couldn't believe Eric Northman the heartless Sherrif of area 5 had any kids let alone 6 of them. I followed him silently to the room pondering what he had said. He had been human once, he had a wife and kids just like Bill. We entered the room and he kept walking toward the bedroom on the left and opened the door to go in.
"Eric.. what happened to them. Your children I mean." He looked at me with the stoniest expression I had ever seen. He was frozen one hand on the door knob holding the door opened slightly as bright blue eyes locked onto mine. "I am sorry if I being nosy you don't have to answer... I was just curious."
His hand fell from the door knob as he continued to look me. His silence engulfed the room for the longest time as he just stood there, then his mouth turned down only slightly. "Three died shortly after they were born, two daughters lived and one son, the youngest died with his mother within two weeks of his birth." He delivered the information with the flattest voice I had ever heard but his eyes spoke so much more.
"If how well you take care of Pam is how an indication of how well you took care of them you must been a wonderful father I am sorry I teased you." I whispered softly.
He blinked several times as if marginally startled then smiled. "Why Sookie, are you giving me a compliment?" He was changing the subject and I knew it. He was doing exactly what I did when uncomfortable.
"Indeed I am, you are also very kind to let me stay here, and I think you are far more human then would like to admit." I smiled at him and winked.
He stepped toward me slowly like a cat stalking prey with that leering smirk of his. "Sookie, Sookie, Sookie. If I didn't know better I would think your were flirting with me." He stopped a couple of feet in front of me and put his hands behind his back whilst bending forward to get his face within inches from my own.
"Mr, Northman I think that is wishful thinking on your part." I smiled, patted his cheek and stepped around him making my way to the white sofa to sit down. I smoothed down the back of my skirt flat before seating myself. "I believe there was something you wished to discuss with me this evening?" I knew I was opening a can of worms I had intended to avoid when the evening started but I prayed he believed me when I answered him.
He was stepping toward me then stopped dead in his tracks. His head tilted slightly to the left as he stared at me then he opened his mouth to speak and stopped being silent for a lenthened period of time. He started again his hands still clutched behind his back. "I want to know how you knew of Rasul, the Queen, and your suspicions of Bill." He stated it flatly it wasn't a question. It wasn't a command it was him rattling off a list things he needed to know.
I puckered my lips tightly then moved them from side to side before I answered. "Bill has always been a little weird. Possessive and attentive sometimes, ignoring me others. He works on that lap top of his at home all the time. Sometimes I see pictures of other vampires on the screen and such. He gets angry with me if he sees me looking so I try not to most times. Y'all are so private I didn't think anything of it. You know, now might be a good time for Pam to see what Bill left at home, he has that weird wall cabinet upstairs in the spare room full of papers..." I trailed off remembering when he forbade me from ever opening it and locked it with a small key. "Oh yeah the key to the house is in the bushes outside to the right of the porch, there is a little root that sticks up slightly, he puts I under there.." My brain was thinking a mile a minute I knew my face was going through several different expressions.
I hear Eric clear his throat and looked at him, he had moved next to me and then sat down. "Ms Stackhouse that doesn't answer my questions at least not directly. I thank you for the information however and will have Pam look into it directly." He had his cell phone in his hand and was typing so fast on it his fingers blurred. "You said you couldn't read Bill's mind, I will accept you made a logical assumption of Godric being my maker though I do not believe it. I could buy that you saw Rasul and Sophia-Ann's names on Bill's computer, but it doesn't explain the other little details." He looked up from his phone and directly into my eyes waiting for me to reply.
I swallowed and replied rather simply. "I dreamed it. I know you are going to think I am crazy as hell and or lying to you but I did."
Eric blinked once and sighed. "Sookie, if you had my blood I could tell if you were lying to me, but you haven't so I am unable to." I cut him off by grabbing his arm.
"Then give me a couple drops and find out dammit! I am not lying to you! I may be crazy as hell but I ain't lying!" I was getting mad really mad. Then I realized what I had said. Eric said taking a vampires blood gave them influence over you. "But only if promise me you wont try to make do anything I don't want, and you won't send me off to be a pet for some other vampire."
Eric stared at me intently and said in a sad tone. "I can't promise that exactly, I can promise I will do everything in my power to prevent anything of the sort from happening. Will that be sufficient for you?" I nodded and gulped again. I was trusting a vampire I could have sworn last week I hated so much I would rather have cancer then sit next to him and now I was trusting him with my life.
"No sex Eric." I stated as soon as his expression turned into a sexual leer. My words caused him to laugh again as he stared down at me.
"Will you let me taste you if I agree?" His voice purred and nearly drove me insane.
"That depends Eric are you going to be a gentleman about it or I am going to have to go to my room and lock the door?" I was serious as a heart attack. I may be upset with Bill and what he had done, well upset was putting it nicely I was heartbroken. However I was not jumping into bed some other man, well vampire's coffin just because of it. I raised an eyebrow waiting for his response.
He slipped his cell phone onto the table then turned to me sitting sideways on the couch. His long legs were all bunched up and looking silly. Then his hand reached out and gently brushed my cheek moving a strand of my hair behind my ear. "I will try to the best of my abilities to contain my desire for you Sookie, but I can assure the temptation is very strong and difficult to resist." His voice still purred and dripped with sex, god was I ever in trouble.
"Just behave yourself okay..." He smiled one of the sweetest smiles I had ever seen on his face. There was no longer the leer, or the arrogant smirk, it was gentle, endearing and made me melt in my seat.
"Will you let me hold you while we do this Sookie? I want to make as pleasant as possible for you." His voice was a whisper a tender one. It sent a tingle of electricity down my spine, right between my legs and pooled there. I knew he noticed the change in me because closed his and hmmed softly.
I nodded to him I couldn't speak to much blood had flushed my cheeks to a furious blush and I was afraid if I opened my mouth I would ask him to take me right there. His hand gently coaxed me up off the coach as he guided me over to the chair, He sat down letting his legs sprawl out in front of him then guided me to sit between them, leaning back till my back was resting against his hard chiseled chest. I felt rumbling sound in his chest like a deep purr as caressed my neck with the pointer finger of his right hand. I looked up at his face and saw his eyes where closed and he looked content. I could feel my heart racing my breast as we sat there together. Then I felt his chest rise and fall as he buried his face in my hair. I knew he was smelling me but the contended sounds coming from him as he did made me melt. My god he was making me feel sexy and half scared but he wasn't even doing anything.
I could feel him kissing my head working his way to my ear. I felt my breasts become heavy, and a deep resonating heat throbbing between my legs. Just as his lips brushed the top of my ear he whispered softly. "Are you sure want to do this. You will drink from me sweet Sookie?"
"Yes." My breath was a panted gasp as I replied letting my hands fall down to my sides and rest on his muscled thighs my fingers digging into them for dear life.
He brought his left arm up and around me, bringing his wrist to his lips then bit down. I shuddered as I watched then stared as I saw red droplets seep from his pale skin. "Drink." He whispered placing his wrist to my lips. I hesitantly opened them and let my tongue catch the falling drops and rolled my eyes as Eric's lips kissed the pulse at my neck. Bill's blood had been tangy coppery tasting. Eric's was like honey and sage rolled into a sweet addictive blend. I moaned when I felt his fangs break my skin. This was intense. Sex with Bill had never made me feel like this. Eric and I still had our clothes on and I was seeing stars behind my eyelids and my lady parts were singing. I could feel Eric's shaft in my back as he bucked his hips against me. A whimper left me as the wound in his wrist closed and I craved to feel more of him. Then I felt a wetness at my back I could feel Eric's mouth vibrating as he moaned into my neck still pulling slowly and gently as he drank me into him. I had never felt anything so erotic.
I cried in disappointment as Eric retracted his fangs and licked the wound on my neck closed. I let my head lull against his shoulder as he released his fangs again and pricked his finger to heal then wounds on my neck. "You are by far the most delicious creature I have ever tasted." He licked his remaining blood from my neck his left hand move down from my lips to gently fondle my breast. His other hand snaked up my thigh and beneath my skirt as I squirmed in his arms. "So beautiful Lover." I shuddered at his words and opened my legs as his fingers trailed up to he apxe of my thighs to explore. "Oh so wet for me Lover." He kissed my cheek and I turned my head to kiss his firm lips and sucked his lower lip between my teeth. He growled and slipped the hand on my breast under my shirt and snaked it under my bra. He tugged and teased my nipped as his other snaked beneath my lacy panties stroked my wet folds until they found my nub and flicked it mercilessly. "Yield to me Lover." He whispered ever so softly as I exploded into a state of Bliss.
"Eric.." I gasped as I shuddered in his arms. Then our world was interrupted by Eric's cell phone and reality crashed into my brain. I tried to jump up out of his lap but was held firmly in place by Eric's strong arms that felt like steel bands. "Oh no Lover you wont get away that easily." He whispered his hand moved from under my shirt as he reached over to the tabled and picked up his phone nearly bending me in half while he did so. I could feel his excitement still pressing into back as he moved and I was ashamed I had let things go so far. How could I do this.
Looking at the display Eric moved and pressed a finger gently to my lips before he answered. His fingers were still probing and teasing me between my legs with one hand as he hit a button on his phone wit the other and placed it on the arm of the chair and hit the button to answer it and another to put it on speaker. His hand now free gently covered my mouth. Long fingers caress my lips and snuck between then to graze my teeth and tongue as he answered. "It is Eric." His voice was flat and cold as he spoke but his eyes were filled hunger and need. I whimpered into his hand as his fingers dove into my moist channel and filled me causing me to jerk in his arms. "Yes Bill I saw Sookie down stairs she was eating." Eric sounded bored but I knew he wasn't he was grinding his erection into my back as he spoke and tormented me at the same time. "Will you be staying in your room tonight with Sookie, Bill?"
I felt his fingers curl inside of me and stoke a place that had never been touched before because it instantly send several jolts through me. I began to shudder in his arms again as he smiled down at me moving his fingers in and out of my moist depths and my mouth. "I am enjoying my evenings entertainment Bill. As you will not be staying in your room you may want to inform Jessica and Sookie you will not be returning until tomorrow evening. Will you still be in the hotel?" I felt his thumb flick my nub as his fingers stroked inside of me and I lost it. I never thought I could feel my blood run this hot so many times in one night without even taking my cloths off. When I opened my eyes again I saw Eric sucking the fluid from between my legs off my fingers. "If I need you I will find you in Lorena's room Bill." He reached over and hung up the phone.