Eric watched over Alcide until just before Dawn, Ocella's blood had taken a strange effect on him one that Eric had never seen before.
It was rare for a vampire that old to share blood with anyone but he had never heard of anyone reacting the way Alcide had, not only had the blood burned through his body and cause him to go temporarily insane but it seemed to be having long term effects too.
When Sookie removed the ropes that held Alcide to the chair his body fell limp, Eric lifted him onto the sofa while Sookie ran to get a pillow and a blanket.
At first they were unsure if his aches and pains were from digesting Ocella's blood or if his fight with Eric may have caused his pain, it wasn't until Eric convinced Alcide to drink his blood that we realized the he wasn't healing.
Sookie had seen vampire blood heal people who were knocking on deaths door but it did nothing for Alcide.
He still lay motionless on her sofa unable to move without screaming in pain, Sookie searched her medicine cabinet for something to dull his pain but aside from a little Motrin or Tylenol she had nothing to offer him.
It was getting closer to dawn and Eric felt uncomfortable leaving her alone with Alcide so he pulled his phone from his pocket and dialed Pam's number, he had ordered her to stay away from Sookie and the house and had no intentions of changing his mind but he needed her to send of few things over.
Pam answered the phone in her usual no nonsense tone and listened as Eric rattled off a list of things she was to send over.
Eric didn't bother telling her what had happened at Sookie's house that night he knew her well enough to know if he had she would have come running.
The two of them had always shared a love for battle but this was one he wasn't sure he would win and he didn't want to take anyone with him if he met his true death unless it was Ocella.
There were only a few minutes until dawn when Eric pulled Sookie to him planting a huge kiss on her lips before giving her for the day, he had hoped Alcide would pass out again like he had earlier so they could have had a little alone time but a kiss would have to do for now.
Sookie watched as Eric climbed into the light tight hole for the day and her heart ached, she hated feeling so alone even when she knew he was only a few feet away.
About an hour after dawn a delivery man knocked at her front door he was dropping off the supplies Eric had Pam send over, she opened the door to find the young man staring at the screen as it hung oddly from its frame.
Sookie smiled at the man as she took the package from him but he clearly thought her to be a pretty girl and he wondered how she had gotten mixed up with vampire's, he had been a V addict and he was caught draining a very young female vamp in his dorm.
"You didn't kill the vampire girl did you?" the boy jumped in his skin and he stared at her wide eyed and scared as hell before he stormed off the porch.
Her life had never been normal and when anyone found out about her little secret they had thought she was crazy and some even taunted her so she found it amusing to taunt them back every now and then.
She turned her attention back to the package she had set aside and when she opened it she found herself busting with laughter, there were several vials of horse tranquilizer and syringes but the thing that had made her laugh was the giant sat of chocolate lips that held a card that read. 'Happy Six Month Anniversary Lover'
Sookie never expected Eric to remember such a human thing they had come such a long way in just six months, she knew she could never live without him and anything that threatened to take him away would have to die including Ocella.
It was with that thought that a light bulb went off and Sookie had a plan, she would kill Ocella right now in broad day light he would have to be staying at Bills old house right?
Sookie took the medicine from the box and walked into the living room filling a syringe with the horse tranquilizer and gave it Alcide, she waited for him to be fully asleep before she made her way to the shed in her back yard where Jason had always kept a full gas can for the mower only now she would use it for something bigger.
She shook the gas can to be sure it was full and made her way around to the front yard where she grabbed an old newspaper from the beside the porch and made her way to Bills house.
Sookie walked slowly across the cemetery rubbing her hand along the familiar grave stones as she looked for loose dirt that could be a new resting place for the vampire.
Once she reached Bills porch she was feeling a little less confident she hands shook and her knees felt weak but she had never wanted to kill someone as bad she wanted to kill Ocella, the spare key was kept under a flower pot on the front porch and thankfully it was still there.
When she opened the door the smell of death and rot hit her in the face, she stepped back on the porch taking a deep breath before entering the house.
What she saw when she did would haunt her for the rest of her life; If Eric had thought Ocella was on his best behavior Sookie would have hated to see him at his worst.
The walls were painted with blood and a ripe body lay sprawled across the dining room table while bits and pieces of body tissue covered the floor, Sookie held her breath as she walked over to the body her curiosity getting the best of her she needed to know who the dead man was.
She sighed in relief thankful she didn't recognize the human but her stomach still turned at the thought of the torture he must have endured.
She walked around the body making her way to the hidden cubby where Bill had slept on occasion, she pulled open the pantry door that hid the door that was covered by a small rug and she prayed with all her heart that Ocella was inside.
She felt tempted to open the hole in the floor just to be sure but there was always a possibility that he could be awake at this hour, and aside from a few bleeds he would still be a vicious vampire.
Sookie covered the cubbies entrance with gasoline and continued to pour it onto the floor as she walked backwards through the house heading for the front door.
Once the can was empty she tossed it inside and pulled out the matches she had slipped in her pocket before leaving the house, when she struck the match she felt guilty that the dead man's family might never know what really happened to him.
She thought about what she was doing and figured with the way his body looked it was probably for the best; she tossed the match into the house and watched as the fire race to the cubby.
Sookie stood at the edge of the graveyard watching the house burn to ashes; there were plenty of reasons for Eric to be furious with her in this situation.
First she left the house alone, second she burned down the old Compton house and worst of all she had went inside well aware Ocella could have been lying in wait. She knew he would be angry but she didn't care she did it to save them.
The sirens were still off in a distance when she ran home not wanting to be anywhere around when the firemen and police showed up.
Sookie stopped running once her feet touch the old wooden boards of the back porch; she had no clue how long she stood watching the black smoke from Bills house billow through the air but the sounds of Alcide moaning in pain something scratching under the porch broke her from her trance.
Alcide's body had burned off the horse tranquilizer she had given him earlier and he seemed to look a little better than when she left but his moans when he moved told her the pain was still strong.
When she walked into the house she noticed him sitting up on the sofa and the look in his eyes told her he wasn't happy with her "what did you do Sookie?" his voice came out weaker than he wanted but she got his point.
"I did what I had to do" she said turning away from him.
"Why is it everything you feel like you need to do can end up killing you?"
"Listen here wolfy I'm tired of watching people around me get hurt because they are busy protecting me but the second I stand up for them I have to hear all kinds of shit" she paused to let her words sink in.
"Alcide I have watched Eric worry for days now trying to figure out how to get rid of Ocella and then to watch you get hurt protecting us it was too much"
He nodded his head he understood what she was saying but he wished she would just trust that they could handle it; he pushed himself up from the couch groaning at the pain as he stood and slowly made his way into the bathroom.
Sookie was glad to see him up and moving around but she followed him listening to him grunt with every step, once he was safely in the bathroom she walked into the kitchen and started making them some lunch.
She was sure he had to be hungry with everything he had been through and her stomach was letting her know just how long it had been since she had eaten, Sookie stood at the counter making their sandwiches when she heard a thump.
"Alcide" no answer "ALCIDE" no answer Sookie ran to the bathroom pushing the door open, she had expected to see the wolf lying on the floor but she was not prepared for what she did see.
He turned to face the door that had slammed open behind him and he smiled as Sookie stood there getting an eyeful of him, his dark skin and rippling muscles.
Her eyes stopped at his waist and she felt the blush as it came over her cheeks Alcide was completely naked and standing in front of her with no shame.
Sookie ran her eyes up and down his body more than once admiring his form when he was fully clothed but now seeing him naked was totally different thing, Alcide cleared his throat that she realized what she was doing her eyes darted to the floor and immediately she felt guilty.
She walked backward out of the room keeping her eyes on the floor as she closed the door behind her there was no way she could look Alcide in the eye and have lunch with him now, so she sat his plate of on the table and carried her into her bedroom.
Alcide walked from the bathroom having showered and dressed as quickly as he could he was figured Sookie would feel awkward seeing him naked but he didn't think it would be this bad.
He knocked softly on her bedroom door "Sookie you in there" she didn't answer hoping he might just get the point and walk away leaving her to recover from seeing him in the bathroom.
After knocking a few more times and not getting a reply Alcide had finally left, Sookie finished her lunch and took a quick shower it was only ten in the morning and the day was passing to slow for her so she climbed into bed hoping sleep would come.
She laid in bed pushing images of the body at Bills out of her head only to be burdened by the ones of Alcide in the buff and she knew there was no way out of her head so she might as well think of something she could enjoy.
Her hand slid down her body and found its way between her thighs as she thought of the last time her and Eric were together the way he fucked her with his mouth before filling her with his long thick perfect penis.
Lucky for Sookie she had a vivid imagination, when she closed her eyes she could see every inch of Eric's body the way his arms curled around her how his shoulder looked as he pounded into her.
One hand messaging her clit while the other caressed her breast she was enjoying her alone time when she heard a scratching sound coming from under the house, it was the same scratching she had heard earlier when she was on the back porch.
She tried to block out the irritating noise coming from under the house and go back to what she was doing but when she closed her eyes her fantasy was way off, instead of Eric pounding giving her pleasure it was a weird morphed vision with Alcide's body and Eric's face.
Sookie tried over and over to bring herself back to her thoughts of her and Eric but that damn scratching sound was getting louder and louder as it seemed to moving around under the house. She assumed it was a raccoon or maybe even a possum, but the noise was making it hard to concentrate.
Lying in bed irritated and sexually frustrated she decided to give up rolling on her side and covering her head with the pillow she started drifting off to sleep.
"Fucking Racoons"