Her foot moved to step over the threshold and a howling filled the air, Ocella lunged for her barely missing as she jumped back into the house. The howling came again and louder this time and she knew Alcide had found him and he was alive Eric was alive.
The look on Ocella's face was pure rage he almost had her "come to me now fairy" he screamed looking into her eyes and Sookie laughed; his pull on her was gone, she had almost given up hope that Alcide would find Eric. The thought of Ocella raping and torturing Eric had made her weak and given him a power over her but now that she was sure he was found Ocella's power was gone.
Sookie stood in the doorway staring at the ancient vampire who was now shrieking his commands at her, "you will come to me fairy you will be mine, now or later you will be mine." His threats were idle for now but she knew even when she did find Eric Ocella would never give up and they would need to figure out a way to kill him.
"I am Eric's and I will never be yours" Sookie said as she slammed the door closed, she knew it would be hard but she would kill him before she let him have her. She walked to the window and watched as he walked off the porch slowly looking back at her and blowing a kiss before he disappeared into the night.
Eric lay sleeping in the light tight cubby under Sookie house, he had wanted to leave to have her rescind his invitation again but he couldn't leave her alone with Alcide, they still had no Idea if all the effects of Ocella's blood were gone. He regretted staying when he felt someone in the hole with him, when Ocella stroked his hair he knew things had gone terribly wrong.
He was completely still waiting for Ocella to kill him or do anything other than hold him and stroke his head; he could hear when Sookie's feet touched the floor and he panicked. Eric hoped Sookie wouldn't come and try to save him but he knew his lover and she was strong willed, she tried to save him so many times in the past and he was positive this would be the time that killed them both.
Sookie was pacing the floor and Eric could feel the tension through their bond when his cell phone rang, he tried to reach for his phone to turn the sound off so she wouldn't come looking in the hole for him but it was too late when the phone rang a second and third time and he heard her footsteps coming toward the room.
Ocella scooted closer almost covering Eric's body with his as Sookie opened the door to the cubby, The look on her face was heartbreaking and she screamed for what seemed like forever before Ocella spoke. Eric couldn't help but react to Ocella's threats and taunts toward Sookie he twisted and fought against his grip only to have his squeeze tighter.
The sound of Eric's spine breaking filled the small space and his body went still, Eric held his screams in knowing if she saw his pain she would fall into Ocella's trap and jump in to help him. Eric kept his eyes on Sookie's face as he was dragged into the dark tunnel Ocella had dug under her house and he listened to her weeping until the dirt fell filling in the hole behind them.
Eric's spine had not healed yet making it easy for Ocella to drag him through the loose dirt, he had no clue where he was being taken and it seemed like he was never going to heal. A few minutes later the smell of rot filled the air and Eric assumed they were in the cemetery that sat between Sookie and Bill's house ,but truth be told it could have been anywhere because the smell of death followed Ocella.
When they broke through to the earth into the night air Eric realized how wrong he was, the rot that filled the air came from the dead just not the dead in the cemetery. Ocella had been a busy boy Eric counted six head in the piles of human remains that were flung around the room; he had been staying in a barn Bill had built on his property shortly after becoming King it had been used as a sort of vampire jail.
Eric could feel his spine starting to heal but it would do him no good not now that he was being wrapped tightly in heavy silver chains, Ocella enjoyed the hissing of Eric's burning skin and the screams that followed so much that he wrapped and rewrapped the chains several times before dragging him back underground.
Hours had passed since he was dragged from under Sookie's house and Ocella continued to drag him by the silver chains that were now tearing his flesh from the bone. Eric knew this was a game for the ancient vampire he wanted him to suffer to scream out in agony and beg for his freedom but Eric refused to play along.
It was the second time they passed under Sookie's house that he heard her and Alcide making a plan, Eric told himself to give Alcide a bonus for keeping Sookie from running from the house like a mad woman.
It was close to dawn when Ocella drug Eric into the cemetery leaving him to rest under a coffin for the day; Eric could tell the body in the coffin wasn't fresh but it smelled familiar. He laid there waiting for the sun to take him to rest trying to figure out how he recognized the scent above him, it was faint and smelled like the sun on Sookie's skin and as he continues to sniff he realized he was resting under Sookie's Gran.
Eric wondered if Ocella had hidden him here on purpose or if it was just a coincidence but the sun took him before he could finish his thought, when he opened his eyes again he could feel Sookie's fear bubbling through their bond. He lay there for hours unable to move under the silver chains when he heard a digging sound coming from above him.
The dirt shifted around him as the wolves dug through to his resting place and pulled him from under the coffin, Alcide howled twice and Eric figured it was some kind of signal to let Sookie know he was found. Alcide shifted back to his human form before he started pulling the silver from Eric's flesh, thankfully Eric wouldn't feel the burning of the chains anymore but it would still take him a too long to heal.
Eric hadn't eaten in days and his flesh was hanging from the bone around his neck, wrists and ankles as he lay in the cemetery waiting for his strength to return, he wanted to get to Sookie the emotions he felt coming from her through their bond were draining him. He was healing but more slowly than he liked; he needed to speed it up so he could get to Sookie,
"Alcide" Eric said meeting his eyes and drawing him in.
The wolf walked slowly over to where Eric lay on the ground kneeling next to him letting Eric take his hand and pull him close, they stared into each other's eyes while Eric sank his fangs into his wrist. He drank from Alcide and he could feel the burns and holes in his flesh healing faster than he expected the only plus side to drinking shifter blood because the taste was awful, Eric licked the marks on Alcide's wrist closed and jumped to his feet.
Eric ran down the path to Sookie's house at vampire speed, he stopped at the edge of the woods watching Ocella screaming for her to come to him. His rage was clear on his face he wanted her almost as much as Eric had when they first met, Eric smiled feeling proud as Sookie professed her love for him and slammed the door in Ocella face. She had withstood his power something he wasn't use to and Eric knew he it would have Ocella feeling off of his game.
Ocella headed for the woods and Eric knew he would be off to find another human to play with in the shack behind Bill's house; He flew across the lawn and made his way up the steps and through the door in seconds.
"Sookie" he breathed into the top of her head as he held her while she cried into his chest; he knew being face to face with Ocella had been very hard for her but he couldn't help but tell her how amazed he was by her strength.
Sookie stepped back and looked at him with a weird expression on her face
"Are we safe with you here?" Eric nodded he was pretty sure that if Ocella could command him to harm Sookie he would have done it already,
"Yes were safe, he won't be back tonight" Eric said while wiping a tear from her cheek.
He listened as she explained everything that happened before he came back to the house, Eric could feel his stomach turn when she told him how Ocella had gotten into her head and she almost stepped out onto the porch. The fact that Ocella had been able to glamour Sookie made the hair on the back of Eric's neck stand up, but he knew it meant somehow Ocella had to die.
Dawn was coming fast and Eric needed to find somewhere to rest far from Ocella's reach, Sookie suggested the attic it had only one small window and there was plenty of darkness once it was covered over. Eric pulled a small mattress from the guest room upstairs into the attic and the two of them worked on a plan as the sun came up, they fell asleep just before dawn without a plan they could agree on.
No matter how many plans they came up with there was always a chance that it would fail and Ocella would kill Eric and do who knows what to Sookie, Eric would have hired Alcide and his pack to help again but after the way Alcide reacted to the vampires blood he changed his mind. The last thing he needed was a pack of raging wolves attacking him while he is trying to kill Ocella; Eric wrapped his arms tighter around Sookie as the sun pulled him into darkness.
Eric dreamed of him and Sookie living together in his homeland with children all around them, it was a beautiful sunny day as they ran through the fields playing with their kids. Eric smiled and looked around at his small family and happiness filled his beating heart, Eric blinked and the sky went black and their children turned to ash and disappeared with the wind.
He turned slowly too see Sookie running toward Ocella, she wrapped her arms around the ancient vampire and squeezed him tight. He ran toward her calling her name and when she turned to see him her screams filled the air around him, Eric called her name again but his voice only scared her more. Ocella calmed her brushing his hand along her faces and Eric eyes flew open just before their lips met, it was still light outside and Sookie was still beside him with his arms wrapped around her tight.
Sookie's eyes opened to find Eric watching her sleep she smiled at him as he bent down to kiss her,
"I have a plan" he whispered as his lips moved across her collar bone
"Can you distract Ocella again?" By the time the sun was gone from the sky their plan was set, Sookie kissed Eric again before he walked out the back door and waited for her to rescind his invitation again.
Just like the night before Sookie walked to the front door and called out Ocella's name, several minutes later Ocella appeared on her doorstep smiling as if they were best of friends.
"Did you miss me fairy?" Sookie smiled back her sweetest smile "NO, I have a proposition for you"
Ocella's face twisted showing the true evil that hid inside of him
"How's Eric?" They had figured he would know Eric was missing by now so she put on her best shocked face and let her eyes fill with tears,
"Eric left me?" Sookie put on her best damsel in distress act as she knelt before him like she had the night before, sobbing into her hands Sookie repeated the phrase over several times before Ocella lowered himself to her eye level.
"Good try fairy" he said laughing and Sookie stood looking him in the eye again
"What do you want why won't you leave us alone?" she shrieked.
"Sookie" Ocella said and she felt the intense buzzing in her head and she knew she had him right where she wanted him.
"Yes Ocella" she whispered looking directly at him pretending to be under his trance, His pull on her grew a little stronger taking all his concentration.
"Come to me Fairy" he tried again and Sookie took a slow step forward leaving only a small space between them, she knew Eric was somewhere above them but she had to keep her eyes on Ocella. It was when Ocella started to speak again that Eric decided to strike, Eric flew out of nowhere grabbing Ocella from behind and sinking his teeth into his neck.
Eric drank with a purpose filling his mouth and swallowing the acid that was Ocella's blood he wrapped himself around Ocella making him unshakable as the rage took over. Eric leaped into the air screaming at the fire that was running through his veins, he held Ocella to him flying up above the trees before dropping him to the ground.