Her arms slumped at her sides as she lay with her face pressed against the cold wet floor, Sookie could feel her body tingle as she lay listening to the water run in the background and she realized she couldn't move. She thought about screaming for help but who would hear her who would come to her rescue no one, Sookie lay there hoping she wasn't going to die naked and alone on the bathroom floor.

"OH GOD SOOKIE, OH DEAR GOD" Alcide's voice filled the room

Sookie had been lying in the same spot for hour conscious but unable to move, her eyes searched the room for the figure that went with Alcide's voice but all she saw was black, he watched her body tremble as he rushed to her side

"Sookie can you hear me?" her voice was the only thing she had control of and still the cold chills running through her body caused that to falter to "yesses" she hissed through chattering teeth.

She felt Alcide's hand on her body and she remembered the dried blood that covered her naked body and realized how frightening she must look, "Sookie what happened?" Alcide tried to keep his voice calm but her body looked twisted and pale lying on the tile floor.

"iii ddddon't know" "Who's blood id this?" he whispered wiping the blood from her face with a warm wet rag, "Sookie I am going to move you but first I need to know what happened and how you ended up on the floor" he spoke very slowly drawing out each word to make sure she understood. Sookie explained slowly how she had staked Ocella and was covered in his blood and how it had been in her eyes and nose and even her mouth, then she laid out how she had waited for Eric to leave and how she was taking a shower when she felt sick and eventually ended up on the floor unable to move.

Alcide gasped "what about the rage, did you have the rage?" Alcide asked lifting Sookie in his arms and carrying her into the shower, he held her against him and carefully washed Ocella's blood from her body hoping it would change the state she was in. The hot water hitting her skin felt like pins and needles making her scream out as he washed her "I'm so sorry shhh it will be over soon" he whispered holding her tight and quickening his motions, "Are you ok?" Sookie asked remembering Eric hurting him while he was trying to save her

He started to answer to tell not to worry about him when a sharp pain wretched through her stomach making her shriek, Sookie's eyes filled with tears as Alcide wrapped her robe around her shoulders and carried her to her bed. Her body still felt cold and she couldn't move but she was thankful the warm water in the shower had stopped her teeth from chattering, she watched Alcide run around the room searching for something warm to put on her and she felt a little shocked when she realized he had just held her naked body against him while he bathed her and now he was going to dress her.

Sookie was beginning to feel self-conscious and she wanted nothing more than to pull the blanket up around her and hide from the man in the room but she could manage to move a finger mush less lift the blanket. Alcide pulled the thickest night gown he could find from her dresser and pulled it down over her head, "thank you" she whispered as he laid her back and covered her with the blanket she had been longing for.

Alcide left the room to make a call and Sookie couldn't help but wonder where Eric was and she hoped he would be back to his normal self soon because she had no clue what was happening to her and she needed him to figure it out. Alcide walked back into the room carrying a tray of food and drinks looking obvious that he had no clue what she liked to eat,

"Chicken soup, tomato soup, peanut butter and jelly pick your poison" he immediately saw the mistake it what he had said and turned to her giving an apologetic smile "thanks but I'm not really hungry right now" Sookie said in a weak voice. He looked down at her small body tucked under the thick blanket but agreed to give her time before he forced her to eat something instead he held up the small glass of water and gestured for her to drink.

Sookie sipped from the glass that he was holding to her lips until she noticed the tiny red drops that fell into the glass; she panicked when she looked up at Alcide and saw the fear in his eyes. "What, what is it? " she pleaded as she passed out, Alcide panicked grabbing the box of tissues from the night table and wiping at the blood that poured from her nose and eyes like a fountain. He had never seen anything like this before and he prayed Eric would get the message he left him as soon as he woke up that was if he was even himself when he woke up, he wiped the last of the blood that flowed from her nose before he flipped his phone open dialing Eric's phone to give him an updated message.

"Eric it's me again I hope you get this message soon she has been unconscious for a while now and she keeps loosing blood " he didn't know what lese he should say so he flipped the phone shut and turned to watch her again. Sookie's body lay unconscious but her mind was fully alert, she heard the desperation in Alcide voice as he left the message for Eric and she could only imagine how bad things would have to be to make the virile wolf sound so scared.

"Sookie" she heard a familiar voice whisper behind her and she thought it was surly impossible, she turned slowly and felt her body freeze when she saw his face it was Bill Compton standing in front of her. When she looked around she realized they were standing on her front porch and she was dressed in the red dress that Bill had destroyed the night he took her and held her captive, she wondered had this all been a dream Bill taking her and Eric saving her even Ocella was it all sick twisted dream.

Bill held out his hand to help her to the car and she jumped she knew what was coming and she refused to do it again, Sookie turned quickly running into the house and slamming the door. She fastened all the locks and slowly backed away from the door waiting for him to burst through it, after a few minutes she started to feel foolish for letting herself panic if it was a dream that meant none of those horrible things had happened to her and now she could make sure they didn't.

She walked over to the couch and plopped down on it feeling total relief run over her "I have a secret" Bill called out from the kitchen doorway. Sookie jumped to her feet "what are you doing in my house Compton?"

"Oh come on don't you want to know my secret?" he said walking closer to her,

"I don't care what your secret is get out!" Sookie walked over to the door opening it and gesturing for him to leave.

"It's a good one" Bill moved toward her quickly slamming the door closed before she noticed him in front of her, Sookie jumped backing away again but it was no use Bill moved faster than her and in a flash he stood behind her with his arms wrapped around her holding her to him.

"Bill let me go" she pleaded her body shaking at the memory of his touch,

"Tell me you love me Sookie and I'll tell you my secret" her lags felt weak as she relived every moment with him in those dark room when he raped and beat her when he enjoyed her pain and drank from her like she was a common fang banger. Sookie started to cry she didn't want to be weak again she had come so far and now it was time for her to be with Eric and be happy

"Bill please don't"

Sookie saw the sun rising through her window and she hoped bill would not take her with him when he went to rest, his arms tightened as he licked a tear from her cheek and Bill hovered close to her ear as he spoke.

"He's inside of you"

Sookie jumped forcing her eyes open and rubbing away the sticky blood that was running down her face as she sat up and looked out the window and saw the sun setting in the sky, she climbed out of bed walking past Alcide who had fallen asleep in a chair near the bed and went into the bathroom feeling much better than she had earlier. Sookie looked in the mirror and felt totally shocked by what she saw her skin was pale and clung to her bones while pink streaks covered her face from the blood that ran from her nose and eyes, the image she was looking at was a far cry from what she had seen a day ago.

She heard Alcide's mind come to life and he panicked when he saw that she was gone "Alcide I'm in here" she called out to him, he rushed into the room wondering how she had made it to the bathroom on her own, "you feeling better?" he asked with a concerned look on his face. Sookie ran her hands over her body checking for sore spots and when she found none she looked up at him shrugging "maybe it wore off?"

They stood looking at each other not knowing what to say when a pounding at the door made them jump "Eric" Sookie said walking to the front door and opening it, she hoped Eric was back to normal by now and she hesitated what would she do if he wasn't. Would he still want to hurt her could she handle this and the door thumped under her hand breaking off her thought, she pulled the door open slowly and what she found was nothing like what she expected.

Eric was curled in a ball lying on the ground in front of her his hands face and clothes soaked with old blood and dirt, he had been on a rampage that was clear but she fought her instinct to drag him inside and help him unsure if this was all a ploy to get inside the house. Sookie needed to see his eyes the last time she had seen them they were full of rage and need, "Eric please look at me" he didn't move, she slowly lowered herself onto the floor keeping a safe distance from the door.

"Eric I need you to look at me now" she whispered but still he didn't move and she started to worry that maybe he was really hurt, his body shivered and she could have sworn she heard him whimper making her heart pound in her chest.

"Eric Northman I will close this door right now if you don't fucking look at me"

His head lifted slightly and fear filled her when she saw the smile on his face, "Sookie are you ok?" keeping his head down to low for her to see his eyes. Sookie slid back on the floor cradling her legs in her arms "I'm fine now" Eric said pushing himself up to his knees "Eric look at me look at me now" his head snapped up and his eyes locked with hers "let me in Lover" Eric smiled at her.