Eric took the fact that the house was still standing as a positive sign, but he panicked when he entered the bedroom and found it empty. A secondary sweep of the room, however, revealed that it wasn't empty; Pam was simply hiding under the covers.
Rushing to the bed he pulled off the blankets and, forgetting in his relief about her condition, he crushed her to him; grateful to find her alive and unharmed.
Her muffled groan brought him back to reality and he gently lay her back down on the bed.
"What's wrong with you?" she demanded hoarsely, curling up in the foetal position.
Eric wiped the bloody tears from his eyes that he hadn't noticed he'd shed, "I'm just so glad you're safe," he told her. "Fangtasia was bombed," he added.
Pam's eyes flew open and she gave him a searching look, "Are you all right?"
"Of course I'm all right," Eric said with a slight scoff, "besides, I was already on my way to you when it happened."
Pam's eyes slid closed again, "Shouldn't you be doing damage control?"
Eric gave a small shrug, "I guess, but I wanted to make sure you were safe first."
"I'm not an invalid," she protested.
Eric raised an eyebrow as he regarded her, she opened her eyes enough to shoot him a dirty look, "Shut up," she ordered.
"I didn't say a word," he responded, striving for an innocent tone.
"You didn't have to," she mumbled, hugging herself a little tighter and closing her eyes.
"I need to get you somewhere safe, if they bombed Fangtasia this house could become a target," he said thoughtfully. "It would have to be a human home, Sookie's is too dangerous: they would know to come there." He paused, "The home of any of the humans we know would be dangerous and an unknown human even more so…" he trailed off with a small growl of frustration.
"We don't even know who did this, Eric, nowhere will be safe until we do," Pam counselled quietly.
Eric growled again, louder this time, "I can't keep you safe," he muttered, half angrily, half apologetically.
"Stop thinking about that and worry about who is behind all this."
"I can't," he protested, "you come before all else."
"The only way to keep me safe is to find the one who did this," she told him.
Eric nodded, recognising the truth to her statement. He started as he felt her slip away once more. There were still several hours before sunrise, but she must have been more exhausted than he thought.
Climbing into the bed he pulled her lifeless form flush against his and kissed her forehead, "I will keep you safe," he promised, his voice low with conviction.