They took Eric away Sookie followed and I dressed quickly and caught up. When I stepped into the house Eric was looking at Bill. "Your majesty, whatever I'm guilty of they had nothing to with it." He said. I frowned at him. I wanted him in that second to be the big bad Eric Northman that had drained me. He'd kill everyone in sight and take me away. But I knew that it was to far a dream, I was stuck with a new pile of problems now. "How touching, silver him." Bill demanded and I had the crazy idea of going for a stake to jab into his chest. Instead when they put silver onto Eric and he hissed with pain I threw myself after him.
A guard caught me mid stride and I was being pulled away. "Fuck you Bill!" I screamed and kicked. I wanted to get ahold of Bill, I wanted to hurt him the way he was hurting me. Eric looked at me. "Ella, stop, you've done enough for me already." The sincerity in his voice drove me harder into the ground. I screeched as I was being pulled out of the door.
I stayed in the tight grasp of a guard for a good five minutes before Sookie came out in tears and took my hand. She pulled me home and I went numb. Eric, in this state, with Bill. He was as good as dead. I stopped talking, I stopped thinking. I stared at my hands that were clenched into fists for a long while before Sookie's quiet voice brought me back.
We sat across from each other at the table. "Bill said this was vampire business. That Eric was under the control of a necromancer, and that he was a danger." I scoffed and looked at my hands again, this is where I found comfort. Everything reminded me that I was still alive and helpless in this matter. I wondered why all this had to happen to me? Then I was wondering why I couldn't see any of Sookie's memories as she pulled me home. In a shaky motion I put my hand on top of hers. Our skin touched and nothing at all happened. No memoires, no thoughts, not even a bit of the way she was feeling. My brow furrowed with extreme frustration.
"What is it?" Sookie asked. My eyes shot to hers in a quick motion. "I can't…I can't see anything when I touch you." I mumbled. She sighed and patted my hand. "I'm sure it's just all of this stress. Now can you explain what the hell you were doing up in your room with Eric?" My throat felt thick all of a sudden and my cheeks grew hot. I wasn't planning on explaining this at all. I looked away from her and as the silence grew with intensity I stood and walked to the doorway. "Ella." "No, Sook, you don't get to ask about me and Eric, on the account of your fucking boyfriend cuffing mine in the middle of the fucking night and holding him hostage in his house!" My voice cracked with tears halfway through. As I reached the stairs I could hear Sookie following me.
I stopped just on the inside of my doorway and looked at her, she was standing at the top of the stairs and looking at me with anger and remorse. "So he's your boyfriend now?" She asked. I fell back a few feet and threw my hand up. A burst of light impacted the door shut and I was left in my room as a heap on the floor sobbing for Eric.
I spent the whole night in tears and the whole day wallowing in self-pity, what little sleep I had caught at the early hours of the next evening was interrupted by Sookie. She came into my room armed with a bright smile and a cup of water. I rolled over to stare at the wall. She sat on my bed. "Ella, I'm sorry about what happened to Eric, but I don't think Bill would kill him." I snorted out a sarcastic laugh. "Really Sookie? He wouldn't think twice about a chance to kill Eric, to think of it I'm sure he's probably dead already." The mere thought brought me back into the swallowing darkness I had just pried myself out of. "Just leave me alone." I mumbled burying my face in my pillow.
"I have to go to Jason's, he thinks he's going to turn into a werepanther." I lifted up to look at her. "He what?" This had gotten all of my attention and the hole in my heart seemed like only a distant memory for the moment. "Yep, he thinks that he'll become a werepanther because one bit him." "I hope he'll be alright." I murmured. Suddenly I felt like I had to tell her something. It was something I hadn't yet mentioned. I had to tell her because I had to remember that Sookie and Jason were my family, my brother and sister, and I needed to be there for them too. "Sook, you know how I told you about Athenodora being my fairy godmother." She had to think a minute and it was understandable because of how out of the blue this was. She nodded and waited to hear what I had to say.
"Well, I touched her, and I found out that she was my mother, and my dad was your dad, and she left me with him and he gave me to gran, and gran gave me to mom." I said in a rush. Sookie stared bewildered by what I had just said. She told me something unbelievable so I told her something unbelievable back. "I felt the same way when I first found out." I said after a while to break the silence. Sookie shook her head. "Wait, so you're my sister and your mother is an actual fairy?" She asked. I nodded moving myself to look at her evenly. "Well." Sookie's furrowed brow was softened and she smiled. "I've always wished you were my sister." She murmured. My heart that had been shattered into a thousand pieces melted at the sound of this.
My arms were around her neck in a tight embrace before I knew it. "Sook, what am I going to do?" I asked her in a whisper. Her arms folded around my waist and she squeezed. "Ell, you're going to survive, I've never seen anyone do it better than you." I laughed pulling away. In that second I decided I would stop wallowing and take all I had to at least try to get Eric back.
I showered and dressed quickly and found myself staring into the woods, under the full moon and with the glare of an animal on the prowl. I walked on deeper into the brush knowing I'd emerge on the outskirts of Bill's yard. I didn't know exactly what I was going to do when I got there, but I was sure it would be something dumb and impulsive.
As I stepped into a clearing I saw Sookie, and to my surprise Debbie and Alcide. Sook pointed Jason's shotgun at me and I recoiled as an instinct. When she saw it was me she lowered the gun and looked up at me. "So, why wasn't I invited to the party?" I asked. Alcide smirked my way and I spared a halfhearted smile for him. "We were on our way to a meeting, with our new pack." Alcide sounded bitter. Debbie threw her hands out in distress. "We can trust them." Alcide said. "You know you really shouldn't be wondering around here tonight, full moon and all, never know what could be out here." Debbie sounded oddly enough worried for our safety. It earned her a reassuring smile from Alcide.
"No kidding." Sookie said. I simply crossed my arms and looked at them. "You lose Eric again?" Alcide asked and a pang went through me. I turned and went in the direction I was going. I could hear them behind me. "Where the hell is she going?" Alcide asked. Sookie came to my rescue. "She's helping me look for Jason. So werepanthers…" The rest was faded voices behind the sound of my angry footsteps on the fallen leaves that covered the dirt.
As I reached the edge of the woods I could see Bill standing in the front yard looking up at the stars, he was alone. I was to on edge to breathe as I reached the space between the driveway and where he stood. "Ella go home." He murmured. I kept walking until I was two steps away from him. He turned to me and with all the hate I felt for him I couldn't ignore the sense of dread rolling off of him and felt like I should ask about it. "Go home before I call my guards to escort you." He said again in a very careless way. I barred my teeth. "No, you will fucking talk to me!" I growled at him.
"About Eric I assume?" He seemed to stay in his neutral state of mind while I stared daggers at him. "What about him?" He asked. "Why do you need to kill him, give me one good reason?" I asked before my breath began to fall short.
"Do you have anything to say?" Bill asked Eric looking down at him where he knelt on the grass. "According to my progeny, I am, I was a barbarian thug who's never respected your authority. I don't expect you to show me any mercy." He said, his calm tone was more innocent than cunning or smug, he was being noble. Bill's face contorted in remorse. "But, surely you don't wish to die." "No, but I don't wish to live this way either. The vampire I used to be, I have nothing to say in his defense." Eric looked sick, he looked as if he damned his old self. "I will accept my sentence." He said without fear.
I came back to the surface breathing heavily with tears dampening my cold cheeks. I was in the hold of strong arms. As I looked up and saw Bill's face I pulled myself back. He was going to kill Eric, what I said or did wouldn't matter. Eric was going to accept his death with open arms, and that made me hate the both of them. As I turned to leave I stopped and turned to Bill. He looked at me as if he was sorry, but I knew better.
"You know Bill, Sookie is still in love with you. But, what I can't figure out is why? You've turned into this loathsome over liked asshole. It's funny too, Sook will most likely still have you after you take Eric from me." I was numb enough to mean it, but I wasn't sure if I had at that moment. I walked back into the woods. I kept going and going until I found myself sitting beside a towering old oak. I held my stomach and looked at the dirt under my feet. I couldn't find it in me to cry, I was to numb.
"Ella." My eyes found Eric's tall stature standing in the darkness. His face lit with a smile. I couldn't find words, or even my breath as I rose. I stood there motionless while he came to me and pulled me into his grasp, kissing me and setting every inch of my body on fire. I was pulled onto the ground and seemingly into a dream of beauty, fire, and earthshattering love.