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Chapter 48: Something to Talk About

Sookie

"Look what I found hidden away in a closet. A couple of dirty birds," a sexy British voice purred out.

Sookie jumped, not getting far as Eric still had a firm grasp on her. Her eyes blinked against the light, trying to make out the figure of Nora. She was extremely embarrassed, but it could have been a lot worse. Sookie tried to step out of Eric's grasp, but he pulled her even closer if that was even possible.

"Get the fuck out Nora," Eric growled out.

Nora chuckled, but complied and shut the door. Eric relaxed and began kissing Sookie's neck, despite her protests.

"Eric, we obviously have been overheard. I am not stayin' in here another minute with you."

Sookie wriggled out of his grasp and readjusted her now extremely wrinkled and disheveled dress. She ran her fingers through her hair and looked to Eric who was watching her as he smoothed out his own disheveled hair.

"Jesus, I have no fuckin' self-control anymore," Sookie grumbled. She opened the door and walked out, holding the door open for Eric to walk out after.

He walked out and she could feel his confusion at her frustration. She was frustrated. While she had enjoyed everything that happened, them dry humping in the closet was unladylike and more importantly extremely unprofessional.

Sookie walked to the lobby restrooms with Eric following her closely. They both went into the restroom to clean themselves up as best they could. They didn't have time before the next meeting to go and clean themselves up.

Eric was waiting for her and they walked to the lobby hand in hand.

Nora was standing in near the front lobby desk with a smug smile and her hand on her hip. Sookie looked to Eric and asked, "Where do we need to be now?"

Eric pointed to a conference room where humans and vampires were filing into the room. Nora was walking to join them and Eric stopped Sookie so she could catch up to them.

"Sookie, I want to introduce you."

She nodded and looked at Nora. She was looking at Sookie with the same indifferent expression that most vampires perfected and wore most of the time. But there was something about Nora that Sookie could see her personality despite her blank façade. There was a glimmer of fire behind her eyes and the corner of her mouth was lifted ever so slightly. She reminded Sookie of the Mona Lisa with her air of je ne sais quoi. You didn't know what was going on behind her eyes, but you desperately wanted to know.

Sookie nodded her head as Eric said, "Nora, as you know, this is my bonded Sookie. Sookie, this is my vampire sister Nora. She is working for the Authority and considering moving to the States."

Sookie smiled at her slightly, although she was wary of Nora for her collaborative attempts to cause problems between Eric and Sookie. Nora nodded her head back and said, "Sookie, it is a pleasure to meet you. I am sorry for my behavior and ask for your forgiveness. I understand you make Eric very happy, which makes me happy and would make Godric happy. I hope we can bury the hatchet, as you Americans say."

Sookie nodded and glanced to Eric, who was smiling down at her.

She smiled warmly at Nora and said, "I hope so too."

Eric rubbed her back softly and gently guided her to the conference room where Sookie would be needed. Sookie took out her notepad to make short notes to speak about later. She sighed as she settled into her seat and she lowered her shields and closed her eyes. There wasn't much going on in the human minds.

She glanced around the room and noticed that Jake and his human were not present. Were they in another meeting? Sookie opened her range slightly and 'felt' for the familiar brain wave of Abby, Jake's human. But she didn't find her on the main floor. She expanded even further to include the entire hotel and found that Abby wasn't even in the hotel. Odd. Well odd if Jake was as protective of Abby as Eric was of her.

She focused back on the room and listened until Nora walked in silently as the woman finished with her slideshow presentation and sat next to Sookie while handing Eric a note.

Eric read it and glanced at Nora giving her a small nod.

Sookie glanced between them and decided that they would tell her after the meeting.

Sookie found nothing as the woman wrapped up the meeting and everyone stood and filed out of the room. Eric held her hand tightly as he moved them to a vacant corner of the lobby. He then turned to Nora and asked.

"What does she want?" he asked, his tone concerned.

"I don't know, she just asked me to fetch you and Sookie. She is waiting in her quarters."

Sookie could almost feel his mind whirring and his emotions were almost worse. She held his hand tightly, starting to get afraid. "Who? Who are you talkin' about? Who wants to see us?"

She glanced between Nora and Eric before Nora said, "The Ancient Pythoness."

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