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Chapter 63: Come Home

Eric

Eric rose and immediately felt the bond for Sookie. She was exhausted, but awake. She was also, from what he could tell, safe. Thankfully she not too far from where he and Pam were buried. As he waited for the sun to set, he gently patted his child to assess her injuries. She was burned and badly.

Eric felt in the bond her level of pain and knew she had suffered much worse. But it didn't make him feel any better. He would offer her his blood if she needed it to heal.

It was lucky that Pam and Eric had survived at all.

Eric tried to piece together everything that had taken place since Sookie had spoken with Abby at the ball, other than their fashion show and lovemaking. They had fallen asleep in each other's embrace and it was only Sookie's terror and feelings of hopelessness that was able to wake him. Feeling her that terrified lit up every nerve and forced him to wake.

When he woke, she pleaded with him to leave the building in broad daylight. At first Eric was sure she was crazy, but then her words about Abby and bombs had woken him right up.

He felt like he was literally dragging, but at the same time he felt like he had to pull a frantic and terrified Sookie with him. As they sailed down the façade of the pyramid hotel, Eric knew Pam would survive the impact, but it would certainly kill Sookie. He flew him and Sookie to the ground and immediately snatched up Pam and ran, knowing that Sookie could survive without him for a while.

Then he remembered that feeling before he fell back into rest. Her determination. She was determined to save people, he was sure. Now he wondered how far she would go. Would she expose herself for her telepathy? Eric knew that if it meant saving people, she would.

Damn.

He checked how much longer he had to wait until sunset. There would be no early rising for Eric. He wanted to stay with Pam and tend to her burns.

Leaving her coffin had been like the scene from Sophie's Choice. In the end he had to do what was safest for everyone. Eric felt himself for burns but felt none. He knew he had been drinking lots of Sookie's blood lately, but to not suffer any burns was incredible. He tried to assess and damage and as he prodded he felt Sookie push against the bond. Concern. She was worried and she knew he was awake.

She was probably wondering when she would see him. The minute he made sure Pam was okay and that she was safe to move, he would seek Sookie. He tried to send her reassurance and caution, warning her to be careful.

She sent reassurance and love back and Eric smiled, thinking about the bond and how they were communicating through it. Eric felt Pam begin to move. He felt the sun was low enough now not to hurt them. He began crawling them out of the dirt and Pam moaned in pain as he gripped her burned skin. Rocks and twigs also rubbed her and she hissed against him.

"You are marring my perfect alabaster skin," she grumbled from under the blister. As they broke through, he accidentally bumped Pam into a rock and she swore, "Fuck Eric! That was a blister!"

He chuckled and pulled them out the rest of the way. He slowly pulled the blanket off of Pam, disgusted when he realized that it was sticking to her because of her burns.

She hissed as he pulled the rest of it off of her and looked her over. It would take a couple of days for Pam to heal fully. She looked at her burned and blistered arms and looked back up at Eric, eyes full of sorrow. Pam was always, first and foremost, a great beauty. This was like hell for her.

"Pam, you will heal. You will heal faster if I offer you my blood, which I am."

Pam nodded and Eric bit into his wrist and cradled Pam to him, guiding his wrist to her mouth.

She drank and he saw her begin to heal instantly. She would still have almost a day to heal, but at least she would live. She released his wrist and said, "What the fuck happened?"

He gathered her up in his arms and began telling her what he understood had happened. "But we need to get to Sookie to make sure."

Pam simply held on for the ride and seconds later they landed in front of the ruined building. The sight made Eric pause a moment in shock at the destruction. Then out of nowhere, a bright, albeit slightly sooty, Sookie walked out from the wreckage. And Eric had never been more relieved or happy to see her.

She was wrecked. She was literally dragging her feet, almost tripping over beams and rubble several times. He had Pam in his hands otherwise he would have rushed to her, but Jason and Lafayette beat him to it and Lafayette scooped her up.

Sookie smiled at him gratefully and rested her head on his shoulder. Eric was grateful and at the same time consumed with the urge to rip Lafayette's shoulder off. Sookie felt his jealousy and was amused by it, smiling at him as Eric walked towards Lafayette. "We are going home," he said as he looked between Pam and Sookie.

So back to Louisiana!