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Chapter 20
GPOV
"My love, I'm so sorry," I admit softly, hating knowing she had to relive that horrific night, even in dreams. "This is why I am so adamant about your safety, my Sookie; surely I could not survive losing you like that ever again," I explain as she nods against me, sniffling softly.
"She, well, I wished to be reunited with you, you know," she informs me, raising her tear stained face to meet my shocked visage, hardly able to believe such a thing as truth. "The last thought from my dream was her wishing to be with you again," she informs me, bringing bloody tears to my eyes as this realization sets in.
"Thank you, my Sookie," I whisper, crimson tears trailing down my face as my child and my love both look to me in concern. "I had lived with so much guilt before, blaming myself for my inability to save my Chloe that night," I tell Sookie, brushing my knuckles over her dampened cheek. "To know she did not blame me is truly a remarkable gift," I assure her, bringing a soft smile from my love before her and my child are pulling me into their comforting embrace.
"This was the source of your previous guilt, was it not, Master?" Eric asks softly as I nod to him, a small frown forming upon my face.
"Almost entirely, yes, my child, my guilt from that night was most unbearable," I admit dismally. "I was too late to save my love's life and shortly thereafter, was turned against my will, being sentenced to an eternity of ever growing remorse," I explain as realization shines in dual sets of bright, blue eyes.
"But back in Dallas," Sookie starts thoughtfully. "You seemed to recognize me, but were still unwilling to accept who I was, why is that?" she questions as I sigh unnecessarily, shaking my head lightly.
"I was so distraught by the time you came for me, my love, consumed so wholly by my guilt that I had mistakenly seen my Chloe's radiant face countless times, only for me to later realize it was not truly her," I explain.
"And the connection you share?" Eric questions curiously, looking back and forth between Sookie and I enquiringly.
"I am afraid I was even distressed enough to not recognize the profound connection we share," I admit sorrowfully. "I am ever remorseful for what you bared witness to that morning, my love," I confess, seeing watery tears welling in my Sookie's sapphire eyes as she surely recalls that terrible morning. "And you, my child," I add, looking to Eric as the events of that fateful morning play through my mind. "I apologize for the pain I caused for you, leaving you the way I did," I confess before he leans forward to press his lips softly against my own.
"I forgive you, Master," he assures me with a soft smile. "I'm just grateful our love was able to bring you back to us once more," he says, looking to our Sookie with a soft smile as her face brightens with a radiant smile.
"Of course I forgive you, Godric," she assures me, pressing a soft kiss to my lips as the connection between us is overflowing with our shared affections. "Just don't go pulling a stunt like that ever again, you hear me, mister?" she teases, bringing soft laughter between the three of us as I nod my agreement.
"Never, my beloved, never again, this I solemnly swear," I assure her, pulling her tightly into my embrace before we're both sighing together in contentment, both feeling wholly complete in one another's presence. Eric moves to sit behind me then, pulling me against his broad chest to leave the three of us basking in our shared love as we hold one another close.
"Oh, hey," Sookie says, after a time, breaking the revered silence between us. "My leg is all healed," she observes before looking back at us with a grateful smile. Eric's apprehension spikes along with my own then, both recalling tonight's earlier events and our love's smile falters as she looks back and forth between us in puzzlement. "What? Why do I feel like I'm missing something here?"
"It's your wish, Lover," Eric starts nervously. "Or at least, that's what we've come to believe is the cause of what happened," he muses as Sookie's angelic features pinch in puzzlement. Eric looks to me then, apparently unsure of how to explain exactly what happened this night.
"We believe whatever you wished may have produced a rather curious predicament to occur between us, my love," I explain somewhat hesitantly as she turns to face us, unease flowing from her as she looks to us in question.
"But your memories, they're back again," she states, earning dual nods from Eric and I. "And your depression didn't return," she adds as we nod once more. "So what's wrong?" she asks fearfully as Eric and I share an anxious gaze.
"Earlier this night, when you were so viciously attacked by that were," I start as a visible tremor runs through her and I feel her fear spike at the horrid memory before she's nodding her understanding. "The injuries you sustained were mirrored upon my own body, my love," I admit as she stares down to my leg in shock, running her fingers over the now wholly healed flesh.
"But I didn't wish for that," she assures us, looking up to us as she shakes her head. "How could this have happened?" she questions softly, her bottom lip trembling as tears well within her cerulean eyes.
"Lover, no, please don't cry," Eric beseeches, leaning forward to pull our Sookie into our embrace once more. "I'm sure it was unintentional and I know with certainty you would never bring either Godric or I harm of any kind, but I'm afraid we're now left to deal with these rather unexpected results together," he explains softly as my love sniffles softly before looking up to me in concern.
"So you felt it," she whispers. "You felt the attack along with me," she surmises as I am left having to nod to her.
"I bled with you my love and healed with you as well," I explain as she lets out a shuddering sigh.
"So if I had died tonight, on account of my injuries," she starts fearfully. "Would you have met the true death along with me?" she questions as I feel my loves' combined fears welling between us.
"I cannot say with absolute certainty, my Sookie, but I believe it would be best to assume as much. Yes, very likely, our life forces are now intertwined," I concede, my own fears rising along with my two loves as we share concerned gazes amongst one another.
"But I'm mortal," Sookie whispers as I nod to her, knowing this fact all too well.
"And this is why we must be especially diligent with your safety as well as my own, my love," I sigh out, not knowing exactly what this will mean for our shared future.
"Master, our love may very well be mortal, but couldn't we assume your immortality could just as likely be shared with Sookie now?" Eric questions, looking back and forth between us curiously as I'm left nodding thoughtfully.
"A most thoughtful deduction indeed, my child," I praise, bringing a glowing smile from him. "There is no reason not to think my own immortality could grant our love the gift of eternal youth," I muse thoughtfully, causing Sookie to looking up to us with a small smile of her own.
"I definitely like the sound of that," she states softly, the majority of her previous anxieties melting away as she leans forward to rest her golden head upon my chest with a soft sigh.
"But even so, my love, we must be extraordinarily cautious, especially given the current threat of this dangerous coven," I beseech of my love, earning a small nod from her as Eric sighs out in relief, his own anxieties lessening upon our love's acceptance of this.
"I wouldn't risk either of your safeties and I promise to do whatever it takes to keep us all safe from the witches' threats," she solemnly swears looking back and forth between us, a grim expression etched upon her ethereal features.
"And I swear to do the same, I will not allow harm to come to either of you," Eric swears, his own fierce determination setting between us.
"And I vow the same, my loves," I agree, earning firm nods from both my child and my soul's counterpart. "And now, I believe, I must find a way to thank you, my beloved Sookie, for giving me this second, or would that be third chance at life?" I question with a small smirk as my love snorts adorably in amusement.
"And just how did you plan on doing that?" she questions just as Eric and I are each flooding our shared bonds with our rising lusts to bring a small gasp from my Sookie. "Oh," she responds with a small smirk. "Well, I suppose I could be persuaded to play along," she teases breathily before rising to her knees before us. Eric meets my heated gaze with his own before he's rising to his own knees, molding himself along Sookie's back as I rise up to come face to face with my soulmate.
"My love," I lean forward to whisper against her ear, eliciting a light tremor of desire from her as Eric and I slowly peel away first her blood splattered garment before working to remove the scraps of lace covering her most intimate of areas. "I ache for you," I admit lowly, running my hands upwards over the heated flesh of my love's abdomen before cupping her gracious breasts into my palms to hear her sigh softly at my touch.
"Lover," Eric growls out against Sookie's throat to bring a low hum from her throat as her lusts are rising along with our own. "The things you do to me," my child sighs out, reaching down to palm our love's glistening sex against his palm to bring a shuddering sigh from her.
"Eric, Godric," my beloved moans sweetly. "I need you," she whispers, looking back and forth between us with half lidded eyes. "The both of you," she adds softly, pleadingly before I meet the ocean blue gaze of my child over the flushed skin of our loves' shoulder to see Eric nod to me, that one gesture speaking volumes.
"As you wish, my dearest love," I willingly oblige, keeping hold of her left breast in my palm and running my thumb gently over her hardened nub whilst trailing my right hand lower over her flushed skin. A light hiss escapes me as I come to the apex of her thighs and feel my lover's already drenched sex wetting my digits before I'm delving them inside her scorching heat to bring a low moan from her throat.
"Ohhh," Sookie moans out then, gripping unto my shoulders tightly, her blunt nails digging into my pale, tattooed flesh as my child mirrors my attentions upon our love's second entrance. Sookie's delicate features tense in pain, her eyelids slamming shut and Eric and I both halt our movements, giving her body time to adjust to the foreign feel.
"Shh, relax, Lover," Eric breathes against her ear. "We've got you," he assures her, bringing nod of her golden head before she's taking a deep, soothing breathe as her previously tense body visibly relaxes between us.
"That's it, my love, let us both show you what delights we can share with you," I whisper softly before beginning to pump my fingers inside her silken walls as my thumb finds her swollen nub. A throaty moan escapes her as I proceed to swirl my thumb over her overly sensitive flesh whilst finding a steady rhythm that mirrors my child's, leaving us both driving our love's arousals to soaring heights.
"Oh, God," our Sookie sighs out as her curvaceous hips roll between us, helping us to bring her ever closer to her peak. Her breaths are soon quickening, her heartbeat racing ever faster to pound steadily against my palm as her golden skin flushes from a delicate pink to a splotchy red and I know she's at her pleasure's edge. Her head is thrown back then, a wordless cry tearing from her throat as her taught channel clenches tightly around my fingers, signaling her intense release between Eric and I before she's left trembling against us.
Eric gives me a knowing grin as I smooth back Sookie's dampened hair before I'm raising my glistening fingers up between us as they shine with our love's intoxicating essence. Sookie turns her head then, still gasping softly against my shoulder before Eric and I are eagerly lapping up the succulent juices from my digits. I feel her lusts spiking once more watching the two of us and have to smirk before glancing down to meet her heated gaze.
"Tell me, my dearest love, are you ready for your lovers now?" I question lowly, my own burning need welling within me as she grants me with a fervent nod of her golden head.
"I'm ready," she whispers, looking between the two of us with a soft smile as Eric and I take firm hold upon her hips to lift her slight form between us. Dual crowns are then delving slowly, gently into our love's entrances in unison and my eyes close in bliss, a low groan escaping me, as my lover wraps her arms tightly around my neck to hold me close.
"Fuck, yes," Eric sounds out, his voice a low, rumbling growl as we both sheath ourselves fully within our lover, filling her to the brink. I feel her pain laced pleasure flowing through me as if it was my own and once I sense her lusts rising once more, I nod to my child before we experimentally pump our lover's hips over our combined lengths.
"Hmm," Sookie hums lowly against my ear, encouraging our actions as I lace my fingers with my child's, our combined grip tightening upon Sookie before our hips find an unfaltering, mirroring cadence against our shared love.
"My Sookie, mo anam chara," I breath out against the dewy flesh of my soulmate's shoulder before I'm pressing soft, wet kisses along her throat and shoulders. I push the extent of my love and devotions to her before she's returning my actions, sending her own sweet affections to us both to cocoon the three of us within our shared, endearing intimacy.
Much too soon, I feel my impending release drawing ever closer and mine and Eric's shared thrusting is becoming an unrelenting, driving force against our Sookie before combined cries sound out from the three of us, each hitting the peak of pleasure in sweet harmony before we're left as a boneless, sated mass of limbs upon the plush bed.
"Fucking incredible," Eric sighs out, trailing his agile fingers over our combined, lighted flesh with a fond smile before he's placing a soft kiss to our lover's throat.
"I certainly think I could get used to that," our Sookie informs us with a small smirk, bringing matching chuckles from both my child and myself as we proceed to wrap her between us, pulling her tightly into our dual embrace.
"So, I suppose my thanks was sufficient, my love?" I tease playfully to bring delighted giggles from my Sookie as she nods her head against my chest.
"More than sufficient, I'd say," she retorts bringing a fond smile from both Eric and myself before I feel the impending dawn pulling just at the edge of my consciousness.
"My love, I must ask that you remain close during our rest," I request softly then, trailing my fingers over the glowing skin of my love as she nods her understanding. "At least until this threat can be neutralized," I add, not wanting to keep her prisoner, yet needing to ensure her safety in this rather precarious time.
"I promise to remain in the house," she agrees softly before a loud yawn is drawn from her throat.
"Thank you, Lover," Eric answers, pressing a soft kiss to the crown of her head as I press a mirroring kiss upon her temple.
"Yes, I shall be most grateful for this, my beloved," I add to my sleepy love as she nods lightly once more, a soft hum escaping her. I meet my child's adoring gaze then and reach up to cup the nape of his neck before pulling him closer to press a tender kiss to his lips. "Rest well, my child," I whisper against his mouth.
"Rest well, Master," he answers with a warm smile before the two of us are settling ourselves against the radiating, soothing heat of our shared love. I press my face into the crook of her neck, surrounding myself with her ever intoxicating scent before I'm pulled to my rest with a satisfied smile stretched over my face.