A/N: I enjoyed your reviews as I always do, not to mention taking into account some of the feedback I received on the last chapter. Angry Godric, yay! Bad Bill!

Disclaimer: I do not own True blood; I just borrowed the characters for a bit of fun!

Chapter Thirteen
Unrestrained Anger

Taking a hesitant step backwards, Sookie was eager to stay out of the firing line as she tried to fight back a shudder at the anger which seemed to roll off Godric in waves. It was clear Godric didn't need to have an expression full of uncontrolled rage to incite fear in both humans and his own kind.

While Godric remained expressionless, his anger was firmly reinforced with his demand "address yourself!" spoke through gritted teeth.

Lorena was no longer smiling.

Sookie had yet to see Godric this angry, the vampire usually so calm and collected. Honestly, it through her for a loop, though it was hard not to look at him with both relief and thankfulness for his intervention. She may be able to defend herself, but she highly doubted that if Lorena wrapped a hand around her throat she would be able to get out of the situation without any help.

It made perfect sense for Godric to prevent that from happening by addressing her personally.

Automatically taking a small step backwards, she startled slightly at the sensation of a firmer chest applying pressure against her back. She didn't need to turn around to know it was Eric's towering presence, the Viking clearly having taken an interest in proceedings.

"G-Godric…"

Icy blue eyes narrowed. "I said, address yourself!"

"Lorena. Lorena Krasiki" she managed to stutter out.

Confidence, Sookie took note, no longer seemed to ooze from every pour of her body, it being as clear as day that Godric both outsmarted and outranked her. It was a relief, thoughts of Bill's betrayal still fresh in her mind.

Had he really cheated on her?

"And your Sire?"

Lorena's jaw clenched. "István."

"Ah!" Godric's eyes flashed with recognition. "That does explain a lot, doesn't it? A sadistic vampire, one that found he was above the rules set in place for our kind. He was a vampire that I took great pleasure in destroying."

Sookies eyes widened at his admission, gasps that couldn't be restrained echoing around the room while Lorena stared at Godric in both feared fascination and terror.

"B-but, he is indestructible!" she demanded.

"Indestructible he was not. He should not have gotten lazy in covering his tracks, the fact you are still alive is a testament to my generosity. He did have a taste for turning those innocent bitter."

"He made me what I am!" she screeched. "What I have become is not my doing!"

"And yet you continue to act in such an unevolved manner, tormenting humans as if they are flies whose wings you pluck!"

"B-but, she provoked me!"

"And you provoke me! You do not insult my-guest" Sookie didn't seem to be the only one to notice the slight catch in his sentence. It confused her. "Nor do you out of respect comment on a human's bite marks in such a degrading manner! I would ask if your maker taught you any respect had I not met the pathetic despicable vampire myself!"

Ouch, Sookie couldn't help but cringe.

Bill, however, seemed more concerned with her neck than the more serious situation at hand, demanding who bit her with an attitude she didn't appreciate from a vampire who seemed to feel he wasn't the one at fault, but that she was.

Just who did he think he was?

He was about to get a scolding of a lifetime if he didn't sort out his attitude sooner rather than later. She was a lady, she did not deserve nor appreciate being spoken to like a child who needed to be told they had done wrong.

Sookie rolled her eyes. "Is now really the time, Bill? And who are you to judge, speaking to me about faithfulness and trust only to throw it back in my face!"

"Sookie-"

She cut him off. "What is she doing here, Bill?"

"I-"

"Because from the sounds of it you slept with her, but it was the fact you didn't seem to deny it that tells me she isn't the dishonest one in this situation."

Bill looked at her with both an expression of frustration and anger. "Can we not deal with this now?" he asked through gritted teeth.

"And why not, Bill? I have no desire to make a scene but your so-called maker seems to have different ideas on the matter" she huffed. "You've been acting strange for weeks, just how long has this been going on?"

"It hadn't-it meant nothing!"

Lorena laughed bitterly at that, scoffing at the absurdity of it. "You weren't saying that when you were coating the back of my throat with your cum!"

Crass, Sookie cringed, talk about being less of a lady.

"Enough!" Godric snapped. "You," he narrowed his eyes in Lorena's direction "will leave this area if you know what's good for you. I may no longer hold a position in authority but I will not hesitate to personally make sure you do not bother Isabel in her area again if needs must. And Compton, clearly you have unresolved issues with you maker-"

"She will not release me!"

"And you test my patience," Godric's anger filtered through his words. Sookie doubted he was best pleased to be interrupted, especially with Bill's childish outburst. "What happens between you and your maker is none of my concern, however, her scent upon your person leads me to believe you willingly allowed her to seduce you."

"She forced me!"

At that Godric simply rolled his eyes, his expression turning from blank to irritate in the space of a second. "The last whispers of your arousal lead me to believe otherwise."

Sookies eyes widened at that, her mouth falling open in both shock and disgust at the realisation that Bill had indeed cheated on her. It seemed that had hadn't fully allowed it to sink in until Godric confirmed it himself. She wasn't stupid, she trusted Godric's judgement completely, and while she was aware of the fact many vampires did not see monogamy the same way humans did, she had made a point of informing Bill that she would have it no other way, that it was exclusive or she would have to say no.

What a jerk!

Instead of feeling upset, of feeling inadequate and tearful, she felt anger! Never before had she felt as furious as she had right at that moment, her face flushing in what she knew had to be an unattractive way as she stared at her boyfriend – no ex-boyfriend with a betrayed and disgusted look. She had seen what men who cheated on women thought like, that it was ok. Seeing Arlene and Dawn being betrayed and used by so many men had instilled a no tolerance policy in her when it came to un-faithfulness.

Cleary Bill was not the one.

She knew that now.

As if reading her mine Bill looked at her panicked, eyes wide and mouth ajar. "Sookie-"

"I think it goes without saying that we are over, Bill" she crossed her arms over her chest. "I don't want to be with you anymore, Lorena can have you."

At least Lorena looked pleased with the outcome, she thought bitterly.

"But Sookie, you don't understand-"he pleaded.

She huffed. "I am not a child, Bill. Sorry doesn't make it better."

"She made me!" he hissed. "She used the maker command on me, I couldn't resist!"

That made Sookie pause before she caught sight of the pathetic looks on the vampires surrounding them, not to mention anger of those who she knew were makers themselves. Insulted didn't even begin to describe how they looked at Bills accusation. It wasn't until Eric bent down to explain that she finally allowed herself to belief that it was simply another pathetic attempt at Bill trying to cover his lies and deceit.

"A maker can command their childe to have sex with them unwillingly; however, arousal is not something a sire can command."

Was it naïve of her to believe Eric over Bill?

"Is that true, Godric?" she muttered. She couldn't bring herself to care that they were causing a scene, knowing it was too late to worry about that now. She would apologise later, blushing at the fact that every vampire was clearly listening intently to every word while the humans desperately tried to.

She figured she deserved to be a little peed off!

"I am afraid it is, little one" Godric's fingers moved to caress her shoulder. It was the lightest of touches.

Sookie huffed. "In that case, not only are you a liar, Bill, but you are a cheating one!"

Snarling, Bill made a move to grab her only to have his pale wrist grasped tightly in an equally white one before he could make contact, Eric's eyes narrowed into slits as he glared at Bill warningly.

"You do not lay your hands on a lady, Compton!" he snapped. He doubted Sookie was even aware of how many of his kind she had easily won over in one night. They all looked ready to come to her rescue, especially if it meant having a shot at Bill for his previous comment. As a maker he was insulted at the fact Bill would stoop low enough to claim every maker had the desire to force their childe into their bed, "Especially one who you are no longer dating."

"Fuck off, Eric!" Bill growled, "As if you have never been fucked by your own maker!"

Eric rolled his eyes. Yes, he had been bedded by Godric on many occasions, but even in his most sadistic days his maker had never forced himself on him. Godric had done nothing to his body in terms of sex that he had not enjoyed immensely.

"Sookie has spoken, Compton. You should leave; now."

Godric's tone left no room for disagreement or argument. He meant business.

Reluctantly, both outnumbered and outvoted, Bill turned on his heel and left with a flash of fangs that had Sookie retreating a few steps, though her anger prevented her from moving behind Eric for safety. She may be a human, and she may have just been publically cheated on, but she still had some of her pride! "This isn't over, Sookie. We will talk about this when we get back to Bon Temps."

Sookie rolled her eyes at that, thinking that not only did she need to reside his invitation into her home but she needed to give him the few belongings he had kept around her house back. She didn't want it, any of it.

As far as she was concerned there was no going back from this. What Bill had done was unforgiveable.

Sighing, Sookie turned to apologise to Isabel, hoping she hadn't ruined the night only to see the majority of vampires in the room looking extremely pissed. She flushed in humiliation, hoping her previous good impression hadn't been tainted.

"They are upset with both Lorena and Bill," Isabel must have read the expression on her face. "For a vampire to insult another's bite marks is a very insulting offence. Lorena should have known better, considering her age. Bill's comment on a maker often raping their child was another insult that is unforgivable to many of us."

"Is she older than Eric?" she asked curiously, only for Isabel to laugh lightly in response.

"Oh goodness no, Lorena is barely in her 250 years. It is a shame her life of abuse had made her cold and bitter," Isabel sighed, reaching for another glass of blood. Sookie didn't even flinch. "Her maker was truly a horrid creature if stories are anything to go by, though Godric's actions are a surprise."

"You didn't know?" She would have thought it would be something they would have shared within a nest.

Isabel's lips curled up in amusement. "Godric isn't really one for sharing."

As the elegant vampire walked away Sookie was left speechless. Not one for talking? Godric had been nothing other than open and honest with her since he had saved her life, especially when they had eaten together. Well, she had eaten.

She couldn't help but wonder why she was an acceptation to his usual personality. Surely she wasn't the only person to see his softer side.

Walking towards the bar Sookie ordered her usual gin and tonic. Her thoughts were whirling as she tried to figure out what was going on.

"Our flights will be at sunset," Eric slid into the stool next to her. "Godric will be returning with us. Compton will be making separate arrangements."

"Good," she muttered, still annoyed at the civil war vampire. While part of her wondered why she wasn't more upset, her anger was still bubbling under the surface which kept her from breaking down. She was sure at some point it would hit her, but right at that moment Bill didn't deserve her tears.

Perhaps that was why she wasn't crying. She was too angry too.

"Did you know?" she suddenly asked, looking in Eric's direction.

Eric quirked a brow in question.

"Bill's cheating." She certainly hoped not, but Eric's silence was all she needed to know to confirm her suspicions. "Lovely," she muttered into her glass.

A surprisingly gentle touch to her shoulder had her eyes flickering back to Eric with reluctance. "Compton doesn't deserve you."

Sookie rolled her eyes. "And what? You do?"

"Yes."

A bubble of laughter burst out of her as Sookie fought against the urge not to bite her tongue and inform Eric of exactly how pissed she was. For once, however, it was Bill she was angry at rather than Eric, even if he had kept her so-called boyfriends lack of faithfulness from her.

She wished she could say she was surprised.

"You are in love with the idea of my disability, Eric."

A disgruntled sound left Eric's throat. "I would hardly call your gift a disability."

"And I loathe it when you refer to me as an asset," Sookie wrinkled her nose. It made her sound like his property, like she wasn't even a human being with her own thoughts and feelings. The term asset referred to her as a tool, something he could use before easily discarding without a moment's thought.

Yes she believed herself to be better than Bill after his public confession of betrayal, but that didn't mean she didn't have enough pride and self-worth to think she could be better than some kind of asset Eric could treat and use at his beck and call.

She may not have the highest self-value, but she had more than enough to detest the idea of being used so openly. She respected most of these vampires!

"It is political terminology, not personal."

Sookie frowned. "Is this about image?"

Eric grinned, the tips of his fangs peaking from underneath his upper lip. "I assure you I hold no shame nor embarrassment at having you on my arm."

Oh.

Sookie hadn't expected that.

But as she stared at Eric intently she couldn't help but wonder what his angle was. He may have never been openly rude to her, well other than crude comments that left her cheeks red, but nice had never entered his vocabulary in concerns to her.

Perhaps his maker was a good influence on him.

Help!

Should Sookie be more emotional regarding her break-up with Bill or take it like a champ and tell him to fuck off?

Review = helping me!

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