When Sookie walked down stairs the next morning, she was on a mission. She was going to use her telepathy to "listen" to the human and Weres employed at Godric's nest. She made her way to the kitchen, and found the housekeeper, Gloria, making breakfast.
"Good morning, ma'am," Gloria said warmly, handing Sookie a plate of scrambled eggs, bacon, a blueberry muffin, and a large cup of coffee. "I figured you would be hungry after your flight last night."
"You have no idea," Sookie said, laughing softly. She dug into her breakfast, but listened closely to the housekeeper's thoughts.
She seems like a nice girl.
Mister Godric talked about her so fondly.
Must be tired after such a long night.
Little thing looks like she couldn't hurt a fly. Wonder what she's going to do to help find Mister Godric.
Hope they find him soon. Such a nice man. Doesn't deserve any hardship.
He seemed like something was bothering him, though.
The last though caught Sookie by surprise. Something was bothering Godric? What could it possibly be? Could there be a threat in Dallas? Surely, though, his second would know if there was. She hadn't seen Godric in quite a while, although it hadn't been that long. Surely she would have seen if something was bothering him then. And surely he would have called if something was bothering him now. It just didn't add up.
The only problem Sookie saw in Dallas was the Fellowship of the Sun. They were blind in their hatred toward vampires, and they would do anything to eradicate vampires from the Earth. They were closed minded bigots, although Sookie had seen plenty of uprisings in her long lifetime—they always ended the same way—they were stomped out by those they hated. Humans always felt the need to oppose that which was so exponentially stronger than themselves.
Sookie sighed when she realized she had finished her breakfast. "Thank you Gloria. That was delicious."
"No problem, dear. Let me know if you need anything else. Lunch will be at 12:30," Gloria said, grinning from the praise Sookie gave her.
Sookie nodded graciously, and got up from the bar/island in the kitchen. She made her way to the library, where she felt another presence. Peeking in the door, she saw a middle aged man with dark hair, sitting in an armchair. She backed away from the door and sat in the sitting room directly across from he library, where she could still listen in to the man's thoughts. Pulling out her smart phone so she'd look busy, Sookie began listening.
Isabelle is so beautiful.
Love her accent.
So powerful.
Oh, the sex...
Last night was fantastic.
Hope the new girl and her vamp didn't hear.
Isabelle said they were coming. Didn't expect a fangbanger to be so pretty.
Wonder why she doesn't have any bite marks.
After the last few comments, Sookie had hear enough. The man, named Hugo she had gathered, was definitely a suspect. Isabelle seemed as though she was genuine in her despair over the disappearance of her Sheriff, so Sookie determined she was innocent.
Typing in Hugo's information on her smart phone, the Fellowship popped up. Alarmed, Sookie quickly popped herself to her bedroom. Pulling out her laptop, she typed the same information in, and clicked on the link. The page was dedicated to new members of the church, and the date that they were inducted. Looking at Hugo's, he was inducted two weeks before. A week before Godric went missing. This shit began to stink even more.
Sookie closed her laptop, and laid back on her bed, trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together. She began daydreaming, and remembered her first meeting with Godric and Eric after she left.
Around 1520
Sookie was living in England in the court of King Henry VIII. Politics were getting increasingly strained, as Henry tried to get his marriage to Catherine of Aragon annulled. Sookie was posing as a French widow, and acting as the queen's lead lady in waiting. It was a nice reprieve for Sookie, getting to wait on somebody instead of actively ruling. She kept an eye on her people, but they were a peaceful lot, not prone to violence.
"Susannah," the queen called to Sookie one day. "I believe that my Henry is trying to rid himself of me."
Sookie nodded solemnly, braiding Catherine's hair intricately. "Yes, Your Majesty, I believe so."
"I will not go quietly. I am the Queen of England. He cannot so easily toss me aside," Catherine said with determination.
"Your Majesty, I don't think you should go quietly. He wants to tear this country apart—tear himself from the church—for that Anne Boleyn. Although, I know that Mistress Anne is not—at least at first—acting on her own. She was ordered by men, as all women are at some point," Sookie said, the queen narrowing her eyes at her.
"Do you believe this to be true?" Catherine asked, looking at her maid closely.
"Your Majesty, I know it to be true."
"You are dismissed for the evening. Thank you for your honesty," the queen said to Sookie.
Sookie curtsied, and turned to walk out the door. When she made her way back to her chambers, she was shocked by what greeted her. Godric and Eric were standing in front of the fire, apparently in downtime.
"What are you doing here?!" she whisper-yelled, causing her vampires to stir. "How did you even get in here?"
Godric sped over to her and pulled her into his arms. "Little one, we were passing through, and caught your scent. Faery is not a common smell anymore."
Sookie sighed, and sagged into his embrace. "I have missed you. Both of you."
Eric came to her next, inhaling deeply to get her scent. "We have both been incomplete without you," he said, holding her at arms length. He wanted to get a good look at her. "You look pale."
"I have been busy. I'm just tired. The queen gave me the rest of the night to myself. I would love if you guys would stay. I have missed you."
The three of them spent the evening, and the whole night together, listening to the tales that each had to tell. What they weren't planning on, though, was having to stay for two more weeks as Sookie recovered from the Sweating Sickness. Godric knew that his and Sookie's relationship was no longer romantic, and he did not wish to give his blood to her without her consent. Eric and he both agreed that if anybody were to give blood, though, it would be Godric—his blood was just stronger.
When Sookie finally regained a small amount of consciousness, she agreed to take blood. After that, it only took a matter of days to regain her strength.
Sookie woke up from her nap with a start. She remembered that time way too well. She thought she was going to die. She cleaned herself up, and felt the voids of the vampires waking up. She met them all downstairs, and motioned for Eric to meet her in Godric's office.
"There is a traitor in our midst," she said quickly. "Hugo—Isabelle's human—is a member of the Fellowship of the Sun. I saw it on their website of all things."
Eric looked at her hard. "I must speak with Isabelle."
"Eric, she doesn't know. He is doing all of this in secret. He's seriously twisted," Sookie said, defending the female vampire.
Eric went and got Isabelle anyway, bringing her into the study. "Your human! He's the one who betrayed Godric."
Isabelle's eyes flashed with anger before she vamped from the room, returning with Hugo. Eric wasted no time glamoring the man.
"Who do you work for?"
"The Fellowship of the Sun."
"Do they have Godric?"
"Yes."
"Why did you betray us?"
"Isabelle wouldn't turn me."
Isabelle growled. Realizing that they wouldn't get much from Hugo, they detained him the basement of the mansion. Now, with that information, they could storm the Fellowship and get Godric back.
