A/N: Hi everyone! I present, chapter 15! We're finally getting into what I think everyone has been waiting for, so enjoy! Please let me know what you think of everything. I love hearing from you and it gives me more motivation to write! So enjoy!

A big thanks to Cornmuffinsmama for editing this chapter! She's been an amazing help and you can thank her for the vast improvement to my writing!

I rushed up the steps of the apartment building and burst through the door, Godric right behind me. Evan peeked her head out of her room, already changed into pajama pants and a baggy sweater. Her eyes took in the anxious expression on my face and the protective way Godric hovered behind me and frowned, her eyebrows coming together.

"What? What's wrong?" She demanded.

Godric spoke before I had a chance to, his voice urgent. "You both need to pack a bag with your essentials and clothes enough to last you several days. It is not safe here."

Evan's eyes widened. "What? Why? What happened? Where are we going?" she demanded.

"I believe a vampire will be targeting your sister and you. You will both be safer at the nest. No one knows where it is and none of your friends will be able to direct them there," Godric explained, impatient.

"What if they follow your car?" I asked, fishing a duffle bag out of the hall closet.

Godric paused as if he hadn't considered that. "I will call Eric while you both pack and have him meet us here."
I didn't see how having another vehicle to follow would help but I decided to let him handle it. "Come on, Ev. We can figure everything out when we get to Godric's," I urged.

Evan nodded sharply and retreated into her room. I could hear her searching through her closet so I moved to my room and did the same. I tried to pack all the basics since I didn't know when they would bring us back to the apartment, but my duffle was quickly filling up. When I had packed all the clothes I could manage, I rushed into the bathroom to fill a bag with our toiletries.

Evan and I met Godric in the entranceway where I had left him. He was just hanging up his phone when we plopped our bags down. Godric shouldered them easily, as if they weighed nothing.

"Eric and Pam will be here shortly. Eric and I will take you both to the nest while Pam takes the car to throw off any potential followers," Godric informed us, holding the front door open. "You have everything you will need for several days?" he checked as we filed out.

Evan hesitated by the door. "What about work? I have a job I have to go to tomorrow."

"I will have Pamela contact your employer and glamour them into thinking they gave you a paid vacation. You will not have to worry about it until it is safe to return," Godric reasoned, tapping at his phone for a moment, presumably to inform Pam of his plan.

Evan frowned. She hated lying and I could tell she didn't like the idea of glamouring her boss but we didn't have much choice. If Godric thought it was serious enough to make us evacuate our apartment then the situation must be much more serious than one vampire that didn't like Godric.

I linked my arms with Evan as we walked down the hall and felt her lean against me. What had I gotten her into?

Eric and Pam were standing outside the doors, backs to each other and posture stiff. They looked like very scary body guards, though they lacked the sunglasses and earpieces. When they saw us Pam held out her hand for the keys and Godric silently dropped them into her palm. She turned on her heel and slid into the vehicle, taking off a moment later.

"How are we supposed to get to the house?" Evan asked, looking around for Eric's car.

Eric took one of the bags from Godric then opened his arms to Evan, a teasing smirk on his face. "We fly," he hummed.

I turned to Godric, confused. What was Eric talking about? "We have the gift of flight, little one. Eric will carry your sister and I can take you, if that is acceptable?" Godric checked, head tilted to the side.

I looked at Eric with narrowed eyes, remembering how roughly he had carried me when we had been going to save Godric. It seemed like such a long time ago. Evan didn't deserve such rough treatment. "You better be gentle with her, Eric Northman. Like being carried by a cloud do you understand me?" I demanded.

Eric seemed more amused than anything and swept a deep bow. "Of course, I wouldn't dare mistreat your sister."

Evan seemed as impressed by his display as I was but allowed him to collect her in his arms. He shot into the sky a moment later and I gaped at their quickly disappearing forms. Godric stepped closer to me, drawing my attention back to him.

"Are you ready?" He asked, holding his hand out to me.

I braced myself and took his hand. Godric gathered me up into his arms and the next thing I knew, my feet weren't touching the ground. I suppressed a scream and buried my face in the side of his neck, clutching at his shoulders for dear life.

When we arrived, he eased me down on the front lawn of the house, letting me regain my footing before he let me go. I didn't see any sign of Eric and Evan and assumed they had gone inside as soon as they had landed. I followed Godric into the safety of the house. We met in the living room, Evan was curled up in the corner of the couch chewing on her lip. I moved to her side and drew her into my arms. Settled, I turned to the vampires. "Explain what's going on," I demanded.

"Eric and I ran into Nathaniel several hundred years ago. I was not as I am now, Eric had been fairly newly turned and we both were… feral, you could say. Nathaniel was part of a large nest in an area we were passing through," Godric began. "Nathaniel had a human companion, as did many of the vampires in the nest. It was fairly common at the time for vampires to have a group of humans that they fed on and glamoured. But Nathaniel was different. He was in love with his human, a woman named Bethany. We had a disagreement, a petty argument really. But I was not used to another vampire denying me. Even then I had garnered something of a reputation and at over a millennia old I was easily the eldest vampire involved. I was a petty child," Godric explained, his face pained and his whole body on edge.

"We attacked, made Nathaniel watch as we torn his human apart piece by piece. Then we killed most of their nest. It was like a warning, don't mess with us or we will destroy you. Suffice to say, we offended many vampires in doing so and have done nothing since to make it better and everything to make it worse. Nathaniel still holds a grudge against Godric for killing his human and several of his surviving nest mates lost progeny and makers during our attack." Eric finished the story briskly, eyes hard and a scowl on his face.

His expression made it clear he expected us not to ask for any more details and seeing the look on Godric's face, I thought the little details weren't important enough.

"It is possible that he will try to hurt you or your sister, little one, in order to get vengeance for his human. It is also possible he will or already has connected with his old nest mates and they may attack" Godric sighed, sitting heavily on the edge of the couch "I would rather you both not be involved. It is an old feud I had forgotten about. But I dare not leave you unprotected until it can be resolved or they move on."

Evan nodded slowly. "I could use a couple days off work anyway."

I shot her a grateful look. Evan was probably freaking out on the inside but I appreciated her willingness to go along with it. We really were safest where we were. Our apartment had already proven to be an easy target for kidnappers, after all, and I wouldn't have been able to stay with Godric knowing Evan was at the apartment all by herself.

We sat in tense silence for several minutes before Pam burst through the door. "If they were following me, I've lost them. Took a couple back roads though so your car could probably use a couple of touch ups," Pam admitted with a grin.

I winced, imagining just how bad it must be. The sleek sports car Godric drove certainly wasn't designed for back roads. It was probably a mess and those cars weren't cheap to fix. Godric didn't seemed concerned though, only nodding faintly in Pam's direction.

"So where are we going to sleep?" Evan asked after a while, stifling a yawn.

I jutted my chin towards the stairs. "There's a spare bedroom upstairs, we can sleep there" I told her.

Pam cleared her throat, a sly grin on her face. "That's a single bed, sweet cheeks. You two are little, but you aren't that little."

My gaze slipped to Godric, wondering what we were supposed to do. Pam was right, Evan and I had never had a problem sharing a bed but there was no way we could both sleep in a single.

"If you would like you can sleep in my room. I believe I would feel better having you close, at any rate," Godric admitted.

I flushed beet red. Godric wanted me to sleep with him? We had only just kissed and suddenly he thought I would be ok sharing his bed? Did he expect us to sleep together or was he just offering me a place to sleep? My heart rate picked up as my anxiety flared. I didn't know what to say or how to react. Godric must have picked up on it because he placed his hand gently over mine. "I do not mean anything of it, little one. I will be perfectly gentleman-like. It is a large bed and I will be dead for the day," Godric assured me.

I nodded, feeling better about the situation. Godric just wanted to protect me after all and if I was being honest with myself, I would probably feel better with him close to me anyway.

Evan and I made our way upstairs so I could show her to her bedroom. She wasn't used to being up late like I was and I could tell she was already tired. Together, we unloaded her bag and I curled up on the bed with her, stroking my hand through her hair.

"I'm sorry, Ev. You shouldn't be getting dragged into this," I apologized.

Evan shook her head. "Neither should you. This is their unfinished business, not yours," she reminded me.

I shrugged. "But I chose to get involved with them. You didn't."

"Whatever you're involved with, I want to be a part of with you, Aly. Besides, it doesn't get much safer than being in a house with three very old vampires who want to protect you," Evan reassured me.

I hummed. "I guess so. Though the three vampires are also the reason we need to be protected."

Evan shook her head. "You're part demon, Aly. Someone was bound to come after you eventually. It's good that we have them to look out for you."

She was right, I supposed. Even if I spent my whole life not knowing what I was, someone might recognize it eventually and without Godric keeping me safe, who knows what could happen.

Evan drifted off to sleep eventually and I went to find the vampires. They were sitting around the table, talking in low voices. They paused when I came into the room.

"What's the plan? Evan and I can't stay here forever," I reasoned.

Eric shrugged. "Why not?"

I opened my mouth to tell him, and stopped. Could we? If they gave us the option to live with them, would it be the best choice? The house was much nicer than our apartment, and we would be safer living under the same roof as them. But I didn't know if Evan would want that. Did I want that? Godric and I had a tentative relationship started. Wasn't it a bit soon for me to be living with him? Sure, we weren't exactly operating under normal circumstances, but still.

"We have an apartment, Eric. And who's to say Evan really wants to spend that much time with you anyway? She hardly knows you three and she's never said she wanted to become that involved with vampires," I explained.

Pam snorted. "She doesn't have much choice now, does she?"

I decided I didn't need to answer that and looked to Godric. "So what do we do?"

We spent what was left of the night going over our options. I was firmly told that I wasn't to be involved in any of their plans. It was too risky to have me exposed. I fought them on it as much as I could. Sure, I wasn't immortal but I wasn't useless either. I could set a trap for them, or at least defend myself a little. But they shot me down.

"I don't need to be worried about you getting hurt any more than I already am," Godric huffed, his mouth set into a grim line.

I let it go eventually, if only for the time being, and let them plot.

Godric led me up to his room an hour or so before sunrise. He cleared out a drawer for some of my clothes and made room in his closet for the rest of them.

"Would you mind if I took a quick shower?" I asked shyly.

Godric waved his hand towards the bathroom. "Of course, little one. You needn't ask my permission."

I came out of the bathroom in pajama shorts and an oversized t-shirt. I rubbed a towel through my hair to help it dry. Godric looked up from the book he was reading and placed it beside him on his bed.

"You look wonderful," he hummed, a gentle smile on his face.

I wrinkled my nose and looked down at myself. "I'm wearing pajamas," I reminded him, confused.

Godric nodded. "I like it. You are beautiful when you are at ease. Though, of course, you are beautiful no matter what you are wearing."

I blushed and dropped my eyes, my insides feeling warm and happy at his words. When I peeked up at him, he patted the space on the bed next to him. "Do you need anything before you sleep?" he checked when I approached the bed.

I shook my head and climbed into bed, fidgeting with the edge of my shirt. I wasn't sure what to do in that situation. Since I wasn't going to have sex with him, and I didn't know if Godric was one to cuddle, I was shy about touching him.

Godric seemed to sense it because he gently picked up my hand drew it into his lap. I shifted closer to him and watched as he examined my hand silently. After a moment he drew it up to his face and brushed his lips over my knuckles.

His fingers stroked up and down my forearm, tracing invisible patterns across my skin. It felt pleasant, Godric was quite a bit cooler than I was and the feeling relaxed me. I soon found myself melting into the pillows piled behind. Slowly, I drew closer to Godric and ended with my side pressed against his and my head resting on his shoulder. Godric pressed his lips against the top of my hair and I could feel him inhale against me. I peeked up at him. Godric looked down at me with a tender expression and pressed his lips softly against mine.

I hummed into the kiss and pressed more firmly against him. I turned slightly so I was facing him rather than twisting my neck around and Godric slipped his arm around my back to hold me against him. His other hand settled against my hip, his fingers brushing aside the fabric of my shirt to caress my bare skin. I shivered when his fingers brushed against the sensitive skin of my stomach and felt Godric smile against my lips. My arms wound around his neck and I pressed myself against him.

Godric's legs slotted between mine and he rolled up so I was laying on my back and he hovered over me. I ran my hand down his chest and slipped under the smooth fabric of his shirt. He was still dressed in the button up shirt and dress pants from earlier, though he had discarded the tie and untucked his shirt. Godric rumbled above me as I scraped my fingers down his chest. His tongue urged my lips apart and I opened my mouth to his. Our tongues tangled and I pulled him against me.

He supported his weight on one arm, braced against the mattress by my head, and his other hand pushed my shirt up to explore my stomach and stroke along my ribs. I mewled and arched up as his fingers danced along the bottom of my breast. Godric growled at my reaction and nipped at my bottom lip. He kissed along my jaw and down the side of my neck to nuzzle at my throat. I tilted my head to give him more access and dragged my hand through his hair.

He pressed his hips against me and I gasped at the feeling of his erection pressing between my legs. My fingers grasped the small hairs at the base of his head and pulled his lips back to mine, squirming against him.

He pulled back abruptly sometime later, pressing his forehead against mine. His hands gripped at the sheets beside me and his eyes were squeezed tight. At some point I had locked my legs around his hips and was panting, trying to catch my breath.

"I apologize, I seem to have gotten carried away" Godric rumbled after a moment.

I was still getting my thoughts back in order, so I just shook my head and took another deep breath. "You don't have to be sorry."

I let my legs fall to the side, not sure if I was glad he had stopped us, or disappointed. He slipped off of me to lay at my side and drew me against his chest. His hand ran from my hip up to my shoulder, not helping my ability to think.

"I should let you sleep, Alyssa. It has been a long day and dawn is coming," Godric mumbled into my hair.

I sighed, he was probably right. "Ok... Are you sleeping in those pants?" I asked, eyebrows coming together.

Godric seemed to have forgotten he was still fully clothed. "If you are comfortable with it, I will sleep in my underwear," he implored.

I was more than comfortable with the thought of Godric wearing only his underwear and quickly agreed. Godric stood from the bed and shed his clothes. Clad in only a pair of boxer-briefs that made my mouth water, he walked across the room to turn the lights off. My eyes were glued to him the entire time, taking in every little detail of his body. To say I was a little excited after what had happened and the visual of a mostly naked Godric was an understatement.

When he crawled back into bed, he snuggled against me and purred happily, a sound I had never heard him make. "Gods, you smell even better than usual," he spoke into the side of my neck and rubbed against me.

I stroked my hand up his arm, feeling out for him since my eyes hadn't adjusted to the dark. I traced along the lines of his muscles, then threaded my fingers through his hair. The purring noise he was making continued and his fingers ghosted along my side, eliciting shivers and causing goosebumps to break out all over my body.

The metal blinds came down shortly after with a 'whoosh'. I snuggled more comfortably against Godric and we drifted to sleep.

I woke up in the late afternoon with my limbs tangled up in Godric's. I considered going back to sleep but my stomach urged me out of bed. With a sigh, I extricated myself from Godric's arms and padded out into the hall.

I found Evan in the living room, a slice of pizza in her lap and a show on the television. She raised her eyebrow at me when I came into the room, eyes taking in my ruffled pajamas.

"Have a good night?" she teased.

I scowled at her. "Not in the way you're thinking. Where did you get pizza?" I changed the subject, jutting my chin towards her plate.

Evan shrugged. "They have a bunch in the freezer. Like, eighty different kinds. I think there's still a couple slices left."

I turned and walked into the kitchen. Evan had a huge appetite for such a little frame and there were only two slices left of the large pizza she had cooked. I rolled my eyes and put them on a plate, grabbing a glass of water before I returned to the living room.

"You pig, you practically ate a whole pizza," I huffed playfully, sitting beside her.

Evan stuck her tongue out at me. "You snooze you lose. Now shhh, this is important."

I tried to catch up on what was happening in the show without asking too many questions but I had never seen it before and it looked like it was a season ender.

Shortly before sundown, I left Evan sitting on the couch and went back up to Godric's bedroom. He would be getting up soon and I planned to be there when he woke.

I had just gotten myself back into his arms- which was harder than I had anticipated since Godric was for all rights dead- when he woke up.