Finally, the end of Vampire Bait.

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Sookie noticed his serious expression and sat next to Eric on the bed, giving her godfather her undivided attention.

"Long ago," Godric began to say…

"No, Master, just tell us," Eric interrupted. They had waited enough and Eric feared the marks on Sookie's neck were something of great significance.

Godric just stared at both of them, staying quiet for a few long seconds. He nodded. "It means you were meant to be one of us, just not in a typical way. If you want to understand, then you will let me tell the story," he warned. Sookie just stared at Eric, silently warning him not to interrupt Godric again.

"Long ago…"

Chapter 12 – Vampire Bait

Sookie woke startled and breathing heavily, but then who wouldn't after such a nightmare. She dreamed somebody else had gotten murdered in her town. Although she had wanted to solve the mystery, she had not found anyone thinking about the murders. She had no clue what had triggered the killer to commit such a horrible act.

She turned to stare at her husband, a big smile spread on her face. Her husband, she thought. He looked so unthreatening when he was asleep, really only when he was sleeping or making love to her. She bit her bottom lip and went to the bathroom.

She had promised Eric and Godric that she wouldn't leave the house since they were not sure what kind of changes she would go through due to the claiming, the myths, the curse and…. "Argh, screw this. I can't stay here and do nothing," she said out loud, knowing Eric couldn't hear her anyway.

She got dressed quickly. Thank god Pam had the audacity to stock her closet with everything a newlywed woman might need. How did she know what to get her anyway? It wasn't like Pam had gotten married before. In fact, she didn't want to think about how Pam had come up with the things that were in Sookie's closet. She just picked whatever top and jeans she found first and a pair of sandals.

Since they had flown to the house Sookie didn't have any transportation. She thought about calling Claudine until she spotted a pair of keys hanging in the kitchen with a yellow bow and a daisy key chain. The key was bright red and had a picture of a horse.

"Holy…shit!" she said, truly taken aback. She took the key with trembling hands and stared at it for several minutes. She knew it was for her, but wondered if Eric would get upset if she used it before he officially gave it to her. She thought about pretending not to have seen the key and just calling a cab, but she desperately wanted to see the car now. She went to the garage and turned on the lights.

Sookie thought it would be red like Eric's car, but he had chosen yellow. A brand new, freaking, hot Ferrari just for her! She squealed like a little girl. Maybe she should have left without seeing the car.

She admired the sleek lines and glossy paint, touching it just to make sure she was not dreaming. Before she knew it, Sookie found herself turning on the ignition key. It was so quiet. After a long debate in her mind, she left her house inside her new present. Eric couldn't get mad at her; it was her present and they had just gotten married.

An hour later she found herself outside Merlotte's. Her friends went to greet her, congratulate her and to drool over her new ride. She was ecstatic. By lunch time, the bar was packed. She let her shields down and tried very hard to listen to everyone as she discussed her presents with her friends.

"How big is the house?" Arlene asked, truly curious.

Sookie blushed. She hadn't even seen the entire house yet since she had been otherwise occupied.

"You think she had time to look at the house? She was busy all night loooong," Lafayatte drawled.

"Lala!" Sookie admonished.

"Hooker, have you seen the size of that vamp?" Lafayette replied, making Sookie blush once more from head to toe.

Right after Lafayette made the comment Sookie felt a cold chill crawl down her spine. She began seeing images that at first didn't make any sense. They were dark and tinted red, but she usually only got those images when trying to read Sam. These felt different. An image of a girl with long red hair kept popping up. The girl had the bite marks on her neck, and then Sookie saw her struggle to fight someone off. The next image was of someone choking her.

It was hard for Sookie to keep smiling when her mind was being bombarded with such horrible imagery. It was hard not to shed any tears for those women. Next she saw how Maudette had been murdered, then Dawn and then another girl she did not recognize. She couldn't handle it anymore so she excused herself and went to the ladies room.

"You okay, Cher?" Sam asked while following after her.

"Yeah, you know I'm just tired," she replied, smiling. She knew it had not been Sam who had done such horrible things. His thoughts had a warm feeling to them and always left some kind of pink trace on her mind.

When she had calmed down she went back out again, seeing most of the customers had left the bar since it was time to get back to work. Her friends were at her table with Sam looking at some pictures. On the last page of the photo album of Merlotte's waitresses was the last girl she had seen, the one she had not recognized.

"Who is that?" Sookie asked curiously.

"That's your replacement. Her name is Amy," Sam replied while messing her hair.

"Oh god!" She said, afraid to say the words. "She's dead," Sookie mumbled, letting the tears fall freely. Sookie ran out of Merlotte's as soon as she realized where this Amy had been murdered - Jason's house.

Sam ran after her, but he had been too late. Sookie drove like a bat out of hell. Sam was afraid that who or whatever Sookie had seen in someone's mind followed after her, shifting when he thought no one had seen him.

Sookie ran inside Jason's house calling for her brother, but got no reply.

"Jason," she called again, frantic.

"He is not here," a deep voice replied from behind her. She turned around immediately. "Such a waste, a pretty thing like you married to a demon," he said. He was wearing gloves, holding a long black string in his hand. "Just like my sister. She was so pretty, so full of life. She married one of those awful things, just like you."

Sookie stepped back, afraid for her life. She had no powers to speak of other than her gift of telepathy, but she wasn't going to die - not this day. While Sookie looked for something she could use as a weapon, he stepped towards her.

Rene heard something behind him. He turned around to look just as a dog lunged at him. The small dog wasn't strong enough to do much damage though. Rene quickly grabbed hold of him and threw him against the wall, knocking him out.

Sookie took advantage of Rene's distraction and found the bat that Jason kept hidden under the sofa. She swung the weapon with all her might, making her attacker fall as she struck. Unfortunately, she lost her balance and fell too. Desperate to get away now that they were both on the ground, Sookie tried to stand up to make a run for it. Just as she got to her feet he grabbed her ankle, making her fall once again except this time she hit something on the table and cut herself.

"Fucking bitch," he yelled at her. His face hurt and he was bleeding from his nose.

Rene looked around for the dog, but Sam had shifted to his human form since he was unconscious. "What the hell?" Rene said, astounded to see Sam Merlotte naked where the dog had fallen.

Sookie was groaning as she stood up once more. Even though Rene was astonished to see Sam, his mind returned to his ultimate objective as he approached Sookie ready to free her from her "wrong" life. He held the familiar black cord firmly in one hand as he slapped her across the face, upset that she had the audacity to hit him so hard. She kicked him, struggling to get away from his grasp. She thought she'd die and never again see Eric, or her Gran or her family. She didn't want to die, so she fought as hard as she could.

Unaware of what was happening to his wife, Eric came wide awake feeling her distress. His first instinct was to look for her in the house, but he knew she was not close. He was livid because she had left when Godric and Eric had advised her not to leave the safety of their home. They didn't know how the marriage rite would affect her.

At that moment, however, he was so desperate to get to Sookie and save her from whatever was causing her such distress that one minute he was at their house and the next he was standing in somebody else's watching a man atop his wife, strangling her. Eric roared, taking the man by the neck and throwing him as far away from his wife as he could.

Rene stared at the tall vampire, scared shitless. "What the fuck?" he asked. How was it possible that this vampire was standing in front of him in plain day light, wide awake and not burning?

Eric moved so fast that the man did not see him. The vampire made Rene suffer as much as possible by biting with no mercy for having spilled his wife's blood. The human struggled in a futile attempt to get free, but there would be none of that. In mere seconds Rene Lenier was dead.

When Sookie awoke she was in a hospital bed and Eric was sitting next to her holding her hand. The room was bright and Eric looked pissed, upset, afraid and many other things. Tears fell from her eyes as she remembered everything that happened.

"He is not going to hurt anyone anymore," Eric assured her.

"How… did you? Why are you not…?" She couldn't phrase the questions that were forming in her mind.

"As it turns out I was wrong," said Godric's voice from the hallway just before he entered. "It wasn't you who would change. It was us," he said, facing the window and the sunshine. "You have removed the curse. We are no longer bound by daylight. We will not burn anymore. It is quite the news," he said, smiling even as a small red tear fell on his childlike face. "So many centuries I have roamed this earth wanting to feel the warmth of the sun again, and now you have released us from the curse. A fairy who trusted a vampire with her heart and gave him everything with no regrets. You are a wonderful creature," he said and fell to his knees beside her bed.

Godric wasn't sure how to thank her. All he had wanted was to find someone worthy of her, to protect her. Though he knew Eric would be capable of those things, he never truly believed that Sookie would love his child so dearly. Nor did he know that such forbidden love would break the curse that bound the vampires to the night.

"What are you doing?" she asked as she saw her godfather on his knees.

"Thank you! I don't think you understand what you have done for us," he said. Eric could only stare at the floor.

"Are you saying that this mark on my neck is what freed you?" she asked, not sure she understood how the curse had been broken.

"Yes, the marks, the marriage, you giving everything to Eric," he replied.

"Oh," she replied, still amazed to see them unharmed under the sun. "I don't know what to say," she added after a long silence.

"There are many vampires here to see you. What would you like me to say to them?" Godric asked. Eric cradled her and helped her so that she could take a look outside. The hospital parking lot was filled with vampires, all on their knees with long, red streaks on their faces.

Sookie couldn't help but feel touched by such a gesture. She gulped, unable to form any words as she held on to her vampire.

"I love you, so much," she said to him.

Eric sobbed unable to say anything for some time. "As do I, my wife," he said proudly. He pressed his cold lips to her warm ones softly. "I was so afraid to lose you. Why did you leave?" he asked, his voice breaking.

"Shhh, I'm fine. You saved me and we are together." He rested his forehead against hers. After being in his arms for a few minutes, she knew exactly what to say. "Tell them I feel honored for such gratitude, but I'm on my honeymoon and I will not be back for another month. They can mail their thank you cards to Fangtasia. Honey, let's go home," she said to Eric.

He gave her his sultry smile and took off with her in his arms.

"So," Claudine asked from behind Godric. He smiled at her.

"They are not going to show up for some time, let's let them be, min alskade," he said, holding her hand.

"You did not tell her about us," she noticed.

"No, she will find out when she comes back. Everything taken care of with the Detective?" he asked her.

"Yes, now can we go on our honeymoon?" she asked.

"Shouldn't we get married first?" he asked.

"Details," she said, claiming his lips in a passionate kiss.

Those details could come later since vampires were no longer attracted to fairies in a dangerous way. Claudine had already taken care to make sure Sam was fine and back at Merlotte's, so they decided to make the most of the momentous occasion.

The legend said that a woman of royal blood blessed by the angels would become like the one she loved. What Godric and the rest of the vampires hadn't known was that everything changed because Sookie shared her blood, her light and her heart with Eric. She loved all the creatures in this world no matter what they were, so the curse was broken.

That day many vampires experienced what a miracle was for the second time in their lives and all was due to a small, caring woman who fell in love with one of their kind. Besides, who would've thought a fairy would give her heart to a vampire? Vampire bait indeed.

The End...

Did you like it? For those of you who want to know what happens to Jason/Pam and Hadley/Wolf?, I will post it as a separate short story. Thank you for all who followed this story. Thanks to Northwoman, Krystal214 and JuanseyLio for the suggestion of pairing Godric. Let me know your thoughts...

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