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Silent Shores Hotel – Dallas

Godric's POV

As I watch my Progeny, my beautiful Son walk away from me for the last time, I feel a part of me disconnect. Without any purpose of thought on my behalf, my connection to Eric closes down. Try as I may, I cannot reconnect or bond. Eric turns to look at me. He must believe I have closed it, the look on his face shows his resignation but I am not so selfless that I would not want our connection for as long as I can have it. I would have had it for at least a short while longer.

I see that Sookie has followed us up to the roof and she is speaking to my Son.

"Don't worry Eric. I will stay with him… as long as it takes." With those words my child takes the stairs which his mate has just ascended and disappears out of my existence… forever.

I turn to face Eastward, a glow along the horizon tells me my pain will be easing soon. I feel Sookie behind me.

"It won't take long… Not at my age." She needs to be with Eric. He needs her now.

"You know it wasn't very smart… The Fellowship of the Sun part." In this comment I can almost hear my cousin, the sister of my heart.

"I know… I thought it might fix everything somehow but I don't think like a vampire anymore… Do you believe in God?"

"Yes."

"If your right, how will he punish me?"

"God doesn't punish. God forgives." I would be happy just for my torment to end. I can't get past Erin's last words to me. "Come for me my love. Come, I will wait for you here by the tree."

There was nothing I could do from the other side of the world… If she had only stayed hidden… She only had to hide for a day, not even that… twenty hours and I could have been by her side. How could she fight against vampires without all her powers and who told them how to find her secret place? Eriu…

"I don't deserve it but I hope for it." It is almost time, will I be with her again?

"We all do." I have my back to Sookie but I feel a change in the air around us so I turn to look for what it could be.

"Ricky? For the love of… Ricky!" The voice so familiar - I was hoping to hear on the other side. I hear now filled with scorn and disappointment.

"Lorielle?" She must be dead. She is channeling through Sookie.

"Ricky, my Brother, my son, what do you do here? Did you not receive the message sent by my Mother, your Grandsire? You have yet to fulfill your destiny!" I wish they would just leave me be.

"But my Son, he has met his fated one."

"Yes, he has but Godric… That is his destiny not yours… Why did you not go to my daughter when she needed you? Why have you yet to return to Nimbin?" My cousin's voice was now full of scorn.

"Sister of my heart, I felt her depart this world. I felt her pain, her life ebbing away and then our bond was just gone. Like a huge impenetrable steel valve had slammed shut on the flow of our bond… I have been a shell since that day. I called Marayin but never received word. Erin told me you were being held by the Sky Fae and could not get to her. I knew she was gone. What point would there have been to travelling there where I would only find further heartache?"

"You promised my daughter that you would come when she called yet you did not." I had never heard such anger and hatred directed at me before. "Your Grandsire orders you – "Remain and be vigilant. There is still much for you to do."" Lorielle's anger blazed into my awareness. Burning away the miasma of grief I had been floundering under for years. I had not gone to Nimbin, knowing I was too late to save my love but also I did not want to be in that place without her. In that selfish decision I had not given one thought to what could have happened to our friends, her allies, her Uncle, Amelia, Elwin, Lorielle and what of Tiery?

"Lorielle?"

"Sorry?" Sookie looked up at me tears falling freely down her face. I could feel the sting of the inevitable dawn on my freshly healed back.

"Stay your tears little one and come." I opened my arms and she stepped into my embrace, totally at ease. There have been few in all my existence that I have held and that have held me for nothing other than comfort and love. She smelled of sunshine and wheat fields, similar in a way to Erin except my loves fresh scent was of green forests and waterfalls. The rising sun's burgeoning presence at my back cut short our moment however.

"Hold on." I warned Sookie. Then we took to the air, swiftly coming to land back on the balcony I had so recently departed from.

Eric is inside directing the Weres in the removal of the rest of our belongings and has his back to us. I gently stand Sookie, making sure she is balanced before I quickly move to my Son. Before he understands what is going on I have him. Picking him up in my arms and holding him to me. Flying us around and around, our height difference means little when I bring my vampire talents and strength to bear. I smother his face with kisses and lick his blood tears from his cheeks. I need to make things right between us.

"I'm sorry (kiss, lick)… So sorry (kiss, lick)… So, very sorry my dearest Child (lick, lick, kiss)… Please forgive me for putting you through this torment…" Eric grabbed my own tear stained face and kissed me soundly on the lips and as our tongues wrestled I felt the blockage in our bond give way and once again I felt my beautiful Child within me. We kissed and cried and laved each other's tears, reaffirming our love for one another.

"Bite me my Son." I knew Eric needed our connection strengthened just as much as I did and sharing blood was the only way I believed we could achieve this now he was bonded to Sookie.

I held up my wrist to him. He seemed a trifle hurt at me offering my essence from my wrist, when we have enjoyed each other's bodies freely over the ages, until he followed my eyes and saw his mate standing in front of the large patio doors she had just closed to protect us from the rising sun. I could not read the look on her face but her presence had an effect on my Son.

He smiled at her with his sexy lopsided grin and holding her gaze with his piercing blue eyes he caressed my wrist with his tongue and then ever so slowly sank his fangs into my flesh. We worked in concert, mirroring each other movements. The exchange is very erotic. The smell of lust fills the room and the taste of my progenies exquisite blood has my cock hard before I swallow the first mouthful. Sookie moves toward us as if under some kind of spell but the spell is quickly broken buy the sound of someone clearing their throat. It is one of the Weres.

"I'm sorry to disturb you Mr Northman, Mr Godric, M'am but the sun… Will you need to use your caskets for the changeover?" I could see that our coffins were all that was left to be removed from the destroyed suite.

" Godric." Sookie speaks "You still need to feed. Dr. Ludwig…"

"Don't worry my love. We will make our way over to the other suite of rooms inside our coffins and then Godric can feed there. He does not feel the pull of the sun so early when he is not injured. I have organized to have donors waiting…" I roll my eyes at my progeny. He already knows I will not drink from any donor, in that I will be loyal to my own mate. "Alright, alright… I have also had Pam provide donor blood but Ludwig wanted you to feed properly so you should if only this once." I appreciate his concern and I flood our bond with the love I feel for him.

"Would you feed from another, ever again my Child? No. Donor blood will do. Come let us depart this place. It is depressing." I quickly enter my coffin locking it from the inside.

ERIC'S POV

I can't believe the gamut of emotions I've endured this night and to be honest I'm glad it's over. I need to know just what Sookie did to convince my Maker to live. I can feel the toxic pall that's blanketed Godric's emotions has all but lifted and I can only pray that it will stay that way, maybe even lifting all together with time and love.

"Sookie, I don't think I will be roused when we arrive at the suite. Have the Weres put my coffin in our room and if you could be there with me when I rise, I would be grateful." She moves into my embrace. I can't believe how well she fits there, how wonderful it feels.

"I'll be there Honey. There's nowhere else I'd rather be. Something happened on the roof, Eric. I don't know what it was but it changed Godric's mind and we can be grateful for that but I'd like to discuss it with you and we still haven't talked about Bill and his Maker." She is right we haven't had any time.

"So much has happened hasn't it? We will talk before anything else tonight. Now… I have organized things through Pam for you and our other guests to use the facilities here including shops etc.. Do what you want, buy what you want, do not worry about cost." She tries to interject. "I insist Sookie, please do not let unwarranted pride get in the way of making everyone happy. Now have a nice day and I will see you an hour before sunset." I give her the mother of all kisses hoping to leave her longing for more and I think it works. Godric has already been moved and a party of Weres are waiting to escort me and Fawn has just arrived to escort my Bonded.

"Good morning Fawn."I can see that Sookie is already more at ease.

"Good morning Mr Northman. Don't worry Sir. I won't be leaving her side at all today." She looks fondly at my mate. I nod my approval, quickly kiss Sookie again and enter my coffin, locking myself in. The sun has already been up at least half an hour and I let its magic call pull me under into rest.