Chapter Four – A Queen and her Idiot

There were smart vampires and then there were Bill Compton and Sophie Anne LeClerq. Neither had the reputation for being exceedingly bright, lucky maybe, but bright? No. They both had done things that made most normal vampires and humans ponder their sanity and yet they were ones that people had to respect or they faced wraths far worse than can be imagined.

Bill had been sent after Sookie for a very specific reason and up until the trip to Dallas he had been succeeding, slowly but it was progress. Once in Dallas he had watched everything fall apart. Sookie should have been acting like a good little pet but instead she was being a rebellious woman who he would just have to bring to heel more firmly in the future.

Then the stupid bitch had gone and sucked the blood from both Eric and his fucking maker and let them drink from her. What the hell was she thinking. Didn’t she know by now that she should ask me before she even thinks about doing anything, including thinking.  It was why when the ordeal with Nan had come about he had been sure that he would have won his case.

He’d dressed in one of his better outfits, trying to be superior to the Viking who dressed as casual as he wanted and Godric who never seemed to be in anything but linen. It would help that he was taking the meeting seriously, or so he hoped. He hadn’t been able to get his hands on Sookie but he was not in the least bit surprised when she showed up with Eric and Godric.

What had surprised him was the utter look of boredom on Sookie’s face as all of the vampires but Godric, Isobel and Eric had spoken. It was as if she was drawn into their little web and unable to leave. He would have to look into how he could break that spell. She was his. If he didn’t get her fully bonded to him he couldn’t fulfill his mission and Sophie Anne would do far worse things to him than she did to her human blood slaves.

He had almost thought he was gong to win his case with Nan but then everything had changed. He knew that Nan wouldn’t actually do anything to piss him off, but she was a bitch and still did things her way. So when it was rendered that Sookie had done nothing wrong, because he had failed to inform her of what she could and could not do around other vampires he had been livid.

Of course the smug feeling that entered his mind when he heard her fire Godric had been there. Then everything went to shit.

Bill had sat stone still as he watched the Guardian for the Authority bust into the proceedings, scold Nan and drop a not so subtle hint in his direction. On top of that they offered the Gaul carte blanche to do whatever he felt like he needed to do.

THIS CAN NOT BE HAPPENING! 

Bill raged inside his head. He wasn’t brave enough to try to say anything to the Guardian and risk his own True Death. No he needed to figure out what was going on and then report it back to Sophie Anne. Maybe she could help him figure out how to get past this. He was a procurer for crying out loud. It was his job to bring back the people his Queen wanted. Lorena had agreed with him before he had to escort her out of the Dallas Nest. She had even offered to try to do what she could to help, even if she wasn’t allowed back in Louisiana.

When Sookie was named one of Godric’s protected and his mate the rage that Bill felt was insurmountable. They were lying, he just knew it. He didn’t believe in mates and the nonsense that came with it. To him this was simply a ploy by the two vampires to get one over on him. If I ever get my hands on Sookie again she is going to pay for embarrassing me like this.  In one way, Bill was actually glad that Sookie could not read vampire minds.

When Roman left and Nan’s tune changed Bill sighed and knew that this small battle he’d lost, for now. There was a war to fight over the telepathic barmaid from Bon Temps. He planned to win. All he had to do was become King. Eric couldn’t fight him then, not if he planned to

It was with the image of Eric on bended knee swearing fealty to Bill while Sookie was sucking him off that had Compton smiling all the way back to his hotel room. Oh yes the possibilities were endless. There would be so many things he could do to both of them. He just needed to put up with Sophie Anne’s shit a little longer. The spoiled brat of a queen would slip up and she would be ended, he hoped it was by himself.

Bill entered the room that he had been staying at with Sookie, smiling at the damage. He was quite certain that Eric would be responsible for this bill. Oh he had the money to pay for it, but why should he when he could use it to screw over the Viking. Making Eric pay recompense for everything he’d done with Sookie so far. He would not be made a fool of again.

Inside the destroyed room, Bill smirked again as he picked up the hotel phone. It was safer to call the Queen on that than it would be his own phone. At least that’s what the stupid side of him thought. There was something about the Hotel Carmella that Bill didn’t know. In fact it was safe to assume the only two people that knew the secret about the hotel were the Viking and the Gaul.

With the phone in his hand, Bill sat at one of the only upright chairs he had left in the room. He was waiting for the line to pick up. It was doubtful that Sophie Anne would actually answer himself, such an act was beneath her. So he was hardly surprised that Andre answered. Giving his terse instructions he waited for Sophie Anne to answer the phone.

“What is it Bill? Are you back in Louisiana?”

“No your majesty. There’s been a complication.”

“What!? I send you after one measly human and you keep talking about complications and problems.”

Bill had no choice but to sit there and listen to the child vampire rant for minutes before he felt like he could tell her anything.

“My Queen. I assure you this was not my doing. As Nan was prepared to rid Dallas of it’s sheriff, we had an unexpected visitor. The Guardian burst in. The Authority has given the Gaul the title of Chief Enforcer. He owes fealty to none, not even to you if he chooses to live in our state. It is upon his decision who lives and who dies. If he feels you are hurting either one of his mates he has the complete and full authority to rip you to pieces. He was also granted the boon of having any two people he chose under the direct protection of the Authority. If anyone does anything to them in any way they will be met with True Death. No questions, no second chances. Sookie and Eric were named as his protected and his mates.”

For the first time there was absolute silence on the other end of the phone. No screaming or temper tantrums. Just utter silence. It was strange and unnerving to Bill.

“This changes nothing. We simply must be more careful. I want the telepath. Get her to me now! If you get caught you will die. Don’t get caught. Whatever you do, do not let it track back to me. I will end you if you do. Now get me the fucking telepath!”

The phone line went dead and Bill sighed. This was going to be impossible. If he was supposed to secure Sookie for his queen he was going to have to step up his game. He still had his blood in the human and he could only hope that he could still influence her.

Moving to lay down on the bed, the thing that was spared from his destruction, Bill closed his eyes and concentrated. He was pushing emotions and feelings through the blood to Sookie. The ultimate goal was to scare the daylights out of her. Create fear and mistrust and make her come to him for comfort. It used to be easy. He could get her to show up whenever he felt like it but something was fighting him.

Huffing and puffing in effort to get in as much of his gift as possible Bill was running out of time before dawn. If he didn’t get this done before his day death he wouldn’t get another chance. Now was the perfect time to enact vengeance because he doubted that if they got back to Louisiana that he would have more chances. Sookie needed to be brought to the queen and quickly.

Finally giving into the day death, Bill slumped into his sleep and was gone. He would have to find out tomorrow night when he awoke if anything was successful. Only time would tell for sure.

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