Can I help you up?No, she said bitterly. I prefer to drag myself along the hardwood floor.Bitch, I said, squatting to help her up.
Eric was holding my hands, and I was digging my nails into him like we were doing something else. He won't mind, I though, as I realized I'd drawn blood. And sure enough, he didn't. Let go, he advised...
How is Eric?''Very tightly wound. Plus, a lot of stuff happened that he'll tell you about.''Thanks for the warning. I'll go to the house now. You're my favorite breather.''Oh. Well ... great.'She hung...
Eric had fang showing.Hello, Eric, Quinn said calmly. His deep voice rumbled along my spine. Sookie, you look good enough to eat. He smiled at me, and the tremors along my spine spread into another ar...
Amelia was sitting on the pavement in her lawn chair, a glass of wine in her hand.
This letter is written on the skin of one of the water sprites who drowned your parents.''Ick!' I cried, and dropped the letter on the kitchen table.
I could feel the warmth of the dog through my nightgown; I must have gotten hot during the night and thrown off the sheet. I drowsily patted the animal's head and began to stroke his fur, my fingers r...
We want to climb in with you,' Dermot said. 'We'll all sleep better.'That seemed incredibly weird and creepy to me - or maybe I only thought it should have. I was simply too tired to argue. I climbed...
I have a big hole in my heart, I said. But it'll close over.I don't want to sound all Dr. Phil, she said. But don't let the scab seal the pain in, okay?That's good advice, I said. I hope I can manage...
Was I just curious about what the agenda might be at a vampire summit? Did I want the attention of more undead members of society? Did I want to be known as a fangbanger, one of those humans who simpl...
You're lips are bloody.' He seized my face in both hands and kissed me. It's hard not to respond when a master of the art of kissing is laying one on you.
You are speaking of my future lover. Be more respectful.
I hate witches. Humans had the right idea, burning them at the stake.
But there was something in the air, a watchfulness laced with a charge of malice. The eyes observing us were invisible, but were observing us, nonetheless.
Sookie: Hey, our hair's the same color.Eric: Sure is, Girlfriend.
A year ago,' I said, 'you wouldn’t have asked this of me.''A year ago,' he answered, 'you wouldn’t have hesitated to drink.' I crossed to the desk and tossed it down.
Life begins at night
Because he sounded so lost-the Eric I knew had never been one to do anything other than assume others should serve him-I patted around under the covers for his hand. When I found it, I slid my own ove...
I was momentarily sidetracked by the vision of Eric herding a cow into a trailer and driving it to the shoulder of the the interstate and shooing it into the trees.
For awhile I taped soap operas and watched them at night when I thought I might be forgetting what it was like to be human. After a while I stopped, because from the examples I saw on those shows, for...