I was late coming into the parlor and by the time I got there, Bill was already there. Pam was not there. This worried me because the proud Vampire was in pretty bad trouble and I had hoped to see her. None of the Vampires were doing particularly well.
I went and made myself a cup of coffee and sat down with the group. Bill looked at me. We had all deceived Bill about Eric's whereabouts. Eric was about to get into hot water when Bill finally caught up to him and knowing he was at Sookie's was a mixed bag for Bill.
Bill looked at me and I looked back at him. I felt sort of sorry for Bill.
Bill was in a catch 22 situation, a real tail in the crack sort of thing. On one hand he was the king of Louisiana and all full of power and authority and I personally thought at times he let go straight to his pointy head, but on the other hand, he really had limited authority. The Authority was the one who told his majesty to jump and how high. So I don't think he was autonomous as we imagined he was. He could run the day to day minutia but the big stuff was at the will and pleasure of the Authority and I think everyone forgot that. It was too easy to judge him and blame him for everything from the Lindberg baby kidnapping to Eric's predicament. Hell, I didn't think the witches could just snafu Eric's memory like that. Who knew a witch could overpower a 1000 year old Vampire.
At any rate, we had even more fish to fry....
"So, what are we going to do about the witches?" asked Damien.
"We have to make her undo the spell and to do that, the witch who cast the spell has to be brought forward through Marnie to force her to undo it," said Aolani. We knew this was what we had to do. There was no getting around it. The witch's spell was something personal and had it's own intentions and subtleties. "Even if we knew the reversal spell, there would be a chance that Eric would not be cured. It may even kill him."
"So he might be like this forever?" asked Fairy. Aolani nodded.
"So, Jesus dad," began Westexan. "Do you think he will be a help?"
"I don't know," said Aolani. "I still think Lafayette is a conduit for the spirit inside of Marnie to come forth. Some how or another, Lafayette empowers Marnie to allow the spirit to do what it has to do."
"I think, if anything, Lafayette will find out he was the powerful conduit for Marnie's alter ego to come out," I said. "But I think this man, is a man you have to keep both eyes on at all times."
"I agree," said Renee. "Now, Jessica and Jason?"
"Jessica and Jason will be a really touchy thing," said Linzy. "But sort of funny too."
"Yeah, that whole blood thing," said Minnie. "It could get get really confusing. But you would think Jason would know that."
"I think he does, but he has this conflict too with Hoyt being his friend," said Lina. "Bill, did I see a little smile on your face when you glamoured Portia?"
"Perhaps," he said, gracing Lina with his closed lipped smile.
"He was definitely smiling when Pam came in all covered in crepe," said Violet.
"He was, but it was sort of funny," said Tiff.
"Then of course there was Sam and Tommy," said Sugar. "That was a little brilliant thinking on Tommy's part."
"But not so brilliant of Sam to tell him about his past," said Butter. "What was he thinking?"
"Well, if he thought sharing his 'I murdered two people too' story with baby brother was going to bond them, he was mistaken," said Sweet. "So, what will happen to Tommy now? I mean....is he like the skin walker now?"
We all sat back and Body Guard began to speak.
"For all intents and purposes he will be," said Body Guard. "But my question is, will he act on it and actually turn into something other than an animal and if he does, what will he do with it? I mean, he could do anything, be anyone. Like, will he turn into Maxine and sell her property right out from under her and take her natural gas rights? Or something else?"
"Like?" asked Fairy.
"It would be really easy to frame Sam for something," said Body Guard.
"Oh man," said Damien.
"Yeah...." said Body Guard. "So Sam better watch his ass."
"Okay, so this witch from centuries ago..." said Lina. "She made Vampires step out into the light. Why? What beef does she have with Vampires?"
"You have to understand, Vampires have always had close to no use for other supernatural beings," he said. "So whatever happened to her under the Inquisition may have been the catalyst for her anger towards Vampires. She has been holding a grudge from beyond the grave."
"So what can they do to make sure she doesn't just go away to return in someone else, like Lafayette?" asked Minnie.
"She has to be sent into the light," said Aolani. "She has be sent on so she can't come back."
Easier said than done.....
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