Dark love // Eric Northman ✔️

Chapter 45: Let's Get Out of Here

Restless wasn't the word to describe the way Gabriela was pacing her living room the morning after. She was livid, in an absolute panic as she pulled at her black locks of hair. Eric had been nowhere to be found after she had found her Protected bleeding out from a gunshot wound.

Bill had been at her side in an instant and force fed her his blood as he carried her back toward their home.

Alcide had stayed for an hour before Bill basically forced the werewolf out of the home. Normally Gabriela would have fought him about it, but she was too focused on her Protected and Eric to even really register it.

"Okay, if you do find Mr. Northman, please have king Bill call me. Or you call me, or I don't know, something."

Gabriela was pacing back and forth as she rung every person she could think of in the search of Eric. He wasn't dead, she would have felt that, but he was just, gone. As if he had disappeared into thin air and Gabriela knew the witches had done something to him again.

"I just got off the phone with-" began Sookie as she lowered her own device to her side but was
interrupted when someone knocked on the door. "I'll get it."

Gabriela sat down at the kitchen table, defeated as she listened to the front door opening.

"Hey there, Sookie. I hope you like flowers." The second Gabriela heard Debbie's voice she speed up towards Sookie and glared at the blonde woman "Oh, Gabriela hi."

Gabriela squinted her eyes at the woman as she looked her up and down, the Nephilim instantly felt the vampire blood in her and her first though in her mind was, how crushed Alcide will be once he find out.

"Come on in." Sookie grabbed Gabriela's hand and moved her out of the way as Debbie walked in.

They led Debbie to the kitchen and Gabriela offered her a seat while Sookie put the flowers in a vase.

Sookie sat at the chair across Debbie, while Gabriela was leaning against the island with her arms crossed and her eyes fixated on the wolf.

"Alcide was the first, the only man I've ever loved." Debbie shakily talked "If you count out Coot which believe me I really wish I could. Uuh, so when I saw you both with Alcide and how he cared about you..."

"Debbie, I understand being jealous," Sookie stopped her "But, you tried to kill me. That ain't somethin' you can expect someone to forget."

"I don't. That's not why I came. I know you're in trouble. And, I'm wondering if there's anything I can do to help? That's all." Debbie told her honestly.

"Did Alcide tell you we were in trouble?" asked Sookie, cocking her head to the side as she awaited for her to answer.

"He didn't have to." explained Debbie, pulling on a cuticle on her thumb. "He came home last night with your blood on him."