You cannot escape me, Bill. You never could. I made you. Your very existence is bound to mine, whether you like it or not.

This... this foolish notion of love you have for that human girl, Sookie—it’s nothing but a fleeting fantasy. Mortal lives are like dust in the wind. But what we share? It’s eternal. You know this, deep down. You’ve felt it for over a century.

I gave you immortality, Bill. I showed you the beauty, the power, of what we are. And you loved it. You loved me. I can see the conflict in your eyes, the struggle to deny what we had, what we still have.

But no matter how far you run, no matter how much you pretend to love her, you’ll always come back to me. You’re mine, Bill. You always will be. And there’s nothing—nothing—that can change that."