Sookie has fae blood, from her paternal grandfather. This is likely the source of her telepathy, but so far in canon it's meant that she's extremely attractive to vampires (in her 'verse, fairies are like candy) and is kind of 'lucky' because she has a 'fairy godmother' looking out for her. No, not kidding.

But Sookie doesn't know that, and she hasn't met Claudine, though I imagine that in a few years when she does, she'll probably blame all the times she had random luck in not dying in Fandom or something on Claudine's interference, as well.