The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 11

I walked around the first floor, closing all the curtains and making sure no sunlight was getting in. As I reached the basement door, it opened. Victor was smiling and wrapped me in a hug. It made me feel happy and safe.

“Thank you so much for cleaning that basement, little one! It was so nice to wake up somewhere clean again.” He laughed.

“I figured you might be in a better mood if you slept well, Victor.” I replied.

“Are you having dinner?” He asked.

“It’s just after five. I was starting everything warming up and getting the curtains closed for you. The window guy opened them all. Then I was going to open the door and go start cooking.” I explained.

“I’ll come with you, then. You can tell me about your day.” Victor took my hand and led me into the kitchen.

He was acting weird. It made me wonder how weird he’d be tomorrow night. I needed to stay up and get the rest of the house clean. Luckily, there wasn’t anything going into the bathrooms, I could do those tomorrow night.

I worked on cleaning the potato, and rubbing the skin with oil and salt before putting it in the oven. While I worked, I told Victor about all the things I’d seen and done during the day. He was thrilled that tomorrow was the last day he was going to spend in the basement.

Once he was up for the night tomorrow, I’d strip the mattress he was using down there and wash the sheets before putting them on my new bed. He wouldn’t need queen size sheets anymore. I’d finally get to see what ‘high-quality’ sheets were like.

We didn’t talk about the vampire thing. Or the half-vampire thing. I just wanted time to feel normal. Instead, we talked about what I would need for school next Monday, my nerves about going to school for the first time, and what would happen tomorrow when everything came.

It took me until one in the morning to finish all of the cleaning in preparation for the movers. When I got up, I would strip my bed and prepare for it to be moved out. I didn’t mind the mattress, but Victor wanted me to have good quality items. I stopped into his office before I headed to bed.

“Victor?” I said from the door?

He looked up from where he was moving his files into boxes and waved me in. Victor seemed a lot more relaxed than he had last night. There was no shouting this time.

“What do you need, princess?” He asked.

I blushed. Drew called me princess sometimes, I guess Victor liked it. I didn’t mind when he did it as much as when Drew did. It was better than ‘little one’.

“I’m heading to bed. If you just want to put the files in the closet, I would appreciate it. Make sure your laptop is somewhere safe, okay?” I replied.

“Sleep well, little one. I’ll have my office done by morning.” Victor said.

“I’m going to have your friend put in the dining room. We don’t have people over, so I didn’t buy a table for entertaining, just a small one for the kitchen.”

“Perfect. See you tonight.” He winked.

I headed to my room. Mr. Springer may have been the gentlest of my clients, but Victor was the nicest person I’d ever met.

He cared about me and made sure I had everything I wanted or needed. He was always kind. I was thinking I might like to stay with him. I wanted to be his servant after I was eighteen. I couldn’t think of anything else that would suit me as well as that.

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The next morning, I woke at seven, dressed in jeans and a gray t-shirt, and went to have breakfast. People and workers would start arriving at nine. I wanted to have as much time to myself as possible. I knew the house would be full and I wasn’t used to that sort of activity.

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