The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 117

My phone was ringing. It pulled me from my dreamless sleep. It had to have been over an hour, because I felt completely fine now. Echo was still completely out.

Carefully, I moved her so I could answer my phone. I looked at the caller ID. It was Sean. Finally returning my messages, I guess.

“Hello?” I answered.

“Hey, Gray. I was trying to reach Echo, but no one answered her phone.” He said.

I looked at the time. It was about ten in the morning. It had been much more than an hour. Victor would have gone to sleep around seven thirty.

“Yeah, her phone is probably still in Victor’s room.” I muttered. “Let me get her up, wait a sec.”

I shook Echo a little. She snuggled tighter against me. I chuckled.

“Echo. My angel. Time to get up. You have a phone call. Come on, sweetheart.” I murmured.

“OH! Gray! I’m sorry! Did I hurt you? I didn’t mean for that to happen. I just lost control and fainted. Are your ribs alright?” She asked, sitting up and looking frantic.

“Hush, angel. I’m fine. You healed me enough that Rex was able to take care of the rest while we slept. You have a call. It’s Sean.” I told her.

She took the phone from me and put it on speaker. I sat up with her and looked at the phone. I wondered what was up.

“Hi, Sean.” Echo said.

“Echo. I’m so glad you took the call. I’m really sorry about Friday.” He told her.

“I appreciate your apology, but you already texted me about this. You didn’t need to call.” She smiled at the phone.

“I’m calling because I want to help with the curse. I want to help more than just getting you in to see my great-uncle. I talked to my dad. He’s been studying the curse for years and he said he’ll give you everything. He just needs to meet you. Will you meet with my dad so we can get you all his stuff?” Sean asked.

“Yes! When? Can we do it today? I am free all day.” Echo bounced as she talked.

“Not today. He says it’s the full moon and he has a lot of work to do. I never even paid attention. On full moon days and nights, dad is usually in his workshop.” He muttered.

“If he’s doing spell work it makes sense. Witches can create more powerful spells on the full moon. When will work for him? We need everything we can get as soon as possible.” She insisted.

“Did something happen? Are you safe?” Sean questioned.

“The curse on Victor progressed. I don’t know how much longer we have. Please, Sean. We need to save Victor. You can meet him after and you’ll see that he’s worth it. Victor is the best vampire in the world. He saved my life, Sean. He loves me and I love him so much, I don’t know what I’ll do if we fail.” Echo sniffled.

“We won’t fail, Echo.” I murmured.

“He’s right. We won’t fail. Tomorrow, after school. Dad gets home from work around five and we have dinner at five thirty. Can you be here at six in the evening?” He asked.

“Yes. Gray can drive me over. I promise, I’ll be there on time. When can we go see your great-uncle?” She pressed.

“Next visiting day is Tuesday. They do Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday for family visits. Just take today to rest. It sounds like you had a busy night last night.” Sean said.

“It was a little bit of a crazy weekend. I think I would feel really weird about not being busy today, though. It seems like every day has been so full of things, that having nothing to do is almost lazy.” Echo sighed.

“Why don’t we go out and pull weeds in the garden today? We can have lunch outside and you can have something to do, so you don’t feel lazy.” I offered.

“That sounds wonderful, Gray.” She replied and kissed me.

“Does… does Gray live with you?” Sean asked.

I chuckled. “Yes. I moved in a couple weeks ago.”

“So that’s why Rosario said I could reach her by calling you.” He said.

“I told you so.” I heard a man in the background say.

“Hush, I’m on the phone.” Sean hissed.

“I guess I’ll just have to find some other way to keep my mouth busy.” The voice said, sounding much closer to the phone.

Sean moaned. “Stop, Rosario. I have to go, Echo. I’ll see you on the bus tomorrow.”

“Bye, Sean. Bye, Rosario.” Echo giggled.

“Bye, Echo!” The man’s voice said and the line hung up.

I stared at the phone. Was Rosario a guy? I closed my eyes. I thought Sean had a crush on Echo, but he was actually gay. I couldn’t believe I’d embarrassed myself so badly. It just seemed like he was always looking at her when we were together.

“Shit.” I sighed.

“Are you alright? Do you hurt?” Echo asked.

“No. Just realizing what an ass I was to Sean because I thought he liked you. This was why you said you weren’t his type and neither was Rosario.”

“I didn’t realize Rosario was a boy. I found out on Friday.” She explained.

“Why didn’t you tell me?” I whined.

“Because it wasn’t my place to tell you. Rosario was revealing that to people he was comfortable with when he was comfortable doing it. Sean asked me not to tell anyone he was gay because he was afraid of losing friends over it.” Echo said softly. “Why would someone not want to be Sean’s friend because of who he loved?”

“There are some people in the world who think love should look a certain way. They’re the people who can’t stand something being different. Like my grandfather and his belief that vampires and werewolves shouldn’t be together. I will totally still be Sean’s friend. He deserves love and happiness. Just like anyone else.” I told her and kissed her gently.

She dropped my phone and straddled me, deepening our kiss. I wrapped my arms around her waist and held her to me. Echo’s arms slid around my neck and she kissed me desperately.

I loved Echo so much. I knew she was kissing me for the reassurance, not to try and get anything going. I also wasn’t surprised when she kissed down my neck and I felt her fangs slide into my skin.

A groan rumbled in my chest. Normally, Echo didn’t feed on me anymore, but it felt so good when she did. I almost found myself craving her bite.

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