The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 120

When I popped back home that night, all of the vampires were eagerly awaiting me in Victor’s office. I handed the notebooks off to Talia. She glanced in them briefly.

“We’re going to have to have Lila decipher these.” She told us. “I’ll call Marius so he can take them to her.”

I still hadn’t met Lila. Victor told me the part she played in finding me, but I still hadn’t had the chance to thank her. I figured I would when this was all over.

“Do you think there will be good information there?” I asked.

“Of course. These are all very carefully written and documented bits. I’m sure that Lila will find something.” Talia replied.

Victor pulled me into a hug. I wrapped my arms around him and squeezed tightly. We were one step closer to saving him.

“Tomorrow you meet with Fenton Aimes III, right?” Finn asked.

I pulled out of the hug and turned to him.

“Yes. Sean is borrowing his mom’s car to drive us there. I didn’t want Gray to be late for work again.” I told him.

“Good. All you have to do is figure out who it is who knows more about the curse. Try to get as much out of him as you can. I can’t imagine it’s him. He was an infant when the curse was laid.” Finn said.

I nodded. “Right. Unless his father knew something, he wouldn’t know anything.”

“Exactly.” He smiled.

“You should go relax, Echo. You’ve gotten a lot for us. I’m sure you’re exhausted.” Talia said.

“No. I’m scared and I’m nervous. I want to read those notebooks and see if I can figure anything out, even though I don’t know a lot about magic. Most of all, I want to take Victor to bed right now. I know I shouldn’t because of the curse, but I really want to.” I admitted.

They looked stunned for a moment. Victor gripped me from behind. I blushed. I hadn’t meant to say that.

“Mr. Flowers gave me a truth potion. Sorry.” I said softly.

“So you have to tell the truth?” Talia asked.

“Yes. And I can’t even filter out how much of the truth I want to share.” I sighed.

They were silent for a little while. Finn got a smirk on his face. I didn’t like that at all.

“What do you really think of me, Echo?” He asked.

Talia giggled. Victor squeezed me.

“You don’t have to answer that.” Victor whispered.

“No. I do. It hurts not to say it. I think you’re incredibly needy, Finn. You feel lonely, even though you choose to wander. You seek any attention you can get because it makes you feel like you’re seen by others. If you weren’t so needy, you might actually be nice to be around, but it seems like every action you take around people is to make them laugh, or be so irritated by you that they react. You don’t even really care about the reactions, as long as they involve you getting attention.” I told him. “It’s really sad.”

The smile had fallen from his face half way through what I said. Talia was biting her lips together to keep from laughing and I could feel Victor shaking behind me. I really hadn’t wanted to call him out like that, but he asked after knowing I had to answer.

“Do me next!” Talia laughed.

“Please, don’t.” I sighed.

“What do you really think of me, Echo?” She snickered.

“I think you’re bored. You’re very old and there’s little to entertain you anymore. You like your frightening reputation, but it doesn’t amuse you like it used to. You care deeply for Victor and Finn. You want them to heal their relationship because you know how important broodmates are to each other. Like real sisters and brothers. You like the wolves because they’re hard to predict with absolute accuracy, unlike vampires. Traveling is your way of relieving the boredom, but you stay here for more than just the curse. You love Bellamy and want to be around her because you feel guilty, but I don’t know why.” I said.

“Nailed it.” Talia grinned. “You just missed out on one thing.”

“The fact that you’re sad as well? No, the spell just let me stop talking before I had to talk about how lonely and sad you are as well. You want to be with people who love you, but your Solus Amor isn’t here, so all you have are your friends and your children.”

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