The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 126

We went down to dinner when we were called and I swear Dillon, Jean-Claude, and Gray were all looking at me knowingly. Like they knew I was just ravished by my boyfriend repeatedly. I blushed and held onto Rosario’s hand.

Chairs were brought in from the kitchen to make sure everyone had a seat. I sat gingerly on mine. It would take a while before I was used to this feeling. Dillon chuckled and Jean-Claude snorted. They definitely knew.

Before the meal was served, Dillon had us all go around the table and introduce ourselves. He wanted our names, affiliations, and abilities. He said it was the best way for everyone to know everything about each other.

I was seated between Cam and Rosario, on the opposite end of the table from the vampires. Cam was next to Dillon. He had wanted to sit with Harmony, but everyone had insisted the triplets sit next to each other.

As we went around the table, I was realizing more and more that I was the weakest member of the group. Rosario stood and smiled down at me. I had barely realized we’d made it all the way over to us.

“I’m Rosario Adair. Prince of the fae who live in the human world. My magic would be most closely associated to Echo and Harmony’s magic. Plants do my bidding and I can speak with them. I have four twenty-foot-long vines that I can fight with. I am an expert archer and ranked fighter among all fae in the area.” He said.

Pride overcame me. My boyfriend was strong and amazing. I hadn’t even realized all the other things about him. I couldn’t wait to learn more.

“Where are your vines?” Dillon asked.

He held up his hands and four thick vines protruded from his forearms. Two on each arm. They danced like they were alive and I was in total shock. One came near me and I reached out to touch it. It was warm and had several deadly looking thorns on it.

“Nice.” Dillon grinned.

Rosario sat next to me and looked at me. I felt my stomach flip. They were going to know that I didn’t have anything to offer.

I stood up nervously. Echo smiled warmly. It made me feel a little better. If nothing else, she wanted me here.

“I’m Sean Flowers. I’m Echo’s friend and Rosario’s true mate. I mean… I’m friends with everyone else too, I was just Echo’s friend first. I am a witch without an affinity, and I only just learned that recently so I don’t know anything about witches either. I can’t fight and I can’t do magic…. I hope I’m not too much of a burden. I just really wanted to help.” I said softly.

“I’ll teach you potions and spells while I teach Valor.” Preston offered. “Witches without affinities can often pull off more powerful spells because their power isn’t going toward making their affinity behave. You wouldn’t believe how many times I accidentally set things on fire when I was young.”

“You can train in the morning with everyone else. We’ll get you in fighting form.” Jean-Claude told me.

“You’re everyone’s friend and you already helped a lot, Sean.” Gray grinned at me.

“If not for you, we wouldn’t have gotten all of the notebooks from your father. Lila has already been making a lot of headway on the spells.” Victor smiled.

“You’re more than just my true mate, you’re the one who made me see the world around me and you brought me to this place where I’m safe to be myself. Please stop thinking you’re not worthy of everything. You deserve everything.” Rosario said, kissing my hand.

I looked over at Echo who was smiling even more brightly and nodding. I smiled and squeezed Rosario’s hand before sitting, gently. Cam stood up.

“I’m Cam Blake. I’m a werewolf with the Hallowed Moon Pack. I’m Harmony’s mate and Gray’s best friend. Just a standard werewolf no ranked blood or weird backstory and no, you don’t have to make me feel better about it. I’m happy to be here with my mate and I’m happy to help my friend.” Cam said with a little bow and sat back down.

“Now that’s all settled, let’s have some dinner. I know Lisa and Wendell worked hard on it and we appreciate them coming to stay with us and help around the house.” Dillon announced.

With that, dinner was served. It looked amazing. They had cooked three large roasts with side dishes of broccoli, brussles sprouts, and honeyed carrots. There was a mountain of mashed potatoes and large bowls of gravy. In front of each of the vampires, and Echo, they put a dish with something orange in it. I caught the scent of fish.

“What’s that?” I asked Echo.

“Salmon mousse. It’s mixed with human blood. It makes the whole having to have blood thing easier on me, and it makes it so the vampires can eat with us, instead of having a liquid diet.” She explained.

I blanched. I had no idea that something like that could be a thing. It sounded disgusting. I dished up some of the other foods that were there, opting for the broccoli, because I hated brussels sprouts.

Everyone chatted quietly. I watched Echo eat her mousse, then pile a healthy serving of all the veggies onto one plate and start mowing through them like they were candy. She still wiggled when she ate.

The werewolves all piled their plates high, like this was their last meal or something. Even Harmony’s plate was completely filled. She ate like a teenage boy who skipped a meal.

“I just don’t think it’s fair. Sean and Rosario get to sleep together; you get to sleep with Jean-Claude. I should get to sleep with Harmony.” Cam was whining to Dillon.

“Jean-Claude is my husband. We were married by human and supernatural law. You shouldn’t be complaining to me. I didn’t do the room assignments. That was all Echo.” Dillon countered.

“Echo, why didn’t you put me with Harmony?” Cam asked.

“Because she didn’t want you sleeping with our sister.” Val growled.

“Stop that, Val.” Echo chided. “Cam. It was all very simple. Val wouldn’t let you sleep with Harmony. He would suggest Harmony sleep with me instead. Me smelling like a werewolf would upset Victor. So I couldn’t have that. Then, Val would have suggested that he and Harmony be roomed together. That would have upset you, even though they’re sister and brother. You wouldn’t want to sleep with Gray and my uncles don’t know each other well enough to be okay with sleeping together. I already moved all of the vampires into one room, so the only option was putting Sean and Rosario together because it was the most peaceful arrangement. I’m not having any of my guests sleeping on the couch. This is the only thing that works.”

Her argument was well reasoned. I could follow her line of thought fairly well. There really was no other option.

“Echo, you know how hard this is for me. Being away from my mate.” Cam pled.

“Yes, like I have to be away from mine. Unlike me, you weren’t rooming with Harmony on the pack lands. If I can survive not sleeping with Victor and Gray, you can survive not sleeping with Harmony. That is the end of this discussion.” Echo said very finally.

“They could at least be a little quieter when they’re fucking.” He grumbled.

I blushed and focused on my plate. My stomach was in knots. They heard us. That’s why they were looking at us like that. Oh, god.

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