The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 135

[Echo]

When I got home, I released Talia and ran up the stairs. Victor would be waking up soon and I wanted to see if it was him again. I hoped so. He would be so happy that we did so much today.

I went into his room. I’d turned on the blanket before we left, just in case Victor woke while we were gone. I was happy we’d gotten back early enough that I could be here when he woke.

In his room, I crossed to the bed and climbed on. I sat next to him with his hand in mine. I was practically vibrating with excitement.

Maybe this had changed the nature of the curse. Every bit that we relieved had to change how it affected Victor. Maybe this would keep the other Victor from coming back.

It was taking longer than I thought for Victor to wake up. I looked at the clock on my phone and he was five minutes late. My stomach started to twist. Could vampires sleep in? I didn’t think that was possible.

Finn woke up and stared at me, then Victor. He looked concerned.

“He’s not up yet? That’s not possible.” Finn muttered.

“What’s going on, Finn? Why isn’t Victor waking up?” I asked.

“I don’t know, but I called Talia. She’ll be here soon. We’ll figure it out, Echo. Don’t worry.”

Of course I was going to worry. What if the way the curse took him was to make him never wake up again? What if last night was the only chance I had to spend time with him and I wasted it going to bed early?

Tears started filling my eyes. I held Victor’s hand and kept squeezing it, trying to get him to react. I would even take curse Victor if it meant him waking up.

The door opened and Talia rushed over to the bed. She looked Victor over diligently. Talia put her hand over mine and pulled out her phone with her other hand.

“Marius. Go get Felix and bring him to Victor’s room. It’s an emergency…. No…. Echo’s fine. It’s Victor. Get him now!” She ordered.

I shook Victor, trying anything to wake him up. It was now twenty minutes after when he was supposed to be up for the day. I wasn’t ready. I wasn’t ready to lose Victor.

Two strong hands pulled me away from Victor. I fought to stay by his side. I gripped his hand even harder. I wouldn’t let anyone take me away from him. He was mine.

“Echo. Let go. Master Felix needs to get to Victor.” Finn said from behind me.

“No! Mine!” I shouted.

“Echo. Angel. Let go. I’m here. Let them try to fix Victor.” Gray murmured from next to Finn.

I didn’t want to let go of Victor. I wanted to stay near him. Finn put me back down and I laid with my head on Victor’s chest. I could hear that faint heart beat that told me he was alive, just not living.

“Daughter, trust me. Felix will figure this out and you will have your Victor back. You need to let him see Victor. He can’t do that with you laying on him.” Marius insisted.

“We’ll just go to the couch, angel. You can see and hear everything that’s going on in the room.” Gray crooned to me.

“No. It’s too far. I can’t leave my Victor.” I whispered.

“She can stay on the bed as long as she moves to the other side. I just need access to the body.” Felix said in an eager voice.

“You’re excited about this?” I asked.

“No one has ever slept in before. At his age, Victor shouldn’t be this weak. I want to see what could be causing it. Now, shoo so I can examine your husband, Mistress Nightshade.”

I crawled to the other side of Victor and sat beside him. Gray climbed on the bed and sat, cross-legged, next to me. We watched Victor be examined.

Felix started at Victor’s head and laid his hands on him, closing his eyes. I watched his hands slip down to Victor’s neck. Gray growled a little as Felix’ hands encircled Victor’s throat.

“Awfully protective of a vampire, pup.” Felix scoffed, not moving his hands.

“Our vampire.” Gray responded.

“Gray is part of Victor and Echo’s relationship, Felix. Just ignore him and find out what’s wrong with my childe.” Talia insisted.

Reaching over, I took Gray’s hand. He was really concerned about Victor. Gray picked up my hand and kissed it. We held each other as Felix finished scanning over Victor with his eyes closed.

He moved back to Victor’s head and opened his mouth, examining his teeth. He opened Victor’s eyes and sighed. Felix put his head on Victor’s chest and nodded after a little while.

“He’s asleep, not dead. Talia, feed him some of your blood. Let’s see if his sire’s blood can call him back to his body.” Felix said.

Talia moved to Victor’s head and bit her wrist while she opened his mouth with her other hand. She put her wrist up to his open mouth and bled into it. I gripped Gray’s hand tightly.

“He’s not swallowing.” She told Felix.

Felix got beside her and started working his hand over Victor’s throat making him swallow the pooling blood. I put one of my hands on Victor’s stomach and silently begged for him to wake up.

“That’s enough.” Felix told her and she pulled her wrist back, sealing the wound.

She stepped back and went to stand beside Marius. He took her hand and I saw him squeeze it. Their expressions never changed, but I could almost feel his concern for her.

I watched Felix move in and place the palm of one hand over Victor’s forehead and the other over his heart. I took my hand off Victor, just in case it could interrupt what Felix was doing. I wasn’t taking any chances.

He started muttering something in a language I didn’t know. I could understand when he started saying Victor’s name. I started chewing my bottom lip.

Victor’s body tensed, then relaxed. He didn’t move again. Felix started chanting again and saying Victor’s name. He was louder this time, more forceful.

This time, after Victor’s body tensed, it started moving, like he was trying to pull Felix off of him. He was weak and couldn’t move his hands much. Felix started again, still louder. I had a great deal of hope.

Gray was holding my hand tightly. He was as worried as I was. I could hear him praying to his goddess. I tried it myself. Anything to save Victor.

“What the hell is going on?” Victor asked. “I feel like I’ve been trampled by horses.”

Felix managed to pull away moments before I threw myself onto Victor and started kissing all over his face. His hand rubbed my back as I lowered my head to his shoulder and started sobbing. I was so relieved that he was alive again.

“Echo, what’s wrong? What happened? Talia? Why is Master Felix with us? I didn’t have anything prepared for a guest. Master Marius? Why is everyone in my room?” Victor pressed.

Talia came up beside him and told him what happened while I kissed his neck and savored being in his arms. Victor’s hand continued stroking my back while he listened. I was so worried before he woke up that I didn’t trust myself to speak without crying more.

“I see. That’s frightening. I’m awake now, princess. Don’t worry. Is this going to be how I have to be awakened every evening now?” Victor asked.

“I don’t think so. I do think you may end up sleeping later than you’re used to. There’s no telling what could have caused it. I’ve never heard of anything like this.” Felix admitted.

“Victor, it could be the curse.” I sniffled.

“What do you mean, princess?” He questioned.

“Today we got a break in the curse and were able to remove the hidden things spell from the fae. Maybe this is like a snap back after part of it was broken.” I told him.

“You were able to find where he buried the spell? That’s wonderful news! I’m sure this has something to do with that. Don’t worry, Echo. We’re even closer to breaking the curse. Please don’t cry anymore, my little love.” Victor whispered.

“How are you feeling? Still in pain?” Gray asked.

Victor turned to Gray and held his hand out to him. Gray took Victor’s hand and patted it with the other. I rested my head on Victor’s chest and smiled at Gray.

“I’m much better. If you’ll all excuse us, I need to reassure my Solus Amor. We can talk about this later.” Victor said to the room. “Thank you for your assistance, Master Felix. I’m greatly honored to have had you attending me.”

“Of course. I’m happy to have helped. Marius, I’d like to go home now.” Felix said in a low tone.

The room cleared out as quickly as it had filled. Gray started moving off the bed after a few moments.

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