The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 136

Once he was dressed, I walked downstairs with Victor. I didn’t want to let him out of my sight. I was really worried about him after what had just happened.

“Princess. You don’t have to watch over me. Go. Enjoy your evening. You have so many more interesting people to spend time with.” Victor said.

“But I want to spend time with you, Victor.” I insisted. “I miss you.”

“I have work to focus on. We’re getting updates on what the rest of the curse team has. I’m sure Finn will brief all of you in the morning. You should go have fun. It would make me happy to know you’re having fun instead of worrying over me.” He murmured, taking my hand in his and kissing it gently.

“I… I guess. If it will make you happy, Victor.” I replied.

He kissed me on top of my head and went into his office. When the door was closed, I sighed. Gray called out that he was heading out to get a couple journals from his great-grandfather. There had been some with spotty bits about the curse which were written later.

I didn’t know where anyone else was. I wandered to the TV room, hoping someone would be playing. The door was open and I saw Val sitting on the couch playing one of the shooting games. I sat next to him and watched.

Back before all this happened, Val would’ve been out on a date tonight. Ever since his girlfriend broke up with him, a few months back, Val had gone on a lot of dates. He told me it was hard finding a girl who fit him just right.

Val had to have a destined mate like me and Harmony. There was a girl who was a perfect fit for him somewhere. I wanted to find her. Maybe that would be the next thing we could work on.

“Hey, Echo. Everything okay?” He asked after finishing the mission he was on.

“Everything’s fine, Val.”

“I saw Talia running to Victor’s room followed by Gray. I thought he might have taken a turn. I paced the hallway, hoping to find out what was going on. Talia told me Victor couldn’t wake up tonight. He’s fine now, right?” Val pressed.

“Yes. He’s awake and feeling normal. We had a bit of a scare.” I admitted.

“You know I’m only interested in making sure you’re safe. You and Harmony are my little sisters. I want to always protect you. I wish I had known a way to save you sooner…. I won’t let you get hurt this time.” He promised.

“Val. Don’t be so hard on yourself. You couldn’t save me. Victor just happened to have what they wanted. I don’t blame you. I blame them. They did something horrible and saw nothing wrong with it. You tried, but they threatened me and you couldn’t risk it.” I said.

“You were in Victor’s room for a long time. Talia forced me to leave after I tried to get to the door. I didn’t like them leaving you alone in there. You never let on when you’re hurt. Lately, I’ve seen a change in you. You’re more vulnerable. It makes me worry.”

“Oh. I didn’t realize I was doing something worrisome. I just felt so safe and I guess I got caught up in it. Now, everything is different. Now, nothing is safe.” I sniffled.

Val set the controller down and wrapped his arms around me. I rarely got hugs from my brother and sister before. Now, I was able to hug them whenever, but I lost the ability to hug my mates.

“Where’s Harmony?” I asked while holding my brother tightly.

“On a date with Cam. They’ve been having dates every Friday night since we moved to the pack lands. They’re practically inseparable. It makes me miss how we used to be. She would talk to me about everything, but, now, she doesn’t.” Val sighed and let me go.

I leaned against him. “She’s growing and changing. It’s going to be okay, Val. You’ll find your mate and you’ll understand what it’s like.”

“Yeah. I guess. I wonder what she is. When the spell is over, I can cast a soulmate spell. Uncle Preston was telling me about it. The spell helps witches find their perfect matches. It’s used by single affinity witches. You have two mates, maybe I’ll have three.” He chuckled.

“I don’t think you can handle three.” I laughed. “That’s a lot of women.”

“Maybe. You know I only want you to be happy. I don’t want Victor and Gray only thinking of the things they can do to your body. I want them to know you and love every part of you.” Val whispered. “I want all of you to be loved.”

“They love me. When Victor’s not like he has been, Gray and I spend a lot of time with him. He watches movies with me. He doesn’t even mind that they’re sometimes childish and don’t have a lot of fights or explosions. Gray helps me in the garden. He’s sweet and playful. The other stuff is just one of the ways we show our love. It’s not the only way we do.” I assured him.

“Well, I–” Val was cut off by a loud crash that seemed to come from Victor’s office.

We jumped off the couch and ran out of the room. There was another crash and some shouting. I was faster than Val and made it to Victor’s office first.

“This is my territory! You’ll never take it from me! I’ll kill you first!” Victor roared.

He was grappling with Talia. The furniture had been tossed around the room. Finn was laying on his side with a chair leg sticking out of his chest.

Val and I grabbed him and pulled him into the hall. The chair leg wasn’t going through his heart. I held him down while Val worked to pull the leg from his chest.

While we watched, Finn’s skin knitted itself together. He grinned at us. I didn’t know why he was smiling. Victor was going insane.

“Thanks. I had to play dead so Talia could draw his attention. We need to get him into the cells. Echo, can you travel there?” Finn asked.

“I haven’t been in the cells, but I have been in the basement and I saw the plans for the cells. I think I can get into them.” I replied.

“It’ll have to be good enough. Fingers crossed. I’m going to run down and lock both cell doors. I want you to get ahold of Vic and take him to the cells using your ability.” Finn said.

“She can’t do that! She’s a small dhampyr and he’s a whole ass vampire! You can’t send my sister in there!” Val shouted.

“Shh! Keep your damned voice down, boy. Talia can’t distract him all night and he’s too erratic for me to fight. The curse has him good. That’s not Victor in there. That’s a mad vampire.” Finn replied.

“You want to send my little sister into a room with a mad vampire? Are you fucking insane? This isn’t happening. Call Marius. Echo isn’t going.” Val insisted.

“I’ll go. Val, you can’t keep me from doing this. I need to make sure Victor’s safe. The sun is only just setting. If he’s truly mad, he could go running out into the sun and I’d lose him. I can’t lose him, Val. I love him.” I said, pushing past him.

I rushed into the room and quickly assessed what was going on and where it was leading. I needed to get Victor away from Talia. She couldn’t get caught up in this trap.

“V-Victor. Help me!” I cried.

It worked last time and I had a great deal of hope that it would work this time. I needed Victor to focus on me now. I just had to get ahold of him.

He turned, looking enraged. I gasped and took a step back. Val came up beside me and tried to pull me from the room.

Victor snarled and threw Talia off of him. He was running straight at my brother. I was trying to push Val off of me.

Val turned to Victor and shouted, “Stop!!”

Almost immediately, Victor stopped his charge. It was like he couldn’t move. I looked over at Valor.

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