The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 144

[Echo]

I woke from the most terrible nightmare. Fenton had broken free and turned back into a witch. He killed Harmony, Val, and Gray while they slept. When I finally found him, he was throwing a fireball that engulfed Victor in flames.

Tears were flowing down my face as I startled awake. I was alone in my cold bed. No one was there to comfort me. My heart ached.

Fenton wouldn’t be happy until he’d destroyed everything. I couldn’t let him win. I had to keep my family safe.

Quickly, I dressed and checked my phone. It was lunch time. Though I didn’t feel fully rested, I wasn’t feeling as sluggish as I had been. That was good.

I headed downstairs. I could hear everyone in the dining room getting settled. Before I could go in, I needed to be sure Fenton was still safely locked in his cage.

The office door was open a crack and I could hear Gray in there. He was talking to someone. It took me a moment to realize it was Fenton he was talking to.

“Please, just tell them what they want to know. They may think they’re alright with torture, but they aren’t. Not really. They will hate themselves for hurting you. All of you just got off on the wrong foot. Echo is a good and sweet girl. Valor lives up to his name at all times. Harmony is a friend to everyone with a kind heart and a loving spirit. You’ve known Sean his entire life. He’s a smart guy with a lot of strength. Please. Don’t make them do this.” Gray pled.

My poor mate. He was really a soft and sweet boy. So different from my cool, commanding Victor.

“You’re weak. At least I can have some pride in the first three. They are strong supernaturals who don’t bow to weak emotions like sympathy when it comes to their enemies.” Fenton answered. “Unlike the fae faggot. He may act strong, but the fact that he couldn’t accept his fate as a witch with no affinity shows his weakness. Falling for the fae prince like some woman.”

“That didn’t sound like you were agreeing.” Gray sighed. “Just tell them about the spell you cast on Grigori. You don’t have to tell them how to break it, just the name. Please.”

“You’re an idiot if you think I would give away one of the few bargaining chips I have. This is futile. I should just pretend like I’m agreeable so you’ll be embarrassed when they come back in here and I tell them nothing.” Fenton scoffed.

I leaned against the wall by the door. I wanted to go in there and yell at him for insulting Gray like that. But I knew that would just make Gray more upset with me.

“None of them will ever figure out what spell I used and, soon, the vampire girl will start going mad. I control the descent. My sights are set fully on her, now.” Fenton growled.

There was no fear in me at hearing that. I knew the curse had turned its focus on me. I’d already heard the whispers Victor had told me about. They were poking around in my head trying to find my weakness.

They wouldn’t, though. I kept shutting them down. Victor didn’t know what he was fighting. I did. That would be the difference in how it affected us.

His loves were me and his territory. He thought about both of us a lot. My focus was mostly on resolving the curse. It couldn’t make me crazy passionate about destroying it. I knew that.

Something Fenton said was resonating with me. The descent. I had seen spells in the spellbook I was reading that had names like that. Maybe that was the name of the spell he’d used.

“Come on, Fenton. I really don’t want you to get hurt. You need to give up on this revenge. Echo, Victor, and I are going to live a very long time. We can take care of you.” Gray offered.

“None of you will outlive this curse. I’ll destroy all of you. I don’t care that she’s my descendant. She’s just some vampire whore, like Grace would’ve been if I’d let her go with the vampire. Can you imagine giving up the sort of power she had just to become a filthy bloodsucker?! It’s indecent. It’s against the goddess. It’s against nature. And how they talked about her having his children. Disgusting. Vampires are dead. They just aren’t smart enough to know to stop moving.” Fenton replied with a hiss.

“I won’t stop asking. I’m going to wear you down, Fenton.” Gray muttered.

“Over my dead body, you flea-bitten mongrel. Don’t you have a tree to piss on? Get out of my face. You stink.”

I pushed the door open and entered the room. Gray was sitting in front of the cage. Books were piled on the coffee table. The room was empty, aside from him and the cat.

Gray didn’t move as I crossed the room. He had to have smelled me and heard the door open. I ached for him. My poor sweet mate. He really wanted to save the jerk who kept calling him terrible things.

I draped my arms over his chest and kissed him on the cheek. Gray stiffened. I knew he was still mad at me.

“My sweet Gray. Please don’t be mad at me.” I gently kissed down his neck to his mark.

“Tell me you won’t torture him, angel.”

“I’m not planning to torture him.” I replied. “That’s why I called in Marius.”

“You know what I mean, Echo. Don’t let anyone torture him.” Gray whispered.

I sucked on his mark, making him groan. Gray moved his head to the side, giving me better access to his neck. I pulled back and extended my fangs. I was so hungry.

My fangs pierced his neck and retracted. I started sucking at his sweet blood. My hands slid up and down his muscular stomach as I fed.

Glancing up at Fenton, he was watching with wide eyes. He had probably never seen a vampire feed in his unnaturally long life. I licked over the bite, sealing the wound.

Moving quickly, I settled in Gray’s lap with my legs around his waist. I caressed his face while looking into his heavy lidded eyes. His arms went around me and he held me close. I rested my head on his chest.

“I love you, Gray, but I can’t give up on doing what I need to do to save Victor and all the supernaturals in the territory. This goes beyond our home. If Victor ever gets out of the basement, he won’t stop killing until he thinks this territory is safe and secured. You will be one of the people he kills first. I can’t let that happen.” I murmured.

“You’ll be the one killing. You’ll slip into madness just like every other bloodsucker who’s taken up the mantle of Master. You’re exactly the monster I thought you were. How disgusting that you’re putting your lover in your husband’s place while he’s suffering. What kind of whore are you that you would flaunt your affairs in your own husband’s house? This is what I was protecting Grace from when I forbade her from being with that vampire.” Fenton muttered.

I wrapped my arms around Gray’s chest and snuggled into him. I was going to take Rosario’s stance on this. I didn’t care what he said. He wasn’t important for anything except the curse.

“What’s he saying?” Gray asked, hopefully.

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