The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 154

[Echo]

After Talia made us leave the room, I went to the office. I needed answers. I trusted Talia, but maybe this would loosen Fenton’s tongue a little.

Gray followed me while everyone else milled around in the hallway, waiting for news. I slammed the office door open, which didn’t seem to faze Fenton at all. He just looked up at me with a bored expression.

“Why? Why did you do it?” I pressed.

“I see my focus on the elf has taken hold. Didn’t you like it? Banished to the dream realm with no hope of returning. I slacked his tether so no amount of trying could wake him. Unlike the sleeping beauty, true love’s kiss won’t break this curse.” He laughed.

“Answer my question.” I demanded.

“Simply, it was a three-fold win for me. I get to take Maeve’s youngest child, Sean’s love, and your strongest ally all in one attack. It was really too tempting to ignore. All that suffering. And I’ll keep on doing it. I’ll take everyone you care for, everyone you depend on away from you. I’ll keep you just sane enough to suffer.” Fenton hissed.

“Why would you do that? What do you get from making me suffer? Why are you so bent on the suffering of others? It doesn’t make sense.”

“It doesn’t need to make sense to you. My reasoning is my own. Enjoy what little time you have with your friends and family. In the end, it will just be you and me.” He chuckled.

He was a beast. I couldn’t believe he was only interested in making people suffer. There was no reason for it. Nothing I could give him that would make him take it back. No one was safe.

That wasn’t right. Victor was safe. He was safe and sound in the basement. Fenton could have taken him and weakened me that way, but he took Rosario while he was outside training.

I turned and walked out of the office. I wouldn’t get the answers I needed there. I needed to figure out how to keep everyone safe.

Something like the amulet that Grace gave Grigori, maybe. There had to be some way to keep his magic away from everyone else. I had an idea.

Quickly, I pulled Gray with me to the basement. Victor had to be awake still. I needed to talk to both of them.

“Victor.” I said as I pulled open the viewing hatch.

He came up and looked out at us. I missed seeing his face, but I knew everything would be fine soon. I filled him in on what happened to Rosario and what Fenton said.

“I think I need to make sure Fenton doesn’t know Rosario will be okay. If he thinks that part of his plan worked, then he may go slower trying to take everyone else. Just to make me think I’m safe before taking someone else from me.” I suggested.

“That would be a good idea. You would have to make sure everyone else knows and Rosario stays out of the office. Can you do that?” Victor asked.

“I think so. I’ll talk to everyone at breakfast this morning. I think this is going to be the best way. I just don’t understand why he’s only interested in the suffering of others. There doesn’t seem to be anything but hate in him. He doesn’t want anything else.” I sighed.

“Sometimes there are just evil people in the world, Echo. Don’t think on it too hard. He’s not worth the time or the effort. We just need to keep working to keep him from hurting you.” Victor said.

“I’ll be right here, angel. I promise, I’ll never leave you.” Gray told me, wrapping his arms around me.

“I wish I could be out there hugging you too. I promise you the biggest hug when I get out of here Sunday night, princess. I can’t wait to have you in my arms again.” Victor murmured.

“Don’t worry, Victor. You’re safe. That’s all that matters to me right now. We need to go see how things are going with Rosario and make sure everyone gets fed.” I answered.

“That’s my girl. You go take care of our people. You’re right. I’m perfectly safe right here and you can always come see me.” He said.

Gray took me upstairs. I went to the office and closed the door. Lisa came out of the dining room as I was turning to go to the second floor.

“We saw Rosario being carried in from training and held off on breakfast. Do you think anyone will feel up to eating?” She asked.

“Yes. I’m going to collect everyone. Make sure to save some food out for Talia, Rosario, and Sean. We have no clue how long this will take and I’m sure Sean won’t want to leave Rosario’s side.” I replied.

“Got it.” Lisa said with a bright smile and headed into the dining room.

We went upstairs and started gathering everyone for breakfast. Emmalyn was in my room and said she was waiting, since the meal would be late. I headed to the room where Amelia was.

I knocked on the door, but there was no answer. I opened the door and covered my mouth.

Finn was sitting up in the bed with a finger over his mouth. Amelia was curled on his waist. Her curls were in total disarray, but I could see a little smile playing on her lips. I closed the door and turned to Gray.

“Well, we can change your sheets before you go back to your room.” I giggled.

“What do you mean by that? Why do I smell vampire in my room?” He asked as I headed down the hall. “Echo?”

“Finn kept Amelia company last night.” I told him and bounced down the stairs.

He groaned and followed me. “Only you would find that cute.”

“Not if they did it in my bed.” I laughed.

Gray huffed and followed me into the dining room. We sat in our normal seats. Since three seats were free, we had Dillon, Jean-Claude, and Samuel join us for the meal.

We were serving our food when Amelia and Finn came in. She had a very obvious bite mark on her neck. I looked at Finn.

He pulled her to sit next to him instead of sitting with her sister, like she normally did. Wendell served Finn’s pudding. He proceeded to flirt with Amelia through the entire meal.

I took the chance to update everyone on what we knew and what Fenton had said. Leaving out the parts about him taking everyone away from me. I didn’t want them to worry that something like what happened to Rosario could happen to them.

Gray told them about my idea about keeping Rosario from Fenton and pretending like he was still under the spell. Val and Preston liked the idea. Harmony grumbled because she wanted to rub it in Fenton’s face that he hadn’t won.

Quietly, I started working on my own plan to keep everyone safe. They could focus on everything else. I’d surprise them and they’d be so happy when they saw how safe they were. I was giddy with excitement.

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