The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 157

“Gray. Marius and I need to sleep at some point. I was thinking we could sleep now, since she won’t be back until about dinner time. That way we’re not leaving you when you might need us.” Talia said.

“We can work on a plan to get out of here. We need a plan for what to do once we are out though. We can’t let Echo keep that title. There’s no telling what she’ll do next time.” I replied.

“I can take the title.” Talia offered.

“You’re powerful, but that could still be dangerous. Only the council could stop you if you went insane. We can’t risk that, Talia.” Marius answered. “We need someone who will not be a danger to everyone here, especially not to Echo.”

“How are you not mad at her? I’m one of her best friends and I’m a little mad.” Sean asked.

“Because I’ve been around longer than everyone in your cell combined. Even Talia isn’t angered at Echo.” Marius scoffed.

“She truly thinks this is the best way to keep everyone safe for the duration of the curse, Sean. Echo values every person she put in these cells. She’s worried that any one of us could end up attacked.” Talia said.

“She’s only known us for a few days.” Emmalyn replied, disbelieving.

“You’re family. She values that as much as friendships. If she didn’t think she could get you out of here safely, she would have put you in here with us to keep you safe. That’s just how Echo is, and she likes you both.” I explained.

We ate our lunch in relative silence once the vampires went to sleep. I promised them an update when they woke. There were a lot of random suggestions, but nothing seemed to work.

No matter how insane Echo was right now, she was also smart enough to see through things like others were suggesting. We slid the trays back through the slot. We needed Echo to think we were being compliant until we could find a way to get free.

I told the girls to sit on the cot. They all looked uncomfortable. I knew it had to be nerve wracking to be locked up with all of us guys. I wondered if we could use that to our advantage.

“I think I have an idea that would work.” Jean-Claude said.

Dillon looked proud of his mate, but, until I knew what it was, I wasn’t going to trust that it could work. I nodded to him.

“Well, Echo is the only one taking care of us. Cooking enough food for five werewolves takes a lot of time and resources. Why don’t we ask Echo to take Dillon and me back home? The cat barely saw either of us. We could ask her to take us to Bellamy’s office and offer to come get our things once the curse is resolved.” He suggested.

That could work. She wouldn’t see it as a way for them to get out and release us. They were asking to be taken hundreds of miles away. It would make sense in her mind that they were just trying to make things easier on her.

No one could seem to object to that. Going home would be safer for them and safer for us. I didn’t know how long Echo was planning to keep us here.

“Sounds like we have a plan to get someone out. Then what?” I asked.

“We can contract Trent and have him come with his warriors. It needs to be more than a few people if they’re going to make it past Echo. I can give them the code for the gate, so they don’t have to let her know. The more surprise we can have, the better this will work.” Dillon said.

The rest of the afternoon was spent preparing what Dillon and Jean-Claude would have to do, once they were free, to free us. I was glad this wouldn’t take too long. I didn’t like the idea of being locked up for longer than a day or two.

With the revelation of hunters in our town, I didn’t like the idea of leaving Echo unprotected. Echo was the one who was the least safe of all of us. She didn’t even realize it.

We went over the options we knew of for Master of the territory. If we could select a vampire, give them the title, then lock them up, it would be best. Victor’s supports wouldn’t work, because each had a business to look after.

Harmony and Val both offered, but they were actually less vampire than Echo was. I didn’t know how it worked, but I was concerned that the curse was aimed more toward a vampire and they may not have the strength in the face of it. Echo wasn’t full vampire and it took her faster than it took Victor.

I chuckled. “We could always give it to Daniel Darknight. He’s already locked up in Marius’ cells back in his territory and we know there’s no way he can get out.”

Preston grinned. “That bastard would be tortured even more by having a fixation he could do nothing about. Do you think they’ll agree?”

“Maybe. It takes care of the problem, unless there’s something about being Master of a territory that we don’t know about. Does anyone know anything about them?” I asked.

Everyone looked around, shaking their heads. That sucked, but we only had an hour or two left of Marius and Talia’s sleep cycle. They could tell us if it was a bad plan.

“Do you think you two could do that pushing thing you did for Victor?” I asked Val and Harmony.

“It took all three of us focusing on him at the same time. I don’t know if we can.” Val answered.

“If you and Victor held Echo and focused on her, you could make up for her.” Emmalyn said. “There are two powerful triads in this house. You, Victor, and Echo make up one, Val, Harmony, and Echo make up the other. She’s marked you and shares her strength with you.”

“It’s worth a shot.” Harmony shrugged. “I don’t like my sister like this and I’d do anything to get her back.”

“Same.” Val nodded.

We were all set. We just needed to run our ideas past the vampires. With luck, we’d be out of the basement before midnight.

There was some scattered chitchatting. I never realized how tedious being locked up could be. Having other people there made it easier, though.

A while later, the scent of vampire increased and I breathed a sigh of relief. That meant Echo would be down in a few hours with dinner and our plan could begin.

Quickly, I relayed the idea for escape to Talia and Marius. They agreed that it should work. If nothing else, Echo would see them being hundreds of miles away as being safe.

“We just need to figure out who should get the title of Master.” Talia said.

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