The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 172

[Victor]

It had been nearly a week since we broke the spell. That didn’t mean we’d just relaxed, though. Almost immediately, the tension about the hunters started running through our little group.

No one could leave the house, in case hunters were following. Finn’s plan to send Amelia and Emmalyn away until it was safe had been quashed by the realization they could lead the hunters to a much larger supernatural community. We wouldn’t risk our friends.

Echo offered to take them to the pack land of Lune Rouge, but they refused. They didn’t want to leave Emmalyn’s car behind and Amelia said she changed her mind and couldn’t leave Finn. The chance that she would never see him again was too high.

I understood. Echo offered to take anyone to wherever they wanted. She said she could take Sean and Rosario to Maeve’s house, but they also refused. Everyone was intent on seeing it out with us.

In the interim, I had over forty vampires who had responded that they would fight by our side. With the addition of Trent’s warriors and Bellamy’s warriors, it would be enough. In the spirit of friendship, I had informed the coven leader and Maeve about the hunter threat.

Though the coven leader didn’t have many, there were a few witches who volunteered to join. Maeve put it out to her people and three families of trolls and ogres volunteered. She even got us some goblins from the fae village in the forest. Goblins loved a battle and were not only ruthless, but also carrion eaters who would take care of the bodies.

With all the support we’d found, I was certain we could be successful. We just needed to know the weapons and makeup of the hunters. Bellamy said Derrick was working on it.

Every morning, our little group was training. We’d pushed the training times to be earlier so Finn and I could safely join before the sun came up. It was refreshing to see Echo training so hard. She was beautiful and her movements were as fluid as any vampire.

The earlier training times meant we had less chance of our training being witnessed, depending on the equipment the hunters had. Preston was teaching Valor offensive attacks he could do with his powers. Amelia and Emmalyn worked on protection spells. Rosario taught Sean how to fight with a sword. Pixies had an innate ability with sword fighting.

Cam and Grayson were teaching Harmony how to fight in a partially shifted form. She was taking to it well. One could see she was truly meant to be the Beta of her pack. I wondered how things would go for her without taking a ranked position. Though, I supposed I would find out.

“Victor. I know you’re doing some important daydreaming, but I need you present for this call.” Talia chuckled.

“Sorry. I was just thinking of how far everyone has come. I’m so proud of Echo and Grayson. They have both made great strides… but….” I sighed.

“You don’t want either of them anywhere near this fight, do you?” She asked.

“It’s not that I doubt their abilities. I just think they have a chance at a life together if something happens to me.”

“Of course they do. And you have a chance at a life with Echo if you and she stay out of it. But, would you want to go through that life thinking you should have been there? You would feel extreme guilt over letting your friend fight this battle alone. Gray would feel the same. Echo would always miss you and Gray wouldn’t be able to fill that hole in her life. So, fight together, watch each other’s backs, and come out the other side as strong as you’ve ever been. It’s not like it’s just the three of you against the full force of these hunters.” Talia chided me.

I nodded. It made a lot of sense. Echo needed both of us and we were stronger together. I would watch out for my family. I wouldn’t lose them like I lost the last one.

The phone rang. It was the call we’d been waiting on. The update from Bellamy and her people. I answered and we exchanged brief pleasantries.

“Now that we’re all on the line, what do you have, Troy?” Bellamy asked.

“More hunters and we’ve lost most contact with Derrick. He’s being swarmed by hunters at all times. They haven’t just accepted him. The suggestion that he say he was after Death and his witch has made him hugely popular. He hasn’t been able to reveal much in his call-ins, but he wants to meet to hand off some stuff he’s collected and his notes.” Troy answered.

“He can’t meet with anyone who looks like a supernatural. That takes vampires and pack wolves off the table. No one pale and no one imposing.” Bellamy said.

“There’s a club that caters to all species. If we wanted our person to seem normal, they would have to be around others who seem different. The hunters may not follow him into the club. I can get him on the list to skip the line.” I offered.

“Great. Who would we send in? From the descriptions and the pictures he was able to send, they know what Gray, Val, Harmony, Cam, Echo, and Victor look like. If Derrick played it off as he was meeting a contact, then a man wouldn’t make sense. They would have already observed his… charm.” Bellamy chuckled.

“From the list he keeps updating, he’s managed to bed most of the female hunters. His focus is always on women. He’ll talk to men, but he gets most of his information from women. It’s like they can’t resist his crazy ass.” Troy snorted.

“Women have always been drawn to enigmatic and powerful men. I’ve met Derrick. He’s good at seeming mysterious and just looking at him, you can see that he’s strong. Pair that with his confidence in the presence of women, and you have a dangerous combination. He’s not really my type, but he nearly charmed me out of my panties when we did meet.” Talia smirked.

I raised an eyebrow. That was high praise. Talia flirted a lot, but her type was fairly clear. She liked tall, blonde, confident men when she was looking for a man. Her type for women had little to do with physicality.

“That doesn’t leave us with many options. We could have Lila do it, but someone might recognize her if we need to have a sighting of Marius and his witch.” I said.

“Finn would never let Amelia do it. He’s worried about her as much as you’re worried about Echo, only he doesn’t think like you do. He’s thinking like a human and not like a vampire.”

“What about Emmalyn? Echo could take her to the club and stay in the back office, watching the cameras. Once Emmalyn has the information, we can bring her back home and no one will be any the wiser.” I offered.

“Do you think Emmalyn will be up for it?” Bellamy asked. “She seemed a little quiet, but very serious when she was here. I just worry she’ll get nervous. Can any of our females do it?”

“No. You sent us two. The hunters know them. If a hunter followed him in, we’d be blown.” Troy responded.

“Excuse me.” Emmalyn called out from the door.

“Emmalyn! Why are you here?” Talia exclaimed.

“I was reading my runes and they told me to go. When I asked where, they told me here. You need me for something, the Goddess is guiding me to help.” She replied.

I indicated the unoccupied chair across from me. She closed the door behind her and came to sit down. She was a good choice.

Emmalyn was too slim to be a shapeshifter, she didn’t have that thicker, more athletic build. She also didn’t have the sickly look some thin vampires get. She had a pink flush to her cheeks that vampires couldn’t mimic even with makeup.

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