The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 175

Once I got home, I put my things away and went to help Wendell and Lisa in the kitchen. The cake had cooled and I put together frosting for it real quick before covering it and decorating it. I had always done Val and Harmony’s birthday and celebration cakes, so I was pretty experienced.

Decorating their cakes had always made me happy. It was something I could put my whole focus on and the lovelier it looked, the nicer my ex-mother would be to me. Aside, from approved books, she would let me look at cooking magazines. I got to see a lot of pretty cakes there.

“Wow, Echo. That looks like a professional did it.” Wendell said.

“I’ve been decorating cakes for years. I like it a lot.” I replied.

After I finished the cake, I helped with getting the foods all packed away. There were some mousses that would be behind a ‘vampires only’ sign. We had to make it look like it was a real party. I doubted anyone would really be hungry. Maybe after….

My phone alarm went off as we packed the cake into a protective box and officially called it good. My nerves were on fire. I was more nervous than I’d been at the beginning of the day.

I climbed the stairs to Victor’s room. Everything would change once the sun went down. I could end up losing everyone I loved. I could die. The realization of it hit me like a ton of bricks. What would happen tonight?

When I got up to Victor’s room, I turned on the blanket and crawled into bed with him. Talia was downstairs already, going over the plans on the phone with Trent and Maeve. Bellamy and her rogue warriors were on their way as well, for added support.

I rested my head on Victor’s chest and listened to his very slow heartbeat as if it were the last time. It really could be the last time. I couldn’t stop the tears from falling.

Suddenly, Victor’s heartbeat sped up. That didn’t make sense, it should have been at least twenty minutes. I gripped him tightly and tried to stop crying.

The door flew open and Gray rushed in. He climbed into the bed on the other side of me and cuddled my back. Victor wiped my tears away.

“Don’t be scared, princess. Everything will be alright. I promise.” Victor murmured.

“He’s right, angel. I know it’s scary to face something like this, but we’re ready. We have allies and a good plan, your plan. They can’t win against us, Echo. We have the Goddess and all of her people on our side.” Gray whispered.

“They have lots of big guns and other weapons. We don’t have weapons.” I sniffled.

“We are weapons, Echo. The fae will have weapons and magic. The witches have magic. Vampires have magic. Werewolves have claws and fangs. There are forty of them, maybe one or two more. We have fifty pack wolves, two dozen fae, ten witches, forty vampires, thirty rogues, and none of that is counting the people in our house.” Victor told me gently. “There is no way we don’t win this, princess.”

“You promise? You promise everything will be fine and we’re all going to live?” I asked.

“I… I wish I could make that promise. I can promise that we will win. This isn’t an insurmountable obstacle. I can’t promise who will survive, though. Only that everyone will do their best to survive.” Victor said softly and kissed the top of my head. “I need you to be brave for me, my princess. You can come back here until the fight is over. One less person won’t be the difference between winning and losing.”

“I can’t do that. I would hate myself for leaving everyone. This is my fault. This is my plan. I can’t let everyone else fight for me.” I replied.

“That’s very noble of you, Echo, but I want you to use your best judgement. If it does seem like we’re losing. I want you to come back home. Alright?” Victor said.

“Alright.” I agreed.

We laid in the bed for a while longer and they held me until I was feeling better. I needed to do this. I needed to go out and fight with everyone. It was the only way to ensure that we would win.

Derrick had been giving the hunters bad information about dhampyrs and ancient vampires. It changed their weapon choices and tactics. It played to our advantage.

Once I was calmed down, we went downstairs to go over the plan. We had a lot of information from Derrick’s notes and the papers he’d stolen. I knew that would help a lot.

While everyone was busy talking, I went up to Victor’s room and retrieved my luck bag. I held it in my hands and thought of what I should say to get the result I wanted. When I was sure I had it, I lifted it to my mouth.

“Please give good luck to everyone I love tonight. Let them come home safely.” I whispered, then put the pouch on my neck.

I felt a lot better knowing everyone was going to be watched out for. Now I knew it would all work out. Everyone would come home safe.

The next few hours went by in a blur. Finn didn’t want Amelia coming out for the fight, but she insisted. Her affinity would be a big help.

Victor reminded those of us with sensitive noses, that the hunters wouldn’t smell like anything. It was part of the masking spray they used. The witches would just be working from their best guesses of who was an ally and who was an enemy. I didn’t like that, but we didn’t have other options. There wasn’t time to make magical protection charms.

“I want to help.” Emmalyn said as she entered the room. “I hate the idea of my little sister being out there and me not going.”

“We don’t have a way of getting you out there without blowing Derrick’s cover.” Gray replied.

“What if I used my ability? Once we put out the lanterns, I can travel here, get Emmalyn, and travel back with her. It should take a minute or less.” I offered.

“Yes! Let’s do that.” She insisted. “I can’t just wait around here and hope.”

“What do you think, Victor?” Gray asked.

“I think it’s a fine idea. The more witches we have on our side, the better.” Victor smiled politely. “Will you be alright doing that, princess?”

“I wouldn’t have offered if I wasn’t. It’s getting close to time. Let’s get the cars loaded up. Emmalyn, I want you to wait here in the living room for me.” I answered.

Those of us who could go out in the dwindling daylight, started loading food and other items into the vehicles. The cake would be held, so it didn’t topple somewhere. We took as much care of everything as we could, as if we were really going to this party.

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