The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 34

“Have the tests been completed?” He asked.

“Yes, Master Marius.” Victor said and shared the results.

“Stand up so I can look you over.” Marius ordered.

Valor stood and walked over, looking down at our sire. He stuck out his hand. Marius looked him over and took his hand, staring directly into his eyes.

I felt a wave of annoyance wash over me. He was trying his mind control on Val. I bit my lips together.

Val smiled and shook Marius’ hand. A smirking smile crossed Marius’ face. I was relieved when the wave of annoyance passed.

“Very impressive. You’re a handsome young man. I’ll eagerly await the reports on your growth.” He told Val.

Harmony had moved around the coffee table and stood next to Val. Marius turned to her. She swallowed nervously and put out her hand.

Marius took it and looked her up and down, stopping at her eyes. A slight growl came from Cam. I felt the annoyance again and watched my sister.

She also smiled as she moved her other hand to fully encircle Marius’ thick hand. His eyes softened for a moment before he shook his head. I wondered at what had just happened.

“You’re a powerful little thing. I wonder if Echo can do that once she’s up to her full strength.” Marius chuckled.

“What happened?” I asked.

“She can use mind control as well. She wanted me to like her. You must be a very popular girl and it never occurred to you why people seemed to like you immediately. No one has successfully used mind control on me since my sire passed on. Quite impressive.”

I was proud of my sister. She was strong and impressed someone very powerful. Val had resisted the mind control too. It meant they were safer than before. No vampire could control them if Marius couldn’t.

“I’ve promised to take Rosalynn home. Come with me, child. I’ll tell you how this works and we can get you home. Victor, will you need me for anything else this evening?” Marius asked.

“No, Master Marius. I’m planning to work on cleaning up my territory this evening.” Victor said.

“Does that mean Echo will be all alone?” Gray asked.

“The wolves that are guarding the property will move in closer to the house while I’m gone. Echo will always be protected and me clearing out the troublemakers from the territory will ensure that they never have the chance to try and hurt her. I will never let them harm her again.” Victor vowed.

I couldn’t help myself and ran to him to hug him. I pressed my ear to his chest while he stroked my hair and held me close. There was a growl from behind me. Like an animal.

Releasing Victor, I turned. Gray was standing, glaring over my head. I followed his glare and saw Victor staring him in the eye.

“Gray. Chill, man. She’s just grateful he’s protecting her. Echo hasn’t had a lot of people hugging her in her life. If she’s this comfortable with him, you should be happy for her. She’ll never warm up to you if you keep doing this.” Val warned Gray.

“I can’t stop Rex from being jealous. Especially when he gets that smug look on his face.” Gray growled.

“His face didn’t change. He didn’t even look at you until you growled.” Cam said.

I walked over to Gray, drawing his attention from Victor. This wasn’t his fault. His wolf was an animal I was betting his wolf’s jealousy crossed over to Gray. He really was trying.

He promised he was trying hard. He stopped trying to push after our talk outside. He didn’t even try to catch my eye while we were working.

I reached out and took his hand, stroking it like I’d seen Harmony stroke Cam’s arm. Gray seemed to relax like Cam had. It was part of that mate bond that he was talking about.

“Stop being jealous, Rex. I’m your friend, too. When I’m comfortable around you I’ll hug you more too. I promise.” I said softly.

He covered my hands with his other one. His hands were so hot compared to the cooler temperature of Victor. I felt a little flushed as his hands warmed mine.

“I’m sorry. I keep reminding him. This is what you can offer. It’s what we’ll learn to accept. Thank you for not being mad at us.” He murmured.

“While this is terribly entertaining, we should get moving, Rosalynn. I am still working to arrange training for Echo. This is only taking time away from my negotiations.” Marius said with a scoff.

“Our pack is friendly with some of the light witches around here. I’ll have Trent contact them. We’ll find out about the suppression spell and see if it’s affecting you even a little. I want you to be healthy and at full strength, Echo.” Gray said as he stroked the back of my hands.

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