The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 59

Cam went into the house and, a couple minutes later, two wolves came out of the back door. I had been admiring Bellamy, Jean-Claude, and Dillon’s wolves when the scent of sun-warmed linen became stronger. That was the part of Gray that was his wolf.

A large black and gray wolf trotted up to me. He had Gray’s eyes. I dropped to my knees and wrapped my arms around his neck. This was my mate. He was a handsome wolf.

“They’re at least twice the size of normal wolves.” Val said to Marius.

“Note that Bellamy is much larger. She’s smaller than her mate, but that is how you can spot the difference between ranked wolves, Alpha wolves, and standard wolves. Grayson is Alpha blood, so he is as big as a ranked male. Dillon and Cameron are both standard blood wolves, and the smallest. Jean-Claude is a ranked blood male and as big as Mercy, who is a ranked female. It’s a way for wolves to identify their leaders in wolf form. It makes them more intimidating to their enemies.” Marius told him.

I pulled back from hugging Gray and he licked my face. I giggled and kissed his muzzle.

‘Rex. I’m Rex, not Gray.’ I heard in my head.

“Rex. I could hear you!”

‘Of course you could. You’re my mate. This is the only way I can speak. It’s harder to talk to you, but will get better when you let me mark you.’ He replied.

“I’m not ready yet. I need to figure out what’s going on with Victor.” I admitted.

‘He gave you to us. You should be with us. You’re ours.’

“Stop that. I don’t like it when you talk like that. Gray’s doing so much better. Don’t ruin his hard work. If you love me, you’ll learn that Victor is mine as much as you are and respect that. I worry about him as much as I worry about you and Gray. Don’t force me to choose, Rex. You won’t like my decision.” I warned.

“There’s the fire I knew you had.” Marius said from behind me.

I turned to look at him and Rex growled a little. He raised his eyebrow at Rex and rolled his eyes.

“You can’t intimidate me, wolf. A child like you is no match for a vampire of my years. Now, go run with your people. We’ll wait here for you to get out your frustration. Make sure you come back with better manners. My daughter will not be cowed or controlled.” Marius warned.

Marius helped me stand and guided me back to the patio. I needed to talk to Victor about furniture for it. There were only some built in benches, but I could imagine that this would be a great place to be able to hang out.

The wolves all ran off, taking my sister with them. I was so proud of her. I wanted to get better at talking mentally to other people, so I could actually meet Mercy.

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[Gray]

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I couldn’t believe Rex had almost ruined everything. I was working so hard and learning to not act like that. It was like he didn’t care that our mate could still reject us, even though she marked us.

It wasn’t common, but rejection before the bond was sealed was something that could happen. It would be even more painful than the normal bond breaking. It would hurt her more than it would hurt me, though. I never wanted Echo to hurt.

We ran with everyone. Mercy was fast. Faster than me and Cam. She seemed almost wild in her running. She bounced off trees and flew off of outcroppings.

I remembered when Rex came out for the first time. It was like that for us. The excitement of being free for the first time and the feeling of flying through the forest. This wasn’t as big as the place I’d had my first run, but it was a good size and beautiful.

Rex and I wandered away from the group and found a stream. We needed a drink after trying to keep up with them all. I drank, then sat by the stream and listened to the water rush past. The breeze in the trees making it sound like the ocean’s waves.

Suddenly, something landed on me, pinning me to the ground. I tried to get up, but there was a growl from behind me. The scent of Harmony and Mercy reached me before I tried to fight back.

‘What are you doing?’ I asked.

‘You nearly messed everything up. Do you know how hard I was pushing for Echo to pick you? I didn’t hear your side of the conversation, but you can’t pressure her. I’m her sister, so it’s different for me. If you push, she’ll back out of whatever your arrangement is.’ She replied, getting off of me.

‘I didn’t do anything! It was Rex. I have been letting her take the lead in everything I can. I wanted to make her love me. She marked me and Victor said she should let me mark her back. Rex took that as him giving up. When I talked to him, it seemed like he was giving up as well. Rex became more possessive.’ I explained.

‘He hasn’t given up. If you think that Victor will ever give up on my sister, you’re wrong. He’s stepping back so you make a mistake and he can show her that he’s a better fit for her. Right now, she’s upset with him for it, soon, she’ll start sympathizing with him.’ Harmony told me.

‘Why are you fighting for me so much?’

‘Cam loves me. It’s just the most caring and protective love I’ve ever felt. I want that for Echo. She deserves to be cared for and safe. I think she will be with you. Just look what happened? We left her here thinking she’d be safe and she was taken.’

‘You can’t blame Victor for that any more than you can blame Val for it. There was nothing to indicate that there was anyone after Echo. They thought everyone who knew about her was dead.’

‘I can blame him. If he’d just given her back to us, then she wouldn’t have been taken.’ She insisted.

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