The Vampire’s Servant novel Chapter 78

[Echo]

I was sitting on the couch in Victor’s office doing my homework. He’d told me to stay with him so he could be there if I needed him. I was glad that I didn’t fight too hard to stay at school. I ended up sleeping most of the afternoon, waking when my alarm went off to heat the blanket.

When Victor woke up, I told him what happened and he held me tight. I told him about what I heard Harmony say and how I’d yelled at her. The first time she’d started talking about my relationship with Gray and Victor, I’d been waffling on what I felt. This time, it made me angry.

My relationship with my mates was none of her business and she had no right to tell me who to love and how to love them. And I did love them. That should be what was important, that and the way they loved me. The way they made me feel safe and complete.

It was part of the reason I wanted to stay with them forever. I was never as safe as I was in our home. I was never as complete as I was in their arms. Having that for the rest of my life made me happier than anything before.

I was working on some math homework when I heard Gray’s voice in the house. I jumped up. Victor looked at me with amusement.

“Have you finished that assignment, princess?” He asked.

“Well, no, but Gray’s home. Can I take a break to go see him? Please?” I pled.

Victor sighed. “As long as you come right back to finish your work. You won’t get caught up if you don’t focus, Echo.”

“I promise, I will get caught up again, Victor. I just want to see Gray again.” I told him.

“Go on. I’ll be right here.” He smiled and turned back to the old book he was reading.

I hurried out of the room. Gray wasn’t in the entry way, but I heard him in the kitchen talking to Amy. I went in to see him.

He was unpacking food from a cooler. I wondered what sort of business involved getting a cooler full of food. Was I not doing a good enough job making sure he had enough to eat?

Gray turned and smiled at me. “Hello, beautiful. Come see what my great-grandma sent for you.”

I approached and looked at all the different foods in the containers. There were a couple pies, a cake, and a whole bunch of different dishes in Tupperware containers. They seemed like leftovers from different meals and they all smelled wonderful.

“Why did she send me food?” I asked.

“It’s just something she does. Gammy believes that anything can be fixed with food. When she heard that you were recovering from a kidnapping, she insisted on sending all this. No one is allowed to have any until you pick what you want. She also hopes to see you at my family dinner on Sunday. I hope you’ll be okay with going. Everyone wants to meet you.” He said.

Sunday dinners were a big deal in my house. I never got to have one after my parents started locking me in the basement on Sundays. I could barely remember the ones before then. I’d shut those memories away when I was very little. I didn’t want to remember the time before I was considered an evil monster.

“Are you sure they really want me there?” I asked quietly. “They don’t have to invite me just because I’m your mate.”

“I know for a fact that Trent, mom, dad, Gammy, and Grampy want you there. Everyone else is probably excited to meet you too.” Gray told me.

“Mates and family are very important to werewolves. Family is especially important to pack wolves. As Gray’s mate, you’re his family and their family. If any of them are asses to you, just go talk to the oldest male you see. If he doesn’t put them in their place, talk to the oldest female you see and she definitely will.” Amy winked.

I nodded. “I’ll go. You have to stay near me, though. You told me about your family. That sounds like a lot of people.”

“How about if I take you bowling with a small group of my friends the night before. After your thing with Sean. I saw that you have a video game of it, would you like to try it in real life? I have three friends I normally bowl with. They will bring their mates and you can see how werewolf couples, aside from your sister and Cam, are.” Gray offered.

“That sounds like fun. I want to try really bowling.” I said.

“Great! I’ll let them know you’re up for it. What do you want to do tonight?” He asked.

“I want to work on my homework. There’s a lot and I want to get caught up. It’s what I was doing before you came home. I only took a break so I could see you.” I told him.

“Where are you working at? I have a lot to get done, too. We can work on it together.”

“I’m working in Victor’s office.”

“I’ll grab us a couple slices of pie and meet you there. Will you take my backpack in there?” Gray asked.

“Sure.” I replied with a smile.

I grabbed his bag and took it into Victor’s office. Victor raised his eyebrow at me as I got seated and comfortable again.

“What is that?” He asked.

“Gray’s backpack. We’re going to do our homework.”

“In my office?”

“I figured I could focus more if I knew where both of you were and what you were doing. If we’ll be too much of a bother we can move to the living room or the library… if it’s free.” I bit my lip.

Finding Jean-Claude and Dillon kissing in the library had been a surprise. I didn’t know I could find anyone kissing anywhere near as interesting as I did when I saw them kissing. It actually made me think of Victor and Gray doing that.

I could imagine them in only their pajama pants. Bare chests rubbing against each other while Victor rode Gray’s lap. His fingers wrapped in Gray’s shiny black hair while their lips met, then parted giving that slight glimpse of Victor’s tongue entering Gray’s mouth. The deep, gentle moaning as they kissed. Gray’s hands sliding into Victor’s pants….

“Not going to happen, Echo.” Gray growled above me.

“Echo.” Victor said in a stern voice.

Heat rushed to my face. They’d seen what I was imagining. I had to be more careful about that. I couldn’t even look at them. I was so embarrassed.

“I’m sorry. I don’t know how to block these things from you.” I whispered.

“So you’re not sorry you’re thinking them?” Victor asked.

“No. They’re my thoughts and daydreams. I’m allowed to have them. I just need to make sure you can’t see them.” I replied.

He laughed. Gray chuckled as well. I felt a little of the embarrassment start to ebb away. It was lucky that they had a sense of humor about it. I didn’t seem to be able to stop. It made me feel warm between my legs when I thought of them touching each other and kissing each other.

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