The Vampire’s Servant
Chapter 107

[Sean]

It was Friday evening and I was getting ready for my date with Rosario. I decided to wear some slacks and a button down shirt. I also put my contacts in. I didn't wear them often, but I wanted to look good.

This week had been busy at school, so I didn't have much time to catch Echo alone. She seemed preoccupied anyway. I didn't want to bother her too much.

The doorbell rang and I slipped on my shoes before heading to the living room. Dad had snickered when I came home on Sunday with hickeys on my neck. I had to tell him he was right and Rosario wanted to be more than friends.

Mom was thrilled. She told me she worried when I wasn't dating anyone. She wanted me to have every experience that I could while I was young, as long as they weren't dangerous ones.

Rosario was sitting on the couch while my parents sat on the love seat and talked with him. He was in his glamour. I wondered how much time he still had it for. Just school hours had to be putting him near his limit. I needed to get him out of the house before it became a problem.

"Ready to go?" I asked, extending my hand.

"We were thinking you two could have dinner with us before your movie. Instead of going out." Mom said.

"I'd really love to Mrs. Flowers, but we have to go visit with some of our friends before our movie. We're having dinner with them. Why don't I come over early tomorrow, before our game, and we can all have dinner then?" Rosario offered. Published and Updated By FindNovel.net

"I guess that will have to do. Who are you visiting?" Mom asked.

"We're going to see our friends Gray and Echo. They're at Echo's house. I need to take a message from my mother to her guardian and we just decided that dinner would be easier." Rosario smiled. "Plus, we haven't had a lot of time to talk to Echo and Gray about our relationship. School is busy and we only have so much time at lunch, you know how it is."

"Of course. Well, you kids have fun. We'll see you later." Dad said, shooing us out.

Mom didn't look happy. I knew she wanted to do the grilling thing and find out more about Rosario and our relationship. She would have to wait.

I took Rosario's hand and we left. As soon as we were driving, he dropped his glamour. I looked out the window.

"You didn't have to make something up about a message. You could have just said we were going to see Gray and Echo." I told him.

"I wasn't. My mother found something that Victor needs. I figured this was the perfect time for me to show them what I really look like and for you to tell Echo the truth." He said. "Gray doesn't know I'm gay. What if he gets weird about it?" I asked.

"Then pretend to throw a ball to distract him." Rosario snickered. "It works on dogs."

"Taunting werewolves is not a healthy habit for humans." I replied.

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We drove for a little while and pulled into a driveway. There was a gate across it. Rosario hit the speaker button an unfamiliar, voice came over the speaker.

"How may I help you?" It asked.

Rosario's voice changed to the female version. "It's Rosario Adair, Maeve Adair's child. I'm here to meet with Master Nightshade."

"I thought you were a dude?" The voice chuckled.

"I'm still in my glamour. Echo hasn't seen the real me yet." Rosario said.

"You must be hitting your limit. I'll have Lady Nightshade out here so she can see you before you lose your grip. It's best if she knows everything about our allies." The voice replied.

The gate opened. Before we reached the end of the driveway, Rosario had his glamour back in place. I was a little confused.

"I thought no one knew you were really a man. Why did he call her 'Lady Nightshade'? Who is Master Nightshade?" I asked.

"This is the home of the Master vampire of the territory. Echo is his Solus Amor. She lives with him. Only humans and people who just know me at school think I'm a girl. That's why everyone at the restaurant was staring at us. It's fae owned. They were wondering why I was out with a human boy." He answered.

I nodded. We pulled up in front of a large house. I took in the sight of it. It was a mansion. I both would and wouldn't have guessed that a vampire lived there.

We got out of the car. Rosario grabbed something out of the back seat and headed up the short steps to the front door. Before we could knock, the door opened. A huge man who looked like a Viking stood there, grinning.

"Hot. Who's the human?" He asked.

"This is Sean Flowers. He's-"

"Sean Fenton Flowers?" The Viking asked, cutting Rosario off.

"Yes?" I replied.

"Vic's gonna love this. I've been looking for him. Good job, elf boy."

"Finn, who is it?" I heard a woman ask.

"Oh, come in. It's dark out here. Sorry about that." Finn moved from the door.

I wondered how he knew my middle name and why he was looking for me. Rosario was looking at me strangely. I didn't understand what was going on.

We walked into the entry way. A small young woman with purple eyes stood on the stairs. I noticed that the Viking... Finn, had the same eyes. Another man came from a hallway. He was tall with dark hair and refined features. He was talking to someone walking beside him and stopped.

He bent down as if he was kissing someone. I saw a woman's hands snake around his waist, pulling him tighter and gripping his back. On the left hand was Echo's ring. That was definitely not Gray she was kissing.

They turned toward us and she didn't even have the decency to look ashamed. She looked curious and pulled the man toward us. I could see now that he also had the purple eyes of the other two. "What are you doing here?" Echo asked.

"Watching you cheat on Gray, apparently." I said coolly.

"Stop it. I told you already." Rosario hissed. "My apologies, Master Nightshade. I'm Rosario Adair. I came in my glamour because Echo hasn't seen my natural form yet. I only have minutes before I can't hold my glamour anymore. Mistress Nightshade, I would like to show you who I really am."

"I'd love to see who you really are, Rosario." Echo replied.

She had a sad look on her face now. She should feel sad. I couldn't believe she would cheat on Gray like this.

Rosario nodded and I watched as his glamour disappeared and he stood in front of me as gorgeous as ever. I slipped my hand in his. He squeezed it.

"I'm glad you found a boy you like who likes you, Sean. Rosario, you should have told me you were a boy. I wouldn't have worried as much." She giggled.

"If not for you, I would never have seen him. Thank you, Echo. I'm sorry I lied to you. I wanted you to trust me and this reveal doesn't exactly scream trust." He admitted.

"You told him what I am?" Echo asked.

"No. I was backstage last week when you were feeding on Gray." I responded.

"Princess. Why were you feeding on Grayson at school?" The man asked.

"I'm sorry, Victor. I didn't eat all my breakfast that day. My fangs were coming out during the break. I needed something to hold me over until lunch time." Echo blushed. "Sean, I'm sorry you had to find out that way. Why didn't you say anything?" "Gray didn't want me to worry you. He thought I would treat you differently and he wanted you to be able to tell me yourself." I said coldly.

"Stop acting like this, Sean. I told you, she's Victor's Solus Amor. His mate." Rosario told me sternly.

"Then what is Gray? What the hell is going on here? How did that guy know my middle name?" I asked.

"Gray is my other mate. I have two. I can't answer your other questions." Echo said.

"You have something for me, Mr. Adair?" Victor requested.

"My mother found these. They're journals my father wrote in before he returned to the forest. They have some information on how the curse affects those of us who didn't decide to live in the human world." He replied. "Thank you. I will return these as soon as possible. Talia. More for you to read." Victor waved the journals at the short woman on the stairs.

"Probably won't be terribly interesting. Natural fae are boring. No imagination." She scoffed.

"I smell human." Said a man at the top of the stairs.

There were so many people in this house. He was tall with dark blond hair and green eyes. He had his arm around a thickly built man with copper hair and light brown eyes.

"Oh! Elf boy!" He grinned and they started down the stairs.

"Rosario, Sean, this is Dillon Metz and his mate Jean-Claude Dubois." Echo said.

"This is your human friend? He's cute." Dillon chuckled.

Rosario pulled me closer to him and glared at the blond man. These must have been the gay friends Echo was talking about. His mate was glaring at him too.

"What did I tell you, mon rêve?" Jean-Claude growled.

"I'm just being friendly! I can't even compliment cute boys anymore." Dillon huffed.

Echo came over and smiled at me. I almost forgot I was mad at her. Why did she have two mates? Did everyone? That wouldn't make sense... or would it?

"I think the most important thing here is that the elf boy found the guy who can get you in to see Aimes." Finn boomed.

"My great uncle?" I asked.

Echo's eyes grew wide. "Your great uncle is Fenton Aimes III?"

"Yeah. My middle name is Fenton. It's a family name." I told her.

"I told you I didn't want Echo more involved in this, Finnick." Victor said with a snarl.

Echo turned to him quickly and put her arms around him. I saw his fangs coming out and felt a chill run through my blood. She just threw herself at an angry vampire.

"Victor, please. I need to help. Don't be mad. I told Finn I would do anything to save you. I want to do this. Sean was already my friend. He'll help because it means helping Rosario." Echo said soothingly.

"What does she mean it will help you?" I asked Rosario.

"Maybe you should take this to the living room or Victor's office." Dillon offered. "The entry way isn't really the place for it."

"Looks like we might miss our movie." Rosario said.

"I want to know what this is a lot more than I want to see a movie." I told him and we followed Victor and Echo to the living room.

She pulled an ottoman up next to a chair and seated herself next to Victor. I sat on the couch with Rosario. Everyone else found seats or perched, in the case of Talia, elsewhere.

"Your ancestor, Fenton Aimes Sr., cast a curse over this region. It affects the fae, the witches, the vampires, and the werewolves." Victor said.

Echo's face was impassive, but she stroked his hand like she was trying to soothe him. I wondered at her behavior. She seemed like a different person right now.

"How could he have done that?" I asked.

"He was a powerful witch, the leader of the local coven. So far, we've learned that his daughter, Grace, was also a powerful witch. She was the Solus Amor, or only love, of the first vampire Master of this territory. Fenton Aimes had arranged a marriage for her, though, and took her away. Each group was cursed for the part he perceived them playing in trying to get him to give his daughter to her mate instead of the boy he picked." Victor explained.

"She didn't love the other boy. She loved Grigori, but her father wouldn't accept it." Echo murmured.

There were tears in her eyes. She looked at Victor the same way I saw her looking at Gray. Like he was the most important person in the room.

"Grigori, the first Master, killed himself in an effort to break the curse. It helped relieve it some, but not break it. He lost his life and his love." Dillon said.

"The fae were cursed because we decided to stay out of the fight altogether." Rosario told me.

"The vampires and werewolves were cursed because they supported Grigori and Grace." Finn said.

"The witches were cursed because they tried to convince Fenton to go back to the light side and shun the dark." Talia said.

"Every Master who has taken over this territory has died." Echo sniffled. "If we can't break the curse, Victor will die."

I looked at all of them. My ancestor caused this? I looked at Rosario. He wouldn't be able to use his glamour for the rest of the night. He said it was a curse that made it so he could only use it for eight hours a day. This curse?

Victor was murmuring to Echo and kissing her hand. Everyone looked very serious and sad. What Finn said after I confirmed my name struck me.

"You only wanted to use me to break the curse." I said to Rosario.

"I had no idea until tonight what your connection to Fenton Aimes was. I just fell for you. I swear, Sean." He pled.

"The only reason Echo became my friend. The only reason you're with me is to get rid of this curse, then what? I go back to being alone?" I asked and stood.

"Sean. I didn't know who you were until tonight either. Finn has been looking for someone who can tell us how to break the curse. He says we need to see your great-uncle. If you don't want to take us, we can find a different way. I don't want to lose your friendship over this." Echo told me as she stood as well.

"Rosario. Take me home. I don't think it's a good idea to do game night tomorrow. I need space."

"Why do you need space? Just tell them no. We can still go have a good night." Rosario said.

"Echo was the only one who knew I was gay. Just two days after I tell her, you start acting interested in me. A week after I tell her, you're telling me that you're actually a man and you want me. It seems a little convenient." I scoffed.

"It's not like that, babe, I promise."

"Swear to me that she didn't tell you I was gay! Your oath of honesty that she didn't tell you I was gay before you asked me out." I growled.

He looked at me, then he looked at Echo. She seemed to be imploring him with her eyes. I knew it.

"An oath is very serious business to the fae, Echo. I can't swear that, Sean. She told me in an attempt to dissuade me from you. She thought I was a girl and wanted me to not pursue you. I will swear an oath of honesty to that fact, and to the fact that Echo has never, ever encouraged me with you. Not until just a few minutes ago. I'll swear that I love you. I'll swear that I never want to be without you. And I'll swear that the life of the Master of this territory doesn't mean as much to me as you do." Rosario implored. "I want to go home. I need time and space. I can't deal with this right now." I said and stormed out of the house.

Rosario followed after me. He unlocked the car doors and got in. I looked straight ahead from the passenger's seat.

"Babe, please. I'm not the bad guy. I didn't know." He pled.

"I don't care. I told you what I need. Just because you're my only way of getting home, doesn't mean I'm going to sit here and listen to you begging me to help."

"I'm not begging you to help, Sean. I'm begging you not to leave me. I was happy for the first time in my life. You accepted me. I thought you loved me." Rosario whispered.

"Give me time. I feel like you're just trying to get me to do what you want. It's all too much right now."

We pulled up in front of my house. I got out of the car. The window rolled down as I walked away.

"I'll see you on Monday. Don't forget that I love you, Sean." He called out.

I kept walking until I was safely in the house. My parents seemed startled that I was back early. I told them the game, and dinner, was off for tomorrow. Then, I ignored their questions and went to bed. I just wanted to sleep and wake up somewhere else.