The Vampire’s Servant
Chapter 22

[Gray]

I texted my brother with the license plate number of the car Echo got into. She rushed to get away from me fast, I was a little offended. The man she was with must be working for the vampires, so I got over it. The most important thing was that I knew she was safe. With this information, I'd have her soon. Why was she at my school though?

I smiled at the idea of her attending and maybe being in some classes with me. That would be wonderful. I could definitely win her if she were with me all day.

Heading back to the school parking lot, I knew I had to find the girl she was hugging. If she had some information, her phone number, address, something, I could save my angel from the vampires.

She was already near the front doors by the time I got back to where the car had been parked. I pushed a little harder to get to her before she reached the doors. I needed to talk to her. She had to help me. "Wait!" I called out to her and she turned, putting her phone away.

She looked like a warmer version of Echo. Her skin was tan, her hair dark brown instead of black, and her eyes were less green. It was shocking and I froze for a moment before shaking it off and moving forward. This must be why she looked so familiar, there was an almost Echo in my school.

Normally, we'd go to school on the pack lands, but there'd been an accident and the school needed major remodeling, so we'd started two years ago at the human school in town. Most of us elected to stay at the human school through the end of school. It was good practice for hiding ourselves.

"You're Gray, right? Cam's friend." She smiled.

"Yeah. I don't think I know your name, though." I winced.

"We've had a couple classes together, but haven't officially met, yet. I'm Harmony."

Cam's mate. This was good luck. The goddess must be smiling on me.

"It's nice to officially meet you." I grinned. "How do you know Echo?"

She looked nervous and a little upset. Harmony bit her lips together and I wondered if she'd say anything. I needed help.

'Cam. Where are you?' I linked him.

'Changing. I have gym in the morning. You know that.

'I'm talking to your mate and I need help.

'What kind of help?'

'She knows my mate and I don't think she's going to tell me how. Can you get out here? We're in front of the school.'

'I need a minute. I'll be there soon.' He replied.

"It's cool if you don't want to answer right now. How are your classes going?" I asked.

She took the change of subject with a breath of relief. I'd have that information before school got out, though. I would find my mate and free her. Then she could be mine forever.

We made small talk for a while as I tried to keep her there so Cam could help me get the information about Echo. He finally came trotting up and put his arm around her.

"Hey there, beautiful." He said kissing her on the cheek. "I see you met Gray."

"We've had classes together before, I just never really had a reason to talk to him." She giggled.

She sounded so much like Echo. It made me wish she were there, being as sweet and loving as Harmony was with Cam. I'd save her and we would be together like they were. She wouldn't run away from me anymore. "So, did he tell you about the girl he likes then? He's been going on about her ever since he met her." Cam laughed.

"No, we were just chatting about school stuff." Harmony replied.

"Well, I asked how you knew her..." I trailed off.

"Echo? You have a crush on Echo?" She asked wide eyed.

"Yeah. She's been on my mind. You look a lot like her. Are you related? Cousins, maybe?" I asked.

Harmony looked like she was debating how to answer.

"No. We're just friends." She lied.

I glanced at Cam to see if he caught it and he did. He looked disappointed. Suddenly, Val came bursting out of the door and ran down to us.

"Where is she? Is she still here? Did she tell you what happened?" He questioned Harmony, pulling her from Cam.

I shot Cam a look. I knew Val from the track team. We were friendly rivals in most of the sports teams we joined.

'Harmony is Val's twin sister.' Cam explained.

"She left. Something spooked her. Let's find a place to talk, alone." Harmony whispered.

"Babe, I'm your boyfriend. I'm here for you. Tell me what's going on. I can send Gray away, but he wants to help, too. Please. Let me help." Cam begged.

"I'm sorry, Cam. I can't." She said softly.

"Is it a twin secret then?" He scoffed.

A lot of werewolves were jealous of close sibling relationships with their mates. I could imagine her having an opposite gender twin would cause Cam's hackles to rise. Twins were just a lot closer than other siblings. Val looked between them and locked eyes with me. I got the feeling he wanted to say more. I raised my eyebrows at him and tried to put all the concern I had for Echo into my eyes so he would see we were sincere. "They can't hurt her anymore, Harmony. We can tell people now." Val told her in a low voice.

"What about when she comes home? I won't risk it." She hissed.

"She's not coming home, Harmony! If she ran away, then she's not coming back. Even if we get her there, she won't stay. I just want to make sure she's safe. Do you really want her back in that house?!" Val growled.

"She didn't run away, Val. She said they sold her. I think he forced them to sell her! I don't know any other reason why they would do that!" Harmony sobbed.

Val covered his mouth. It didn't seem like shock, though. He was considering something. I didn't know him particularly well, but I'd always liked him. He even beat me in a few challenges.

I worked to control my anger at the idea of that leech forcing someone to sell my mate to him. Her parents were forced to sell her. They were related to Echo. Siblings, most likely. I focused on Harmony and all the ways she looked like Echo. "Did she say if it was a vampire?" He asked quietly.

That drew my attention directly to him. Val had a strained look in his face. Like he was praying we would say no. He knew more about her connection to the vampires.

I pulled out my phone. "Just one second. School isn't safe for this conversation."

"Who are you calling?" Cam asked.

"Trent. We need to go home for this." I told him.

I had my brother arrange for emergency calls to the school to get us all released. Cam went in to let the office know we'd gotten calls on our cells about the emergency and we were leaving. It wouldn't be questioned. There were a few members of staff who were werewolves. They would ensure that we wouldn't have trouble.

We went to our cars. Val and Harmony followed me and Cam out to the pack lands and over to the pack house. Cam glared at me the whole way home.

"You know this means I have to tell her I'm a werewolf before I was ready to." Cam grumbled.

"I know, I'm sorry. Harmony looks almost exactly like Echo. I think she's their sister. Saving her is important. I think Harmony will forgive you if you save her sister from the vampires." I said.

"She better or I'm kicking your ass."

"And I'll take it, as long as Echo's safe." I replied.

Trent met us out front of the pack house. He seemed upset about us bringing humans, but I'd explain it. If nothing else, I'd take the blame.

We got out of the cars. Val helped Harmony along. She was sobbing. Cam ran over and took her from her brother, picking her up to carry into the house. We watched them go. Val didn't even try to stop him.

"She needs to rest and calm down." Val informed me. "I got all the information from her. I just need to verify something. I've been thinking it for a couple months now. You guys are werewolves, right?"

Trent raised his brow in surprise. "Yes. How'd you guess?"

"Once you stop trying to ignore things like werewolves and vampires, you begin to see it. I couldn't ignore vampires when I found out what they were doing to my little sister. I started to see more. I started to learn more." He sighed. "Come in. I'm Trent Padua, Alpha of the Hallowed Moon Pack." Trent stuck out his hand.

"Valor Gale, you can call me Val." He replied, taking my brother's hand.

"My office is this way." Trent guided Val and I followed.