Darkness of the Woods

Chapter 29

Cammi

Cammi had only just gotten to an hour or two of sleep when she was rudely woken. "What? What is it? It better be important." She warned glaring at guy. It was Cole. And he looked very worried.

"Come on, we found someone." He said, he grabbed her hand and dragged her into the sitting room where even the vampires were awake, though grumbling. Chase was sitting next to Elfrida holding her hand, she looked freaked out, scared. There was only one thing that would scare her. And it was something Cammi had saw in her eyes when Audrey had took her away yesterday morning.

"Who is it?" Cammi asked Chase, Elfrida didn't look like she would be able to say anything at the moment.

Chase look said he thought what she was asking was stupid. "Of The Woods, of course."

Cammi looked to Cole for more answers. He gave them to her. "A werewolf was spying on us. He had been carrying something but he got rid of it before we caught him."

"Anything else? What did you do with him?" Cammi questioned. Her look meant business.

"We put him in the other bedroom, got rid of anything he would use as a weapon, not that it would matter that much." Akili said from the other side of the room. "And someone is guarding the door, we were just waiting for you, to decide what to do next."

Cammi looked over at her, she hadn't even realized she was in the room until she had spoken. Cammi nodded, "I guess we better go talk to him then. I only want myself, Akili, and Cole going in there."

"Oh come on, you're not the only ones in this." Chase said from Elfrida's side.

Cammi glared at him. "I know that. But we can't just all go in there, the rooms too small. And besides we know how to interrogate the bad guys and right now Elfrida needs you."

Chase didn't say anything to that, he just stood up and said to Elfrida, "Come on, let's go get you some tea." He gave them a backward glance.

Once they were out of sight, Cammi and the other two went to the other bedroom, which was being guarded by both a werewolf and a vampire, neither looked very happy about this. The two let them through without question, and then they were inside. Cammi looked around the room. It was bare and plain, the only thing in it was a bed and one window, nothing else. The walls were gray and the sheets were a pale color, nothing colorful was at all in the room.

The werewolf was sitting with his back to them, he seemed to be humming something under his breath but it wasn't something she recognized. He looked very calm about this, not at all worried. He stopped humming when the door shut with a thud. He didn't look at them but spoke softly, "I'm not going to tell you anything."

"Oh and why is that?" Cammi asked nicely. But he didn't say anything. "All we want is to understand."

The werewolf turned to look at her and watched her very closely. He answered formally, "Only if it is that, then I will answer."

"Who is this Master? What is his real name? Is he a real person, or is he a new god?"

"He is the Master. That is his name, he does not go by any other name."

"But is he a physical person? Is he really here commanding you all?" Cammi asked insistently.

"Of course he's a real person." The werewolf sounded confused by this question. "Our most senior members were trained by him personally."