The Hidden

The Office

Dyann settled silently in a position which hid  her but allowed her to hear. In addition to her smell, her hearing was better than normal. The scent was stronger in this spot and she felt herself relaxing. Her family had closed the doors to the dining room so this side of the house was just her and the strangers. She wished she had seen their faces so she knew who was speaking. 

“It isn’t her.”

“It could be her”

“I agree, it isn’t.”

“She doesn’t smell right.”

“She doesn’t look right.”

“Ok my brothers, it is not her. Your correct she does not smell right. They tried but she does not look right. That girl is maybe 20 years old and she smells more like them. They are trying to hide it, but I know. . This is wrong. It all feels wrong. Why are they lying.”

“It’s possible they killed her.”

“You know better, we sense her.”

“We were so young, we don’t know what we are sensing.”

“She is here. In this house right now being hidden.”

“What are going to do Calvin?”

“Confront them!”

“No brother. We are going to play along. We will take the girl with us. We can interrogate her and break her once she is away from this place and those people.”

“So we leave? Knowing Cara is here?”

“Yes. That is exactly what we do. We can not start a war. We have instructions to do this quietly.”

“It was genius to drop that her family wasn’t killed. Did you see their faces? They believed everyone was gone. I smelled their fear.”

Smelled their fear? Who were these guys and who the hell is Cara. There is no Cara here. This is so bizarre and she was not learning anything. She needs to get to the kitchen. She would gather the dessert spoons and test the dna. She would also try to sneak out and grab a license plate number. She could at least know who had Meagan. Then they caught her attention again 

“Rest assured my brothers, there is another werewolf in this house. The old man and his family are the ones we have been searching for all these years. It was them. All of this suffering was them. 3 packs mostly destroyed. 50 survivors in hiding for years until we regrouped and strengthened. Now is our time. They will pay for this.”

Ummm... did he just say werewolf?  Could this week get any stranger?  So these guys are crazy, that’s the deal. Her family is crazy and trying to ship Meagan off with these wackos. What the actual f**k is going on?

Dyann knew  she wasn’t going to sleep tonight. Too many questions, too many bizarre comments. 

She had the license plate number and a million questions when she stepped into the kitchen and cleared her throat. “Grandmother may I begin cleaning?”

“As long as you stay out of site and stay quiet.”

Dyann began her work  She  secured the spoons. She heard Meagan’s tearful goodbye and gracious thanks for the care she had been given. She left the house in one of the three cars. Each car had a driver and a security guard and a brother. Megan was put  in the middle car and the disappeared into the night. Dyann was left with a swirling mind, a longing for the spicy sandalwood smell to return, and dread for the morning.