Page 51 of Camriel
Chapter Twenty-Eight
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CAMRIEL COULD BARELYcontain his excitement when his mate agreed to accompany them to their base.Both Amaros and Zoe had cleared Victoria.He wished she hadn’t been forced to kill the child, but he’d been evil and dangerous.
“Do you know if any of the other pro wrestlers are still in New York?”Grace asked his mate.She was a bit starstruck.
“Nope,” Victoria replied.“I didn’t run into anyone I knew after the shiz hit the fan.”
“It must have been bedlam in Manhattan,” Zoe mused.
“No fudging kidding,” Vic agreed.“People were murdering each other on the streets.Central Park was a killing field.I had idiots chasing me every time I went out for a jog or to scrounge for food.”
“You went jogging after the apocalypse?”Grace said incredulously.
“A girl’s gotta exercise,” the wrestler pointed out.“I decided I needed to get the fudge out of there after the blazing red comets turned up, though.”
“You saw the soldiers arrive,” Zoe figured.
Cam’s ears perked up, but he didn’t turn around to face the trio.Amaros was just as interested to hear her answer.
“I didn’t see them land,” Vic said.“I knew they must have crashed into the East River when the city wasn’t obliterated and I went to investigate.”
“My mate is brave,” Camriel murmured to Amaros.His leader inclined his head in agreement.
“What did you see?”Grace asked.
“Ninety-seven wet, naked men with a weird red sheen to their eyes,” Victoria reported, sounding like she was still spooked about it.
“We’ll discuss this further once we’re home,” Amaros said loudly enough for the females to hear him.He wanted to be able to devote his entire attention to their conversation.
“How much further is your lair?”Victoria asked.Cam flicked a look back just in time to see her catch sight of their clothes drying on the lines.“I’ve got to rig something like that up at the cabin,” she muttered.
“It’s just a short walk through the trees,” Zoe told her.
They took the path to the base and stopped to let Victoria gawp at the sprawling gray stone building.“You can barely see there’s a building hidden here until you’re up close to it,” she marveled.“How big is this thing?”
“It’s huge,” Grace said.“Cam can give you a quick tour while Zoe and I get the coffee going.”
Camriel could have hugged the teen at the opportunity she’d just given him.He tried to keep his expression casual as he swept his hand at the open entrance.“It would be my pleasure to show you around,” he said.
Victoria gave him a skeptical look, but stepped through the doorway and followed him into the structure.
Cam showed her through the north wing first, which was mostly empty rooms so far, apart from storage.He headed to the main room next, taking her to the room where the females’ clothing had been placed.He waited in the hallway while she chose some dry clothes to change into.She stuffed her wet attire in one of the bags they’d shoved into a corner.
“We’ve got a great room, a kitchen and a infirmary set up in the main section,” Camriel explained, briefly showing her each room when they continued the tour.They still needed to fix the hole in the floor of the infirmary.The boards were just a temporary measure.
“Ooh, you’ve got a library,” Victoria said when she saw a tall bookcase crammed with books in the great room.More tomes were piled up on the floor against the wall.She’d seemed to be impressed by their kitchen as well.
