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Call of the wild
Chapter 12: Truth be told

Fusedtwilight: A big thanks to all my reviewers. And I am glad you are enjoying this. I had this on fanfiction but recently it was taken down. But luckily I have adultfanfiction to help me satisfy my Anita Blake fan fic needs. And only a few more days until the new book comes out. SWEET! Oh and I apologize if I do a bad job at doing French terms and accents.

To say things were tense was an understatement. Once again I found myself in the circular draped room with the old picture of Asher, Jean-Claude and the mystery woman. All the zombies had been returned to there proper places and I had just gotten done telling the truth, the real truth.

Anita, Jean-Claude, Asher, Micah, Nathanael, Jason, Drake, and Jeremy were all there. Jeremy and Drake sat on either side of me, Drake to my right Jeremy to my left. Like I said I finally told them the truth, who I really was, where I came from, and what I had just learned.

Reactions were mixed, Jean-Claude and Asher remained quite and emotionless, but had very piercing eyes, Jason, Anita, and Richard had angry faces, Nathan and Micah had their poker faces but were more sympathetic.

Drake observed the scene with a stoic expression, and Jeremy had a hint of nervousness.

"I'm really sorry I lied to you." I said speaking to everyone present, "I never meant for any of this to happen, but you must understand why I left, I couldn't handle it all anymore, all the torture and violence, the manipulating and backstabbing, it was to much, I had to get away." I said hugging myself.

Drake put a comforting hand on my shoulder "Please don't be mad at Jer, I made him promise he wouldn't tell, I’m sorry I fed on you all like that, it's never happened before, I have no idea what went wrong please forgive me." I begged.

"You should have been truthful from the start mon ami." Jean-Claude said with a voice as emotionless as his eyes but it seemed worse then shouting.

"Everything we've worked for the past few years almost was destroyed by you." Richard said and I felt a press of his power.

"All the ones we promised to protect, all the ones we loved could have been killed because you were dishonest with us." Anita said her voice so cold.

"Please I never thought I was anywhere near capable of doing that, I’ve never sucked power like that, I have no idea why it went berserk." I pleaded, "I'll do what ever you want me to, I’ll make it up as best as I can please believe me."

"Why should we start trusting you now?" Jason asked.

I tried to think of some reason, some reason to give for them to trust me, "I have no reason to give." I said slumping my shoulders in defeat.

"Mon ami, we sense the truth in your words, we scent it in the air, but surely you understand our anger." Jean-Claude said.

"Yes, of course I understand, I'll go pack my stuff then." I said standing up.

"Where do you think your going?" Anita asked and I froze.

"Well I did something bad right? I lied and almost killed you and a whole bunch of innocent people; obviously you don't want me around." I said confused.

"Sit down." She said and I wisely sat down, "Here's the thing...Jamie right?" She asked.

"Yes but you can still call me Dave, it was my fathers name."

"Ok Dave heres the thing, due to this little incident, a lot of shifters were revealed, they fell unconscious and many were given blood exams, and were outed, soon a lot of people will be out of the job." Richard said, "Their going to find out it was you and they will hold a grudge, what will you do if we let you go?" He asked.

"Well I can always just run away."

"Where to?" Micah asked, "You have only the clothes on your back, where could you possibly go to?"

"Well I have another fake I.D. A member of my old pack was good with that stuff and I have like three more to go, I have some emergency cash I keep stowed away incase I need to run away."

"What about an education?" Jean-Claude asked.

"Well I was home schooled, the pack had some college professors, so I was well taught, I had hoped to get a degree but do to the circumstances." I shrugged my shoulders.

"And what will happen in the next city? Or with the next group of shifters you encounter? They will either try to kill you, or turn you." Micah said softly but seriously.

"What other choice is there?" I asked.

"You come back to the caves with me." Drake said.

"Careful Drake you are still in hot water for your recent actions." Jean-Claude said.

"I swore Dave would be under the protection of the bats, despite recent events it still holds, as you all may know I posses the gift of the blood-sight, I have drunken the blood of this boy and have found him pure of intention, he intends us no harm."

"True but harm is still done to us." Richard said.

"Yes but do you not bring harm to others? Like Branson, like with the tigers, or the council? It is well known how wild and difficult Anita’s powers are, but with training, and help from her comrades she finds ways to better control all her continuously growing abilities, Jean-Claude think of it, Dave is the human servant to William, master of Pittsburgh, who according to rumor may be stronger then his father, imagine the potential ally to be found there, and if you can get David himself to better control his power." Drake said suggestively. He was very good at putting ideas in people’s heads.

"Oui we have thought about the benefits, but there are also downsides, if the Black Forest clan learn he is here then they will stop at nothing to retrieve their former weapon, and they out number the St. Louise pack one against ten." Jean-Claude said.

I felt a cool rush of power and I heard William in my head "Tell Jean-Claude I wish to speak with him." he said.

"What are you doing here?" I thought.

"Protecting my interests." He thought back.

"Um, Jean-Claude sir?" I asked.

"Oui."

"Um, William just did a mind to mind thing and requested to talk to you."

"How is that possible, communication is impossible with only the second mark." Anita said.

"William is a telepath." I said.

"How does he wish to communicate?" Jean-Claude asked.

Suddenly Anita's phone began to ring, "Hello." she answered flipping the phone open, "Who is this?......How did you get this number?.....What?......Really?......Oh god." She said. "Its William there’s been an earthquake in Pittsburgh 3.5, I’m putting this on speaker." She clicked a button and we could all hear William.

"Greetings Master of St. Louise, Greetings Ulfric of the Thronos Rokke clan, Greetings Executioner, Lupa, and Nimir-Ra, Greetings Nimir-raj." William greeted.

"Greetings William master of Pittsburgh , I hear you have had a recent trouble?" Jean-Claude asked.

"Yes, the power I took from my servant was a bit much more then I expected, I have found my power has reached a new level and these things as you know have a learning curve to them, please forgive the leeching of your power, it was necessary to save my servant." He apologized.

"Why didn't you inform me of your servant’s presence in my city William?" Jean-Claude asked.

"Well as you know, my servant ran from home in order to avoid his packs way of life, I like him preferred he stay away from the area until the time came when things settled down. And we had an agreement I would leave him alone until he came of age."

"You still should have informed me William."

"Yes, I confess a certain fear, I feared that if you learned his power you might covet him as well and try to bind him to your group, you are very good at gaining power Jean-Claude."

"That I am William".

"Ah, I can tell you still hold a grudge, very well may I throw in a proposal?"

"Certainly."

"In return for the amount of power stolen from the community, I humbly offer an alliance, if it pleases I offer you my human servant, to not only train in his gift but also as leverage, should you feel I need to be reminded of my obligation."
Son of a bitch! He thinks he can trade me off!

"You offer your own human servant? That doesn't sound like a move a master vampire would make." Anita said.

"Ah but Miss. Blake, it is well known that those close to you and Jean-Claude have a habit of gaining power." William said.

"They also have a habit of dying." She said.

"True, but only if they mean you harm, and I mean no harm, I just wish for my servant to learn some control of his gift is all."

"I'm not your servant William." I said hotly.

"Two marks say otherwise, David." He said in a joking manner.

God I would love to punch him in the face.

"They weren't willing William, isn't it illegal to give marks to a minor?" I said nastily.

"I'm sorry for the inconvenience Dave, I wish things had been different, but this is the way things are" He said.

"Yeah, and the fact you can use me as a way to weasel in a bunch of power isn't the major factor here." I said.

"I'm not my father David."

"Could have fooled me." I sneered.

"You are acting childish, you are embarrassing yourself and me in front of a fellow master." He said angrily. Good lets see how he likes to be screwed with.

"I don't care, I never asked for these damn marks, I never asked for this curse, I never asked to be thrown into this life William, I’m sick and tired of having to be a good little boy, I’m tired of being told what to do, and most of all I’m sick and tired of having a bunch of freaks try to either kill me or control me William and if you don't like me speaking my mind then find someone else to be your slave! Oh wait that’s right you cant you’re stuck with me."

"Dave control your power." Jean-Claude said.

"What power?" I asked confused. I wasn’t giving off any power.

"You’re releasing your power mon ami, try and restrain your new might." He said.

I guess I had been putting of a lot of power with my angry little speech, I had always had a certain level of metaphysical energy but this was a whole new level.

"William is not the only one who has reached a new power level Dave, you to will find that you have brand new abilities, do to you absorbing all that power." Drake said.

"Sorry." I apologized. I hadn't realized I was putting off that much power.

"You see Jean-Claude, my servant needs to learn discipline, he needs assistance in helping to control his gift, help teach him Jean-Claude and you may ask me what ever you wish."

"It is a unique situation mon ami, it effects not only me and mine, but the others as well, ma petite what do you think?"

"We can't just let him go, he's a kid with a wild power, we all know there are vampires and shifters who would try to either kill him or turn him, and we all know they can be very inventive, as long as there are no more secrets, no more lies I agree to keep him here." Anita said.

Great now she is calling me kid.

"It won't be easy, there will be plenty of wolves pissed about their secret being revealed, but maybe if you better learn to control this thing, maybe you can make up for it." Richard said.

"What about the Black Forest clan, like Jean-Claude said if they learn I’m here they will stop at nothing to get me back, they will use force believe me." I said.

"Do not worry, since your disappearance they have had there hands full with the new wolves, plus I’ve been making fake leads to keep them preoccupied, they are no threat for the time being." William said.

"Oui, in the mean time, we will help young David better control, and in return we shall receive assistance should we ever need it?" Jean-Claude asked.

"Of course, if ever you need assistance simply ask, I however request that you keep David from any unnecessary fights" William requested.

"Oui yes, we will train him how to defend himself." Jean-Claude said.

"Of course." He said then hanged up.

"Talk about rude." Richard said as Anita closed her phone.

"Well then, we should adjure there is much damage to deal with." Jean-Claude said.
I got up to walk back to my room, "monsieur?" Asher called me "Please stay for a bit longer, we must discus certain things with you."

Jean-Claude and Richard had already left, Asher, Anita, Nathan, Micah, Jason, Drake, and Jeremy stayed behind.

"Dave about this business with Narcissus's invitation, we have been in contact with him, and he has guaranteed that his intentions are pure, he merely wishes to meet with you to discus business about his group." Asher said.

"What would he want with me? If he needs advice with wolfs sure, but I know little to nothing about hyenas." I said.

"Narcissus would not say, but the invitation stands, in fact he is so desperate for an audience that he has sweetened the deal." Asher said.

"Money." Micah said seeing the confused look on my face, "Narcissus has offered to pay you to meet with him, at his club."

"How much?" I asked. He handed me a slip of paper with the amount, "That’s a lot of zeros for a guy that runs a bondage club." I said amazed.

"St. Louise has a large fetish community." Nathan said with a smirk.

"Can't he just meet us here?" I asked.

"Narcissus rarely leaves his club, and has recently become a shut in." Anita said.

"Why?"

"I do not know." Asher said, "I have been spending time with Narcissus but he hasn't shown any odd behavior."

"You call being a pain freak normal?" I asked.

"Pain freak?" Anita asked.

"It's what my mom called it, there were those in the pack who had a thing for it." I said shrugging my shoulders.

"You really don't want to meet with Narcissus do you." Micah said.

"No I don't, but I need the money." I said glancing at the slip.

"I thought you had an emergency stash?" Jeremy asked.

"Yeah the money I saved from you that I didn't need to pay my rent." I said.

"How much?" he asked.

"Three hundred." I said.

"What! Three hundred, you planned to run away in the world with three hundred bucks?!" he asked.

"Well if I was smart, and it isn’t like you pay that well." I said with a smile and he frowned.

"Well if you decide to go, me, Asher, Micah, Nathan, and Jeremy will accompany you." Anita said.

"Jeremy, at a bondage club? That will be a sight." I said with a grin, and Jeremy blushed.
"We'll be brining guards of course, only you and the five of us get in for free." Micah said.

"Are you really sure you want to go Dave?" Jeremy asked, "Narcissus isn't the most stable of people."

"Believe me I’ve heard the story’s, but I really need the money." I said looking at all those zeros.

"Alright then, I think we've all had quite the day, why don't we retire for the evening?" Micah said.

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I was in my room on my bed. I lay there staring at the ceiling, thinking. I was a human servant. A human servant was a kind of familiar for a vampire. Only master level vamps can make a human servant. The vampire chooses a human, and gives them four marks, the human becomes stronger, faster, more durable, and with the fourth mark immortal as long as the vampire lives. When the servant and master are close together they will have there powers increased, it gets stronger when they physically touch. If a servant dies it's likely the master will to, if the master is strong enough they can survive the loss, for the humans the loss of a master will either kill you or drive you insane. Pretty crappy deal I know. Tomorrow, I would travel to Narcissus in chains to have a little talk with Narcissus about what ever the freak wanted.

"Penny for your thoughts David?" William asked.

Once again we were in the clearing were the bonfire had taken place. It was still night time and the fire still blazed. William was still on his log and wore the headdress, there were no people this time, and thankfully I was clothed.

"I was told mind to mind was possible only with the third mark?" I said walking to him.

"Vampires of my line are well known for there...unique gifts, the Sour de sang of our line has always had a talent for finding people who would develop special abilities as vampires, power is to us, what lust is to Belle 'morte, or death to Morte d' amor".

"Who are they?"

"Members of the vampire council in Europe."

"Who is your Sour de sang? is he on the council?" I asked. Sour de sang's were vampires who owed fealty to no one. Not even there creator. To be a Sour de sang was to truly be ones own master, and all the vampires you created would owe you. If a master vampire was a king/Queen, then a Sour de sang is the Emperor/Empress. The rules governing Sours were a bit different. It was very rare for a master to become a Sour, only three in the last 800 years.

"Actually four." William said, "And 'she' is on the council." He said.

"What?"

"A few years ago Jean-Claude became a Sour de sang, and the one who's bloodline I come from is one known as the dragon." He said answering my question.

"Did you read my mind?" I asked.

"You are my servant, we share thoughts."

"But there’s no third mark."

"My gift allows me to communicate mind to mind with anyone I chose, the fact we share the marks makes it all the more easy." He said.

"Vampires are so annoying." I said.

He grinned, "I thought you were going to wait a while before you told them the truth?" He asked.

"I was given advice by an old family relative." I said.

"Ah yes your cousin Phillip."

"Will you stop reading my mind!" I shouted at him.

"Minds are like books to me, some words stick out." He said with a shrug.

"Well don't look then." I said crossing my arms.

"I here you will be visiting Narcissus." he said with a frown, "I must admit, when I told Jean-Claude I didn't want you to be involved with any fights I should have included the sexual kind." He said "Knowing Narcissus it would be a turn on."

"It's not like that!" I shrieked with a blush, "I needed the money."

"If you’re so desperate for cash, then you merely have to ask, no need to prostitute yourself."

"Will you shut up! Besides I don't need your help at money, I can take care of myself." I said crossing my arms stubbornly.

"You are my human servant; it is only natural for me to be concerned with your well being."

"Of course, anything happens to me, it affects you."

"See, now your getting it." He said with a grin.

"Look chief, is there a reason for this invasion? Or are you just here to talk?"

"I came here to help appease your worried thoughts, I can guarantee that Narcissus means you no harm, but the things he will discus with you will be both illuminating, as well as disturbing." He said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Narcissus may have information about others like you." He said, "What you didn't think you were the only one of your kind?” He said seeing the shock look on my face.

"But I never." I said.

"You'll find out tomorrow, but be warned there will be some dark talk tomorrow, I suggest you make sure you are prepared, what you will see is not for the faint of heart." He said.

"You’re holding out on me." I accused. "You know more then Narcissus does about me don't you? You know what I was all along?!" He just sat there starring at me with his black eyes "You bastard tell me what you know." I demanded.

"All in due time child, all in due time." And suddenly I was back in my room.

I sat up, looking around my room, expecting to see tree's, a bonfire, and some huts. But no, just my new, simple, underground room. I looked at my clock and saw it was 6:30 at night, "Long day" I muttered to myself.

I wondered what I should do? I mean I had no more plans, no one to hang out with at the moment. What could a simple country boy like me do for fun underneath a circus full of creepy crawlies?.......Duh!.
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I was walking around the circus of the damned. It was a circus were you could see all kinds of supernatural things, zombie raisings, real magic shows, supernatural creatures, I had seen a poster for a Lamia showing that would be cool. I was just walking around, not really doing anything, watching the family’s. You think parents wouldn't want to take there kids to a place full of things that go bump in the night, odd place for a family picnic. I felt a pain of jealousy run through my heart as I watched the children had fun with there parents. Nostalgia sucks.

I was considering watching a Zombie raising when my cell phone started to ring. I checked the caller I.D; I was surprised to see it said Ianto Noble.

"Doctor Noble?" I said confused.

"David? Hi I was calling to see how you are doing. I heard about what happened and wanted to make sure you where ok." He said.

"I’m fine, I’m just taking a walk." I said.

"That’s good. I am sorry you had to be let go. I tried to convince the others to let you stay but they wouldn’t here it." He said bitterly.

"It’s ok." I mumbled. I was still peeved they had let me go but I wasn’t mad at the doctor.
"Listen if you ever need any help with your condition I would be happy to help, as you know I have experience in these things."

"I’m not a shifter." I said realizing what he was talking about."

"But they said you where attacked?" He said sounding confused.

"I was at a fight but I got shot, not bit, or slashed." I said.

"Shot? What ever for?" He said sounding surprised. "You’re one of the most pleasant people I know, who would want to hurt you?" He asked.

Right now a lot of people. I told him about the night I was shot, I edited a lot of stuff but in the end he was shocked to say the least.

"Oh dear, I hope you will be ok. If you want I can talk to the others and see if they would allow you back on." He said politely.

As much as I would like to go back to the zoo I had too much on my plate right now. I knew from now on I would have my fill of animals.

"Thanks for the offer Doc-"

"Please call me Ianto." He said with a laugh.

"Thank you Ianto, but I have a new job and it gets me more money, I liked working at the zoo but I got bills to pay." I lied.

"Well if you’re sure." He said sounding disappointed. "I hope you won’t be a stranger Dave, you’re very special." He said.

You have no idea, "Thanks Ianto, have a nice day." I said.

I really would miss working there it was so much fun working with all the animals. I felt my stomach rumble and decided to get something to munch on.

I had ordered a burger and fries and was sitting alone by myself just watching people. Then I spotted Anita she was heading right for me. "Hey Anita." I said sipping my soda.

"Hey Dave how are you?" She asked sitting down next to me.

"Oh you know, frustrated, angry, scared, the usual. Fry?" I offered her some French fries.

"No thanks." She said.

"So do you do any shows here?" I asked.

"If you mean zombie raisings no, I’ve been trying to talk Jean-Claude to stop them, death isn't a way to make a quick buck."

"Don't you raise the dead?"

"Not as a sideshow, I constantly refuse people who want to raise a whole graveyard, just for a Halloween trick, it should only be used to bring closure to friends and family, or to help reveal necessary information, not so a bunch of people can satisfy there morbid curiosity." She said firmly.

"Do you think Jean-Claude will let me work here?" I asked.

"What? Why?" She said sounding startled.

"Just for an extra job." I said shrugging my shoulders.

"You’re a hard worker." She said.

"If my mom did one thing right, it was teaching me how to earn a living." I said sadly.

"You miss her don't you?" She asked gently.

I didn't say anything, we sat there for a few minutes in a cold silence before I answered, "Yes I do" I said sadly, "I miss them all, mom, Tom, Uncle James, Aunt Peg, Ken, Rick, Kathy, all of them. Even after they made me do all those terrible things, I thought it was the right thing at first, they had tried to kill us they deserved it. But as time progressed I saw us doing the same stuff that Niggle had done. Even after all the torture and murder, I still miss them all and even wish now that I was home, eating dinner with them, or at the lupanar on the night of the full moon with the pack playing with the wolfs." I said tears beginning to form in my eyes.

"Did they make you kill people?" She asked her eye's cold, and I looked at her in terror.

"N-ye...I had to, he was a bad man, he killed my friend." I said quickly, old wounds can be a bitch to open.

"Tell me what happened."

"I had a friend, he had survived an attack, with my ability I was able to help him to better adjust to life in the pack, we became quick friends, two years later after our defeat of Niggle, one of his former soldiers kidnapped my friend, he demanded the release of certain wolfs we had captured during the fight, Tom the Ulfric refused, he returned my friend to us, piece by piece. I was devastated, by the time we found him he had already captured more of our pack, we needed to find out were they were being kept, he refused to tell. Tom had me use my power on him, I was so angry the power just took over." I said shuddering at the memory of that night.

"What did you do?"

"I would make him shift, not fully, a leg, an arm, really slow and painful, I could here the bones crack, the muscles rip, I even made his internal organs shift back and forth, I never stopped, even when he revealed the info we needed I kept doing it, I enjoyed his pain, I loved seeing him writhe in agony. I never stopped even when he begged, and pleaded for mercy. And my parents, my family, they just let me do it, I needed therapy after that, the pack had a few that were therapists, I still have nightmares...do you think I’m a bad person?" I asked.

"Why do you care what I think?" She asked.

"Because you’re Anita Blake the Executioner your the good guy...er girl, er woman." I said quickly.

"I'm the last person who you should be asking that Dave." She said.

"Ok tell me what you think then?" I asked.

"I think it was wrong for them to even let you do something like that let alone at keep doing it, I think you were right in running away." She said.

"I thought that by running away I could escape the guilt, but it's still there, I still see the faces, still remember the names of my victims, I try to think of ways to atone for what I’ve done, and nothing comes to mind."

"Dave, have you thought about committing suicide?" ?She asked her eye's wide. I looked at her and nodded, "Dave, killing yourself won't bring them back, what’s done is done, all you can do is live, live and try to make up for those lives as best you can, your a good kid, as long as you feel regret for your actions you'll be worth redemption." She said.
I wiped my eye's of tears, "Thanks, if I wasn't so intimidated by you, and afraid of a zombie attack I’d hug you."

"Lets not and say you did." She said with a dry smile. "Listen if your still going through some shit, I think you need to see a therapist." She said, "Gwen would be more than happy to help you, she's really good at her job." She said.

"Sure that sounds nice." I said with a smile.

"You know most guys your age don't like to cry in front of older people." She said.

"I'm old on the inside, besides my mom said tears are a gift from god, if he didn't want us to have tear ducts he would have made us more violent."

"Smart woman."

"She was a bit of a philosopher my mom."

"Come on lets go back down to the lower levels, Drake wishes to speak with you, but before we go down there is something you need to know about Drake and his protection."

"What? Do I have to serve him or something?" I asked.

"Hasn’t anyone told you? In bat culture the only way for an outsider to be given the protection of their clan is to become their lover, or member of their harem." Anita said looking uncomfortable.

I was shocked, my mouth was hanging open. I snapped out of it and got up to leave.

Where are you going?" Anita asked.

"I’m going to commit murder." I snarled.

"I thought you ran away from that?" She asked with a smile.

"Sometimes you got to take a step back to move forward." I said and then continued on my quest to kill Drake.

Fusedtwilight: Oh Drake is in trouble. Has any one heard they will be making an Anita blake the movie coming out next year? Awesomeness. Please review.
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