The Sun Will Rise (Moonlight 1)

Chapter 37-Ended Like A Bad Dream

An odd feeling came over me as I walked into the hunters' base. Thankfully, it was a different to the one we had been kept in, Michael had been here before apparently when he was eleven or twelve which somehow made me feel a little better. We'd been lead through the corridors to a small large windowed room that looked over a courtyard. I could see a group of hunters behind it, they had long pointed weapons and seemed to be training with them. There was a collective grimace among the four of us. The lady that showed us in frowned, moving to a wall where she pushed a button, causing a large shutter to fall over the window. The shutter closed, plunging the room into dimness; she instructed us to sit on the lounges, in front a of a large board room table that took up the centre of the room in front of the window.

'You guys need to agree with everything I say, let me handle it and we'll get the best possible outcome.' Calum looked over at us.

Michael, Ashton and I exchanged glances but nodded.

Eventually my parents had walked in, my breath caught as I saw them. The last time I'd seen them hadn't been pleasant. It was hard to believe circumstances could be so different now. I didn't believe it, a horrible feeling sunk into my stomach. I wasn't sure I could face them. I shuffled in my seat wondering if it would jeopardise things if I made a run for it.

I felt a warm hand on mine, I blinked. I looked up as my eyes met with Michael's green ones as he smiled warmly. I focused on my breathing, the rest of the guys were here. I was safe. I tried telling myself that nothing bad was going to happen.

Calum stood up and greeted my parents warmly. He went as far as shaking their hands as if nothing was wrong. He introduced us as if I wasn't related to them. I guess for the fake names I'd used it was best to. They barely looked at me, which was somehow both a blessing and a curse. Were they that ashamed of me that they couldn't look me in the eyes anymore. It had to have hurt them that I'd continued to reject their offers to train to be a hunter whilst still staying loyal to Calum and the rest of the pack who I'd never met until a few months ago.

There was little fanfare as they made us discuss everything regarding the formation of our pack. They wanted to know especially how each of us had come into the pack. I could see them trying not to pull faces as we explained how Michael had left the hunters. I could see it in their eyes that they were disgusted of the thought of someone leaving for their werewolf friend. However, had lightened up when we explained how Michael had almost been killed by the hunters as a human. Ashton's was a little more complicated and they asked a lot more questions about that. They seemed to want to make sure that Calum had not turned Ashton just to grow the pack. Ashton made a big point that it had been his choice and if Ashton had not been about to die in that moment that Calum would've never done it.

None of us dare mentioned Sophie of course. If they knew Calum had been involved in someone's death than the treaty would be off for sure. The fact that he had the three of us was enough for them to handle, let alone a fourth that hadn't made it. Plus, unlike the rest of us there wasn't as certain a possibility that she would've died anyway without it.

When it came to my turn, I shrugged and said, "Don't you know already?"

"We want to hear it again," My mother frowned.

With the help of the guys we explained what had happened to me as well. Calum ended up taking over most of it though with his version of the story.

"We were out on a run, after school." Calum explained, "We were about to shift when we all heard the loudest scream. I raced ahead, sensing the presence of another wolf. Luke was petrified, he had no clue what to do as the wolf leaped onto him. We were too late to stop it entirely but I scared it away. Luke wasn't getting up though. I knew I'd met him earlier in the day, and we'd seen him at school. So, we went to make sure he was okay. Then I saw the bite." Calum paused.