The Moon Will Fall (Moonlight 2)

Chapter 37-Dread Rising

"Mei!?" I growled. I noticed the horrified looks around me, as everyone realised what I did. If no one else had recognised her before, they certainly did now.

Even in the relative darkness I saw her grin, as she moved closer towards us. Then I realised everything, all those hints all those clues, she'd be baiting us this entire time. We'd all even spoken of her odd scent and how curious it had been that she could make her eyes glow golden like we could when she said she wasn't a werewolf. Then my heart stopped for a moment, as I remembered she'd been a hunter's experiment just like Michael and myself.

"It's you isn't it. You're the Shadow Wolf?" I spoke, my words filled with anger towards her, "I should've known you were leading us along this entire time. You wanted Michael and I to read those files."

"Nice work there, Sherlock." Mei smirked, "Besides, nothing was in them that wasn't the truth. You both had the right to know."

I sucked in a deep breath, choosing my next words carefully. I wasn't sure whether knowing the truth made these things any easier. How had she become like this? I thought of those polaroids in class that day. What did that mean for the two of us?

"You won't get away with this Mei, you're a hunter. Your bound by their rules, by our treaty." Michael growled, and I saw my mother nod her eyes wide with concern.

Mei smiled, and I began to fear the worst. She didn't seem to care about that. She seemed to know that she was getting away with this. The main hunter who I now knew would fight for us was sitting across the bars from me. I had a bad feeling that we'd be dead before anyone who cared knew. By then it would be too late for any of us.

"Well you see for starters you're no longer on your territory." She shrugged, "and I have split myself from the hunters now anyway."

"As have I." Mikayla spoke, appearing from beside Mei as she lifted her hood, "The hunters have grown soft." Her eyes fell on my mother. "Your son deserves to be punished for his actions, not given clemency."

"Come on girls." My mother spoke, "Be realistic, you both know the hunters will come for you when they realise what you have done. Back down now before it's too late."

"You have no idea what those people did to me." Mei growled, moving closer to the bars and meeting my mother's eyes, they glared at one another, Mei seeming to challenge her "I have no loyalty to hunters or werewolves. As I am neither."

"Neither have I." Mikayla declared, "The hunters no longer understand the true danger of common wolves. Wolves like Mei are going to fix this."

My mother shook her head. "Your logic is all wrong, both of you."

"Don't you see, she's killed people. Who knows how many werewolves have died because of her?" Calum protested. "Sam, Emily..."

Mikayla shrugged, "We're hunters that's what we're supposed to do, Alpha. This is exactly my point, the four of you should've been eradicated ages ago. The hunters have grown soft by even allowing you to exist, especially after what you did to that poor girl. Sophie was it?"

Calum's eyebrows narrowed. I could hear the low growl rising in his throat. "Leave her out of this." He growled, placing his hands on the bars, his eyes glowing with golden. He let out a yelp as he jerked back from the bars his hands smouldering from the wolfsbane. Despite the obvious pain he continued to growl. 

Mikayla and Mei laughed seemingly amused. Calum let out another low growl, his eyes glowing with golden as he glared them down. I'd hate to think what he would've done if there wasn't a bar between them and him.

"Cal, it's okay." Ashton spoke, pulling him back from the bars. "They're just trying to work you up."

"I know, it doesn't mean it still doesn't hurt though. I know their right." Calum responded, his hand trembling. "I've killed someone before too. How am I any different from her?"