Tomorrow Never Dies (Moonlight 3)

Chapter 5-Family

The next few days were quiet and lulled our pack into a false sense of security. We no longer had hunters knocking on our doorstep, the kids at school had stopped talking about ways to murder werewolves and parents had started making their children walk to school again. At Michael's place we firmly kept the news switched off to avoid hearing more about the situation. It was almost as if none of it had ever happened.

Though it all came crashing back again as I sat down to dinner with my parents and Ben on Saturday night. Naturally my mother had brought it up complaining how busy she and the other hunters had been as a result. She'd assured me that she believed that we had nothing to do with any of it. She'd seemed disgusted at how poorly the hunters had handled the situation especially sending hunters out to the school to have them accuse and interrogate us. Ben and my father had both agreed with her.

"Those wolves too, I wonder who they were?" My father added with a shake of his head, "I'm glad I know it wouldn't have been your pack Luke."

I make a small nod in agreement. I don't mention the truth, and no one pushes for answers. I can't help but wonder what they'd think if they knew.

Still as I listened to them defend us, I couldn't help but feel a slight sense of pride knowing that this wasn't how this conversation would've gone many months ago. Even if it was just them, at least we'd proved to some of the hunters that all werewolves weren't their enemy.

I thought of what everyone else was doing tonight. I knew Calum and Georgia were going out for dinner tonight, I think it was some fancy Italian place that had just opened out by the lake. Michael on the other hand had joked about having a date with his video games. Meanwhile, Ashton was on brotherly duties by taking his siblings to the movies to meet with Lewis and Pip.

It was just an ordinary Saturday night.

I smiled looking at how my mother had transformed the dining room with fancy candles and the best plates that I knew my mother only had out on special occasions. After a while my parents set out dinner on the table, a mix of chicken and noodles. My mouth watered in anticipation as I looked over the meal as the four of us began to load up our plates.

"Anyway Mum, as I was saying Luke's absolutely incredible with the new werewolves. You should've seen him the other day with that kid. It was magical watching the way he talked to him so calmly and carefully that the kid barely put up a fight." He beamed, " We really should have him training the rest of the hunters how to do it."

Both my parents nodded looking quite impressed with Ben's words. I felt my cheeks flush with heat, I could bet they were bright red. It was a little embarrassing to be praised for something that seemed to come so naturally to me.

My mother smiled directly at me, continuing to nod, "That's excellent to hear Luke. I'm so glad."

"How are the two of them going anyway? Lissa said they ended up meeting with a begrudged hunter." I asked turning to my mother as I remembered what Lissa had told us that morning before school.

My mother frowned, "Don't worry. The two of them are in safe hands." She nodded, "They're back with their family but we're still monitoring them in case someone else tries something." She shook her head, "What those hunters did was disgusting even from before the treaty."

I frowned wondering what exactly the hunters had done, that my mother wouldn't speak of it. Though if the kids were alright and being taken care of, I guess it wasn't my place to know much more than that. Even though I was helping them it's not like I had a very high profile amongst the hunters. The lady from the meeting the other day had been proof enough of that. She hadn't even told us her name or asked for ours.