Tomorrow Never Dies (Moonlight 3)

Chapter 29-Facing The Shadows

 "Go on." Lauchie frowns, looking a little bit uncertain. Kaylee nods slowly as she takes a seat on the table beside me. She'd seen almost as many Shadow Wolves as any of us. I knew from our conversations that she was petrified of them.

I nod intrigued by what Michael was about to tell us, I had a feeling from what he had said, why he had been looking it up. Sure, had because we were dealing with them. Yet it had been for his own sake as well.

"So, we already know quite a bit about them, they have three forms. After what Mei did, she can make more of them." Michael starts, "But it turns out there's way more out there."

The three of us nod, hanging on his words.

"So, it turns out Shadow Wolves seek masters or Alphas. So, I'm thinking perhaps that's why there's such a large pack of them. They're all congregating together around a person, or a few people even."

"Do you think maybe that's Mei?" I questioned.

"I think so." Michael nods. I knew he'd been out to the cabin and talked to her as well. She'd even identified herself with the pack that we'd found there. It wasn't a coincidence that they'd been formed in Rosetta Park. There was a flicker of acknowledgment in his eyes.

"Are Shadow Wolf Alpha's any different to those of other werewolves?" Lauchie asked. "Don't normal werewolves like to congregate in packs as well?"

Michael sighed, "Not really, and yes I guess you're right. They are similar. I think the need is much stronger though for Shadow Wolves though. Normal werewolves can survive for years without desiring a pack. Shadow Wolves crave it." He frowned, "Sure there's similarities, Alphas can turn others through scratches or bites the same way. They can order their pack to do things." He continued, "There are a few differences though, we know they need to activate their ability to turn other werewolves though, like Mei did. Plus, they can enter their packs dreams."

I gulped. I knew exactly what he was referring to. Mei had activated her ability to turn more Shadow Wolves that night last year when we'd been captured. She'd needed difficult ingredients, the blood of a Golden Pack, a human, a hunter. It wasn't easy but she'd pulled it off.

"Okay that's terrifying." Kaylee shivered. "I thought Shadow Wolves were terrifying enough physically, but getting into their packs dreams? That's just crazy."

"I agree." Lauchie frowned, "They generally have much less control over their actions, too right?"

Michael nodded, "The books seem to think that the most powerful kind of werewolf is a Shadow Wolf, as they're the more deadly and unpredictable out of anything else that exists."

We'd all kind of figured that quite early on but I nod anyway. Feeling kind of nervous, it was scaring thinking about what we were going up against.

"What about light wolves or golden packs?" I questioned, thinking of something more familiar.

Michael shook his head, "I tried, but there's not much information on either of them. Other than what we know, they're basically a mystery."

I frowned, even though since the pack had split, we no longer seemed to possess any of those powers, I was curious. On the unlikely possibility we could get the pack together, I couldn't help but wonder if there was something, we could've used against the Shadow Wolves rather than just howling at them. Sure, it had helped us, but before the pack split it had seemed to be failing. Was there something else we could do? Or was it already too late.

Michael went over a few more things, mainly for Lauchie and Kaylee's benefit. I tuned out a little bit, wondering why there wasn't much information on light Wolves or golden packs. Were they that rare? Or had what Michael said about them not causing problems been more to the point?