Supernatural

Chapter 32

Maya stared at Alex. His eyes were cast down in shame and he avoided eye contact with everyone.

"I'm sorry." He said quietly.

Maya felt her knees buckle. Carol appeared beside her, her arm around Maya's shoulders stopping her from falling. Maya looked at her gratefully. Maya could see tears in Carol's eyes too.

"Alex? Is that really you?" Bane called out to him.

Alex looked up. His eyes passed over everyone, resting finally on Maya. In his eyes, Maya saw nothing but pain. Maya couldn't help but feel that something was off, but she pushed it to the back of her mind.

Alex looked away again, only to look back at Bane and answer his question.

"No."

"It's not time to be funny."

"I'm not being funny."

Maya felt it again. Now she was certain that something was wrong.

"He's telling the truth." Maya concluded. "That's not Alex."

"If it's not Alex, then who is it?" Sam asked.

"I think that the answer is pretty obvious."

"Oh really? Then who is it?"

"That's Mike."

Everyone turned to look at her.

"How do you know that?" Clary asked.

"I thought something was off in the beginning. Then I looked closer. There's a scar on his left cheek. Alex didn't have a scar there, but Mike did."

"But Mike's dead." Alec said

"Uh, I'm standing right here you know." Maya heard Mike mumble and smiled.

From the corner of her eye, Maya saw Carol rush forward and tackle Mike in a hug. They stood in an embrace for a couple of minutes.

"I thought you were dead," Carol said.

"So did I." Mike remarked.

Carol slapped him on the head. "Don't scare me like that."

Maya cleared her throat. "We should go inside. It's best if we discuss this in Bane's study. I think Mike's tired as it is anyways."

"Who died and made you queen." Nate said under his breath, but it was loud enough for Maya to hear.

She glared daggers at him until he realized what he had said. He mumbled a sorry then hurried into the house. Everyone followed after him. Carol and Mike were the last ones in.

Everyone piled into Bane's study. Maya took her place next to the window and looked around the room. Mike was looking at her oddly.

"What?" she growled.

He chuckled. "You feel a lot like Alex."

Maya scowled and turned away, but she knew he was right. Like Carol had pointed out earlier, she had started acting a lot like Alex. She knew it was a side effect of the ceremony, but she secretly enjoyed it. It made her feel closer to Alex.

She turned back to Mike who stood at the other end of the room, directly opposite her.

"Start explaining. Don't leave anything out."