Kaya
I stumbled into the packhouse. I was definitely drunk. I knew a bathroom was on the first floor; I just had to find it. I stumbled through the empty house. Everyone was outside. I finally made it to the bathroom and did what I had to do. I looked at myself in the mirror. My cheeks were red from the cold, but I was so warm. I nearly tripped when I came out of the room. Suddenly, I saw a few men. I mind-linked them but got nothing in return.These were not from shadow pack these had to be Jacks men his warriors. What were they doing here? One charged me with something in his hand. I moved to slowly and something rammed into my arm. It stung when it pierced my skin. The men pulled back what were they doing. Then I felt it. Suddenly, I was burning up. My skin felt like it was on fire.I saw the man's mouth moving I tried to focus on the movement to see what he was saying. "feeling hot little Luna." I didn't know what was going on. "Yeah, the drug works fast." Drug, whKaya I woke up in our bed. Everything that happened earlier this morning coming back to me. There was no light shining through the window. Was it night already. What time was it? How long had I been asleep? "Cade," I mind-linked. "You are awake?" "Yeah, what time is it? Where are you." "Just stay in bed. I will bring you some food, and then we can talk, okay." "That is fine." I got out of bed and went to the bathroom. I wanted to brush my teeth and wash my face. I changed into some comfy leggings and one of Cade's shirts. To cover my toes, I put on a pair of fuzzy socks. I was comfy.My hair looked like a rat's nest, so I brushed it out and returned to the bed. I looked at the few quilts I had made. They looked good in here. I stood making the bed. I folded and draped two quilts across the bed's bottom. I fluffed the pillows and then went to sit on the couch we had in the room. I looked at the fireplace that had no fire going. I felt when Cade come into the room and turned
Cade I took Kaya downstairs. I had the tree already set up. Mark and Helen were there, as were Kimi and Robert. Saka and Len decided to spend the holiday with their new mate's family. That, however, did not stop them from coming by every day to check on their friend. They had been here this afternoon to check and see if she had woken up. I would need to mind-link them and tell them what was going on. I also called Nieva, who was so distraught over the news that I could hear her crying into the phone. I knew Kaya herself was upset. I knew she would try to shove it down, but the news of what could have happened distressed her. She most likely was pregnant now, and we would find out in a few days, but she would most likely never have more children. We would probably only ever have one. It was a hard blow. I wanted Kaya to carry my child, but I was never desperate to resort to using a fertility drug.I knew the consequences of something like that. Now, she and I would both suffer for it
Kaya Cade looked at me as we lay in bed. Neither of us wanted to be physical. "How did you like the movies?" He mind linked me. "They were funny, though. I didn't really get the opulence of the whole thing." He smirked. "So now that we can talk, you said you wanted to talk about the goddess and her blessing." Cade looked at me, reached over, and began to stroke my hair. "It was amazing; when I fought off Jack and his men, I felt stronger than I normally do, and I think the fact you were able to resist everything was because you, too, were stronger." his mind linked me. I sat there looking at him. He was right. The blessing they made us stronger. The Goddess had to be looking over me. It could have been so much worse than what had happened. Cade mind-linked me. "The whole pack felt they were stronger. They told me as much." I just nodded. "Oh, and I wanted to tell you everyone in the pack wants to get a tattoo." "Really?" "Yeah, the kids who are twelve are even getting them
CadeI woke up, and Kaya was not next to me. I mind-linked her, and she didn't respond. I began to freak out. I mind-linked Robert, who had yet to respond. He was probably asleep. I jumped out of bed and rushed out of the room. I would sniff her out and hope I could find her. I didn't know if someone took her. I followed her scent and was happy when it didn't lead out of the front door. I continued to follow it. I found her in the living room. She was curled up on the couch. Kimi on the other side. She must have felt my presence because she slowly opened her eyes. She mind-linked me. "Cade." I wanted to yell at her for making me think she was in some mortal danger. I mean, with everything that had happened, she should have known I would have worried when I woke up, and she was not there. But, looking at her so peacefully, I couldn't get mad. "Good morning, Merry Christmas." She read my lips. "Merry Christmas; I am sorry. I didn't mean to fall asleep down here." "I didn't li
KayaI was so dam tired. I had been so exhausted the last few days that I felt like I could fall asleep anytime. The smell of elk made me nauseous. Cade was snuggling me when, all of a sudden, I had to throw up. I shoved his giant arm off me and bolted for the toilet. I had been nauseous, but this was the first time I had thrown up. I kept my head down, all the contents of dinner last night made their way back up. I felt a huge hand rubbing circles on my back. Cade entered my mind. "Kaya, you okay?" "Yeah, but I think I am pregnant." I knew he was smiling. All the worrying about if I would actually be pregnant, and now here I was. At least one of my worries was gone. But I had so many. Cade had filled me in on everything he knew about Howi. I had to agree that Nieva and Cade were probably right that he was from the North. But my question was, why would he have come down south. If he was from the North, he had to have run away on his first solo hunt. There was no other
CadeKaya was sitting on the bed at the clinic. I felt terrible for bickering with her all morning. I just have been on edge since the whole thing with Jack. I was not mad that I killed him. He deserved to be dead for what he tried to do, but the repercussions of that scared me. I didn't want to have another slaughter like what happened with my parents. I needed to have everyone more than prepared for what may come. If they could walk, they needed to know how to fight. But, Kaya, I worried about her. If she was pregnant and war came, what would that mean? She should be far away from the fighting. The doctor came in. Instead of looking at me, he looked at Kaya so she could read his lips. "Good morning, Luna, Alpha." She was scowling. Her mood, like mine, had been anything but friendly. And she didn't want to be here. She hated the doctor. Why, I had no idea. Probably because his advice was to be cautious, and that was not something she wanted to be. I mean, the way she grew
Kaya I knew in a little bit, I would be teaching the kids some things about hunting. Before then, I figured I would talk to my mother. "Mom." I mind-linked. "Oh, Kaya, I am so glad to hear from you." She was always happy to hear from me. I had talked to her after the whole Jack thing. Nieva spoke to her, too. I tried to talk to her every other day. "Mom, you are going to be a grandmother." "You are pregnant?" "Yes, I am." "I am so excited. Now tell me everything." "Well, the doctor here told me not to eat raw meat, said I am at a risk of parasites." "Well, that is a load of crap." "I know I told Cade as much. I thought it was pointless to even go see him. I wanted you to tell me everything I needed to know. You know better than anyone you had five kids." "Yes, okay, alright, well, you know you need to not be the one taking down the big animals if you go hunt. Only rabbit, maybe, but even they are prone to biting." "Okay." "Also, you can shift, but you know that you can't d
Cade I sat there with Mark in the office. "Congratulations. I can't believe you are going to be a dad." "Thanks; I don't know how cut out I am for it, though." "Nah, you will be fine. You know Helen is super excited. She says now we can have a baby." "I told you before. You guys didn't need to wait for me to have a child. You could have had one a long time ago." "I know, but we wanted kids the same ages as yours." I smiled. I had hated that they waited for me. I knew Helen wanted a baby really badly. Well, when her heat came later in the year, I knew they would for sure get pregnant. "So the pack is excited." "I know they have been offering me congratulations since I told them." "They are excited to have the next alpha be born." "You know it could be a girl, right Mark." "Nah, Alphas always have boys first." "Jack didn't." "Jack was not a strong alpha. You will have a son to pass the pack onto." "What if I don't, though, and we can't have any more children." "You are worrying too mu