101. Cade

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. I hated Jack. If I could kill him again, I would. When I walked in on what was happening, I lost it. I couldn't control my rage and shifted and tore everyone in that room to shreds. What was worse is Kaya; though she was fighting you could smell her arousal as she thrashed. I knew she could not help it after the fact, but it made me mad knowing even though she herself didn't want anyone to touch her body, she craved it.

Then, after they were killed and Robert took away that one guy, she disregarded everything that happened and attacked me. Her lust drove her insane. I had to tell everyone to stay out of that part of the packhouse because Kaya could not get enough sex. It felt good, I am not going to lie, but I felt a bit guilty having her that way. She had been drugged, for goodness sake. But, if I hadn't, we may have lost our opportunity to have any children.

Though I felt horrible because I felt like I was taking advantage of her, I was also glad I had. At the time, I knew something was wrong with her. I mean, there was no logical explanation for her being aroused while she thrashed about. When I saw the silver bracelet on her, I was infuriated. Silver was painful to us and lethal if ingested. It had blocked her from mind-linking me. But before they put it on, I had heard her in my head calling for me.

I didn't know why at first. I figured she would be back any minute, that she was just drunk and mumbling about something. But, after a few minutes and her not returning, I knew something was wrong, and I hurried to get to her. When I fought, it was like I had more power. I was stronger than usual. I only thought about it after, but I wondered if it had to do with the Goddess's blessing. I would ask Kaya about it soon.

I knew she had to have been stronger than most females, and maybe it was the blessing of the Goddess she was even able to thrash around as they tried to rip off all of her clothes. The fact she had bit off one of their fingers. With the drugs, she should have just laid there and let it happen to her. That is what those drugs were meant to do. Make her extremely horny and compliant. Jack's men had done what they thought would make her easy to manipulate, and Jack had orchestrated it.

I had concerns about what would happen next with the Daybreak Pack, Howi's Pack. Would he change the name when he combined Jack's pack with his? He would no doubt move to their location, putting him closer to us, which made me nervous. Howi, I knew was going to be a threat. From what I had learned about him, I knew his pack was strong. He would have trained his warriors the same way Kaya had been teaching our pack. But his pack had years to perfect fighting, and we had only had months.

I would need to sit down with Kaya and fill her in on everything I knew about him. She could have a strategy for what to expect or something like that. Mark and I had already discussed what could be coming. Still, there was no way to actually know what was coming; it was just speculation. I also needed to talk to Nieva and see if she had any insight on what to do or expect. If I could convince her to send some wolves to help when I knew the time was right, they could help. She had said they we were allies now.

I wanted to talk to Kaya about all of this first, though. But now was not the time. We could discuss it after Christmas. Kaya smiled, looking at the room. Helen had decorated the room and had gotten the tree. We did a live one every year. "What do you think?" I mind-linked her. "It is
beautiful." She came and sat next to Kimi, who threw her arms around her and hugged her. I watched Kimi's hand move as she signed to Kaya, "We can talk about it when you are ready." "Thank you later, though." She returned in sign. Robert signed as well. "Glad to see you doing okay, Luna." She nodded at him.

Helen and Mark looked like they were mind-linking. I assumed they were telling Kaya they were glad she was alright. Kaya just nodded. I could tell she did not want to dwell on anything involving the attack, but more importantly, the fact this could be it for our family. That we would be a family of three. Mark's mind linked me. "She looks okay. How did she take everything?" "She took it as expected, but she will be okay." Helen then stood and clapped her hands. "We need to decorate the tree."

Some boxes filled with decorations sat in the corner. Helen got up, pulled out one of them, and placed it on the ground. "Well, come on." Everyone moved, and we began to decorate the tree. I knew I would be down here in a few hours putting gifts under the tree. Kaya had some as well. She told me as much. We would decorate the tree tonight, and then in the morning, we would all open presents together. I had gotten something for Mark, Helen, Kimi, Kaya, and Robert. I also got some things for Saka and Len. But when they had stopped by earlier in the day, I sent them home with them.

Once the tree was done, I settled in next to Kaya and pulled her in close. She snuggled into my side. Mark Helen and I always watched holiday movies on Christmas Eve, and we would continue the tradition tonight. Mark turned on the TV. "What are we watching?" Kaya mind linked me. "So tonight we watch a few Christmas movies. We were thinking of going home alone for 1 and 2 tonight, and then tomorrow night, we will watch the best Christmas movie." "Which is what?" "It's a Wonderful Life."

"And how do you know it is the best." "Mark, Helen, and I all agree it is the best. Normally, we have many movie nights of Christmas movies all month, but since we had Winter Solstice this year, we waited until after. But, next year, expect to be fully emersed in Christmas." She looked at me with a quizzical look. "You didn't like solstice?" "No, I loved it, the pack loved it, and the thing with the Goddess, we need to talk about that because that was really amazing." she smiled, snuggling closer. Mark had the movie up and put on the subtitles for Kaya.