104. Kaya
Kaya
I 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 way for a Luna and Alpha to take him as an adoptive child. Who would take in a full adult man and call him their son without any knowledge of who they were? But, a kid, yeah, I could see that. The question in my head was why he left the North in the first place. That curiosity would not answer the main question, though: was he going to come after us?
Did they even know Jack was dead and that he could take over the Back Night pack with the Daybreak Pack. Cade had killed everyone, but maybe they had mind-linked others in their pack before they died. There was no way to know. Even if they hadn't been told, they would not have lived. Everything was so up in the air. Cade wanted my opinion on playing defensive if Howi did attack us. But I knew nothing of that. I explained that the North does not fight amongst themselves. I never knew war and carnage. Why my opinion mattered, I had no idea.
He wanted to increase training to two times a day, six days a week. And every single person was to attend training. Anyone under three and anyone who was not physically capable of fighting was exempt. There were few people that fell into that second category. I knew his reasons for taking such precautions. He wanted them to be prepared, and he didn't want a massacre that had already happened to this pack. The one that took his parents and so many others. Another wave of nausea overcame me, and I began to throw up again. "Hold on, I will get you some water." Cade mind-linked me.
The water felt nice on my burning throat. The nausea seemed to lessen. It was still there, but I was sure I could keep it from reoccurring. I stood and went to the sink to brush my teeth. Cade leaned against the door frame, looking at me. "You and I are going to skip training today, and we are going to the clinic." He mind linked. "Cade, we are going to training. You have told everyone it is six days a week, two times a day, we will be there. We are the pack's leaders, and how can you expect people to listen if even you don't show up?"
"Kaya, you should not be fighting if you're pregnant." "That is ridiculous. If I have a pup in my womb, it is safe and sound there. Women in the North don't stop doing things because they are pregnant or have a baby." "So you're saying if you get kicked in the stomach during training, then it is okay for the baby." He mind linked giving me a look like he was right. "Cade, you forget I can ensure they don't kick my stomach." I rolled my eyes and began to wash my face.
I knew a ton about pups. I had three younger siblings. I had been there for all of their births. My mother kept hunting as she was pregnant; she did things. Granted, I remember her moving more slowly than when she wasn't. Also, when she did hunt, she was never the one to attack the animals. She would just feed, or she would help butcher. That is what all the women did when they were pregnant.
"Kaya, we are going to the clinic, and then, if there is time, we will go to training. The pack will understand." "Cade." "He signed, "No, there is no question this time. We need to know if you are and what is allowed and what is not." I responded, "That doctor of yours knows nothing about anything; I don't understand why we have to go to the clinic." "Kaya, I get it you don't like medicine, but he is wise and knows more than either of us." I signed, "I seriously doubt that." "Come on, get dressed. Let's link him, and then we will go."
I hurried and put on my fleece-lined leggings and waterproof boots. We would be walking, no doubt, to the dreaded clinic, and we got about a foot of snow last night. I put on my wool sweatshirt and brushed my hair. Cade signed. "I told Robert I would be with you this morning and to go to training." I just nodded as I followed him out of the room. When we got downstairs, he went to the kitchen. "Cade, I don't want to eat." "You should eat this." He handed me a banana. "I told you I am not hungry." I signed. I was usually easygoing, but the last week I had been onery. "My mom told me when I ate something bad once that bananas help upset stomachs. So yes, take it and eat it as we walk."
I snatched the thing from his hand. I didn't want to eat, but if what Cade's mother said was true, then I would take it. I hated having my stomach upset as it was. We left the packhouse and began the walk to the clinic. I mind-linked him. "Is the Doctor even in? I thought everyone had to be at training." "He is always on call, and I called him; he will be at evening training if nothing comes up." "Do we only have one doctor?" "No, we have a few." "Great, more people who know nothing." "Kaya, they know what they are doing."
"Not as good as the healers in the North." I signed. "Well, I don't have any of those in this pack, do I?" I knew he was stressed, and I was not making his life any easier. My mood had been so snappy and brunt lately. I think it was because I felt so bad. My breasts felt swollen, my stomach was constantly in knots, and the food I loved was making me want to puke. I had barely eaten in five days, and I was feeling it. "Sorry for my attitude. I just feel shitty." He pulled me to him and stopped walking. He looked down at me. "I am sorry; I should give you some leeway; you have been feeling miserable; I should be more sensitive." He mind linked. I smiled at him, and he kissed me gently. We broke apart, and I started in on my banana.
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