127. Kaya
Kaya
I woke up, and Robert was lounging in a chair. He looked like he had something on his mind. But he seemed like he always had stuff on his mind these days. I was sure it was because I was on bed rest. "Robert." I mind-linked him. "Can we go out to eat? You know the place by the river and eat outside. I want to go hiking, but I know I am supposed to be in bed and I don't think going out to eat counts as breaking the bed rest."
"Luna, we need to stay home." My face fell. "Well, then, can I have some moose?" He nodded, and I followed him into the kitchen, where I immediately sat down. He pulled some out of the freeze, immediately put it in the sink, and turned on the water to defrost it. He sat down at the small table with me. "What is it?" I signed. He didn't respond, and I knew something was wrong. "Tell me," I commanded over the link.
"Cade mind linked. Howi knows the pack is in the North. No one was there when they went to fight. Howi also knows you are not in the North and is going to come after you." My face paled. I had not expected that. My heart started to beat fast, and I tried to take deep breaths. I was terribly worried about our pack and Crescent Moon Pack. This is horrible. We had to do something. But there was nothing I could do.
I could barely walk. I was confined to mostly staying in bed. I couldn't really shift this close to birth. What was going to happen? I couldn't do this without Cade. We were sitting, and Robert shot up from his seat, and I smelt that unknown wolves were in the house. "Luna, hide now." Robert mind linked me. I stood up rather slowly I had a hard time moving these days. I grabbed one of the knives from the knife block on the counter. There was no way I was walking around without a weapon.
The only place I could think to hide was in the closet in one of the bedrooms upstairs. I didn't even climb the stairs when the five men saw me. I tried to run. If I could make it out of the house, maybe I could get away. I ran, but I was grabbed as I reached the back door. This could not be happening. Where was Robert was he dead? "Robert?" I tried to mind-link him. No response. He couldn't be dead. I would have felt it over the pack link if he died.
"Cade," I screamed over the link. "What is it?" Just then, a face I hated walked in the front door. Howi was in front of me with a smirk on his face. "It is Howi. He is here." I wanted to break down and cry. But I refused to give in to my emotions. If this was the end, I would have dignity until the end. He stood before me, and suddenly, I was slapped across the face hard. He looked me in the eye before he did it again. Then he stared at me.
"Read my lips, you northern bitch." I saw his lips move. "Tell me where your pack from the north is." I couldn't tell him. Not just because I didn't speak but because I would never reveal where Shadow Pack and Crescent Moon Pack were. "Oh, that is right, you are too stupid to talk." He turned away, and then the men threw Robert before me. He was unconscious, just lying there. Howi then got in front of me again so I could read his lips. "I will show you a map, and you will tell me where to go. If not, I will shoot him, and I won't offer you a quick death, do you understand."
I didn't even nod my head. When he pulled out a map, I didn't even look at him or the map. He grabbed my face and forced me to look as his man shot Robert. He started to bleed. But he was not dead. Then, I felt a sharp sting in my arm. Before I even knew what was happening, everything had gone black. My mind was nowhere. When I finally started to feel like myself, I smelled several wolves. I opened my eyes and saw Robert lying on the ground. I still felt him on the link. He was still alive. That was good, but where were we. I looked around and saw that we were in some metal contraption. I felt the vibrations of the metal contraption. I had this sensation before. We were on a plane. Though it was not like the last one, I had been flown on.
I looked up to see Howi looking down at me. "You choose to suffer. I will give you one last chance." I read his lips. The map was shoved in my face. I did as I had already done and refused to even look at the map. "Fine, then you can die in the North, all the while watching your friend here die." Why was he doing this? "You must be wondering why?" I nodded. "Simple, I hate the North. You know I am from there. I have alpha blood, but my Luna, instead of choosing me, chose another younger girl to be the next one in charge. The North is wrong; women shouldn't lead. They are weaker and far too emotional."
How had he become this way? Didn't he love the Goddess? She was our creator, and we had women lead to be more like her. Not that Cade had been a bad leader, but there was nothing wrong with women leading. Howi continued to talk where I could see his lips. "You see, the Goddess is wrong. The only thing she did was create us. We shouldn't worship her. She makes mates, which makes us weak." I was shaking. How dare he talk about the Goddess like that.
"You know I have already wiped a bunch of the North. I mean, you had to wonder why no one was finding their mates the last several years." He had done it. He had been killing us off slowly. "Now, I need to add your pathetic pack and a few others, and the Northern Packs will disappear. And taking out Shadow Pack will ensure the disease that is the North is not influencing the South."
"Now, hope you know how to fly?" He grabbed my arm and hoisted me up. He was going to throw me out of the plane. The side of the plane opened up, and I looked down. There was fresh powder down there. Which surprised me. The snow that was on the ground should have been packed and hard. I thought we were higher up, but we were not overly high. I could survive this if I shifted. But Robert. I didn't know if he could. I prayed to the Goddess. Please let us both survive this. The next thing I knew, I was free-falling, shoved out of the plane. I felt my body and willed myself to shift mid-air. I looked up to see Roberts's limp body falling fast above me. I couldn't do anything to help him though. I had to focus on myself. I could not land wrong; I was still pregnant and needed to land correctly, or it would be a disaster.
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