152. Kaya
Kaya
I woke up to bright lights. I looked around, trying to find something I recognized. The place smelled like lots of wolves. I sat up. My body was stiff. I had a tube running from my arm to a bag that hung beside the bed I had been placed in. "Cade," I mind-linked. "You are awake. Hold on, I am coming." I looked around the small white room. I had to be in the pack's clinic. This means we had survived. I didn't believe it was possible.
Flashes of the war between Howi and Shadow Pack came back to me. The blood, there was so much of it. Then, the smell; I could barely recognize anyone from their scent; I had smelled so much iron. I remember seeing Nieva bite into my paw and make herself fall from a cliff. She was dead. Her last words came back to me. Cade and I would take over Crescent Moon Pack. The North had come to the South and would stay here.
Where was Sol? I wanted to see my daughter. Then it came back to me. Robert had died. I burst out crying. He had tried to fight off Howi. I remember seeing his lifeless body on the floor of the woods. He had died. I cried as I felt the link. We had lost so many of our pack. Howi had overrun us. If the North had not come down, we would all be dead. They had saved us. I sat there bawling my eyes out. Cade opened the door with Sol in his arms. He looked at my tear-stained face.
"Hey, Love." He mind linked. "Robert is dead, Becky is dead, most of our pack is dead." I had a hard time mind-linking; I was distraught. "I know. It was a massive loss. But it will be alright. Here, Sol has been wanting you." He walked over and handed her to me. I moved the hospital gown so she could feed her. I looked at Cade, who looked upset and worn down. I mind-linked him again. "Was she hurt at all?" "No, she took a fall and got a bruise on her side, but besides that, she is okay." I just nodded.
"Becky? I felt she was not on the link anymore. What happened?" "She used a knife to kill a wolf, but doing so got her bitten really badly, and she bled out." The tears just kept flowing. "Robert died fighting Howi." "I know." I felt so much sorrow it was consuming. "Are you hurt?" "I am fine now, but I did pass out; my injuries were not as severe as yours, but when my adrenalin wore off, I crumbled. It was actually quite embarrassing." "What, um, happened to me. I mean, yeah, I know I was injured pretty badly, but I mean, how long have I been here?"
His face twisted, and I could tell he was uncomfortable having this conversation, but he began to sign. "You lost so much blood, Kaya. They had to do surgery on you. You were internally bleeding. All your ribs were broken. You had bite marks down to your bones on both arms and legs. Your cheeks even had bite marks on the bone. Fingers and toes were broken, and one of your ears." I felt the side of my head. It had a bandage on it. "Well, it was bitten off." I looked at him, shocked. I continued to feel my face. I could still feel the teeth marks on my cheeks. "You had it the worst out of the whole pack. I don't know if you remember, but at one point, Howi's wolves had swarmed you. I mean heavily. You fought them all. But you took a lot of damage."
He continued to sign. "When I found you, there were piles of dead wolves. I had to maneuver over them to get to you, and when I came to help you, you tried to attack me as well. It was like you got into a trance and would not stop. When we got to Howi, you didn't even see Sol being held by Becky, who was guarded by two wolves. You charged right after him with no hesitation. I don't know how you honestly are alive, and neither are the doctors."
"You lost so much blood, and I mean more than anyone. Howi had ordered the wolves to go after you more so than anyone else. There were swarms for others, but when the earthquake happened, everyone broke off, and the swarms stopped for everyone but you. You fought for over 10 hours straight and had the worst of it out of everyone." I just stared at him. I didn't know all that. I just knew it had been wrong. I continued to cry. Everything was just too much.
"Will I be alright?" I mind-linked. Cade signed. "You will have a lot of scars; they will lighten over time, but with the amount of blood loss you had, they will never heal all the way. Your body prioritized keeping you alive versus healing you. Your ear well that well that is gone. And the doctors are not sure, but you still have the marks on your bones. But the good news is your bones have been mended, and the recovery for the important stuff should be done soon." I looked at him like he had gone crazy.
"Cade, how long have I been here?" I mind-linked. "They had to keep you for almost three weeks, and they had to keep you sedated." "What, why?" Cade's eyes glanced at the monitor, which was now flashing. "Tell me." I roared over the link. "Calm down, Kaya, deep breaths." "Fucking tell me why you have been keeping me sedated for almost a month. I could have had that time with my daughter. I should have been able to mourn my pack. Fucking tell me."
Cade came over and tried to calm me, but I was angry. No, I was furious. I wanted to know why I was being kept here. "Kaya, you need to take deep breaths." I tried to do as he said, but my anger was unfathomable. Cade tried to get me to relax, but I couldn't control myself. I was so distraught. Over everyone dying, I had let Nieva die, I was responsible for Robert dying, and for Becky, everything was my fault. Cade gently grabbed Sol from me and pulled her away to be in his arms. "Give me her back." I mind-linked. "Kaya, you need to calm down. It is not good for you, and it is not good for Sol."
I got out of bed, trying to move across the room. But my body started to shift, and I couldn't stop it. I watched as Cade began to shout. Then people rushed in and shoved a needle into my arm, and then everything slowed down, and I got to go to a peaceful place. A place with no pain or sadness. Just black darkness.
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