79. Kaya
Kaya
The little kids came in with their parents. We were in the community center. There were so many. I had worked with my sisters in learning sign language, and teaching little people to sign was much easier than teaching adults. They had no knowledge of language at all. We always started with what they wanted: milk, mom, dad, and more stuff along those lines. Most of the babies were eager to learn. I held them, and we would work on the signs, and they would try to practice. The key was getting the parents to sign to them. Which is what I worked on most.
I loved being around the little ones. They were so full of promise. I looked forward to teaching them much more than sign. This generation would be much stronger than the last. A lot of the women asked about my tattoos. They were curious when I got them. I told them before I turned 13. Many wondered if we would start doing that in this pack. I would need to talk to Cade about that. I didn't know his thoughts on it.
I personally thought it would be good to at least have a pack tattoo. There was pride in wearing your pack on your skin. But I didn't know how it would go over with the mothers and their children. Not to mention, all those who were adults would need to get one if we were starting them, and I did not know if that was possible. I knew you could make ink out of any plant. If we used ink made of wolfsbane, it might work. Though wolfsbane could be lethal, I didn't know if it would work. We would not be ingesting it, just placing it under the skin. It would stay, but whether it wouldn't weaken us was the question.
I finished up with the babies. I loved this time of the day. I loved seeing how attached the mothers were to their children. It was a universal thing a mothers love. The goddess first showed us that. Then our own mothers. It is one of the reasons we did not have alphas in the North. Nothing beats a mother's love, and a Luna loves her pack like her children. There were many other reasons we were a matriarchy in the North, but that was one of the many.
I hurried and got back to the packhouse to eat lunch. Cade was sitting at our table, and I joined him. "How was your morning?" He signed. I responded. "Good, I love the babies. But hey, I have something I want to talk to you about." "Yes," I mind-linked him. "The mothers brought up tattoos, and with all the changes, they wanted to know if that would also be one of our new changes?" "Funny, you should mention that I was thinking about this last night. I didn't know what to think. I mean, I would like it if you carried something of our pack on your skin. It seems weird we are not representing, but I didn't know how that would work. We heal so fast."
"I was thinking wolfsbane, we can make ink from it and try it. Though I don't know if it would weaken us. I believe it has to be ingested to be harmful. So I don't think it would cause any problems, but I can't be certain. I would be willing to test it myself." "No, that will not happen; we are not using you as a Guinea pig." "What is that?" I had yet to learn what he was talking about. "Right, okay, I forgot you wouldn't get the reference. A guinea pig is a little furry animal they test new scientific medicine on." "That seems cruel." "It is what it is."
"Anyways, we will not test it on you." "Then who?" He looked at Robert. "No." I signed and said over the link. I saw his mouth move, summoning Robert. Robert stood before us. I moved to see Cade's mouth move. "I want to ask you something, and feel free to decline, but Kaya and I need to see if a method of tattooing works on us as adults. It involves being tattooed with ink made of wolfsbane. I was wondering if you would let us try it on you." Robert looked at me. I mind-linked him, "You don't have to do this; it is wrong that Cade asked you. In fact, I command you to not be the test subject. Here is what we will do. You will tell Cade you accept. I will make the ink, and when it is time, I will tattoo myself. You are not to tell him."
I had never gone behind Cade's back. However, I would not test this theory on those who served to protect me. Cade thought Robert would just yield to his whims. He underestimated the way I felt about those in the pack. I would not test this on a single person but myself. I thought it would work, but I could not be sure. If I was weaker, it would not be that much of a problem. I was more experienced in most things than those in this pack. I could take a hit and lose some strength. Robert looked at Cade.
I watched his lips as he spoke. "Alpha, I will do as you ask." I didn't look at Cade's lips to know what he was saying. He was happy with Robert agreeing to test out this method. Robert was dismissed, and I looked away from Cade. He tried to mind-link me. "Kaya, it will be okay. He wants to do it." I ignored him. I mind-linked Helen. "Hey, do I have any time in my schedule this afternoon?" "We can move some stuff if we need to." "Good move it. Can we clear the whole afternoon?" I wanted to get this tattoo nonsense done before Cade caught wind of it." "I can make that happen, but why?" "I just want some time to myself." "Yes, sure thing, Luna."
I hated deceiving Cade, but he had been wrong. I agreed with him; I wanted something on my skin from this pack. I wanted our pack the chance to wear their pack on their skin. My tattoos were very personal to me, and I would love our pack to have what I have. Maybe less extensive than mine, but something. This was important to me, but I would not risk anyone above myself. That is not what leaders do.
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