Claimed By The Lycan King (Kaia) novel Chapter 55

Chapter 55

Allie's POV

Everything seems to be going wrong at once. First, it was Ryder avoiding me like a plague. Things were going well but all of a sudden, it felt like it was all in my imagination and they never happened.

And when he finally came to himself, I thought, ‘this is it, we were going to get back together, but out of nowhere, he said he wanted to end things.

FLASHBACK

“How are things with you and your lover boy?" Dani asked, wiggling her eyebrow suggestively.

We had just finished making rounds at the hospital. It wasn't a lot of work for me since most of the guys wanted to get treated by Kaia. She didn't know it yet, but there was something special about her.

I shrugged, “I've barely seen him, it feels like he's avoiding me." I told them, trying to play it off like it was nothing.

Kaia snorted, “that's not possible, Ryder cares about you too much and we can all see it." She said.

“Except him," I thought, because nothing about his actions shows me that he did.

“He's just busy, Kieran and Caleb are the same too. So try not to overthink it." She advised me.

I wanted to believe her, I wanted to cling onto that ray of hope that it was just because he was busy even though that has never been a problem before. So, a huge part of me knew that that wasn't the case.

"She's right," Dani started, “you have nothing to worry about.” and I offered her a small smile.

Once we were done, I went to meet my mom, who by the way was still mad at my brother for picking Kaia over her. And she deserves it. I wasn't there, but from what I heard, it was bad.

“You took your time coming." She said, crossing her legs and folding her hand in front of her.

“There were a lot of people at the hospital." I lied, sitting opposite her.

“So, you were with that girl!" She spat, her eyes throwing daggers at me but I just shrugged. This has become her normal expression because nothing was ever right by her except it was done by her method.

“Mom, she's my friend and her name is Kaia."

“She's already influencing you to talk back to your mother like she did to your brother.”

I sighed, tired of having this conversation. "Kaia didn't do anything, you don't like her because of her rank.” I replied.

"People like her don't deserve a place in a family like ours! But she has brainwashed both of you.”

Rhea was growing in my head, disliking the way that my mom was talking about Kaia. Maybe the fact that she was my brother's mate was the reason we felt the need to protect her or because it was just hard not to.

“I'm going to leave if that's all. I need to sleep.” I told her, standing up.

She paused, "You still haven't found your mate?” She asked.

I froze, not expecting her to bring it up. It was a topic I hated talking about…especially with her.

“No mom,"

“The Alpha of Blackwood lost his mate," she started, and I scoffed knowing where this was headed. “You should meet him. You will give birth to strong pups.

My eyebrows raised slightly, "Isn't he like thirty five?”

"And you are an adult. Who cares about his age?”

I took several deep breaths to calm myself, not trusting the words that would come out of my mouth if I didn't.

“Goodbye mother."

As I left, I heard her murmur something about how I may never find my mate and this was my only chance at love.