Claimed By The Lycan King (Kaia) novel Chapter 61

Chapter 61

Kaia's POV

Kieran left in a hurry after getting a mindlink from Ryder. I didn't have it in me to eat more, so I took the plates to the kitchen even though Nora rushed to collect them from me.

I found out from Kieran that she'd told him about my conversation with Ida.

Once that was done, I went towards the child care. I'm sure Kieran wouldn't like it that I wasn't resting like he wanted, but being in the room alone was boring.

“Luna!" Dani called.

“Kaia!" Allie exclaimed, coming to my side. "You should be resting. How did you convince my brother to make him agree?”

"I didn't.” I replied, smiling sheepishly. "He went to the borders to meet Ryder and I'm bored staying alone by myself.”

They nodded, and led me to the couch so I would sit. No matter how many times I told them I was okay and Kieran was only exaggerating, they didn't believe me. And if anything, he was the one who needed to rest more.

“The children have missed you…everyone did.” Dani said.

I didn't have time to refute the statement when some of the children came running in, wanting to be carried which we did in turns. I couldn't believe I was going to leave all of this behind for some reason.

Being away from the room helped me take my mind off the fact that Lylah was too weak to be present. Probably if she was, I wouldn't have a hard time accepting the fact that I was some sort of healer.

And I think Kieran knows that too, hence why he wasn't pushing me so hard.

“Let’s take a break now.” Allie suggested and we agreed, going to the covered pavilion, one of her favorite spots and it wasn't hard to guess why.

The serene environment, not a lot of people go there which was good.

Dani cleared her throat, and my head jerked to her but she just shrugged. “Are you really okay now, Luna?"

“You can just call me Kaia. That makes me feel old."

She laughed, “where's the fun in that?" She asked, "but if it makes you feel better, I'm going to add your name to it.”

I Iet out a groan, “please don't."

They both laughed and just like Kieran, I had expected them to get mad at me instead they were concerned about my well being.

If Lylah was here, she would make a joke about how I needed to learn how to accept love…I missed her and hopefully she comes back soon.

“I can't reach my wolf," I said suddenly and their heads jerked to mine.

"What? Why?” They chorused, their voice holding so much concern.

I shrugged, “Kieran says she's recovering…and that she'd be back soon.” Taking a deep breath, I sighed. "it's my fault, none of them would have happened if I listened to her in the first place.”

She was my sense of reason most times, but I still found a way to go against everything she warned me about. If this was some sort of punishment from the moon goddess, then, I deserve this one.

“Why do you think it's your fault? With everything you went through, it's normal that your wolf needs rest.” Dani said.

I shook my head, disagreeing with her. “I could tell something was wrong on that day in the hospital but you guys wouldn't say anything.” I started, and a pang of guilt crossed their faces.

That wasn't my intention.

"Then I heard some nurses talking about people leaving the pack."

Allie gasped, "that wasn't because of you.” She said, "Kieran dislikes disloyalty, so he asked them to leave if they weren't pleased with the way he makes decisions about his pack.”

“In a way that had something to do with me…I didn't like that you guys were hiding things…it made it feel real.” I explained.

“We were going to tell you once you got better…” Dani said, "I promise. We didn't want anything that would make you worry.”