Claimed By The Lycan King (Kaia) novel Chapter 52

Chapter 52

Kieran's POV

“What's this about?" I asked my Beta. I was unable to focus on anything that wasn't related to Kaia. The faraway look in her eyes was haunting me. Once I sorted this out, things would get better.

“Laura got some of the pack members to start a protest demanding that Kaia shouldn't be made Luna." He said.

My fist clenched, this was going out of hand and quickly. This was exactly what the Elders were aiming at, but I wouldn't give them the satisfaction they were looking for.

“Where's Ryder?" I asked.

“Uhm…He has been spending all his time taking shifts at the Pack's borders."

My brows furrowed, “He's still doing that?" I asked again and Caleb nodded.

"The girl he's seeing probably ended things with him and that's how he's coping with the grief.”

"Tell him to do that on his own fucking time, we have work to do.” I commanded.

I had given him more than enough time to get back on his feet but instead, he was sinking deep into whatever was eating him. He wasn't saying anything but it was obvious something was wrong with him.

"Yes Alpha, but what are we going to do about this? If more members join this protest, it'll give the elders more leverage on us.”

I sighed deeply, “hold a pack meeting for an hour's time.”

He bowed his head as he left. My lack of sleep was taking a toll on me, and it would be worse if I was human. King was restless, but nowadays, that was everytime we were away from Kaia.

Half an hour later, Caleb strode into the office, his expression grim, holding another set of papers. It wouldn't take time before I ran out of space.

“You need to see this." He said, walking over to my side, spreading the papers he was holding on the table.

"Remember that man at the Mall?” He asked, waiting for me to respond. I nodded. “I kept digging into it but at first, nothing came up, then later I found several others with the same thing. No smell but clearly wolves.”

I nodded, this was also important but at the moment I wondered why he thought I needed to see it. When he saw the expression on my face, he cleared his throat and continued.

“I sent the picture to the Ashwood pack’s Beta and he got back to me a few minutes ago.”

"What did you find?" I asked, now a little curious about where this was going.

“They're an organized group who performs the bidding of whoever pays them…they do everything; pack wars, kill anyone who gets in the way and a whole lot of crazy things.”

He placed another picture in front of me and a familiar face popped up. “This is…”

“It is," he said, nodding. "I want to believe they're working together or he paid them to do something for him. I'm still searching to see what their deal is.”

A smirk appeared on my lips, "let me know as soon as you find something."

"Yes, Alpha. And everyone is already in the hall, I think you should come now.”

Pushing myself away from my desk, I left my office and made my way to the hall where I would be addressing them. The murmurs grew louder as I entered the hall.