The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 4

Yara

I’m not sure if Alpha Warren brought me here because he recognized me as his mate and he didn’t have the strength to reject me in the woods, or if he knew that his pack doctor was well past his retirement years. Either way, I’m here and since 1 am, I’ll help this Alpha. This is the reason I chose medicine. He doesn’t have to lose his leg. It will take a lot of effort on my part, but I’m excited to finally get to work on a werewolf, an Alphia no less.

“I’m assuming you want to do this now, Alpha?” Task him.

“Yes, the sooner the better.”

“Okay.” I give him the list of items that I’ll need to get his bones put back together properly. “Oh, and we’ll need to sedate you.” I say, looking around the room to see how they have their hospital rooms set up. “Is this where…”

“No,” Alpha Warren says. I turn to look at him.

“No?”

“No sedation”

“Okay then, a nerve block, I’ll just need…

“No“he says again.

“Alpha, please, I’m going to have to wash the area, scrub it clean, I’m going to cut your leg open, pin your skin and muscle. back so that I can get to the bones and then slowly put them back where they belong. The pain will be excruciating. You need the nerve block.”

“No,” he says again, holding my gaze. I finally look away, mumbling about stupid, stubborn Alphas.

When I turn back, he’s watching me with a raised eyebrow as if he heard me. I wasn’t that loud, was I? Crap, I’ve been hanging around humans who can’t hear anything for too long. How much can he hear of my mumbling.

The irritable Dr. Stevens comes in, throwing the things I asked for on the table. I jump when I hear a warning growl, looking up to see Alpha Warren glaring at him.

“Will there be anything else, doctor?” Dr. Stevens asks. He somehow makes my title, which is the same as his, sound like a dirty word.

“No, thank you, doctor. I’ll take it from here.”

I go to the sink and begin scrubbing my hands. I’m nervous for a lot of reasons. First, I’m in an unknown pack with an Alpha who is my mate. I have no idea what to expect from him, or really why I’m here. And almost worse than that, he wants me to operate on him while he’s awake! What the hell kind of crazy Alpha is he?

“You’re thinking so hard that there’s steam coming out of your ears, Yara. What are so worried about?” he asks me.

I turn and look at him over my shoulder. How does he even know I’m worried? Why is he paying so much attention to me? Is this the mate bond? I’ve only had exposure to two Alphas in my life, Alpha Solomon and Alpha Simon. Alpha Solomon is a good Alpha, but he was never this in tune with what I was doing or thinking. And Simona shiver of revulsion rolls through me. He was in tune for a whole other reason. The man gave me the creeps.

When I finish scrubbing my hands, I turn back to Alpha Warren. I see he’s waiting for a response to his question. “This is going to be very painful. Can I at least give you a local anesthetic?

“No. I need to be alert so I can protect my pack,” he says.

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only one leg, Alpha,” I snap, my nerves

and you said you could save my

not worried about you inching or

have a very high tolerance

body. The man has been fighting in the pack wars for long time. He must have a very strong wolf that is able to

wolf right now?” I

eyes snap up as Annika begins purring in my head. Warren’s wolf is forward,

as if he knows the effect

clear it. I need to focus my attention and NOT on Warren’s incredible teakwood

one at a time, how long will it take for you to set them?”

The way he says it

chosen mate.

caressing the nerves

look up into the intense, jade green eyes of Alpha Warren. “Are you

corrects. I

“Are you ready, Warren?”

“Yes, Yara.”

going to hurt him, but if he won’t let me at least numb

that I don’t tug on the bones that are. still jutting out. His body is covered with caked blood, guts, and bits of bone, just like I thought it would be. Under the teakwood scent, he smells like war and death. It’s good practice for me, learning how to ignore the smell of battle while I work. I don’t get this kind of

to me,” he

I ask, not looking up

to me?” he asks, although it’s more of a statement than a question. My stomach feels like

into knots.

can reject me. If you do it before, it could impact your healing.” I don’t know why the thought of this man rejecting me feels so painful. I don’t even know him. I have no intention of becoming his mate and returning to the packs, at least not

reject you?” he asks, sounding offended. Now I do look

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I’m a lone

you are, is my future

I say

that you’re intelligent, you’re compassionate, you’re brave,

being a doctor and helping him, those

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and turning to get the scalpel. I lift it up, showing him that I’m about to cut into his leg. He

many areas where a lone wolf could run, if she wanted to. But instead,” he stops, grunting as I carefully slice into his leg. “Instead, you chose to come to an area

alone the rest of my life, but my wolf likes the smell of the forest and it makes her feel more settled to smell the scent of

hisses and I glance up at him, watching him take