The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 31

Yara

It makes me nervous that another pack is hunting for me. I mean, I know that I’m healing Warren’s pack, but it’s not that hard. They really just needed to rest enough to let their wolves heal and of course, they needed to not have Dr. Stevens making it harder for them to heal.

Could he be working with them? Could he have intentionally been weakening Warren’s pack? But for what purpose? It had to be personal gain. There’s no other reason to betray your own pack…unless he has a personal vendetta against Warren.

“Who are we talking about?” Warren asks me as I check over the Beta.

“Hmmm?” I ask him.

“Who would be working with ‘them‘, intentionally weakening my pack for personal gain or a personal vendetta?” he asks me and I look up, seeing everyone in the room watching me. I must have been mumbling out loud again. I’ve really got to stop that.

doing to keep you all strong. I mean, all I’m doing really is helping your wolves to heal and forcing you to get some rest so you’re stronger and your wolves are stronger. I’m not some miracle worker. It’s just common sense.”

“Oh, Dr. Stevens. Your pack would have been much stronger if he’d have done what he should have!

“I’m pretty sure all of us would disagree with you about being a miracle worker, Luna,” one of the warriors says. I see Warren’s eyes go unfocused while they talk to me.

“Truly, other than Beta Charlie and maybe finding Haynes‘ infection, I haven’t done much.”

“Luna, I don’t even have a scar from where

you

stitched me

up

the other day.”

“Well, that’s just practice,” I say, turning back to the Beta when Warren snarls, startling me.

“Warren!”

I scold. I can’t have him doing that in my surgery rooms.

“Sorry, Yara,” he growls. “Dr. Stevens seems to be missing. No one has seen him since yesterday.”

“So, he’s run now that he can’t hurt your pack anymore. Was it a personal vendetta, Warren?” I ask, finishing my stitches.

“I don’t know what personal vendetta he’d be holding

“He wanted to be your Beta, Alpha, remember?”

on to,” Warren says.

One of the warriors says to him.

“That was twelve years ago and he wasn’t Beta material. He might have been a good doctor, which I think he was at the time, but being a good doctor doesn’t make you a good Beta. They’re completely different skill sets,” Warren says.

“I agree. I’d make a terrible Beta,” I say, looking at the warriors. “You can shackle him now. It will keep him from healing, Warren, but then I can remove the sedation from him and let him wake up,” I say.

He nods and the warriors put on gloves before putting silver handcuffs and shackles on the Beta to keep him on the bed. “Anna, make sure you or any of the other nurses who come in here are careful. If he

you, he

know, we’ll get him out of here,” Warren says, distractedly. “Do you really think all of

Most of us haven’t had time to think about it, but being a ranked member is something most wolves dream about when they’re

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you dream about being a ranked member?” Warren asks

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parents died in battle, I’ve dreamt of being a doctor, hoping that I could save another child

Many of us have pups and many of us were worried that we’d leave our pups and our mates without anyone. It’s part of why your dream is making all of us stronger. Most of us don’t

me into his arms again. “Are you

but I need to

“Charlie’s on his way back. I’m going to have him stay with you while I go

the room, leaving the Beta to wake up. I still don’t even know his name. I guess it doesn’t matter since I’ll probably never see him

quickly. “This one’s next, Luna. I did what I could, but I’m not sure he’s going to make

take the medical record she hands me, looking it over

bruises on your neck, Luna?”

Beta apparently knows who I am and didn’t like working on him, I guess.”

others, but I

he

her in and this guy is nearly

me to do to save him?”

can, but don’t overextend yourself, Yara,” he says and I nod. “I’d like to interview him and if he doesn’t touch you, he can live for now, but if

what I

working on the Beta. I using their fingers, stop the bleeding while I begin to stitch this guy up. He’s bleeding out from multiple areas. “Are

the third warrior, Luna,”

has replaced Warren while I was busy. I look him over, assessing him

“Gregor?”

he purrs

Arric hear you

“Yes, Luna,” he says.

gloves on and come

I

need more fingers.”

the room take a not–so–subtle step backwards, as if I might try to get them to

gloves and get over here, Beta,” I

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but he doesn’t say

He jumps at the command, but moves into action, putting on the gloves and walking

out. I take his

him and he does. “Okay, see how the

“Yes.”

does, move your finger until it stops again. Giv me your right hand,” I say and I

guy is still alive,” I murmur, as I begin stitching him up. I watch as his blood pressure stabilizes, even if i is

then having him squirt water onto the areas where I need to see better until Anna is able to help me. Savannah had to the biggest arteries that were severed, so she’s last

done, I stand, stretching and cracking