The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 98

Chapter 98

Anna

When the pack came back after attacking Alpha Brady’s pack, they brought Dr. Stephens with them.

Dr. Stephens, the man I have despised ever since I started working in the hospital. All of us, the nurses, knew that he was hurting our pack, but there was very little we could do about it. At the time, we were in a constant state of war. We could barely keep the pack going in between battles, and Dr. Stephens had been part of that problem.

We’d all turned to Savannah. She was younger than Erika and Katie, but she had more medical experience. Without any conscious discussion about it, we had all deferred to her when we questioned Dr. Stephens‘ methods. Goddess knows, you never questioned him to his face. He’d berate you in front of anyone and everyone in the room. He was a horrible man for

so many reasons.

As I stare at the man, who is currently on his knees in front of Alpha Warren, I remember the day I lost the man that I’m pretty sure was my mate. I was almost eighteen. I had actually volunteered to work in the hospital because I felt the draw to him and, as a warrior, he spent more time in the pack hospital than he did in the packhouse, just like most of them did. Back then, the packhouse was a place where warriors slept for a couple of hours before going back out to battle.

Theodore, or Teddy as he’d asked me to call him, had been a young handsome warrior. I made sure that every time he came in, that I was there to treat him.

“The best part of coming into this hospital is seeing your pretty face,” he’d say when he’d come in. I’d always blush and he’d always stroke his fingers over my cheek and smile in a way that made me think that he felt the same things that I did.

“How old are you, Anna?” he’d asked once.

“Seventeen.”

“How long before you turn eighteen?”

“A couple of months.”

“Hmmm, maybe in a couple of months, we can spend some time together outside of this hospital. Would you like that?” he’d asked me. Back then, I didn’t recognize the possessive look in his eyes. Now, I’m old enough and I’ve seen it enough in our pack that I know what it was. He wanted me. Whether he already felt the pull of the mate bond, or he’d just set his sights on me, I’ll never know. But I knew that I wanted him, too.

ones that got an infection that Dr. Stephens didn’t treat. I’d had to stand by and watch as Teddy came into the hospital weaker and weaker each time. The brightness, the light in his eyes that I had fallen in love with, eventually dimmed. He’d still tell me that the best part of coming to the

to the hospital. I’d been busy, we were always busy in the

while we once again lit pyres for our dead and this time, I grieved for the man that would never be mine. It was the day

pyres as they burned. The warriors, exhausted and overwhelmed with frustration and pain at losing more. friends and family, didn’t stay long. Alpha Warren and Beta Charlie stayed longer, and the desperation coming from both of them

fallen in love with. One other man was out there with me. When

lose someone too he

his name. He’s only recently turned eighteen and started fighting, so he hasn’t come in as often

my mate. I would have known for sure tomorrow. What about you? Who did

you lose?”

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a good warrior. But there’s only so much that can be done with all this fighting.

brother?” If he was a

“Theodore.”

at him. “Teddy is your

tried to smile, but instead his lips had trembled, and

good brother. He sure did like you. He thought….well, I guess it

thought what?”

me he couldn’t wait until you were eighteen

said, looking back at the burning pyres. “What’s your

But you can call

sorrow and loss. I’d made a point of making sure that when he came in to the hospital that it was Savannah that saw him and treated him. I wasn’t going to lose another friend, and eventually, he and I had become lovers. At first, it felt like a betrayal to Teddy, but I realized I couldn’t go my whole life wishing he’d return. He won’t. And if he loved me, like I’m pretty sure he did, he wouldn’t want

a slow death when Luna Yara arrived in our

feel Benny’s hand slide into mine. I turn and look at him and I see

somehow understand what he’s trying to tell me without words. This, Dr. Stephen’s death, will close the loop on his brother’s death. Teddy’s murderer, because that’s what Dr. Stephen’s is, will die for his sins. I know what Benny wants. He’s been asking me for months to make it official between us. Knowing that Dr. Stephens will die today, it feels

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