The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 103

Kennedy

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I watch as my mother prepares the woman on the bed in front of her. Sometimes I get to be in the room, helping by giving her the tools that she needs to complete her surgeries, or stitching up our pack members after she’s done. But today is my eighteenth birthday and she told me I could assist. It didn’t hurt that I told her that it was the only thing that I wanted for my birthday.

“When you

do a Cesarean section, you have to be careful where and how you cut. You don’t want to cut too deep and risk injuring the pup and you don’t want to cut too high on the mother’s stomach because you could cut the pup,” she says, pointing to the area where she wants me to cut.

Thankfully, it’s Anna who is having a baby today. It’s her fourth pup with her mate, Bennett, their oopsie baby thirteen years after the birth of their third pup. It’s why my mother suggested that she have the C–section rather than try to deliver naturally. It’s also why I’m allowed to assist. I’ve grown up around Anna and all of the nurses and doctors in the hospital. I’ve spent every possible minute of my life in this hospital. I love the medical world, love the idea of becoming a doctor just like my mother. While the others in my family were sparring and training to become strong warriors, I was here, learning everything I possibly could about medicine, anatomy, and being a surgeon.

Thankfully, when my mother told Anna that assisting in a surgery was the only thing I wanted for my birthday, she offered to schedule her C–section today. I was a little surprised, but since I’ve stitched up her pups before, and I’ve worked so closely with Anna, she agreed. My mother had me practice cutting on a medical dummy that she and Beta Noelle use in the hospital teaching rooms. I sliced that poor mannequin nearly to pieces I’ve practiced so many times.

I take a breath and look up at Anna. Her mate is holding her hand and murmuring to her.

“Focus, Kennedy,” my mother says patiently.

Anna’s eyes flash to me and she winks. “You’ve got this, Kennedy

I nod and turn back to her stomach, putting the edge of the scalpel against her stomach where my mother is pointing and, using the pressure that I’ve practiced so many times, I make the incision.

“Very good, Kennedy. Just a little further. Perfect,” she says, and I pull the scalpel away, smiling hugely as I step back to let my mother do the rest. A few minutes later, she’s carefully pulling the baby from Anna’s uterus and laying her on Anna’s chest.

“Congratulations, on your baby boy,” she says to them.

I know that Bennett is thrilled to be having a boy. Their first three children were girls. I ready myself to assist my mother with closing up Anna’s stomach when she turns to me.

“Your father and brother are asking about you,” she says.

I look up at the clock and realize that it’s mid–afternoon. I sigh. I really don’t care about the party. The only reason I’m even partially excited is because Alpha Quirin will be here. There are a lot of other Alphas that will be here too, including Alpha Henry, who I like. But the others are just hoping to have an Alpha female for a mate. My sisters would be better options for them. They are all excited about becoming Lunas of their own packs. Me? There’s only one man for me. He just happens to be an Alpha as well.

I fell in love with Alpha Quirin when I was six years old. There was something about him at Alpha Henry’s eighteenth birthday party that drew me to him. I’d watched him all night then followed him outside. I don’t know why I’d felt safe with him that night. But I have every other time I’ve been around him since then. I don’t see him often, not nearly as often as I’d like. But I’ve noticed that he’s not as curt or abrupt with me when I approach him as he is with other people.

about Alpha Quirin. Maybe because he’s an older Alpha and doesn’t play the stupid games that the

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let the other Alphas tease me in any way, but I’ve always seen him as a protector. Others find his quiet, glowering nature offensive, but not me. Unlike Alpha Henry, who is easy going and has lots of friends, you have to work to get on Alpha Quirin’s good side. I’ve only known a couple of people who have earned that privilege

with them and not others. I haven’t figured it out yet

get past the hard, crusty exterior that he puts up in front of others. Over

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party until the birthday twins arrive. Connor won’t join the party until you do, so hurry up! my sister Wendy says. She’s

to my brother. I also know that Connor was disappointed when he didn’t smell his mate first thing this morning. She’s not in our pack, but that doesn’t

say to Anna and

have a gift for you even though we won’t be able to join your party tonight. I’ll

have to do

helped to deliver our baby, didn’t

I know I’ll love

someone come in to do my hair and makeup. The dress I chose for tonight is a

the

want Alpha Quirin to see me as a woman, not as he always calls me. ‘Little Pup‘. Ever since that first night that I spoke to him, he’s always called me Little Pup I would

covered in sequins, adding a brightness to the dress. The sleeves are straps that hang off the shoulder and there’s a small train

ready?‘ I hear Connor’s voice in my

where are you?‘

he says, and I can hear the

that

my father, his dark hair is shoulder–length, and he got my father’s brownish–green eyes, making his eyes darker than mine. He’s wearing a suit that fits him perfectly, accenting his broad shoulders and narrow waist. He will

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