The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 128

Chapter 128

Kennedy

After lunch, Connor and my father go off to talk, probably about the ceremony tonight. My mother, Quirin, and I head up to my room to pack the rest of my things.

“I looked around last night and I don’t think I need to take much. Quirin has plenty of furniture, so I just want to take one of my smaller dressers,” I tell my mother.

As I pack up my things, Quirin takes them to the truck we brought. When I’m done, I look around the space that was my bedroom for eighteen years and realize that it no longer feels like home. Home is where Quirin is, and he was never here.

After we’re done, I shower and start getting ready for my brother’s ceremony. I’m not sure where Quirin went, but he comes in just as I finish getting ready.

“You look stunning, Kennedy,” he says, coming over stroking his fingers over my cheek. “Absolutely stunning.”

I wrap my arms around his waist. “Can you believe it was one week ago that you called me mate?” I ask him.

“So much has changed in one week, Little Pup,” he says.

“My entire life has changed,” I whisper.

“Both of our lives did,” he says, leaning in to kiss me. I hold him, trying to tell him without words that I want him, that I miss our intimacy. When he pulls away, I’m not sure that he understood.

“You know, we could recreate our mating night here tonight,” I tell him. I watch his eyes go wide with something close to fear in them, but that makes no sense.

“Little Pup, your father and I have a very tenuous truce going right now. Let’s not push it by mating a couple of rooms away from him,” he says, kissing my nose before walking into the bathroom.

I feel the tears prick my eyes at his words. My father knows that I’m mated. He wouldn’t care if Quirin and I were together. This feels like an excuse. An excuse that just reinforces what I thought before. Quirin’s had me once, and that’s all it will ever be for him.

from our birthday are back, but this time when they see my mark, they keep

keeping his distance. He comes right up and hugs

great,” I say, forcing a smile. Henry’s eyes narrow, but he doesn’t say anything

and Savannah arrive, along

beautiful,” I say to her. She’s Franklin and Savannah’s oldest child and she just

find my mate in my pack, so I’m hoping to find him here tonight,” she says

There are a lot of Alphas here,” I say to

waiting to make a grand entrance into his party. When my mother announces that

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way outside. Since the ceremony will only be for my brother to take his place as Alpha, there are no chairs. The ceremony will

the sound of my brother’s wolf, Bosche, anywhere. I feel Quirin’s arm go around my waist, ready to pull me out of the way if something is wrong.

his nostrils flared. Almost as one, everyone steps back, leaving a

her

over to her, pulling her to him and taking her

have. My brother is just like my father. He will openly adore Madison for anyone and everyone to see. He will claim her publicly, kissing her and expressing his love for her as often as she’ll let him. And there is no doubt in my mind that they’ll have a pup within the year. Unlike my mate,

tonight. My brother and I have always liked Madison and I’m happy for both of them. She looks as thrilled as he does to be mated to him and she stands by his side, proudly watching him as he takes

to him, and then, one by one, the pack goes up to pledge their allegiance to

parents and then to me, introducing

Kennedy’s Luna ceremony is next weekend. I really want to attend,” he tells

busy night and it’s no where near over yet,” I say, making

watching as my brother steals kisses from Madison every chance he gets. She laughs and blushes, but she kisses him back. Each time, pain shoots through my

more.

Quirin,” I say to