The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 155

Kennedy

I slept until late in the morning the next day. Surprisingly, so did Quirin. Or at least, he was still in bed when I woke up. The moment I stirred, I felt his lips press against the top of my head. “Did you sleep well, Little Pup?”

I shift. My body is still sore as the memory of last night returns to me.

“Wendy…” I say, starting to get out of bed.

“She’s awake. Kier told me that Henry went to stay with her while your parents came to get some food and before they’d finished eating, Alpha Harold came to get your mom, letting her know that Wendy was awake.”

I feel him press his lips to my head again. It’s so unusual for my active mate to just lie here in bed with me that I assume we’re about to have the ‘talk‘ of me not going to the safe room.

“You scared the shit out of me yesterday,” he says softly. “When I realized that you weren’t in a safe room, that you were exposed to the fighting, I struggled to focus on the fight. And then, I saw Wendy in Henry’s arms. She was awake but had already been slashed across her chest and abdomen.”

He stops and I wait for him to continue.

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“She looks enough like you that I had a terrible moment of absolute fear. And then, I couldn’t stop fighting to make sure you were safe. But the thought of losing you, Kennedy… it terrified me. I know I’m not perfect. I know you deserve better than a mate like me, but I can’t lose you, Kennedy. I can’t,” he says, his voice getting tight.

I turn over in his arms to face him. “I’m right here, Quirin. I’m not going anywhere.”

He looks down at me, his teeth clenched tightly, and I can see the war in his eyes. “I know you’re going to tell me that you have to be in the hospital during battles, aren’t you?”

“You saw why I have to be there, Quirin. If my mother and I had been in a safe room, Wendy would have died.”

“While I don’t agree that a pup her age should have been in the fight to begin with, I also know that our pack is suffering with this silver powder, so I know it’s important for you to be there. I don’t want our pack members dying, Kennedy. But, I can’t lose you. So I’m going to give you a short list of warriors that I trust to protect you and you’ll pick the one you’re most comfortable having as your guard.”

I look down at his chest, trying to collect my thoughts.

“Kennedy,” he growls, reaching up to tilt my chin to look at him. “This is not negotiable.”

“I don’t have a problem having a guard, Quirin. But… well, do you think anyone would really want that job?”

“What are you talking about?”

“It’s a shit job, Quirin.”

“I dare you to say that to Bradley,” he says, his Quirin crooked smile coming out. I gently smack his chest.

“I don’t mean because it’s not a worthy job. It’s just…” I shrug. “Connor’s pack loves my mother. Our pack… doesn’t love me the same way.”

He looks at me thoughtfully for a moment. “In any pack, the Luna guard is an honored position, whether she’s a warrior or not. She’s too important, YOU’RE too important, to leave unprotected. Even Farrah has a guard when Harold isn’t around. And while I know that not every person in this pack has learned to respect you and you may have had a tough start to your

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time here, you’re winning over the pack quickly.”

“You think so?” I ask. I hope he means it.

“Kennedy, I know you were busy during your Luna ceremony party, dancing with your friends and family, but the pack had a great time. They were dancing, talking with your family, and enjoying themselves in a way that I’m not used to seeing. The pack is changing because of you. They are getting stronger, because of you. They are learning what it means to have a Luna who heals them, in more ways than one.”

I hope he’s right. “Who’s on your

all warriors who stayed for my Luna

think about

have no intention

“Okay.”

didn’t order what you thought we needed, but put in the request to Kier. I’ll

frown again. “Quirin, I need a budget. Some of these items that I’d

looks at me. “How

her, would cost us at least $30,000. I could get one that’s cheaper, but it wouldn’t be

Pup,

run out of food or have to worry about water or electricity, or things like that. But I don’t want to bankrupt the pack to get an x–ray machine. The one that’s here works and when

off the covers and stands. “Come on.”

are we going?” I

you didn’t know this about our pack. I mean, how is that even possible? Everyone knows,” he says. I think he’s talking to me, but since I’m

looks at me. “Why do you think

shrug. “To take over the land and accumulate

at me a moment, then shakes his head.

“Get dressed, Kennedy.”

do and then Quirin leads me downstairs. We run into Kier and Arianna on the stairs. Based on her

serious,” Kier

needed for the hospital because

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“Seriously?” he asks

and not bankrupting the pack such a

to bankrupt the pack? How?” Terrance

what I’m saying. That’s why I haven’t purchased the equipment for the

that why your mother was complaining about us not having everything a hospital needs while she

the hospital here like they do in her pack.” I say as

“Alpha Terrance asks.

handling it.” Quirin says.

I can’t order more supplies right now, I won’t. I just need you to give me a budget.” I

arms wrapping on either side of me to hold me steady while he pulls his laptop over

things, Kennedy. My father started some of these investments before I was born and he diversified until his death,” he says as

my shoulder. “Do you see this

“Yes.”

much money this pack is worth, Kennedy. Your $30,000 x–ray machine won’t

number on the screen.

a lot of zeros.”

chuckle behind me.

“Yes, it is.”

is after our pack?”

the wealthiest pack in the region, possibly the country. We could live off the interest that this money makes every month and never even touch the principal, and most

he turns his head and looks at me. “You really didn’t know?”

“How would I know?”

maybe your father would

the finances of our pack. I just knew that

tightly and

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