The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 164

Chapter 164

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I didn’t want to leave the hospital and Kennedy this morning, but when I heard that Slater was missing. I woke Kier and we went hunting. I’m not sure how the fuck he got out but when I return to the hospital later and realize that Terrance is there with his wife who is struggling to deliver their baby, I wonder if he was distracted and didn’t lock the door properly at the end of his shift.

David was no help, swearing that he didn’t see anything because he was asleep. I used my Alpha command to make sure that he was telling the truth and he was.

Slater attacked the guards on duty, knocking them out before racing off. Kier and I tracked Slater to our border, then continued on, following his trail to see if he stopped anywhere. We tracked him for about an hour before deciding to return to the pack. I don’t like it that Slater is gone, but he must have known that I was going to kill him. He and Arlo were very close. There’s no way he wouldn’t have known or tried to help cover up what happened to Christy if he hadn’t been in the cells at the time. He’d already be dead if I wasn’t focused on trying to fix things with Kennedy.

When I got back to the hospital, I realized what was going on. I heard my mate, sounding exhausted, talking to her mother on the phone.

I sat in the waiting room and mind linked Susie.

‘Yes, Alpha?‘

‘When’s the last time anyone saw my mate eat?‘

She was in surgery all day yesterday and she fell asleep beside Christy before she could get any food last night.

‘Yesterday morning, Alpha.

Shit and she’s about to go into surgery again from the sound of it. I’m just about to ask Susie to bring something for Kennedy to eat when Kennedy opens the link between us, barking that she needs me.

I’m up and moving in an instant and I see the surprise on her face when I walk in faster than she expects. I quickly assess what is happening and take the phone from Terrance. Then I watch, fascinated as my mate follows her mother’s instructions and saves Lillian and her pup. I’m so fucking impressed with my mate. She just keeps surprising me, making me realize how much I’ve underestimated her.

It’s not until she’s covering Lillian’s stitches that I see her hands begin to shake. The adrenaline in her system is wearing off and now the lack of food and probably lack of sleep are making themselves known.

I’m not surprised when Luna Yara realizes that her daughter is struggling too. She’s been focused on her this entire time, making sure that she knew how to save our pack members.

After Lillian is settled, I’m about to follow Kennedy out of the room when Terrance rushes forward. I listen while he thanks Kennedy for saving his mate and pup. I can tell that his words are genuine and that he means what he’s saying about the pack starting to love and admire her.

As I scoop her into my arms, I think about that. I’ve never felt quite so disconnected from my pack as I do now. Or perhaps, I’ve always been this disconnected, but it’s taken Kennedy’s involvement to help me see that I may not be as good of an Alpha as I thought I was. I didn’t know what happened to Christy. I didn’t even feel it. And Arlo using Kennedy as a threat should have given Christy more incentive to link me or Kier, but she didn’t. That tells me that my omegas either don’t trust me to protect them, or don’t trust me to listen to them.

I look down at Kennedy, passed out in my arms. Listening is definitely not something I do well, just ask my mate.

“How is she?” Kier asks, walking over. I’d mind linked him that I was helping Kennedy with surgery and to cover any pack

issues.

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“Exhausted. What the fuck is that smell?*

“Leo started a fire again. None of know how to cook, Alpha”

“How the hell did a pack full of rogues survive in the wild? I growl softly so I don’t wake Kennedy

wolf form. If we cooked anything it was on an open fire, not a kitchen stove. It either isn’t cooked enough. it’s burned. I had to order new pots and pans

then, it sounds like Kennedy’s lesson is

“It is.”

me a favor, make sure someone is with Christy at all times. She is afraid of being alone and after what happened, I don’t blame her. Talk to Susie and Arianna and find out who her friends are, make sure someone

Alpha. How’s Lillian?”

pup survived, thanks to Kennedy. Let’s talk to Deborah and Lane. If they know how Kennedy wanted the hospital set

do you want to do with David?”

the cells for

we

the patrols. I don’t trust him. Have you felt your

it was while you were in surgery with Luna,” he says.

for the bond to Slater and realize

I wonder out loud, feeling even more like I’m disconnected from

you’re worried about your mate. You’re putting her first, right? So, one tether snapping might not have registered as being that important,” he says, but I know that it should have. It makes me wonder if the connections that with have with all my pack members is weak. I need to

of this is done, we’re having a recommitment ceremony. I need to make sure that every one of our pack members

Alpha. Along those lines, what do you want to do with the silver in

focus on Kennedy right now. She needs sleep and once she wakes up, she needs to eat,” I

ask Arianna to make her a sandwich or something. If she’s mad about it, she can yell at me,” he

yell at me. I’m the one saying she needs

turn, looking at my mate as I carry her upstairs. Her scent is covered with antiseptic, the smell of Lillian, Lillian’s blood, and their son. Underneath that is

mate.

a warm bath. I carefully wash the scent of everything and everyone off of her but

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itoring the way her body tenses at my presence I would

st she’s ready.

I say, watching as Randall drops a pan, sending some indistinguishable meat

a cooking Susie says, watching her mate, Kelvin, as he

painful to watch,” another omega says.

words. “She said you were on strike, and she threatened us if anyone asked for your help, but

goddess! Kelvin, turn that before it starts to burn and turn the

the presta goes in AFTER the water starts to boil, Arianna

take it

and start over, several omegas say as they start directing the warriors to add spices, stop

night,” I murmur. Arianna gives me a side–eye glance

focused on the warriors, helping

can eat. He said he’s willing to take her wrath for

me, before giving another instruction to Cameron. They seem to have focused on one or two warriors

small meals so she can eat as she gets hungry,” Susie says, telling Kelvin to take the pan of meat off the burner and

to look at her like she’s crazy. She

oven. I’m starving. I want something that I can actually choke down

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