The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 175

Chapter 175

Quirin

“She’s still asleep?” Luna Yara asks, coming into the room.

“Yeah, I think she’s starting to wake up. Her mind is feeling a bit more active,” I say, looking down at my mate who is still sleeping in my lap. I didn’t want to move her and I knew that she’d sleep better in my arms, and well, I just needed to hold her.

“I think she might be a bit too comfortable. She needs to wake up to cat,” Yara says, smiling as she comes over to check her daughter.

I look up at the woman who changed the path of my life so many years ago. “Thank you for saving her life.”

She smiles at me. “You never have to thank me for saving a life. It’s what I do, and it’s what Kennedy does. We’re both very good at it, but I think that when she’s finished with medical school, she’ll be better at it than I am.”

I ignore the part about not needing to thank her. Luna Yara has always been very humble about the significance of what she does. She saves lives and by saving one medically, she saves so many others by keeping mates healthy and strong and pups with their parents.

“I’m not sure I ever properly thanked you for saving my life all those years ago,” I say.

She stops and tilts her head, looking at me. “What’s this about, Quirin.”

“You changed the course of my life, Luna. You made all of this possible for me. It’s no secret that I’ve never liked your mate, well, until very recently,” I say, making her smile. “I hated him. I wanted to kill him. I was consumed with hurting him the way he hurt me. I was willing to destroy everyone that he loved so that he felt the pain I felt,” I say, looking down.

“I’m not proud of that. I realize now it would have meant losing everything that I have in my life. It would have meant losing my mate and the life that she’s giving me. I was an angry young man who was ready to die, but you wouldn’t let me go, even knowing the animosity that I felt for Alpha Warren, you wouldn’t let me die.”

She shrugs as if what she did is no big deal. “No one dies in my hospital.” I watch her, having learned that she thinks through a lot of what she says before she says it or at least mumbles it.

“You were a very angry young man. You had a lot to be angry about. You lost your father, you lost your pack, and then you lost your mother, all in those very formidable teenage years. That was a lot for anyone to come to terms with, but even harder for an Alpha heir. I’ve always believed that love heals more wounds than I ever could. I always believed that some day love would heal you too. I just didn’t realize that that love would come from my daughter. But I’m glad it did. Kennedy has always been drawn to you, Quirin. As Alphas, maybe you both felt the pull to each other long before the mate bond kicked in, who knows. What I do know is that my daughter loves with every ounce of her being. She loves like Warren loves, with no hesitation or restraint. It’s a heady thing being loved by someone like that, and very hard to resist.”.

“Impossible to resist,” I chuckle. She smiles again, looking at Kennedy.

“She will give you everything, but she will also expect the same from you. As someone who is loved by a man who gives me everything I could ever want in this world and so much more, I will tell you that you will feel like you get much more out of the relationship than she does. But that’s okay, as long as you continue to give her everything that you are. That’s all she wants. Just everything,” she says, making both of us chuckle. “And even if you don’t feel like your everything is enough for her, she will and that’s what matters.”

“Thank

second chance at life, a chance to

Mom’s hospital,” Kennedy says sleepily.

Luna Yara says, as I press my lips to the side

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sleep well?” I ask

I slept great, but I really have to

you and then Quirin can take you to the bathroom, Luna

she goes to the bathroom then standing behind her to hold her steady while she washes her

mind open to me,”

not going to close

weak as she is, she still smiles her brilliant fucking smile at me. Luna Yara was right. I’ll never feel like I’m good

turns, lifting her cool hand to my face. “You are

I’m not sure I could live without you. Now, you

He’s the strongest, most powerful Alpha in the region, maybe the world and he doesn’t feel good enough for my daughter. Seriously, what does it take for a man to realize that he’s perfect just the way he is? If he were different,

for me,”

Yara turns, obviously having no idea that she was talking out loud to herself about me. “Kennedy,

feel pretty gross actually.”

morning sickness on top of it. I had Deborah bring some crackers for you. You’ll want to make sure that you keep food on your stomach even when you feel nauseous. It will help. Once you feel a bit better, I’ve got some broth ready for you too. We’ll take it slow today, but I’d like you to try and eat every couple of hours, and nibble on the crackers as much

Raif begins purring at her, trying to help calm

Kennedy says as I sit, keeping her in my lap. “What about you? When did

sweet, always thinking of others. “I didn’t want to make your stomach feel any worse and I didn’t want to leave you, so I’ll eat once you’re back in bed, or when Luna Yara says you can leave.”

Echo yet?” Luna Yara asks

says, and Raif’s purring increases as we feel her sadness and fear of losing her wolf.

she’ll be working overtime to heal herself and protect the

forcing me to go eat, and assuring me that she won’t leave

by the time we’re done, she’s too weak to walk. I scoop her back

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see Christy first?”