The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 186

Kennedy

“What's going on with Christy, Mom?” I ask as de pass me strapped up.

"I'm not sure, but if I had to guess, I'd say the feeding of your pack is scaring her. I smelled her fear when I stepped into the room, but not having a mind link with her, I can't say where it's coming from?

1 connect with Quinn's mind, listening to him talk with Christy. He's being so gentle with her. I send love and pride through the bond, so he knows I appreciate what he's doing I can tell that even though he's talking to Christy and still paying attention to what's going on with me, he's also focusing on the pack and what's happening with Slater. My mate is so perfect

“Okay, I'm set here. Once Quirin returns, we'll get started my mom says,

"I really hope we can see our pup. That would be so exciting," I say,

"We're not sure how far along you are, so just don't get your hopes up too much. If nothing else, we should be able to get a heartbeat. Actually, let's yet the heartbeat monitor wrapped around you now, I'll still wait to turn it on until Quirin comes in. I want him to hear his pup's heartbeat the same time you do," she says.

I know that Quirin can feel my excitement and I can feel that he's getting excited too. He's also very nervous, which is sweet

"Was Dad nervous when he found out you were pregnant?" I ask her.

She smiles. "He was so excited. I only had the heartbeat at first. He listened to it ver and over, played it on repeat that first night while we slept, I didn't know until

I had the ultrasound that there were actually two heartbeats in there. It's not always easy to find the second one, especially if you don't know to look for it. Then, I told him we were having twins in front of the pack. He was about to go to war with Brady and I wanted to make sure he knew he had a family to return to. He went a bit crazy at first. He actually started mumbling to himself. It was pretty funny"

"Dad was mumbling? I've never heard him do that before, only you."

"He only does it when he's really stressed out. I've only heard him do it a few times. Both times he found out we were having twins," she says laughing, "and maybe one or two other times when he was worried about you kids. It's pretty rare. Your father is as tough as they come."

Dad's pretty awesome, but personally, I think my mate is tougher than Dad.

I immediately hear Raif purring in my mind, listening in. I hear Quirin warning Leo

to be careful with Christy before he comes into our room.

"How is our sweet Christy?" I ask him as he walks over to kiss me.

"Better now, I think. I'll check on her again after she moves back to the

packhouse. The energy in the pack was scaring her. Did you know Leo was her mate and he rejected her?" he asks me.

I just raise an eyebrow at him.

"Right. Of course you did," he says, leaning over the bed to kiss me again. "What is all of this?" he asks, gesturing to the equipment Mom brought in for the heart monitor and ultrasound.

baby's heartbeat. Knowing how much Warren liked hearing our pups' heartbeats, I thought you'd like to hear it when Kennedy did for the first time.

reaches out and takes my hand, squeezing it. He doesn't

can feel his nervousness ratchet up along

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I ask him. Mom turns and looks at him, but

I want

smiles at us.

before nodding. Mom flips a switch and

the whooshing sound of a

Quirin's hand, realizing that he's stopped

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voice so soft I almost can't hear him over the sound of our baby's heartbeat. His emotions are getting stronger, swirling around inside him, and I swear I feel his heart, nearly ready to burst with excitement. I

mine

1. is.

mom says distractedly,

"Mom?" I ask her.

me. "Let's see if we can

says.

wrong, Kennedy?" Quirin asks, looking from me to my

finger, letting him know to wait.

she doesn't

sense causing chaos

me, frowning. 'Chaos?' he asks

this morning. I'm guessing my mother is seeing a second heartbeat on

sure.

for your knowledge and understanding, this is a ultrasound machine. I won't bore you with the medical jargon, but basically, the wand sends sound waves into Kennedy's body and when they bounce

our pup?"

nervous.

won't be exactly what you're used to, Quirin. But if our pup is far enough along, then yes, if Mom can get the right angle, we could see the head, the heart beating, and maybe a stomach. Our little pup is just a large

like that. My Little Peanut," he says, smiling. His eyes never leave the

wand over my small baby bump. She rubs it around,

there, Quirin? That lighter area?

our pup's heart," he says, his voice strangled with the intensity of

his face and kiss him, letting our love and

to move the wand around. I'm

Echo

pull away from the

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