The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 187

Quirin

I come awake feeling disoriented. Something is wrong, or… not wrong, just off? Unexpected? What the fuck? I’m never this disoriented. And why is my bed so fucking hard? And where is my mate? I can smell her. She’s nearby.

I force my eyes to open and immediately wince as the light above me shines in my eyes. Why is there a light above me? Where the fuck am I?

“There he is.” I hear Luna Yara say and a moment later she’s beside me. I know this positioning, I’m in a hospital. Am i still recovering from the bear attack? No, that can’t be right. I didn’t just dream my life, did 1?

“Where’s Kennedy?” I ask, more harshly than is necessary.

“Bathroom. She’ll be right back. How are you feeling?” she asks me.

I feel fine, just disoriented.

“Why am I in the hospital?” I ask, realizing that I don’t feel like I have any injuries, and I’m completely dressed except for my shoes.

“What do you remember, Quirin?” she asks me in her gentle way.

“Hey,” I hear my mate’s sweet voice. In a quick motion, I’m up and turning to the sound of her voice. I get off the bed and look her over quickly before pulling her into my arms.

“What’s wrong? Why are we here? Why am I in a hospital bed? I’m not injured.”

She takes my face in her hands and holds my gaze. “Breathe for me, Quirin.”

I keep my arms around her waist and take a deep breath of her citrus and mint scent, letting it calm the turmoil inside me. What is wrong with me?

“You passed out, Quirin,” she says softly.

“I … what? I never pass out.”

“You were a bit… shocked and maybe overwrought?” she says, watching me.

Overwrought? I don’t get worked up about anything. The only thing that ever makes me nervous or anxious is Kennedy and how she feels about me. I frown at her. Did we have a fight? No, we wouldn’t be in the hospital if we did. I blink at her while she holds my gaze.

And then it hits me like a fucking tsunami. I look down at her stomach. “Oh shit.”

“Easy, Quirin. Do I need to call Warren back in here?” Yara asks, coming to put her hand on my shoulder.

‘Get your fucking shit together! Our mate is pregnant with our pups, pups that we filled her with, and you’re passing out on her!‘ Raif growls in my mind.

I take a deep breath, watching my mate as worry flickers across her face. That, more than anything, makes me calm myself.

“Four?”

She nods.

It doesn’t fucking matter. Four mouths to feed is two more

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can nurse at any

week we should be able to tell.

four, but then…” Holy fucking shit! I got her pregnant with four

stopped holding back on her. We were pretty pent up by then, Raif

at me, probably seeing Raif in my

Raif say?”

proud of the prolific bastard he is,” I say and she bursts out

pull her into my

long as I have you, I’ll be perfect. But you know I’m going to need a LOT of help with this. One was exciting but still scary. But, four? Kennedy, what the fuck are we going to do

I out?” I

hour,” she

her head. “How do

it’s a lot and you said you never expected to have pups, and now, you’re going to have an entire family

of losing my pups, pups I only just learned I have, already makes me feel nauseous. I may be terrified of them, but I want them. I want all four of them. And the thought of losing my mate …

looking for Luna Yara, but I realize she stepped out to give us some privacy. I scoop Kennedy up and put her on the bed before rushing to the door. Luna Yara is right outside, talking to Warren.

talk to

giving you a few moments alone,” she says, walking toward me. I look at

being here for

when everything else finally hits you, don’t worry. Yara and I will be around to help

talking about, but I nod and step back

able to carry our pups to

to protect four pups while she’s still healing herself. I do believe that she’ll get strong enough to return

take Kennedy’s hand. “We’ll do whatever we need to

very passionate one,” she says. I frown as her lips twitch like I missed some sort of joke.

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the pups, I don’t want to risk Kennedy getting injured and being unable to heal. You’re a tall woman, Kennedy, and an Alpha female, but four pups is a lot. Two was a lot for me. Four will be even harder, especially since it’s your first time giving birth. I want to set up a special delivery room just for Kennedy, but we may have to do a Cesarian section if your pups aren’t in a good alignment to deliver. We can talk more about that as the pregnancy progresses,

need, no matter the cost, do it. I want my mate and my

now, you can go Warren’s been listening to your pack. He thinks they’ve moved to northwest quadrant of your pack lands, so it should be fine for

time or energy. Kennedy is everything. I lean forward and kiss her, pouring all of my love for her, all of my passion as Yara put it, behind the kiss. I don’t pull away until she whimpering and clinging

we need to get more guards for you. And we need to talk about your thoughts on how we can manage four pups. And we need… oh, holy mother Moon Goddess.

Yana and Yvonne will want to help babysit, maybe Wendy too. But my idea was more permanent.”

a short amount of time and how much it will continue

“What’s your idea?”

I need to touch her, I lean forward, rubbing my face against hers as