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.

know if they’re boys or girls?” Stupid question. It doesn’t fucking matter. Four mouths

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Chapter 187

at any one time.

should be able to tell. She thinks

I got

on her.

me, probably seeing

say?” she

the prolific bastard he is,” I say

okay?” she asks me. I pull her into my arms, holding her to me,

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 with four?” I ask her. “Probably not sleep much. Mom and I were talking while you were

was I

an hour,” she

of her head. “How do you feel about all of this?”

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

to carry this many pups, Kennedy? Do I need to worry about losing you? Losing them?” The idea of losing my pups, pups I only just learned I

some privacy. I scoop Kennedy up and

we talk

was just giving you a few moments alone,” she says,

you for being here for me.”

family is for, Quirin. And when everything else finally hits you, don’t worry. Yara and I will be

what he’s talking about, but I nod and step back into the room, focusing on

Is Kennedy in danger of losing our pups? Is she able to carry

believe, and Annika agrees, that poor Echo is working herself too hard trying to protect four pups while she’s still healing herself. I do believe that she’ll get strong enough to return and I’ve talked to Kennedy about what I think you and Raif can do to help her come forward.”

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

a very passionate one,” she says. I frown as her lips twitch like I missed some sort of joke. When I look at Kennedy, she’s shaking her head at her mother.

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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,

I want my mate and my pups safe and

listening to your pack. He thinks they’ve moved to northwest quadrant of your pack lands, so it should be fine

worth the pack’s time or energy. Kennedy is everything. I lean forward and kiss her, pouring all of my love for her, all of

to talk about your thoughts on how

he will. I think he’s pretty excited. Plus, I know Yana and Yvonne

much it has changed in such a short amount of time and

“What’s your idea?”

forward, rubbing my face against hers