The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 270

Chapter 270

Piper

I’m not sure I like the excited, almost maniacal grin on Alpha Quirin’s face when he walks out rubbing his hands together.

“Alright! Let’s see what they’re teaching you Academy brats these days,” he says. “Kennedy says I’m not supposed to put you in the hospital but since she AND Luna Yara are here, I feel confident that any damage I do can be undone.”

With

Word spread quickly that we wanted to spar Alpha Quirin and since everyone heard about what happened to Alpha Christer yesterday most, if not all, of the pack warriors not currently on patrol, are here to watch.

“So, how do you want to do this? Do you want me to take on all four

of you

at once?” he asks.

I frown.

“No. Then we wouldn’t be able to tell how we do individually against you,” Zach says and the rest of us agree.

“Okay, who’s first?” he asks.

“You choose,” Chase says.

He looks the four of us over quickly then points to me. “Piper.”

Of course he picked me. I thought that maybe he’d be different than other Alphas and treat me as an equal, but I guess not. As usual, my

mouth starts to run before I can stop it.

“Picking the easiest target first, Alpha” I snap, stepping forward. I’ll show him ‘easy‘

He stills, tilting his head at me. “I’m very fast, even by Alpha standards, but I’m not as fast as most she–wolves. In my experience, she–wolves who know how to fight well use their smaller stature, their speed, and their agility, which is almost always better than a male warrior’s, to their advantage. I chose you first because I see you as my biggest competitor in this group.”

startled at

him again. Then he settles into a stance that isn’t exactly

at me. I

says, the excitement of

him, Hellfire!”

Quirin asks

have a sharp tongue and a bit of a temper,” I

see,” he says, dodging

focus to spar with him. He doesn’t fight like most

him

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from an existing pack knows how to fight like a

No one else in the pack

her mine,” I say, thinking of one of my very few friends. Well, Vivienne would say we weren’t niende beories reque dans friends. Even though she joined our

like you. My daughters would too. You should come visit my pack sometime if you’re going to become an alle warrior, it would be good for you to learn how to

I’ll see if I can’t

They’re a different breed of

pride in his eyes and on his face when he talks about his mate. Damn, I really hope that I have someone that looks at me like

someday.

were you when Luna Kennedy

idea of finding your fated mate,

I don’t say

I’m landing hits, but I also realize that while he said he wouldn’t mind putting us in the hospital, he’s pulling his punches. He’s making sure they hurt. He’s making sure that I walk away with enough pain to learn from the lesson, but he could have already taken me down and he hasn’t. He’s using this as a

most. I realize that someone with this much control who wanted to make someone suffer for threatening his

it, Alpha Quirin grabs me, pinning my back to his chest with one arm. In this position, he has a free hand able to

up and sliding down his body and out of his hold. I spin quickly, swinging a leg out and knocking Alpha Quirin off his feet. I let the force of the spin keep me

just in time to watch Alpha Quirin do some sort of incredible acrobatic stunt where, rather than landing on his back as I intended, he arches his back, lands on his hands, then using his strength and

you

remind

Don’t do it, Piper. It’s a trap!” Alpha Warren says. I didn’t even realize that he’d come out to watch

are Kendra