The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 121

Chapter 121

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When Kier went inside at the beginning of warrior training, | knew someone was missing. Most days | start

training and he makes sure that everyone got their asses out of bed to cto training. So, | wasn’t surprised

when he went inside to collect the stragglers. | was, however, surprised, when it was Arlo who cout. He's

one of the few that loves warrior training. He loves the opportunity to hit someone, so he’s never late.

‘We have a problem, Alpha,’ Kier says in the mind-link, joiningat the front of the group as | take them

through the warm

up.

‘What's that?”

‘I caught him mouthing off to Luna,” he tells me.

Raif growls angrily and everyone's head snaps to me.

‘Is Kennedy okay?‘

“Yes. She said she was and it didn’t look like he touched her. There was something with one of the omegas, but

I'm not sure what that was about. She may have been with our Luna when Arlo approached them, but I'm not

sure.’

“Arlo you're withtoday,” | bark out loud. He glares at Kier, but nods.

| proceed to spend the next two hours kicking the shit out of him. He's a good fighter, but he’s not an Alpha.

“Alpha, is there a problem?” Slater, his brother, asks at the end of training, seeing how badly | pummeled Arlo.

“Your brother apparently needed a reminder of who your Luna is mated to. | would suggest that anyone who

thinks that they can mouth off to their Luna, take note. This is your future if you EVER disrespect my mate.”

“Yes, Alpha,” the warriors say. Slater reaches out his hand to help Arlo up and | slap it away. “He gets up on his

own. He thinks he’s better than me, thinks he mouth off to my mate, disrespecting boht of us, then he can be

man enough to pick his own ass up off the ground,” | snarl.

I know he’s hurt. | dislocated his shoulder, | heard a rib snap, and he started limping about an hour ago.

“Get up and get to my office,” | tell him, walking away. “Kier!”

“Right here, Alpha.”

“Grab food for the two of us and joinin my office,” | say, moderating my tone. I'm not angry at him. “Also,

check in with the omegas and make sure my mate was okay when you left her

“Will do,” he says, walking off to toward the kitchen.

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| reach out in the mind link and gently touch Kennedy's mind. | can tell she’s busy working through her list for

the hospital. | don’t sense any concern or worry, other than what she’s going to order. I'm not sure why she’s

worried about it, but I'll leave her to figure it out. | know nothing about hospital equipment or supplies.

Once | know she’s okay, | refocus on my plans for Arlo. I'm going to give him two choices and he gets to decide

his fate. When he hobbles in, | don’t invite him to sit. | let him stand. Depending on his decision, he may not be

here long.

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Kier walks in a moment later, sitting a plate of food down in front of me. He pulls up a chair and sits at my desk,

following along by digging into his breakfast.

“The way | see it, Arlo, you have two choices. You can leave the pack or you can take extra patrols. You

apparently have too much energy if you have tto be disrespectful. Those are your choices. You have five

minutes to decide.”

“Alpha...” he begins.

“If you're going to make sexcuse for what your Beta witnessed, save it. | don’t want to hear it, and it will

only encourageto kick you out of the pack. If that’s your choice, keep talking” | say, my voice as hard as

steel.

“And if you don’t think telling your Luna to’mind her own business and calling her a pup isn’t disrespectful, then

I'm sure your Alpha can change your mind,” Kier says. | growl again, glaring at Arlo.

“First of all, anything that happens in this pack is as much her business as it is mine. Second, use my pet name

for my mate again, and next time, you won't walk away. That's MY-nfor her. NO ONE uses it but me.” It

makeswonder if this was why Kennedy askedabout calling her little pup. | wonder if someone else has

called her that nin a derogatory way. | feel very possessive of my nicknfor my mate. It's ALWAYS been

my nfor her.

“I'll take the patrols, Alpha,” Arlo says.

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“Are you sure? You disrespect my mate again, and you won't have a choice. I'll kill you. Are we clear?”

“Crystal.”

“Go get sfood. You start your extra patrols this afternoon. | suggest you let your wolf start healing you

between now and then.”

When he walks out, | turn to Kier. “Tellwhat you walked in on earlier,” | say.

He goes through it for me, lettingknow what he heard, and that Kennedy didn’t back down, even though Arlo

was towering over her in an intimidating stance and basically snarling at her.

I'm proud of my mate, but this interaction makeswant to work with her even more. If this had been one of

Jasper’s warriors, they wouldn't have stopped at intimidating. They would have taken her or killed her.

When Kier leaves, | check in with the kitchen omegas to make sure that they send food over for Kennedy if she

doesn’t cback for lunch. | have a feeling I'm going to have to make sure that food is sent over for her every

day. She's a bit like her mother when she gets involved in something. She loses track of tand forgets to eat.

Luna Yara isn't my

responsibility, but Kennedy certainly is. I'm going to make sure she stays strong, especially if I'm going to be

training her in the evenings.

This evening, when | reach out to Kennedy, | can feel her happiness. It's like a ray of fucking sunshine into my

soul.

‘What has my mate so happy?‘ | ask her in the mind link.

| got my first patient,’ she says excitedly.

“You did? Who?’ | ask, going through the list of warriors in my mind to try and figure out who went to see her.

‘Samuel, Susie and Kelvin’s son. He stepped on a stick that went into his foot.

‘Is he okay? ask.

“Yes. | told Susie to keep an eye on it and to cback if it looks like it’s getting infected.

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‘Good. Are you ready for dinner? | ask, anxious to see my mate after being away from her all day. Not only that, |

want to make sure she’s okay after the ordeal with Arlo and to hopefully see a smile on her face that reflects the

mood I'm feeling from her.

At that moment, there's a knock on the door and | smell her citrus and mint scent. I'm not sure if it’sor Raif

who pushesto the door so we can see her. When | do, I'm rewarded with her radiant smile. The one that

blasts the darkness out ofand makes my dick stand at attention.

“Yes, | am ready for dinner. And | understand | have you to thank for having lunch sent over.”

“I didn’t want you to miss lunch again,” | tell her, stroking my thumb over her lips and tracing the smile.

“Thank you. That was very kind of you.”

“I'm your mate. | want to always make sure that you are taken care of. Shall we?” | ask, holding out my hand.

“We shall,” she says, putting her hand in mine. Tonight, when we walk into the dining hall | can feel the

difference in the pack. I'm not sure if word about what happened to Arlo has gotten around or if they are

responding to the difference in Kennedy, but either way, the glances that we're getting feel more positive.

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We get our food and | stand by watching as Kennedy gets the information about tonight's meal and who made

everything. She compliments certain things as she goes along putting food on her plate.

“What are these pretty little things,” I ask, trying to follow Kennedy's lead. She's obviously making in-roads with

the omegas which means that her approach is important. | want the omegas to know that | appreciate them as

well.

“Miniature cheesecakes with berry compote, my absolute favorite,” Kier says, coming over and snagging several.

“Is it?” Kennedy asks, much more interested and attentive than | would have thought.

Kier just nods as he pops one in his mouth. | watch as his eyes roll back into his head. “Compliments to the

chef,” he mumbles around a mouthful of cheesecake.

“What about cake, Beta? Do you like cake?” Kennedy asks him.

“Oh yeah! Ask Alpha. | have a terrible sweet tooth.”

“Yeah, he does,” | say, wondering at Kennedy's interest. | feel an uncomfortable flare of jealousy until | see her

look at the omega who is helping to serve the food. The omega looks away blushing. That's odd.

“Well, I guess I'll have to try one then, since my Beta says they're his favorite. | thought all desserts were his

favorite,” | say, making the omega laugh.

“Well done, Arianna,” Kennedy says softly, before we move on.

“What was that about?” | ask her.

She just smiles and shakes her head at me. Now I'm even more curious but | let it go as | find a table that

doesn’t include Arlo and have them make space for us. Kennedy puts her plate down, saying hello to everyone

then letsknow she’ll be right back.

| watch her walk over to where Kelvin is sitting with his son. Even from here, | can hear Samuel's squeal as he

sees my mate. He leaps into her arms, and she catches him easily. Kelvin gets up, talking to Kennedy while

Samuel shows her his foot.

| feel a craving, something deep and visceral in my gut, as | watch my mate holding a pup. | want it to be MY pup

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holding. | want her be smiling at our pup while she’s talks toor our pack members.

When she turns, smiling over at me, that desire takes root. | know that it won't let go and that I'll do almost

anything to make sure that one day, she’s holding my pup in her arms.

‘We need to figure out how to have sex without hurting her first. Raif says.

Yeah. There is that.