The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 137

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| was annoyed early this morning. First, | knew Kennedy was upset last night about no one going to the pack

hospital. It’s the first tshe’s been in bed and acted like she was asleep. She's a terrible faker and while |

knew we should probably talk, | was exhausted after the battle and rather than starting an argument, | just went

to sleep.

| knew she was still upset about it this morning, but the reality is that this pack has been taking care of itself for

a very long time. We're strong and we've gotten on just fine. And as much as | know that Kennedy wants to be

like her mother, she’s not there yet. She will be, | know she will, but she has several years to go.

Then when we started warrior training, Kier had been bouncing around like he hadn't fought in the battle

yesterday like the rest of us.

“What is with you? How do you have so much energy this morning?” | finally snapped at him.

“Luna helpedto heal last night. I'm surprised she didn’t insist on healing you as well,” he said casually,

taking down another warrior.

“What do you mean she healed you?” When did that happen? Kennedy didn’t mention anything about healing

Kier last night.

“While you were showering, | guess. Anyway, she made a good point. Why make Rowd work harder than he has

to when she can help him heal faster? And she did. He and | both got a great night's sleep last night and | feel

good as new this morning.”

Jealousy had flared until Raif remindedthat it was my fault that we hadn't gone to see our mate. Our Beta

chose to see her and he’s obviously the only one based on him being the only person who seems completely fine

this morning. | can almost feel the pack’s questioning stares as they look fromto Kier, wondering why their

Beta went to see their Luna and | didn’t.

| was still fuming over it, especially since Raif still has an injury that he hasn't healed onyet, when Kennedy

calledto the hospital. I'm pretty sure she’s going to argue withabout not coming by there last night and

if it makes her feel better I'll have her look at the injury that Raif is still healing. Her point to Kier was valid. Why

weaken my wolf when | don’t have

to.

| was shocked to find one of my warriors in the hospital who was obviously not happy about being there. In an

effort to support him and let him know that | don’t consider him weak for being there, | tried to tell Kennedy that

he would heal. And that was when my mate snapped.

In all the years I've known her, I've never heard Kennedy use her Alpha command. That was the first shock. It's

possible she has in her family’s pack, but somehow, | doubt it. The second was her angrily cuttingoff and

tellingto listen to her. | listen to her. | even cover here with the intention of listening to her. But the final

shock and aggravation was when she openly challengedin front of our warriors. As sexy as it is to see her

showing her strength, | don’t appreciate her doing it so publicly. And while the idea of sticking my finger into

sdisgusting, bloody mess, seems useless and gross, I'm not going to back down from a challenge, even if it

comes from my mate.

The instant my finger touched it, | felt the burn. All aggravation at Kennedy's challenge went out the window.

She found this in Lane’s wound? And when did she treat their pup, Tommy? She never mentioned that.

‘Are you sure? Maybe that’s what you haven't been listening to,’ Raif says, watching our mate carefully.

“Okay, back up a minute. You treated Tommy and found that he had silver in his wound?” | ask.

“Well, I didn’t know it at first. | had to wait for the microscope to get here. Remember when | was at the pup play

area and

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you asked what | was looking for?”

“Well, | was trying to see if there was any sort of mold or fungus that could explain his scrape not healing. At the

time, | didn’t realize that it would help, but | scraped his skin so | could examine it under the microscope when it

arrived. | must have scraped the silver off of his skin because he was able to heal after | did that”

“That's right” Emily says, nodding “His wound has completely healed, which is why | insisted that Lane csee

Luna”

“How did you know what to look for?” | ask ber

“Well, I didn’t, but when | saw the silver from Tommy's swab, | started wondering how it got there, Like | said, |

swabbed Beta Kier’s injuries, and he had no silver in them. So, | was thinking that maybe it was specific to the

play area or scontaminated part of the pack lands. But when Warrior Lane arrived and toldthat he had

an injury that has been open for over a week, | knew it had to be the scause, and | was right?”

My mind is going in all different directions. What Kennedy is saying makes sense, Jasper hasn't been able to get

the upper hand on us in a fight, but it hasn't stopped him. And lately, he has been attacking more frequently. If

he’s slowly poisoning the pack with silver, it will weaken us. And without treatment, Kennedy is right. We will

eventually lose to him.

Have her check the wound that | can’t heal, Raif says,

“I have a wound | want you to swab,” | say and watch as she presses her lips together tightly. | know she’s angry

that | didn’t seek her assistance before, but | am now. “And then, I'd like to see what you're looking at.”

“You mean under the microscope?” she asks.

“Yes,”

She nods curtly before starting to walk out,

“Am | allowed to get up now, Luna?” Lane asks her.

“You can sit up, but you can’t leave yet. | want to make sure | got all the silver out of your wounds and then I'll

stitch you up she says.

“That's not nec...” he begins but cuts off when she turns around to glare at him. “Yes, Luna.”

| follow her out of the room and into the next room. It's set up exactly the sas the room we were just in.

Everything in here looks new. | guess these are the items that she purchased.

“I need access to your wound. Where is it?” she asks briskly, pulling on gloves.

“My hip.”

“Pull off your shorts and get on the table,” she says.

“I can stand.”

She turns and looks at me, the challenge still on her face. | have to fight hard not to smile. Damn she’s sexy.

“Do you want my help or not. If not, stop wasting my time. Warrior Lane needs my assistance,” she snaps.

| step forward, getting in her space. She doesn’t back down. “I asked for your help, didn’t I?”

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ng Trail have rund i them and we could have not only had this discussion, but also Raif could have healed WAD

AND WANE WA be suger tod

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Vell a less were apprecates me. On the table, Alpha or I'm leaving