The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 176

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| don’t like feeling weak, | hate that Echo is silent, but I’m loving every minute of being inside Quirin’s mind. His

mind is just like he is, rough and rugged on the outside, but soft and gentle underneath, or at least it is towards

me. And | like that a lot too. Now that I'm in his head, | can feel the difference in how he feels aboutand how

he feels about others, even our pack members. He loves them, in his Quirin way, but his love foris all-

encompassing.

‘I like having you in my mind. I didn’t think | would, but it’s like walking through a meadow on a sunny day. It

feels like the birds are singing, the bees are buzzing and butterflies are fluttering around, he says in the mind

link.

| smile up at my mate. My mate who apparently makes Alpha quake in their shoes, but tellsmy mind feels

like something out of a Disney movie.

‘If you tell anyone, I'll deny it, he grumbles.

“Your secret is safe with me, my love, | say, watching his sexy Quirin smile spread across his face. He'd been

focusing on carryingout to the waiting room, but his gaze turns to me.

“You think I'm sexy?’

‘Is that really a question?’

‘Yeah, | guess it is.”

“You're the sexiest man I've ever met in my life. All that dark, broodiness that becomes raging passion when

we're together is so hot | can barely wait to have you insideagain,’ | tell him honestly.

He stops walking, leaning forward to take my mouth in a passionate kiss.

‘lI can’t wait to be inside your body and your mind at the stime. As great as it always feels to be inside you, |

bet it will feel even better, and I'm not even sure how that will be possible.”

| moan softly as he continues to kiss me. ‘I can’t wait either.”

When he finally pulls back, he smiles at me. “Let's get you healthy first. We both know | lose control when I'm

with you and | won't risk hurting you or our pup,” he says out loud but quietly.

“Does the pack know?”

“Not yet. | wanted you to be withwhen we tell them. I'm going to make sure they know that | will be even

more protective of you now,” he says.

“Does that mean that you're not going to letout of your sight?” | ask, pressing my face against his throat.

“When you're not in my sight, you'll be with Lane or another guard. | realized that one isn’t enough. You need at

least two, preferably three. So you need to think about who you want on guard duty. And you should know that

Lane feels as guilty as | do that Jasper got to you.”

“It wasn't his fault,” | say as we walk into the waiting room. Everything else that | was going to say stops as

those in the waiting room all stand.

“Hi, Luna.”

“We're so glad you're okay, Luna.”

“We love you, Luna.”

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Everyone who is here says something to me, carefully approaching me. I'm not sure if that has more to do with

Quirin’s protective aura, their concern that | won't accept them, or just concern for my healing. Whatever it is,

they slowly approach until | reach out one hand. They take it, one by one, and | squeeze their hands, telling them

that | appreciate them being here:

When we finally begin making our way to the packhouse, we have an entourage following us. | look over Quirin’s

shoulder, talking to our pack members and catching up on what I’ve missed while I’ve been in the hospital.

“What happened with Lillian and her pup?” | ask Quirin.

“Your mother released them. She’s checked on them once or twice, but mother and baby are doing very well. |

believe Lillian’s wolf has already healed her, but your mother wants her to take it easy for a couple more days.

They should be at the packhouse,” he says.

As we approach, Beta Kier comes out to greet us. “Luna, it’s so good to have you back.”

“It’s good to be back, Beta.”

| feel the funny thought flicker through Quirin’s mind and I smile, looking at Kier. “So, my mom likes you. Well

done, Beta.”

He smiles. “She’s mumbled it a couple of times.”

“If it cout of her mouth, whether she meant to say it to not, it's true,” | tell him.

When we step inside the packhouse, everyone gets quiet, pushing forward until Quirin growls softly, warning

them not to crowd me. He walksthrough the crowd and | say hello to everyone, once again extending my

hand to squeeze each of theirs, letting them know that I'm okay and that | accept them. Lillian and Terrance are

there and | get to officially meet their son.

When we get to the omegas, | look at Quirin.

‘I want to hug them,’ | tell him in the mind link.

‘Fine, but I'm not putting you down,‘ he says.

Susie comes tofirst. When she takes my hand, | pull her closer, wrapping my arm around her shoulder.

“Oh, Luna! We were so worried about you,” she says, beginning to cry.

It's like that with all of them. They all cry as | hug them, and | know it's as important for them to hugas it is

forto hug them.

“We love you so much, Luna. We're so happy to have you back,” Arianna says, as she hugs me.

After my pack, my family is waiting and they also givea hug.

“It’s good to see you awake, sis,” Connor says, then looks at Quirin. “Did you tell her?”

“Not yet.”

| frown and I'm about to ask, when the image of Connor and Quirin signing an alliance comes into Quirin’s head.

Now it's my turn to cry. “You entered an alliance with Connor?” | whisper.

“I did. It’s tfor things to change and as my very intelligent Luna once told me, that change starts with

leadership.”

He turns to address the pack. “We have so much to be thankful for. Our Luna is getting stronger and is home

with us. We, as a pack, have a long way to go to make our Luna proud of us, but I've already started making

sof those changes. As your Luna said, | have entered into an alliance with her brother, Alpha Connor. That

will strengthen the alliance that we already

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have with Alpha Henry as they are in

an alliance as well. | know many of

you have strong feelings about Alpha

Warren. Any animosity between our

pack and his ends today. If you have

concerns or need to ta abo ithet