The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 181 Quirin Even though my mate isn't strong enough yet for us to have sex, just having her love in my mind makesfeel like I'm walking on air.

After our shower, she was feeling tired, so I put her back to bed and let her know I'd say goodbye to her brother and Henry for her.

"I can send Connor up to say goodbye if you'd like," I say, pulling the blankets over her. "And I'll let your mother know that she can cup whenever she's ready." "I'll text Connor. He'll understand. Tell them both I hope to see them again very soon," she says. I press my lips to her forehead just as there's a knock at the door.

"That will be your breakfast," I say, walking to the door.

I smell her before I open the door. "And apparently, your mother is as anxious to check on you and I am to have her check on you," I say, opening the door to Luna Yara.

"I caught your omegas making Kennedy's breakfast and thought I'd join her while you and Warren talk," she says. I step aside and let her in. She stops and tilts her cheek up to me.

I frown and look at Kennedy. "She wants you to kiss her cheek. She would have kissed yours if her hands weren't full." "Oh," I say, leaning over and kissing her cheek.

"Have a nice day, Quirin, and don't worry about Kennedy. I'll make sure she's fine," she says briskly as she walks toward the bed.

'She considers you her son now, Quirin. You'll have to get used to kissing her cheek, Kennedy says in the mind link. She's smiling at me, feeling my confusion, surprise, and the bit of pleasure I feel at having a second mother figure in my life now.

Luna Yara turns and looks at me. "Did you need something, Quirin?" "No. Y-you have a good day too," I stutter as I step out of the room.

"He is such a dear," she says as I close the door. I'm not sure if she's talking to herself or Kennedy. Either way, I'm confident that no one has ever said that aboutbefore.

When I get downstairs, I see Connor and Warren standing by the front door.

"How's Kennedy?" Connor asks.

"She's doing alright, but she's too weak to csay goodbye." "That's fine, I'll check on her later," he says.

"I hope it's okay that Yara went up to your room. She was anxious to check on Kennedy and your pup," Warren says.

"I was anxious for her to check on them. I'd just gotten her back to bed after a shower, so it was perfect timing." "Well, I'm off. Let's stay in touch. If you need anything at all, please letknow," Connor says.

Warren and I walk him out, waiting until he's pulling down the drive. Just as I turn to go back inside, Henry walks out.

"So, I'm going to start seeing more of you around, right Q?" I look at the man who acceptedas a brother from the moment we met all those years ago. He never harbored any resentment that his father tookin and trainedto be an Alpha. He never cared that I was dark and broody. He never pushedaway even though I tried to push him away many times. He's been there forat every dark point in my life, standing beside me, a beacon of light and support.

Without a word, I pull him into a hug.

"Seriously, Q, I'm really starting to worry about you and all this lovey-dovey shit," he says, makinglaugh as his arms wrap around me.

"I love you, my brother," I say, not letting go. His arms tighten around me.

"I love you too, brother," he says sincerely.

When we pull apart, he grabs the bags he dropped on the ground and heads to his car.

"You know, if you keep that shit up, people are going to start thinking that you're leaving Kennedy for me," he says, smirking atas he tosses his bags into the bag of his car. I shake my head at him.

"Luna Quirin. It's got a nice ring to it, don't you think?" he asks, his face creased with a big fucking smile. "Get the fuck out of here," I say as he laughs.

"We'll talk soon," he says before getting in his car and driving off.

This tI make it back inside just in tto hear a lot of commotion in the kitchen. I turn and head that way, walking into a bunch of omegas hugging and my Beta smiling proudly at his mate.

"Let's see it," I say, walking up to him. He turns, not even needing to pull his shirt away from his neck. He's got his shirt and his mate mark displayed proudly. "Very nice." "Yeah. It's good, better than good," he says.

"Congratulations, Arianna," I say.

"Thank you so much, Alpha. I feel so silly having waited so long. Kier is so perfect," she says, smiling at him.

open "Once Kennedy is stronger and you're more settled, the two of you can talk about your duties as a Beta female, but my mate is a very intelligent woman. I'm guessing she'll put you in charge of the kitchen.” "Do you think so? I was already getting nervous about what it means to be a Beta, but that would be perfect. I already know everything about the kitchen." "When you two talk, make sure you let her know how you're feeling. She'll probably already have figured that out too, but it's good to have open communication from the beginning. Take it fromwho has had to learn that lesson the hard way." "Thanks, Alpha." I turn, ready to go find Alpha Warren. He must have cback in while Henry and I were talking outside. Instead, I find Terrance, Randall, Leo, and several other warriors waiting to talk to me.

"Alpha, may we have a moment of your time?" Terrance asks.

"Absolutely. Let's go to my office." "Alpha, wait!" Susie says behind me. She rushes up with several breakfast sandwiches in her hand. “You didn't eat breakfast." I look down at the sandwiches. "Thanks, Susie." I'd gotten used to making sure that Kennedy had something to eat, but I've never had anyone make sure that I've eaten, not in a very, very long time.

2/3 Chapter 181 20 Mar AM "You're welcome, Alpha," she says happily, turning to go back to the kitchen.

It's like the entire feel of the pack has changed overnight, changed for the better.

When we get to my office, I gesture for the men to sit while I unwrap my first sandwich.

"What's on your mind?" I ask, casually leaning against my desk as I face them.

I watch them all look at each other and then Terrance, who seems to have taken the lead, speaks.

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"Alpha, we can see and feel the changes that are happening in the pack. We all respected you as our Alpha before, but now this pack feels different. For the better!" he clarifies as I raise an eyebrow. I wasn't sure what direction he was about to take this conversation. +63

"We know that Luna Kennedy has a lot to do with that and," he turns and gestures to the others. "we've all talked about it between us. We like the changes that are happening in the pack. We like the feel that you and Luna Kennedy are bringing to the pack. There's a confidence that we didn't have before. Beta Arianna is a perfect example. I'm not sure she would have felt comfortable accepting Beta Kier if things hadn't changed like they have," he says. I finish the first sandwich and wipe my mouth. "Where are we going with this conversation, Terrance?"

He looks at the others and then turns back to me. "We'd like to have a conversation with Alpha Warren, and we'd like for you to sit in with us. If you're willing to forgive what happened, then the least we can do is listen to what he has to say and make up our own minds." "When do you want to meet with him?” I ask. I'm thrilled that sof my best warriors and staunchest haters of Alpha Warren are willing to sit down and hear him out.

"As soon as possible," he says and the others nod.

"How about right now?"