The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 43

Warren

As soon as | kissed Yara goodbye, I'd gone to my office and called Alpha Harold. When | didn’t get an answer, |

left a

message.

“Alpha Harold, this is Alpha Warren. | have something important to speak with you about. Please callas soon

as possible.

While I'd waited for a return call, I'd tuned in to Yara so | knew about Haynes and Laney’s mate bond.

I'd just about given up hearing back from the older Alpha when my phone rang. When | saw it was him, |

answered immediately.

“Alpha Warren,” | answer.

“Alpha Warren, this is Alpha Harold. What do you want?” he growls into the phone. He sounds exhausted and

worn out. This is why Alphas have pups young. Being an Alpha, especially during times of war like we're in, takes

a heavy toll on you. “Alpha Harold, | wasn’t sure you'd heard that | attacked Alpha Thomas pack and killed him

and most of his warriors.” “Callingto letknow you're planning to attacknext?” he growls.

“No. On the contrary, my understanding is that you are not part of the alliance that Quinton, Brady, and Thomas

put together.”

“What if I'm not? You think that makesweak? Csee how weak | am. Alpha Warren. | may be older than

have a lot of fight left in me.”

you.

but |

“I have no doubt of that, and | have no interest in fighting you, Alpha Harold. It’s always been you who has

attacked me, not the other way around,” | say. He goes quiet for a moment and | hear him sigh heavily.

“What do you want, Alpha Warren?” Rather than being angry, he just sounds worn out.

“When | attacked Alpha Thomas, there were omegas, young mothers, pups.” he begins growling again.

“I don’t kill the weak,” | snap at him. “So, stop verbally fightingand listen to what | have to say.”

“Fine,” he says.

“I pack. Many of them are in bad shape. They were forced into mate bonds and while they may not be

ught them to m healthy, they've survived the death of the mates who forced their mark on them. They told me

they were from your pack and they want to chome, Alpha Harold.”

“How many?” he asks me.

“I don’t have an exact count,

but I'd

sily

twenty to thirty.”

| hear him sit back in his chair and it’s quiet a moment. I let him think it through. Hknow I'd need to if the roles

were reversed.

“I want to speak with them,” he says.

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“I can’t do that, they're all in my pack hospital being treated at the moment. But | can tell you that | spoke to a

woman named Tanya, and there was another one, Farrah, who had to go into emergency surgery,

“They survived,” he says quietly, and there's a new excitement in his voice.

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“They were afraid that you

dn’t consider them part of your pack any longer. | told them that if you were the kind of Alpha they toldyou

were, that you'd always consider them part of your pack.”

“Of course they're part of my pack. | never renounced them,” he says sharply.

“And they didn’t renounce you. From what they said, Alpha Thomas forced them to accept him as their Alpha.”

“I'm glad that fucking prick is dead,” he growls.

“As am L” | say.

“What do you propose. Alpha Warren.”

“You could bring warriors and cget your pack members...” begin.

“I can’t,” he says and sighs again. “I'm putting my pack at risk by telling you this, but if you really do have my

pack members,

| want them back. We've just returned from attacking Alpha Brady. Him and his fucking booby traps...”

Now it's my turn to sit back. “So your pack is need of medical attention, | say, my eyes drifting in the direction of

the pack hospital

“And | have no doctor,” he says.

| think it through for a moment. “I could bring your pack members to you. They mostly need rest and to rebuild

their strength. Shave injuries but we’d treat them before we brought them back to you. | would need your

assurance that you wouldn't attack me....

He scoffs. “You underestimate how weakened my pack is right now

| make a split second decision. Ill still have to talk to Yara about it, but I'm pretty sure | know what she’ll want to

do.

“Ill make a deal with you Alpha. You stop attacking my pack, recognize that we have the senemies in

Quinton and Brady, and I'll bring my doctor to look over your pack.”

ou going to leave him here? We need someone full time

“Are you

“No, I'm not leaving HER there. She’s my mate, but | haven't had a chance to mark her yet. And I'll warn you

right now, if you or anyone in your pack tries to hurt her, | won't hesitate to kill you and them.”

“Your mate is a doctor? The Moon Goddess has blessed you, hasn't she Alpha?”

“She’s not just a doctor, she’s the best fucking doctor I've ever seen. She'll get your pack up and running again.

You'll be amazed at what she can do in a short period of time.”

“When can | expect you? You'll need to be careful. | would anticipate that Brady will be returning the attack

soon.”

“I'm not so sure about that. He would have been injured from his recent attack on me,” I tell him.

“Ahh, so that’s why so many of us escaped. Good to know.”

“But watch out for Quinton. He's been too quiet lately. Thomas’ death may have thrown him for a loop, but he'll

be planning ssort of revenge, ondefinitely, and now you possibly for attacking Brady. Lettalk to my

mate and I'll let you know when to expect us.”

“Alright, and Alpha Warren?”

“Yeah?”

“Thank you. I didn’t expect to ever see those pack members again. Today is a good day.”

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“It can only get better from here for you, Alpha Harold, especially if we start working together.”

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“It sounds like it,” he says and when | hang up, | get a mind link from Bradley that the warrior from Thomas‘ pack

is awake

| hop up and begin making my way to the hospital connecting to Yara’s mind again so | can hear what's going on.

It definitely sounds like Noelle trusts this guy which goes a long way towardstrusting him. I still haven't had

a chance to interview Laney fully, but now maybe 1 can get intel from both of them.

When I let Yara know | need to speak with her, she tellsshe wants to check on Farrah first, then she can talk.

While she does, | take the tto talk to Travis, but | don’t learn much more than | already knew. Basically, the

other Alphas have noticed our pack’s strength and now they want my mate, not only to increase the strength of

their park, but also to weakenso they can takedown. Not going to happen.

When she’s done, | pull Yara into a hug and just hold her a moment. It'll be another night that | won't be able to

mark her. If | wasn’t worried about Harold getting attacked, I'd hold off until tomorrow morning, but he’s

definitely at risk and | don’t want to lose the only potential ally that | have.

“I talked to Alpha Harold. He's willing to take his pack members back, but his pack is weak. He doesn’t have a

doctor,” | tell

her

She looks up atand | already know what she’s going to say. “I could help them,”

“I know. And | was pretty sure

ty sure that you'd want to help them, so | offered to let you

cwith me.”

| stroke my fingers down her cheek. “I hate that everything seems to be getting in the way ofputting my

mark on you.” | say, letting my fingers run over her marking spot. | smile as she shivers. “Maybe after this, we

can finally have stto complete our bond. Would you like that?”

She slides her hands up my chest and around my neck. “You think you can handlefor the rest of your life,

Alpha?” she asks, leaning into me.

| wrap my arms around her waist, holding her against me. “I don’t think I'd want to live this life without you in it.”

Her grey-green eyes are warm and loving and | feel something close to contentment inside me.

“I don’t think | want to live this life without you in it either,” she says, making my heart soar.

“Good, then we're in agreement. | like it when we're in agreement. Why don’t you go shower and get changed

while | make arrangements for warriors and vans to take the patients with us. You need an assistant, who do you

want to bring with us?”

She looks around, assessing. “If it’s as bad as you think it is, | need Savannah, but that leaves us with mostly

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nurses here.” “We'll make it work. If we're attacked, we'll be rushing hanyway,” | tell her.

I lean in and kiss her, savoring her taste and her cinnamon and nutmeg scent as it increases in the air around us.

| take my time, needing and wanting to make this woman mine in so many ways. | love that she surrenders to

the kiss, givingeverything that I'm wanting from her.

It’s much, much too soon when | finally pull back.

“Con, I'll walk you to the packhouse. | need to start collecting warriors.”

“Are you bringing Charlie with us?” she asks.

“No, | need him here to protect the pack. Plus, he hasn't marked his mate yet either, so he'd be antsy to leave

her.” When we get to the packhouse, | send her upstairs while | meet with Charlie and the warriors | want to take

with me.

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“WARREN!” | hear my mate yell. Gone is the sweet woman from a few moments ago. In her place is an

aggravated mate. | hear her stomping down the stairs,

| smile, knowing exactly what she found when she got to our bedroom.

“Where is he?” she demands of someone in the kitchen.

“In the dining hall, Luna,” the omega says

“Alpha, what did you do?” one of the warriors asks me. The last t| did something stupid, they stood up for

Yara. | have no doubt that they would again, but this time, | wasn't stupid.

“Nothing bad,” | say, unable to stop the huge smile on my face as | wait for her to enter the dining hall. Everyone

has gone quiet, watching to see what happens

When she walks in, her eyes zero in on me.

“Did you need something, baby?” | ask sweetly, watching her eyes narrow,

“YOU!” she says, pointing atand stomping over to me. “What did you do?”

“What, baby? You said you like flowers,” | say, pulling her againstwhen she’s close enough.

“I said | like flowers! Not that | wanted you to make our bedroom to a damn greenhouse!”

I love that she called it OUR bedroom.

“I wasn't able to get you flowers for a couple of days, so | wanted to make it up to you.” | say, still smiling.

She huffs. “Warren, what am | supposed to do with all those flowers?

“Share them with the pack. I'm sure it will make things look much brighter around here.”

“Utterly ridiculous,” she murmurs.

| take her chin and tilt it up to look at me. “What was that?

“I said, you're utterly ridiculous!”

I lean in closer to her. “What | am is utterly : possessive kiss.

ridiculously in love with you,” | say, before taking her mouth in a passionate,

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