The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

Chapter 17

Warren

As much as | didn’t want to leave Yara, | knew | needed to pack to see me. Haynes and Gael aren't the only

warriors who will test me. However, rather that pushingto show my strength, the pack surprises me.

Everyone is interested in Yara

“Is she really your mate. Alpha?”

“Yes, she’s my fated mate,” | say, sitting at a centrally located table, making sure everyone can seeeating

and functioning. For now, my fatigue is pushed aside.

“Where did you find her?”

I chuckle. “She found me. | was caught in the bear trap, sof you foundthere with Beta Charlie. She

heard Arric rustling around, trying to find a way out of the trap. Or maybe Annika, her wolf, smelled us. I'm not

sure, but she cand

gotout.”

“She's a doctor?”

“She is. A resident, but she’s majoring in human medicine, veterinary medicine, and zoology”

“Why zoology

| explain what Yara toldand I’m happy that | know enough about my mate to be able to answer the pack’s

questions.

“Is she really taking Dr. Steven's place?” someone asks.

“Yes. I've already found her to be a much better doctor than he It’s past the retired, but we all know that

doctors are hard to cby, The Moon Goddess has seen fit to blessa mate who is also a doctor.”

| answer smore questions while | cat, getting an update from Charlie about just how bad Haynes is. Thank

the goddess that Yara smelled that infection. According to Charlie, | was days away from losing another warrior.

After dinner, | head back upstairs, only to get another link from Charlie that more warriors have cto the

hospital to be looked at

“How many?” | ask him

I'm surprised but pleased that my mate’s address to the pack was as impactful as it was. If she’s able to make

an impact fast with sof these warriors, the word will spread around the pack like wildfire. Maybe then we

can start taking out sof these assholes who keep attacking me.

He then tellsabout Yara’s concerns regarding Dr. Stevens.

“Ill talk to her, get a clearer understanding of why she’s thinks he’s being negligent, | tell Charlie.

| shower again, feeing like | didn’t quite get clean since | got distracted by Yara’s scent and then her mouth. Just

thinking of our first kiss hasgoing hard. Even though I'm still in pain, I'm able to find my release thinking of

her sweet taste and the soft sounds she made while | kissed her. | know she’s not ready forto mark and

mate her yet and honestly, when the tcomes, | want to take my time, so it's better if | don’t have a hard on

all night long since | intend to have her pressed up against me.

By the t| get in bed and begin going through normal pack work, I'm exhausted again, but I refuse to go to

sleep until Yara arrives. | know she'll try to get Charlie to put her somewhere else tonight, so I let him know that

I'm staying awake waiting for her.

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It isn’t long before | hem hing saying goodnight to her and then nothing.

“Charlie? Where is she?”

“Standing outside your door, looking like she’s going to run!

“He’s not leaving until youin. Yara,” | say, watching the door. | hear her take a deep breath before she steps

in and closes the door before finally looking at me. When she does her eyes go wide. | sleep in the nude. | have

for as long as | can remember. Since I’m not embarrassed about nudity, | didn’t think to cover myself. And since

my leg was throbbing, | have it elevated on a pillow, so covering myself didn’t even cross my mind.

However, as my mate’s eyes look over my body, | can see her assessing me. I've becso used to the scars

on my body. that | forget that | have them. However, Yara’s eyes onsuddenly remindof just how scarred |

am.

“I left a t-shirt out for you, in case you prefer to sleep with something on. I don’t, and | would be happy if you

didn’t either, but | know you may be more comfortable being covered tonight, | tell her.

That jolts her out of whatever thoughts she was having about my body.

“I'm not sleeping with you!”

bed “Of course you are. You're my mate. Where else would you sleep? Remember that conversation about

having you in my carlier?” | tap the bed. “This is that bed. So, go get ready, the shirt is there if you want it and

then cjoin me. I'm tired and | need ssleep. You do too. You've had a long couple of days,” | tell her.

“Who does he think he is, orderingaround like this? Like I'm just sfangirl fawning over an Alpha,” she

mutters as she grabs the shirt and heads to the bathroom,

Oh, my little mate, | have no doubt that you've never fawned over anyone in your life. Because of that, when you

do finally giveyour submission, it's going to taste so very sweet. Unlike my mate, | keep those thoughts to

myself.

“What if he’s a rowdy sleeper? What if he accidentally backhandsin the middle of the night? What if he Oh

he better not do that,” she continues muttering from the bathroom. | set my work aside, smiling as | listen to the

running commentary of my mate’s thoughts.

I hear her run the water, probably brushing her teeth, then pull on the t-shirt before stepping out of the

bathroom. “What had | better not do?” | ask her. I'm pretty sure | already know, but seeing the blush on her

cheeks is so worth it.

She points her finger at me. “I am NOT having sex with you.”

| narrow my eyes at her. “It's true, that sometimes saying that you're sleeping with someone means that you're

having sex. However, in tonight's context, | truly am exhausted, and | need sleep. | need to heal so | can be back

on top and ready for the next attack. And believewhen | tell you, when | touch you, taste you, and slide

inside you for the first time, | want to be completely healed. Because | will take my time, | will enjoy every one of

your whimpers and moans and I'will have you screaming my nin pleasure before I'm done with you,” | say,

my voice getting deeper with my desire to have her.

| watch her pupils dilate, and her cheeks flush as her mouth drops open. Damn | can’t wait to have her. She's

already so responsive to me.

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| tap the bed. “But tonight, we're sleeping. Con. | know you're exhausted and tomorrow, | want to talk about

your impressions of Dr. Stevens Charlie said you have concerns.”

“A lot of them,” she says, walking to the bed. “He isn't fit to provide medical care any longer, in my opinion.”

“Since your my

our my lead doctor, your opinion is the only one that matters to me,” | say, pulling back the covers. “Con.

Let's get ssleep.

She gets into the bed, laying as close to the edge and taking up as little space as possible with her back facing

me. | smile as 1

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lay down, then wrap my arm around her waist and tug her against my body.

She yelps, but | hold her steady. “Much better,” | say, breathing in her cinnamon and nutmeg scent.

“I'm not a rowdy sleeper,” | say, her scent already lullingto sleep. “And I'll never lay a hand on you, not even

in my sleep” It’s the last thought | have before | fall into a deep sleep.

| have no idea how long I've been asleep when the howls of alarm go up that we're under attack. I'm up and out

of bed in an instant, running for the door.

“WARREN! You can’t shift! Your leg isn’t healed!” Yara yells.

“I have no choice, Yara. My pack is under attack and I'm their Alpha. | have to fight. Get to a safe room,” | say

before leaping over the banister and shifting, biting off the scream of pain when my leg doesn’t shift exactly

right.

“Arric?” | ask my wolf.

“It's good enough for now,” he growls as we race into battle.

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