Chapter 145
Chapter 145
Kennedy
When we walk upstairs to show Harold and Farrah to their room my sisters and brothers have already taken over the Beta floor.
“Oh, Kier, I’m so sorry,” I say watching them act in a normal way for them, but in a very rambunctious way in this pack.
“Are you kidding? It’s great!” he says. “I never had laughter like this is my first pack and we don’t have it here. It’s … loud, but good.”
“Alpha Henry!” my sisters and brothers cry all racing over to hug him until they see Harold and Farrah. “Alpha Harrold! Luna Farrah!” Then they divide and conquer, rushing to give all of them hugs. Henry ruffles their hair, while Harold and Farrah ask them questions about their life and what’s been going on with them since they last talked.
“Aww, Henry! I just brushed my hair! What if my mate is in this pack and this is the first impression I make on him,” my sister Wendy whines, smoothing out the hair that Henry just ruffled.
“If your mate is in this pack, neither of you will know it for three more years, Wendy. And if anyone in this pack thinks that they can tell you otherwise to try and get you into their bed, there will be a line of men, myself included, to remind them that you are not to be touched,” he says seriously.
“As if anyone in this pack would want us anyway, Wen. They all hate us here. You saw how Dad and Connor acted when we arrived,” my sister Yana says to her.
Almost as one, Henry, Harold, and Farrah turn to look at Quirin and I. I glance at him and shrug. “They weren’t entirely sure that things were going to be safe. But they are. We’ve made sure of it. Quirin has been very clear with the pack, haven’t you?” I ask him.
“No one would dare do anything to disrupt your Luna ceremony he says confidently.
“So, that’s not what we need to talk about?” Harold says as we make our way up to the Alpha floor. It’s much quieter here. “No. I wish it was that simple. But this is a much larger conversation,” he says. When we get upstairs, I realize that my parents, Connor, and Madison are all still here.
“I’ll admit I’m intrigued and a bit concerned. If you’re worried, there is obviously something to worry coming out of his room.
about,” my
father says
“There is. Let me get Harold and Farrah settled and then we can meet,” Quirin says.
“Are you ready to take me to the pack hospital, Kennedy?” my mother asks.
“Absolutely.”
“Since we’re not allowed to walk around the pack lands yet, do you mind if I come with you,” Madison asks.
“We’re not allowed on the pack lands?” Henry asks, as he, Harold and Farrah turn to look at Quirin.
“It’s what we’re going to talk about. As a matter of fact, Kennedy is the one who found it. You should ask her about it while you tour the hospital, Luna Yara,” Quirin says, smiling down at me proudly. It feels like my heart might burst from his praise. I had no idea how important it was for me to feel like he believed in me and was proud of me.
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*Well, I’m not at all surprised. My daughter is a brilliant young woman and will make an incredible doctor someday soon,” my mother says, easily giving me her praise.
“She is her mother’s daughter, after all,” my father says proudly wrapping his arm around my mother as he smiles at me.
“Luma Farrah, why don’t you get settled and we’ll head over to the pack hospital,” I say.
“I’m just going to drop off my bag. The one place in Quirin’s pack that I’ve never seen is the hospital.”
“Well, they didn’t use it before I arrived,” I say.
My mother is instantly alert. “Who treated their wounds? You are attacked by other packs, are you not?” my mother asks, looking from me to Quirin.
“As I told Kennedy when she first arrived, my pack is made up of previous rogues. They had to learn to treat themselves in order to survive. They’re only just starting to go see Kennedy in the hospital,” he tells her.
“I see,” my mother says and this time, her eyes are on me. “Well, let’s get going, shall we?”
As we walk downstairs, Susie and Christy rush over to us.
“We hope your rooms are okay,” they say, looking at our guests.
“Oh, they’re perfect and the flowers are lovely!” my mother says.
thought the same! Whose idea were the flowers?” Madison asks.
“Oh, that was our Luna’s. She wanted everyone to feel at home. If there’s anything that you need while we’re here, please let us know,” Susie says.
“Actually, I should probably start looking through the decorations for tomorrow. Luna Madison, would you mind helping me while Luna Yara goes to visit the pack hospital?” Farrah says.
“Twist my arm!” Madison says excitedly, making me chuckle. I watch as Luna Farrah takes charge, like the previous Luna she is, as she and Madison walk off together.
“Is it bad that I’m glad it’s just you and me, Ken?” my mother asks, sliding her arm through mine.
“No. I’m kind of glad too,” I whisper to her as we walk outside.
“The feel of this pack is very different, Kennedy. How are you doing here?”
I wave at a warrior, who nods at us as we pass.
“It’s been an adjustment. Not having a medical team here, they didn’t recognize the value that I can bring to the pack. Some of them still don’t. They expected Quirin’s mate to be a warrior, and of course, I’m not that,” I tell her honestly.
“You are strong and powerful in other ways, Kennedy. And don’t get me started on how smart you are,” she says.
“Thanks Mom. I didn’t realize that Quirin didn’t know that I’d already double majored,” I tell her.
“How would he? You’ve only ever seen him on rare occasions over the years.”
She stops and looks around. “Do you want to tell me what happened last weekend at your brother’s Alpha ceremony? You left early.”
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1 blush brightly, but if there is anyone I can talk to about this, it my mother.
“Quirin and I were having … intimacy issues.
“I see. Are they medical issues? Or something else?” she asks me
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I sigh. “I tore the first night, the night of my birthday. He, ummm well, he lost control and well, I bled a lot. It scared him. He didn’t want to hurt me and even though I told him it was to be expected, he was refusing to be with me again.”
“Did you heal?”
“Of course. Echo healed me in a day, but he refused to touch me Well, until that night. I was struggling watching Connor and Maddy touch each other and watching Connor steal kisses from her every chance he could get. I knew Quirin wouldn’t be outwardly affectionate like Dad or Connor, but I didn’t think that it would be so hard to get him to be with me. I accused him of making me into one of his one–night stands,” I tell her.
I’m surprised when I see a smile spread across her face. “Good for you! And apparently that worked,” she says and turns to keep walking.
“Yes, it did,” I say.
“Stupid Alphas who underestimate their mates,” she mumbles. I smile. I miss my mother’s mumblings.
“So things have gotten better in that department? I mean, you smell very strongly of him, so I’m guessing those issues are resolved?” she asks as we walk into the hospital.
“Yes, they are,” I tell her as I introduce her to Deborah. My mother begins asking her about her medical history, training, and other questions she normally asks anyone in her hospital. I can tell that Deborah is a bit overwhelmed by my mother, but for the most part, she holds her own.
“Has anyone come in, Deborah?” I ask her.
“Not today, Luna,” she says.
I nod and begin by showing my mother the two rooms that I’ve put together to see patients. While she looks them over, nodding her head in approval, I tell her about finding the silver in the warriors‘ wounds.
“They couldn’t feel it?” she asks shocked.
“No. Even Tommy, the pup who had it in his wound, didn’t say it hurt like it should. It was only when his mom was trying to wash out the wound that he said it hurt. In hindsight, that was probably a good thing because when I scraped it, it took the silver off and he started to heal.”
“Are the rest of the rooms the same?” she asks as we step out of the second room.
“No, not yet. I’m slowly making updates and changes to the hospital. I don’t want to cause undue stress to the pack’s finances, so I’ve just ordered what I thought was critical.”
She frowns at me, but nods. “I’m assuming you have a microscope if you found the silver?”
“Yes. It’s in the room that I’ve set up as my office and it’s next to the supply room.”
“Is your supply room set up like mine is?” she asks as we walk to the other side of the hospital.
“Yes,” I say, smiling.
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I take her to the storage room first. “What is that archaic piece of equipment?” she asks.
“That’s the x–ray machine that was here when I got here.”
She turns and looks at me. “And you didn’t replace it?”
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“I’m trying to be fiscally responsible, Mom. They had NO obstetric equipment. Since Deborah told me that they lose pups and sometimes the mothers, I prioritized those items. You know the x–ray machine in our pack is like $60,000? I priced it. I mean, I don’t need top of the line since we’re not a teaching hospital, but a lower end version that I’d want is still around $30,000.”
“And Quirin said you couldn’t afford it?” she asks, watching me carefully.
“He told me to order whatever I needed, but he didn’t give me a budget and Mom, when I say they had nothing, I mean they had nothing! They had gauze and band aids for the pups. That’s about it,” I say as she looks around, going through the supply room.
“Well, I’d say you have the essentials here but maybe talk to Quirin about the x–ray machine. Does this one even work?” she asks.
“It does, otherwise, I would have gotten one. But it’s weak. It’s not great. But it’ll do for now.” The thought of trying to get Quirin to listen to me about medical equipment has my eye twitching. I struggle to get him to listen to me about everyday things, much less the medical equipment he doesn’t even think we need.
“Well, it’s your pack. I’m not going to tell you how to run it and as you said, the warriors here are just starting to come to see you. I’m glad they did or they still be getting weak. Now show me what you found when you took the skin samples,” she says excitedly.
It’s so great working with my mother again. I feel like everything inside me that I didn’t know was unsettled, just settled again.
We spend another hour talking through what I’ve found and I explain to her about the silver on the pack lands.
“Oh that damn Alpha. He reminds me of Brady! Stupid Alphas who can’t be happy with what they have,” she mumbles to herself.
“I take it Jasper hasn’t battled against our pack since I left?” I ask her.
“No, but if he does, I’ll make sure to check for silver contamination. I certainly don’t want any pack members and especially not the pups getting silver in their bodies.”
I smile, staring at my mother. When she realizes that I haven’t answered her, she looks at me before smiling and opening
her arms.
“It’s so good to have you here, Mom,” I say as we embrace.
“I’m always here, whenever you need me, Kennedy. But I’m so proud of you. I knew this would be hard, but you’re doing a great job.”
“Thanks, Mom.”
