Chapter 164
Chapter 164
Quirin
I didn’t want to leave the hospital and Kennedy this morning, but when I heard that Slater was missing. I woke Kier and we went hunting. I’m not sure how the fuck he got out but when I return to the hospital later and realize that Terrance is there with his wife who is struggling to deliver their baby, I wonder if he was distracted and didn’t lock the door properly at the end of his shift.
David was no help, swearing that he didn’t see anything because he was asleep. I used my Alpha command to make sure that he was telling the truth and he was.
Slater attacked the guards on duty, knocking them out before racing off. Kier and I tracked Slater to our border, then continued on, following his trail to see if he stopped anywhere. We tracked him for about an hour before deciding to return to the pack. I don’t like it that Slater is gone, but he must have known that I was going to kill him. He and Arlo were very close. There’s no way he wouldn’t have known or tried to help cover up what happened to Christy if he hadn’t been in the cells at the time. He’d already be dead if I wasn’t focused on trying to fix things with Kennedy.
When I got back to the hospital, I realized what was going on. I heard my mate, sounding exhausted, talking to her mother on the phone.
I sat in the waiting room and mind linked Susie.
‘Yes, Alpha?‘
‘When’s the last time anyone saw my mate eat?‘
She was in surgery all day yesterday and she fell asleep beside Christy before she could get any food last night.
‘Yesterday morning, Alpha.
Shit and she’s about to go into surgery again from the sound of it. I’m just about to ask Susie to bring something for Kennedy to eat when Kennedy opens the link between us, barking that she needs me.
I’m up and moving in an instant and I see the surprise on her face when I walk in faster than she expects. I quickly assess what is happening and take the phone from Terrance. Then I watch, fascinated as my mate follows her mother’s instructions and saves Lillian and her pup. I’m so fucking impressed with my mate. She just keeps surprising me, making me realize how much I’ve underestimated her.
It’s not until she’s covering Lillian’s stitches that I see her hands begin to shake. The adrenaline in her system is wearing off and now the lack of food and probably lack of sleep are making themselves known.
I’m not surprised when Luna Yara realizes that her daughter is struggling too. She’s been focused on her this entire time, making sure that she knew how to save our pack members.
After Lillian is settled, I’m about to follow Kennedy out of the room when Terrance rushes forward. I listen while he thanks Kennedy for saving his mate and pup. I can tell that his words are genuine and that he means what he’s saying about the pack starting to love and admire her.
As I scoop her into my arms, I think about that. I’ve never felt quite so disconnected from my pack as I do now. Or perhaps, I’ve always been this disconnected, but it’s taken Kennedy’s involvement to help me see that I may not be as good of an Alpha as I thought I was. I didn’t know what happened to Christy. I didn’t even feel it. And Arlo using Kennedy as a threat should have given Christy more incentive to link me or Kier, but she didn’t. That tells me that my omegas either don’t trust me to protect them, or don’t trust me to listen to them.
I look down at Kennedy, passed out in my arms. Listening is definitely not something I do well, just ask my mate.
“How is she?” Kier asks, walking over. I’d mind linked him that I was helping Kennedy with surgery and to cover any pack
issues.
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Chapter 164
“Exhausted. What the fuck is that smell?*
“Leo started a fire again. None of know how to cook, Alpha”
“How the hell did a pack full of rogues survive in the wild? I growl softly so I don’t wake Kennedy
“We hunted in wolf form. If we cooked anything it was on an open fire, not a kitchen stove. It either isn’t cooked enough. it’s burned. I had to order new pots and pans after last night’s debacle”
“Well then, it sounds like Kennedy’s lesson is well aimed.”
“It is.”
“Do me a favor, make sure someone is with Christy at all times. She is afraid of being alone and after what happened, I don’t blame her. Talk to Susie and Arianna and find out who her friends are, make sure someone is with her until she wakes up When she does, I want to know right away,”
“Yes, Alpha. How’s Lillian?”
“She and her pup survived, thanks to Kennedy. Let’s talk to Deborah and Lane. If they know how Kennedy wanted the hospital set up, let’s do that for her while she’s asleep.”
“What do you want to do with David?”
*Keep him in the cells for now.”
“And Slater? What are we doing about him?”
“Increase the patrols. I don’t trust him. Have you felt your tether to him break?” I ask him.
“Yeah, it was while you were in surgery with Luna,” he says.
I reach out, feeling for the bond to Slater and realize that it’s been severed.
“How did I not feel that?” I wonder out loud, feeling even more like I’m disconnected from my pack.
“You were in surgery and you’re worried about your mate. You’re putting her first, right? So, one tether snapping might not have registered as being that important,” he says, but I know that it should have. It makes me wonder if the connections that with have with all my pack members is weak. I need to fix that as well.
“When all of this is done, we’re having a recommitment ceremony. I need to make sure that every one of our pack members is fully vested in this pack. If they aren’t I want them out.”
“Yes Alpha. Along those lines, what do you want to do with the silver in Jasper’s pack.”
“We need a plan. I just need to focus on Kennedy right now. She needs sleep and once she wakes up, she needs to eat,” I say, flinching. “Is there anything in the packhouse that she can eat?”
“I’ll ask Arianna to make her a sandwich or something. If she’s mad about it, she can yell at me,” he says.
“Nah, she can yell at me. I’m the one saying she needs food that is edible.”
I turn, looking at my mate as I carry her upstairs. Her scent is covered with antiseptic, the smell of Lillian, Lillian’s blood, and their son. Underneath that is the scent of Christy and her surgery and then underneath that, I can just barely smell my
mate.
When I get her upstairs, I strip off her clothes and start a warm bath. I carefully wash the scent of everything and everyone off of her but mine and her scent. I like it much better when she only smells like the two of us.
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“Cocking” I say, watching as Randall drops a pan, sending some indistinguishable meat flying all over the kitchen before cursing loudly
“That’s a cooking Susie says, watching her mate, Kelvin, as he too tries to cook
“Can we please help them. It’s painful to watch,” another omega says.
1 think about our Luna’s words. “She said you were on strike, and she threatened us if anyone asked for your help, but she didn’t say anything about you offering your help,” I clarify,
“Oh, thank the goddess! Kelvin, turn that before it starts to burn and turn the heat to low,” Susie says and Kelvin begins doing what the says,
Cameron, the presta goes in AFTER the water starts to boil, Arianna says.
“Really? Should I take it out?”
“No, dump it and start over, several omegas say as they start directing the warriors to add spices, stop adding spices, or whatever else they aren’t doing right.
“Thankfully, I have someone who snuck me some food last night,” I murmur. Arianna gives me a side–eye glance and smiles but doesn’t say anything,
“Did you need something, Beta?” one of the omegas asks me, but now, all of them are focused on the warriors, helping them to make something that will be close to an edible meal for tonight.
“Two things. Alpha wants a sandwich made for Luna. She hasn’t eaten and he wants something she can eat. He said he’s willing to take her wrath for going against her wishes,” I say.
“We’ve already made her a couple of things,” Arianna says without looking at me, before giving another instruction to Cameron. They seem to have focused on one or two warriors and are helping their designated warrior to cook.
“When we realized that she wasn’t eating, we started setting aside small meals so she can eat as she gets hungry,” Susie says, telling Kelvin to take the pan of meat off the burner and put it into the oven.
“Then oven?” he asks, turning to look at her like she’s crazy. She just looks at him, raising an eyebrow.
“What’s your problemn, Kelvin? Put it in the fucking oven. I’m starving. I want something that I can actually choke down tonight,” Randall growls.
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“Luna’s out, possibly for the rest of the night?
“Are Warrior Lillian and her baby, okay?” Arianna wake, this time she does took me
“Yes, she saved Lillian and their baby” I say and everyone stops and looks
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“That’s what Alpha said and he was there, so he would know, hayway, she wants to make sure that Christy isn’t ever alone. I need to know who her friends are so I can ask them to take shifts sitting, with her this afternoon and overnight. Deborah has been there all day, but…”
“We’ll make sure she’s never alone, Beta” Susie says, and they all turn to look at me.
“She’s friends with all of us, one omega says.
“She’s always so sweet, I know she’d do the same for us another says,
“We’ll take care of her” Arianna says.
I nod, “Let me know if you need anything at all. Alpha is with Luna while she gets some much needed sleep”
I walk out of the kitchen. I’m only a few steps away when I feel her tug on my arm. I turn, quickly looking around before taking Arianna in my arms and kissing her with everything in me.
Alpha isn’t the only one upset by what happened to Christy. I’m the Beta of this pack. It is just as much my responsibility to know what’s going on as it is his. What if it had been Arianna? What if someone hurt her and I didn’t know until it was too late? What if it was her lying in that bed?
When I finally pull back, she looks at me, searching my eyes.
“I’m right here,” she says, putting her hands on my cheeks.
I nod, pressing my forehead against hers.
“I’ll come see you tonight, if that’s okay.”
“I always want you with me, Arianna. If you don’t know that by now, I’m doing something wrong.”
“Then I’ll see you tonight.”
I kiss her once more, pushing all of my love for her into the kiss, before finally releasing her and getting back to work. We
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