The Pack's Doctor novel Chapter 37

Chapter 37: Unexpected.

Yara.

"Luna, may I speak with you privately?" one of the female warriors asks, coming up behind us.

"I can clean. I just need to know where everything is," Noelle says eagerly.

"Stay with Savannah until I get back," I tell her, then turn to the warrior.

"I'm sorry, I don't know your name," I say.

"I'm Eva, Luna."

"Eva, come with me, let's take you into a room so we can talk privately."

I notice that she's tentative, nervous, which makes me a bit nervous. I'm not sure why she'd be nervous, unless she's injured, and I missed it and she's come to tell me.

When we get to the room, I gesture for her to sit and then I sit across from her.

"What can I help you with?" I ask her.

"I can't shift," she whispers, looking down at the floor.

I immediately go into doctor mode, thinking through all the reasons why someone can't shift.

"Is your wolf silent?"

"No, Luna. She's here."

"Are you injured? Did I miss an injury? I don't smell any infection on you," I tell her.

She shakes her head, and a tear rolls down her cheek. "I think I'm pregnant."

I reach out and take her hand. "I can do a very quick test to see if you are. If you're not, then I'll run some other tests. If you are, then we'll talk about what that means for you," I tell her.

She nods, as more tears fall. "Give me one moment. I'll be right back."

I go to the storage room and find a specimen cup for Eva to pee into.

"Luna is everything okay?" Katie asks, walking in and looking at the cup. "Oh."

Since Katie's pregnant, she would know what this means. "Don't say a word, Katie."

"Of course not, Luna," she says.

I go back to the room and tell Eva what I need, then send her to the bathroom. While I wait, Warren comes in.

"Hey, why are you still here? I thought you'd be headed to bed?"

"Laney and Noelle seem to think that we're going to have an influx of she-wolves who are suffering from broken mate bonds. Bonds that were forced on them, you should know," I tell him.

He growls at that, but pulls me into a hug. "You need sleep."

"They need help, Warren. Don't bother telling me that you were planning to sleep while Charlie is gone. You don't have a Gamma, so there's no one else to oversee the pack."

"That doesn't mean that you don't need sleep, Yara." He pulls back and looks behind me. "Eva, is everything okay?"

"She and I have some things to discuss, Warren. Why don't you go introduce yourself to Noelle. She's with Savannah," I tell him, guessing that Eva doesn't want to say anything to Warren yet.

Warren looks at her and then at me. "Okay. If you need anything, link me."

"I will," I say and he leans down to kiss me before turning to walk away.

I sigh, knowing that very soon he and I are going to have to have that talk about him marking me. When I turn, Eva is smiling.

"T've never seen our Alpha in love before. It makes him seem almost human. Not the fighting machine that I'm used to seeing."

"Yeah, he's pretty sweet," I say, making her snort.

"That's not a word I've ever heard used to describe our Alpha before."