The Pack's Doctor novel Chapter 82

Chapter 82: Planning for War.

Warren.

We spent Friday night with Harold, Henry, and Farrah, showing them around the pack and letting them get to know our pack members. I could tell that Harold was surprised. It's one thing to hear that your pack is happy, but it's quite another to see it and feel it. And because of my amazing mate, Farrah got the full force of our pack's love and admiration.

The next morning after breakfast, Harold, Henry, Charlie, and I all head to my office.

When we sit, Harold turns to look at me. "It is really impressive what you've done here, Warren."

"Thank you, Harold. Most of that is because of my mate. The pack fell in love with her before she agreed to be my mate. Thankfully, she found something in me that was worthy of her love and trust."

"Thankfully? It sounds to me, based on what I've been hearing from your pack members, that you ARE worthy of everyone's love and trust."

"He is," Charlie says before I can answer. I glance at my Beta, then turn back to Harold.

"You and I both know, Harold, that the love and trust of your mate is the most important thing there is. So yes, Yara accepting me for the man and wolf that I am is more important than the pack's love and trust."

"But how did you get the pack to feel like this. I know I'm young, but I know our pack doesn't feel like this and we should try to get this feeling in our pack too, right Dad?" Henry asks.

"We definitely want something like this in our pack. Your pack is obviously stronger because of it," Harold says.

"They are and I wish I could tell you that it was this or that, but in reality, I think it was a lot of little things combined. First, Charlie and I have a strong bond. We've run this pack on our own since we lost our Gamma in the war. No matter how injured I was, I always knew that I could count on Charlie to support me and manage the pack in my absence. That was key. But then Yara arrived," I say, unable to stop the smile that spreads across my face when I think back to our first meeting.

"She came in like a breath of fresh air. You've heard her mumbling. She does it all the time. The pack adores it, adores her. It didn't hurt that she's one hell of a doctor and believe me when I tell you that when you're in her hospital, she's in charge. She may not be a warrior, but she'll go toe-to-toe with anyone that she thinks isn't strong enough to be in battle."

"And believe me, our Luna doesn't hold back when tells you all about yourself. Alpha's biggest threat to our warriors is that they will have to face our Luna's wrath if they try to fight without being a full strength,"

Charlie says, smiling. I know he also has fond memories of Yara's arrival here. I'm just glad he found Noelle and that's all they are, fond memories of his Luna.

"Once Yara arrived, it was like everything began to fall into place. Even with the constant fighting, my pack was getting stronger. Yeah, we had fewer warriors fighting, but they were stronger, because of her.

Then Charlie found his mate and then we finally had time to choose a new Gamma, and now our pack feels whole, complete. The pack feels it and is excited about life again."

I can see Harold thinking through what I've said. He knows as well as I do that it starts with his Luna. I don't want to ask in front of the others, but his relationship with Farrah is key.

"So, you wanted to talk about Brady. I hope it's okay that I brought Henry in to listen. He's getting older now and I think it's important that he hears strategy and what goes into a war and keeping the pack safe,"

Harold says.

"I couldn't agree more and as I said before, I know that my alliance with Henry will begin once you step down, so I think it's important that Henry sees how I operate now so there are no surprises when he's takes over as Alpha."

"Thank you, Alpha," Henry says.

"So, this is my plan. I think we need to spring all of Brady's traps and then attack."

"Spring them how?" Harold asks.

"We need weights. Something heavy enough, something that weighs as much as I wolf or man, so that the traps spring. Now, I'm well aware that they aren't all just around his pack lands. I found that out the hard way. And I know we probably won't be able to get all of them around his pack lands. But, we have Yara now. And if we use our hospital as ground zero for our injured, bring Savannah over here to help out, I don't think we'll have any casualties. We'll have injuries, definitely, but I think Yara can help our warriors heal from just about any injury they sustain."

Harold sits back, thinking about what I said. I have to fight to hide a smile when I watch his son mimic his position and get a very similar thoughtful look on his face. I don't care if Yara has a boy or a girl this time. I already know she's willing to give me more pups. One day though, I hope it's my son mimicking me just like Henry is doing with Harold. I get a sudden flash of a little girl, looking just like her mother, walking around the pack and mumbling to herself, just like Yara. Damn I can't wait to have a family with my mate.

"Carrying that much weight would exert a lot of effort. How do you propose that we get, whatever that weight is, to Alpha Brady's pack?"