The Pack's Nemesis (Quirin's Story) novel Chapter 14

Quirin

When I get back to the hallway with where we have our offices, walk into Kier’s office.

“Looks like you have an admirer,” I say, putting the plate down front of him. He smiles but doesn’t comment

“How’s our Luna?” he asks instead,

“Good. I told her she could do whatever she wants to the pack hospital, just so you know. If for some reason I’m not here …”

“I’ll make sure she knows that anything she wants to do is okay?” he asks, making sure he understands the level of autonomy I’m giving her.

“She can level the building and start over if she choo

to do so

He looks at me a moment. “You know our warrio

will nev

go there.”

I shrug. “Maybe she can look after the pups when they scrape their knees or get splinters in the feet. I don’t care what she does over there, I just want her to be happy.”

“Free rein. Got it. Also, the last of our hostages perished during interrogation while you were checking on Luna Kennedy.”

“You?” I ask, wondering if he lost control and killed our last remaining hostage. I was hoping to get more information out of him.

“No, Arlo. Apparently, he went a bit too hard on him.”

Arlo is one of the rogues that is more aggressive than the others. He’s one that I have to keep in line which is why I told him to get out of the kitchen earlier. He’s a fantastic fighter, but that’s partly because he likes to hurt people. I understand that, since I’m the same. But Arlo doesn’t show the same restraint that I do. During sparring matches, most of the injuries to the other warriors come from him. If he had more control of his anger, I’d make him my Lead Warrior, but he’s just shy of feeling like a loose cannon, and I don’t trust him completely to lead my warriors.

“No more interrogations by Arlo until I approve it.”

“Well, we’re out of hostages, so until we have more, it’s a moot point.”

I head back to my office and look over the pack’s finances, making sure that we’re still making plenty of money. Since the pack doesn’t spend money frivolously, we have plenty, enough for me to build a new pack hospital, throw an incredible Luna party, and still have money to spare.

Since I’m thinking of it, I call Luna Farrah.

“Quirin, I hope everything is okay?” she answers.

“Yes and no. I need your help.”

I can almost hear her eyebrow raising through the phone line. “You’ve never asked for my help before. What could be so important that you need my help now?”

Before I can answer, she interrupts. “Oh wait. That’s right. You have a sweet new Luna. How is Alpha Kennedy?”

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“Luna Kennedy,” I say, stressing the title, “is doing well. She’s evaluating our crappy pack hospital as we speak.”

“And she’s wearing your mark?”

“Of course.”

“And you’re wearing hers?”

“She’s an Alpha female, Farrah. There’s no way she wasn’t going mark me.”

“Good. What can I do for you, Quirin?”

“I need to plan a Luna ceremony. I don’t know the first fucking thing about having a Luna ceremony.”

“Do you want one that is suited to your utilitarian pack, or one that is suited to her?”

“It’s her ceremony, it should be reflective of her.”

“You know the pack may not like that,” she says.

“I don’t give a fuck if they like it. I’ve already told my Beta that anyone who doesn’t accept her, can leave.”

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“Alpha Quirin, you make me proud,” she says, and I can hear the pride in her voice. I feel my throat tighten. Farrah is one of a handful of people whose opinion of me matters. No one’s matters more than Kennedy’s, but Farrah and Henry are close seconds. Her saying that she’s proud of me means everything to me.

“Now, what do you need, and when do you plan to have this party?”

‘Oh! Yes. I have so much to talk to you about, Quirin.’

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Okay, I’ll come get you.’

‘I’ll meet you there, she says,

“Are you smiling?” Kier asks, walking into my office.