The Pack's Nemesis (Quirin's Story) novel Chapter 41

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I feel like the darkness is moving in on me again. It feels like nothing that I say to Kennedy is right. I’m trying to be understanding, but she needs to understand that her father killed people, people that were important to the members of this pack. You don’t just get over that, no matter how many years it’s been.

I wasn’t surprised that so many of our warriors had asked to accept her as their Luna early. I was, however, surprised to see them waiting for her when we came downstairs. I hadn’t realized that my pack members were starting to have problems with their wolves. Or actually, that the wolves were starting to feel incompetent.

‘I would have eventually felt that way too,‘ Raif says, watching the warriors talk to Kennedy. ‘Since the silver was weak enough that we didn’t realize that’s what was impacting our ability to heal, I can understand why the wolves were starting to second guess themselves. It would definitely put a wedge in the relationship because no matter what you would have said, I’d have felt your disappointment, anger, or frustration that I couldn’t heal you. When you share a consciousness, you can’t hide those things.

I wait, nodding to the warriors as they walk away. My mate turns without another word and starts walking toward the kitchen.

“Kennedy…”

She stops and turns to look at me, taking a deep breath as if steeling herself for a blow.

“I don’t want to fight either. I love you. Get some food and have good day.”

“You too,” she says.

Kier and I send out the scouts jo start watching Jasper’s pack. I really want to know where he’s keeping this silver powder and I love Kier’s idea to spread it around his pack. After that, he and I start working to find ways to clean up our pack lands. While I know we can’t clean it completely until we eliminate the source, I need to have an area that is clear for Kennedy’s Luna ceremony this weekend.

That night, I had planned to let Echo run, but I could tell that Kennedy was still exhausted. I heard that several more warriors went to see her today. I’m glad about that. While I wanted to be with my mate, to make her feel good and to find a way to connect with her again, she was too tired, so instead, I wrapped myself around her. She was asleep almost instantly.

The next day was much the same, except this time, Kennedy was up early with me.

“I need to order more supplies for the hospital, Quirin. I used a lot to clean up the wounds of the warriors.”

“Kennedy, I’ve told you that you can order whatever you need. I’ve told Kier to push it through. If you have any problems with that, just let me know.”

“Okay,” she says, but frowns.

When we get downstairs, there are more warriors waiting to apologize to her and ask if they can stay for the weekend.

She graciously accepts their apologies and then goes about her day.

Later in the day, boxes started arriving. When I get the notification from my gate patrols, I frown.

‘Kier, did you order a bunch of stuff?‘ I ask him in the mind link.

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“Did Kennedy?

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No. She ordered less than I thought she would have after treating so many warriors. But I didn’t question it. Why? What’s going on?”

There’s a delivery. The gate guard said it was a large truck,‘ I say, standing and heading to the front of the packhouse.

Kier joins me and just as I see the large truck headed this way, my cell phone rings.

I quickly look at the caller ID and answer.

“Hey, Farrah

“Quirin, the first delivery of my decorations for Kennedy’s Luna ceremony have just arrived. Did you get them?”

“This is a delivery of decorations? Farrah, what the hell did you buy?”

You told me that money was not object, Quirin. I took you at our word.”

“What is all this shit?” I ask as the delivery truck backs up and the delivery guys get out, sliding the back door up into the roof of the truck.

“Holy shit,” Kier says.

*Farrah, where am I putting all of this?”

“Put it in your conference room. You never use it anyway, since you don’t have allies except for Henry.”

I ignore her jab and watch as the guys start unloading the boxes.

The conference room?” Kier asks, having heard Farrah.

“Yeah, I sigh. “Farrah, what am I doing with all of this?”

“YOU are storing it. Luna Yara and I are going to set it all up.”

“Fine. It’s here, you can check that off your to–do list.”

“Oh no, Quirin. There are two more deliveries coming. See you tomorrow!” she says in a much too cheerful tone.

Two more? What the actual fuck?

By the time afternoon warrior training comes around, I have a headache. Since my mind is still trying to figure out how to make things better with my mate and dealing with the multiple deliveries that have arrived today, I’m in no mood for training. However, I get another shock when we start training. My warriors are stronger. I can feel it and when I look at Kier, I see that he can feel it too.

Raif begins purring in our mind. Our mate did this.

For the first time in a while, I have to actually focus in warrior training. He’s right, the pack is getting stronger and the only thing that’s changed is Kennedy’s intervention.

When we finish warrior training. I head inside and I’m surprised to see Kennedy waiting for me.

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“Hey, can we talk for a minute?” she asks me.

“Yeah, what’s up?”

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“I was wondering what you’re planning to do about the silver in the pack lands during my Luna ceremony. I don’t want people getting hurt and each day I’m spending a lot of time scraping your patrols hands and feet to get the silver off of them.”

“Is there still a lot?” I ask, wondering just how much silver is in my pack lands.

“No, it’s becoming less, but that doesn’t mean that I want them to stop coming in. And it doesn’t mean that I don’t want to make sure that my family and our guests don’t get silver on them while they’re here. My sisters and brothers are all underage except for Connor. Wade and Yvonne only got their wolves last year, Quirin. They aren’t strong yet and silver could cause all sorts of problems for them and for the others.”

“We won’t have time to clean up the area for your Luna ceremony, Kennedy, but we will be able to lay fake grass down. The bigger issue is going to be letting their wolves out to run. You and I have pretty much avoided the silver when we’ve run…”

“I wash my hands all the time. I noticed the stinging, but didn’t think much of it until I found silver in Tommy’s wound. Now I know why my hands and feet were tender.”

“Right. I think the best thing to do is to be let them know that it’s not safe to run around the pack. They won’t be here too long so hopefully it will be okay. If the really want to run, I’ll let them know that they need to see you immediately afterward. Does that work?”

“Yeah, that works,” she says.

“And there’s one more thing we need to discuss.”

“What’s that?”

“Arlo.”

“What about him?”

“He’s done his time in the cells for disrespecting you. I don’t want anything to mar your day, Kennedy, so I’m going to release him and tell him he needs to leave the pack lands until Monday.”

“Quirin, I don’t think that’s a good idea.”

“Kennedy, he’s done his time. Do you really want him here over the weekend?”

“No, it’s just …”

“Look,” I say, taking her hands. “If it wasn’t your Luna ceremony, he’d be released. He’s done his time, Kennedy. I can’t hold him indefinitely and I can’t hold him just because it’s your Luna ceremony. As an Alpha, I have to be fair. Do you understand?”

I can tell she doesn’t agree with me, and while I know that she’s much more intelligent when it comes to running the pack hospital than I gave her credit for, I’m still the Alpha of this pack and I’ve been in my position for a very long time. She may know medicine, but I know how to run a pack.

“I understand, Quirin. But I’m putting it on record that I don’t agree with you.”

“Duly noted,” I say. Then I smile at her. “Now, can we get some food? I want to make sure we have everything ready for your family when they arrive tomorrow and I’m going to let the pack know that anyone who wants to leave needs to be gone by

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9am.”

She nods, obviously still not in agreement with me. “Okay,”

“Okay. Oh and by the way, you should see the amount of decorations that Farrah bought.”

“What? Why?”

“Because it’s your Luna ceremony. Why else?” I say, taking her hand and leading her over to the food.

I have no idea what Farrah has planned, I just know that in two days, this amazing woman will officially become the Luna of my pack and I can’t wait.

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I’m not sure how I feel about becoming this pack’s Luna. On the one hand, I feel like the pack, or at least some of the pack members, are starting to trust me and believe in me. On the other hand, I still have a mate who says he’ll try to listen to me but doesn’t.

I don’t give a crap about how Arlo treats me. I can handle him. But I worry about Christy and I worry about him being let out before my Luna ceremony. What if he tries to hurt someone that I love, someone in my family? I don’t see Arlo being the kind of man who forgives and forgets. Of course, my mate doesn’t seem to be that kind of man either, but I trust him to keep the peace for me.

I’ve been pleasantly surprised that several warriors changed their mind about leaving and this morning, while I expected that many would leave, it wasn’t as many as I thought. Some who hadn’t come to speak with me had decided to stay on their own. It felt like each warrior who decided to stay was a win for me.

Warren stood at my side while Arlo and his brother Slater both accepted me as their Luna before they took off. From what Quirin said, most of the pack was going to Henry’s pack. At least I know they will be safe. I hate that they refuse to stay, but I can’t force them and I won’t. And if they are going to leave, I’d rather know that they are safe. At least no one decided to leave the pack permanently. I’ll take that as a win as well.

After thewarriors leave, I rush to the pack hospital, making sure everything is in order knowing that my mother will want to see what I’ve done here. Then, I go back to the packhouse to make sure that the rooms for my family and Henry’s family are in order. As the current Alphas, my brother and Henry will both have rooms on the Alpha floor. Since all of the other rooms up here are vacant, there’s no problem with that. We’re also putting my parents on this floor along with Alpha Harold and Luna Farrah. My sisters and brothers are going to stay on the Beta floor with Kier.

I check all of the rooms, making sure they have everything that my family and our guests will need, and I smile when I see the flowers that I requested we order. Since I know my mother loves flowers, I had Christy order flowers for all of the rooms. My brothers probably won’t even notice, but my sisters will, and my mother definitely will.

Once I feel that everything is in order, I head back to my room to shower and get ready to greet our guests. They should be arriving early this afternoon, and I know that Quirin wants to talk with them right away about the silver on our pack lands so they know not to stray too far from the packhouse.

I’m just getting out of the shower when Quirin walks in. I expected him to be a bit broody because my father is coming, but he surprises me with his Quirin’s half smile.

“I can feel your excitement Little Pup. Are you happy to have your family here?”

“I am! I’m disappointed that we won’t be able to show them around, or at least not everywhere, but I’m really excited for them to see our pack. And … I’m happy that more warriors stayed than I expected,” I say honestly.

“Me too. I know that was bothering you and I don’t like to see my Little Pup to frown.”

“You’re not going to call me Little Pup during my Luna ceremony, are you?” I ask him, narrowing my eyes at him.

“No. I realized when Arlo called you pup that the pack has never heard my pet name for you. So, we’ll keep it just between us, agreed?”

“Hmmm, as long as you realize that I’m not a little pup, Quirin,” I say.

As quick as a snake, he reaches out and tugs the towel off my body, his eyes darkening.

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“This is not the body of a pup. This is the body of a grown woman. My woman. My mate,” he purrs, reaching out to stroke his fingers over my nipples. As if my body is proving his point, my nipples instantly respond to his touch, hardening into tight peaks and sending heat straight south.

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“Quirin, my family will be here soon,” I say breathily. It’s been days since we’ve been together. Between the warriors needing to get the silver out of their wounds, my argument with Quirin, and long days for both of us, we just haven’t had time to be together.

“I know they will be. I want them to smell me on you,” he says, leaning in to run his nose over my jaw and breathing deeply.

“What about you? Do you want my scent on you?” I ask, running my hands up his chest.

“Always,” he says, turning me to face the mirror.

“Quirin?” I ask. This is new.

“You should see how beautiful you are when you come undone for me, Kennedy.”

I blush as his hands come around and begin teasing my nipples. I press myself back against him, feeling his hard length under his clothes.

“Shouldn’t you be naked too?” I ask, my head falling back against him.

“I will be. I have to fight to maintain control when I’m with you, Kennedy. You know that. And I want you to see how beautiful you look when you get lost in my touch,” he says, his eyes, focused on his fingers and my breasts.

“Don’t close your eyes,” he murmurs. I hadn’t even realized I’d closed them.

I open them, looking into his fiercely possessive gaze as he growls softly behind me, adding to the raging heat already flowing through my body.

“Yes, Quirin,” I say as he continues growling behind me, maintaining his punishing pace.

“Okay, you might think I’m beautiful when I come, but you’re really sexy when you come,” I tell him.

He looks at me in the mirror. “I know we still have a lot of things to work through, Kennedy. But I’m so happy you’re officially taking your place as Luna of our pack this weekend.”

I know the next few days are going to be difficult for me. For Kennedy, I need to be pleasant and even welcoming to Alpha Warren and Alpha Connor. But the way I’ve been feeling, the darkness starting to settle back into my mind and body, I knew it was going to be hard for me.

However, the moment I saw Kennedy get out of the shower, I knew what I needed. I need her light, her shining brightness to push the darkness away,

It was fun watching my mate watch herself and sexy as fuck to watch her come undone. I know how beautiful she is when she comes, but I wanted her to see it too. I hadn’t expected her to tell me that it was sexy when I came. I don’t know what it looks like to her, but to me, it’s like my body is blasted with her light, warm and loving. My darkness is slayed by the bright knights of her light. It’s fucking nirvana every time I’m inside her.

It’s been a few days since we’ve been together, and I almost forget how light I feel after I’m with her. It’s like the weight of everything that pushes down on me is blasted away and I feel lighter than air. I don’t know how she does it, but this woman …she is incredible,

After sliding out of her, I jump into the shower, surprised when she joins me.

“Didn’t you just shower?” I ask, looking over her body again. If I’d thought about it the first time we were together, I’d have realized that she’s not a warrior. She’s lean and muscular in the way that an Alpha who runs a lot would be, but not the way a warrior would be.

“I did, but you made a mess and I need to wash it off of me,” she says, grabbing a washcloth and beginning to wash between her thighs.

“Yes you did,” she says, her tone changing to something more breathy and needy. When I gently tug on her nipples, she

“Quirin, we don’t have time,” she says, but she leans her head back.

“You’re already a mess,” I say, lifting her up and pressing her against the shower wall. She’s right that we don’t have a lot of time, but I know it doesn’t take me any time at all to come when I’m inside her and if she isn’t too sore, I can probably bring her up and over again quickly.

“You…” she growls, her eyes narrowing. Then she stops and tilts her head at me. “Are you teasing me?”

“I don’t know, am I?” I say, backing up into the spray of water and watching her.