The Pack's Doctor by Cooper

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Cyra

"What do you mean you've been accepted to the Warrior Academy?" my father, Alpha Arden, demands.

Behind him, leaning against the wall, his face set in an unemotional mask, is my intended mate, Alpha Stellan. |

found out a year ago that my father created what is called an Alliance Bond with Alpha Stellan's father. In order

to solidify the alliance between our two packs, they wrote up an agreement dictating that | would be mated to

Alpha Stellan and bechis Luna.

Because our packs have been in an alliance, I've known Alpha Stellan for years. It's not that he's not a nice man

or a good man, I'm sure he is. But when | turned eighteen last week, I, realized that he also isn't my fated mate.

That would have made things simpler. But | wasn't surprised. Stellan is nice enough, I've just never been

enamored with him the way other women are. | don't care that he's an Alpha, probably because I'm one too.

What | do care about is that my choice to find my fated mate has been taken away fromby my own father,

no less.

So, in an act of rebellion, | applied to the Warrior Academy six months ago. | didn't expect to be accepted. Only

twenty wolves are accepted each year, and this year, | am one of them.

"It's simple, father. | applied to the Academy, and | was accepted," | say patiently.

"You don't need to be a strong warrior. You have Stellan for that. You just need to be a good Luna and give him

heirs."

"Yes, because that's all a mate bond is to you, isn't it father? Having an obedient Luna who pushes out babies!" |

say getting angry.

"Having the right Luna is the most important thing for an Alpha," he growls.

"Then perhaps, Stellan should look for his fated mate since we all know I'm not her!" | say, getting to my feet

and shouting back at my father.

"Let her go," Stellan says quietly.

"What?" | say, turning toward him. He pushes off the wall with the elegance of an Alpha. There's really nothing

wrong with him. He's attractive, as all Alphas are, with blond hair and green eyes. He's just ... bland. He's boring.

| need excitement in my life and | expect that, like my father, Stellan will want a quiet Luna who gives him an

heir. After that, I'm pretty sure that he'll just ignore me.

I'm confident that's what my father would have done with my mother if she hadn't died in childbirth.

"Everyone knows that the Warrior Academy is elite simply because they only let a handful of students in every

year. You have to have the right credentials, the right background, the ability to show that you can maintain

among the other elites in the packs, and they also have to show that you're an intelligent thinker. The few

warriors | know that have cout of the Academy are sof the strongest, smartest fighters I've ever met.

Even the ones who aren't Alphas fight like they are. You going to the Academy will only make our pack stronger

when you return. | had hoped that we could complete our marking and mating ceremony this weekend, but if

you're leaving, our wolves would struggle to be apart for so long," Stellan says.

'l wouldn't struggle,’ Rina, my wolf, says. She's not any happier about this arranged mate bond than | am. She,

like me, has always wanted her fated mate. My parents weren't fated mates and from everything I've heard

about them, there was no love between them. | sometimes wonder if my mother died just so she could just get

out of her crummy life.

Stellan walks over and strokes his fingers down my cheek. | force myself to hold still and not yank away from his

touch.

"Thank you, Stellan. | know you didn't ask for this mate bond any more than | did, but | also know that taking

your place as Alpha is important to you. It's only one year. Many Alphas wait longer than that to find their fated

mate. I'm sure one year will only make our bond stronger," | say.

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Or at least give us tto figure out what we can do to get out of this mess," Rina says in our mind space.

‘Maybe he'll find his fated mate while we're away," | tell her.

'Do you think he'd accept her?' she says, doubtfully.

‘Probably not," | sigh, fighting to hold still as Stellan leans in for a kiss. He presses his lips to mine but there's

nothing - no spark, no excitement, no love ... just dewy lips pressing against mine.

"When do you leave?" he asks when he pulls back.

"Two weeks."

"Then we can spend sttogether before you go. I'll return htoday as | planned, but I'll cback

this weekend and we can spend ttogether before you leave."

"Thank you for understanding," | tell him.

"It's a good thing one of us does," my father growls. "One year, Cyra, that's it."

I hold his gaze while both men walk out of the room, then I let my shoulders slump.

'You heard him, Rina. One year. We have one year to figure out what the hell we're going to do!"

| avoid my father over the next two weeks as much as possible, spending my tpacking to be gone for a year

and seeing Stellan on the weekends.

He tried to convinceto at least seal our bond with sex, but | declined, saying that Rina would struggle with

the distance if we did. In reality the thought of sleeping with Stellan doesn't exciteany more than his chaste

kisses do. | imagine that we'll take off our own clothes, climb into bed, he'll roll on top of me, slide it in, pump a

few times, then roll offand fall asleep.

What | need is a man who will pressagainst the wall, nip at my lip and demand entrance to my mouth. A

man who will fight for dominance and win. A man who will bendover a desk and takefrom behind

because he can't go another minute without being inside me. A man who will takeoutside, covering my

mouth with his hand while he thrusts intoso he can muffle my cries of pleasure because we're close enough

for others to hear us.

Rina begins purring in my mind. ‘Yes, that's EXACTLY what we need.

When it's finally tforto leave, | say goodbye to my father, who at least made sure to pay for the

Academy for the year and put enough money in my account to ensure that | wouldn't want for anything this year.

Stellan gaveanother one of his chaste kisses, tellinghe'd cvisitonce | was settled at the

Academy and then | got in my car, waving as | drove off.

It wasn't until | left our pack lands that | felt like | could finally breathe for the first tsince I found out that |

was basically being gifted to Alpha Stellan as his Luna.

I rolled down my windows, turned up the radio, and let my new-found, if temporary, freedom roll over me.

Hours later, | arrive at the Academy in a rush of excitement. There are people EVERYWHERE! Or at least it feels

like they're everywhere. People are in various stages of checking in and unloading their cars. There are people

standing around guiding newbies liketo find where we're supposed to be. It's organized chaos.

| pull up and give the person directing cars my name.

"Alpha Cyra, your check in station is right over there. Park anywhere you can find a spot, check in, get unpacked,

then go

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The moment | step foot inside the dormitories, my heart drops. Rina stands up in my head, instantly alert.

Oh no. What are the fucking odds?

I draw in a deep breath of his fresh, clean, bamboo scent.

When | open my eyes, | see him standing in the hallway. | don't know how | know

it's him, other than the intensity of his gaze on mine.

He growls possessively and in three steps, he haspressed against the wall of

the dormitory, his mouth taking mine in the most dominant, possessive kiss I've ever experienced in my life.

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