Conrad POV
Once I have shorts on we walk back to the pack house hand in hand. The walk through the forest is so calm and natural. Both of us barefoot and walking like we are meant to be there. As soon as she sees the pack house her demeanor changes. I can feel her nerves even more now that our bond is getting stronger. She tries to let go of my hand but I am having no of
- it. I hold on tighter.
When we enter the pack house my moonlight goes quiet and starts looking at the ground. I can see the smiles of my staff at the sight of us together and I lift her chin to look. The staff smile and bow or curtsey as we walk past. A pack without a Luna is very precarious as they provide stability and legacy.
I can sense the pack is happy to see that I have found someone but I can also sense she’s still a little nervous at the attention. She is more relaxed than before the full moon and I’m sure the more she is accepted, the more her confidence in the pack will grow.
We go to the kitchen for breakfast and see Liam and the girls at the table, and Mary cooking mountains of food. When they see us their faces light up.
Liam is the first to speak up “So does this mean you are officially a couple or what“.
I still try to keep it casual as I don’t want to make her nervous again. “It means we are seeing what happens“.
“Such a politician response“. Liam just rolls his eyes and goes back to breakfast.
Michelle leans over to him and whispers “I’ll get all the details and tell you later.
Lewana and I both respond together “I heard that“, causing everyone to laugh and her to hide her face in her hands. I just pull her in close and laugh too.
I spend the rest of that day walking the territory with my girl. I realized after a chat with Connor I was so busy protecting her that I didn’t know what she really wanted.
She was telling me about why she became a vet. She learned when she was in the hospital that our internal anatomy was more similar to wolves than humans. Apparently, there were a few close calls with wrong medications and proposed surgeries. When they saw her caecum on an ultrasound they thought her appendix was about to rupture. Luckily they noticed it wasn’t causing any issues and then thought she was just born with an extra bowel loop.
She also saw how her pack members suffered without basics like antibiotics and members got sicker after seeing human doctors.
This amazing woman continues to impress me. “I think you should be our pack doctor“.
She laughed “I don’t think so. Pets are one thing and werewolves are another. That’s actually what I was researching. I was trying to figure out a way I could research werewolves but claim it’s on dogs but got stuck. It’s hard to apply for grants to study something most don’t know exists. I’m currently doing work in a lab one day a fortnight so I can use the equipment and get experience“.
“What are you using the equipment for“.
“I’m gathering data on myself. I met a few werewolves in town and paid them for some blood samples so I could test them
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as well. Still early for any results, all most ideas are theories I haven’t been able to test yet“.
“I want to build you a hospital with your own lab in it“.
She rolls her eyes at the suggestion. “You can’t do that“.
“I’m a billionaire and an Alpha King. I can do what I want. Basically the only perk to the job“.
“Seriously, I can just work at the clinic and lab in town and develop my skills there“. She looks shyly away from me.
“Nope. I want you here. Werewolf’s specific health care will help all of us. I know you’re smart enough to do it“. I flash her a cheeky smile.
“You’ve already made up your mind haven’t you“. She gives me a cheeky grin back and I just nod at her.
“Yep. I started calling around yesterday when Connor told me how skilled you were. I have people coming in two days to
review and do quotes to modernize and extend the medical center“.
She pulls me in for a kiss and I just pull her on top of me making her squeal. We just lay on the grass and I stroke her face and stare into her eyes.
We had dinner in the kitchen together that night. She lets me openly cuddle and hold her. She hasn’t shied away from me once today. She lets me kiss her in front of others and she kisses me back. She even nuzzles me back at the end of dinner.
This has been the best day of my life. I don’t want it to end.
Later that night we go for a walk in the gardens basking in the last night of the full moon. I’m doing anything to make
this day last even longer.
We catch the scent of someone else being out with us. It puts us both on edge cause it’s nearly midnight and everyone else
should be asleep. Except the guards on night patrol.
We turn the corner and see a figure standing still staring at the moon. She is in a long night dress and humming a song. We both recognize her but can’t believe what we are seeing.
Lewana calls out. “Mother“.
“Not quite my darling“.
