The Pack's Hacker (by Cooper) novel Chapter 181

Quirin

Even though my mate isn’t strong enough yet for us to have sex, just having her love in my mind makes me feel like I’m walking on air.

After our shower, she was feeling tired, so I put her back to bed and let her know I’d say goodbye to her brother and Henry for her.

“I can send Connor up to say goodbye if you’d like,” I say, pulling the blankets over her. “And I’ll let your mother know that she can come up whenever she’s ready.”

“I’ll text Connor. He’ll understand. Tell them both I hope to see them again very soon,” she says. I press my lips to her forehead just as there’s a knock at the door.

“That will be your breakfast,” I say, walking to the door.

I smell her before I open the door. “And apparently, your mother is as anxious to check on you and I am to have her check on you,” I say, opening the door to Luna Yara.

“I caught your omegas making Kennedy’s breakfast and thought I’d join her while you and Warren talk,” she says. I step aside and let her in. She stops and tilts her cheek up to me.

I frown and look at Kennedy. “She wants you to kiss her cheek. She would have kissed yours if her hands weren’t full.” “Oh,” I say, leaning over and kissing her cheek.

“Have a nice day, Quirin, and don’t worry about Kennedy. I’ll make sure she’s fine,” she says briskly as she walks toward the bed.

‘She considers you her son now, Quirin. You’ll have to get used to kissing her cheek,’ Kennedy says in the mind link. She’s smiling at me, feeling my confusion, surprise, and the bit of pleasure I feel at having a second mother figure in my life now.

Luna Yara turns and looks at me. “Did you need something, Quirin?”

“No. Y-you have a good day too,” I stutter as I step out of the room.

“He is such a dear,” she says as I close the door. I’m not sure if she’s talking to herself or Kennedy. Either way, I’m confident that no one has ever said that about me before.

When I get downstairs, I see Connor and Warren standing by the front door.

“How’s Kennedy?” Connor asks.

“She’s doing alright, but she’s too weak to come say goodbye.”

“That’s fine, I’ll check on her later,” he says.

“I hope it’s okay that Yara went up to your room. She was anxious to check on Kennedy and your pup,” Warren says.

“I was anxious for her to check on them. I’d just gotten her back to bed after a shower, so it was perfect timing.”

“Well, I’m off. Let’s stay in touch. If you need anything at all, please let me know,” Connor says.

Warren and I walk him out, waiting until he’s pulling down the drive. Just as I turn to go back inside, Henry walks out. “So, I’m going to start seeing more of you around, right Q?”

I look at the man who accepted me as a brother from the moment we met all those years ago. He never harbored any resentment that his father took me in and trained me to be an Alpha. He never cared that I was dark and broody. He never pushed me away even though I tried to push him away many times. He’s been there for me at every dark point in my life, standing beside me, a beacon of light and support.

Without a word, I pull him into a hug.

“Seriously, Q, I’m really starting to worry about you and all this lovey-dovey shit,” he says, making me laugh as his arms wrap around me.

“I love you, my brother,” I say, not letting go. His arms tighten around me.

“I love you too, brother,” he says sincerely.

When we pull apart, he grabs the bags he dropped on the ground and heads to his car.

“You know, if you keep that shit up, people are going to start thinking that you’re leaving Kennedy for me,” he says, smirking at me as he tosses his bags into the bag of his car. I shake my head at him. 1

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