The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144

By the time I check on everyone, making sure that Margot spoke to her mother and is resting as quietly as possible, it’s nearly dinner time and I realize I haven’t eaten all day.

When I sit, I see Sophie and Kinsley still moving around working to make sure the safe rooms are prepared. They’ve already run one drill today and are planning to run another one soon.

‘Have you eaten?‘ I ask her in the mind link.

She looks up and finds my eyes on her.

‘Uh…I sort of missed lunch.”

‘Come sit with me and eat. Kinsley needs to eat too. Take a break and come eat.‘

She smiles at me and turns to Kinsley. A moment later Kinsley looks at me and nods.

“Thanks, Alpha,” Lucas says, walking behind me and gripping my shoulder before walking to his mate and kissing her.

‘Have

you eaten, Lucas?‘

‘I will later.‘

‘You will after I’m done. I’ll go back out with the patrols. I need you strong and healthy.”

‘Yes, Alpha,‘ he says, giving me a look from across the room. Kinsley says

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something to Lucas and a moment later she’s laughing at him, probably realizing that I’ve now ordered both of them to eat. More than anything. Kinsley’s laughter and happiness will keep Lucas going. I know Sophie’s does for me.

When she tries to sit beside me, I pull her into my lap.

“I haven’t touched you all day. Give me these few moments,” I say, kissing

her shoulder.

“How can I deny you anything?”

Being with Sophie rejuvenates me and I rub my hand over her stomach, realizing that it’s just starting to form a little baby bump. My pup.

After dinner, I send Lucas to eat while I go run patrols and Sophie and Kinsley run another safe room drill, this time including Margot in the drill.

It’s late when I finally get back to my room. Sophie is already in bed, so I shower quickly and crawl in behind her. I feel like I’ve just fallen asleep when the howls of the patrols go up.

‘Alpha! Koden is here!‘

Leah

When the alarms went up, I knew he’d come for us, my ex–mate Michael. He’s a warrior, a good fighter, but he’s arrogant and his arrogance cost him everything and nearly cost my daughter her life.

I know he never expected that I would reject him, that I could ever be strong enough to stand up to him, but he allowed our daughter to get hurt and in the worst possible way. I may only be an omega, but I’m a mother, and I will fight to the death for my child.

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“Brooklyn? Brooklyn, honey, its time,” I say, going to help her get up out of bed. She still can’t walk on her own. That Alpha, Owen, nearly split her in half on that stage in front of everyone. It would have taken her a long time to heal anyway, but after he marked her, then immediately rejected her, her wolf had gone silent. I haven’t told anyone about that yet. I need to decide what I will do if Alpha Hunter and Luna Sophie decide that we can’t stay i the pack because she’s become a wolfless person.

But for now, I’ve waited, and I’ve planned, knowing he’ll come for us. My mate hates to lose, and he would consider this losing. I know he’s angry that I rejected him. He wasn’t even willing to take responsibility for his role in nearly killing our daughter.

“Mom?” Brooklyn breathes. I can smell her tears and her fear. I know she‘ s terrified that Michael will take us, both of us, back to that horrible pack. But I won’t stand for it. I won’t allow it. My baby has been through too much already.

“Just like we talked about, Brooke. It’ll be okay,” I say, putting her in the only part of the house that has no windows. We’ve already set it up as our own personal safe room. We have food and water, and weapons. The weapons are key. Luna Sophie and Beta Kinsley made sure that we have weapons to keep us safe. What they didn’t know was that I had ordered a

gun

and a case of silver bullets. No one is getting to my girl.

My biggest concern is that I’ll have to kill Michael. While I still have a lingering love for the man I gave my life and love to, I won’t hesitate to kill him. That’s not my concern. My concern is that he never accepted my rejection. If I kill him, it could kill me. If I’m dead, I can’t protect my child.

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