The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 149

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‘I’m closer. I’ll go,‘ Lucas replies, and I see him rushing toward the packhouse. I can see that the fighting has made its way there.

‘Sophie! Tell me you’re in a safe room!‘ I call out in the mind link.

I feel teeth sink into my flank and I duck as another wolf leaps at me before turning to snap my teeth at the one holding my leg. These men are warriors and fighters, but none of them are ranked wolves. I can’t worry about whether or not they chose to be here. They are here fighting, and I have to kill them. Shaw snaps his teeth at the wolf’s face, grabbing on to the cheek and thrashing until the wolf lets go of our leg. When he does, Shaw throws him aside, then leaps, biting into his fleshy stomach and ripping his insides out.

We turn to fight off another wolf as I feel a wave of anger and fear wash through Lucas.

‘SOPHIE!‘

‘Safe,‘ she says, a moment before the fear in Lucas is replaced by fury.

‘Safe rooms are closed and locked, Alpha,‘ he says, and I can feel his relief the same as mine.

Now I can focus more clearly on the battle. Now, I can find Koden.

I begin attacking, going after wolves, searching for him.

‘Shaw, where the fuck is he?‘

He’s just taken down another warrior when we see Koden slinking toward

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the packhouse, he’s going for Sophie. I know my old Gamma, he likes to take out mates of the person he’s after, weakening them before he attacks them. I can feel that Lucas has moved to the front of the packhouse, fighting wolves out there. Whether they were trying to run, or the fighting has just moved out front, I’m not sure. Either way, he’s not there to protect

our mates.

I begin making my way toward Koden. He may need a weaker opponent to attack, but I don’t. I’ve always been stronger than Koden, so has Lucas. That’s why he was my Gamma, but maybe he should never have even been that. Water under the bridge at this point, what’s done is done and I’ve rectified that mistake.

I’m getting closer to Koden, sneaking up on him, when Carter’s howl goes up that he and his pack have arrived. Koden’s head jerks to left, and that’s when he sees me. Shaw begins running hard, ready to run him down. Koden’s wolf, Tormund, tries to evade but Shaw is a much faster wolf.

He tackles Tormund to the ground, Tormund rolling onto his back, and lifting his paws, scratching violently at Shaw’s chest and stomach. Shaw presses his body down, trying to pin Tormund’s legs so he can’t continue to scratch us, while snapping his teeth at his face.

He manages to throw Shaw off of him and we turn to face off, just as I hear Kayce’s howl that he and his pack have arrived.

Tormund snarls, no doubt surprised that we have not one, but two packs answering our call for assistance. Shaw leaps again, this time getting his teeth into the fleshy part of his shoulders, ripping a large chunk of flesh from his body. Tormund howls in pain but turns biting into Shaw’s side. His teeth graze Shaw’s ribs, but he doesn’t break any bones.

Just as Shaw is about to leap onto Tormund again, two more wolves jump on him. It takes precious minutes for Shaw to get the upper hand and take out both of the wolves. When he does, Tormund is gone.

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I quickly look around not seeing him. I begin hunting him when I feel Sophie’s mind gently pressing against mine. I can feel her overwhelmed feelings. There is a lot going on in the pack right now, but I don’t want her worry about that. She and I can work on her mental multi–tasking, but not right now. Right now, I need her to be safe and calm.

I feel a wave of love and admiration flows through me from my mate, nearly making Shaw purr. As I look around, I’ve just spotted Koden, slinking toward the pack borders, when I hear it.

“HELP!”

My head whips around and I realize it’s coming from Leah and Brooklyn’s house.

Before I can actively think it, Shaw is racing to their home. As we run up, I see the door has been ripped off and I smell the scent of gunpowder and blood. Lots of blood.

I shift as Shaw races up the porch steps and jog into the living area, quickly taking in the scene.

“Alpha, please help her!” Brooklyn says, looking up at me from the floor where she’s holding her mother in her arms, rocking her.

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