The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 156

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“If I may, Alpha, Luna Sophie and Beta Kinsley were incredible. They answered all our questions, listened to our advice, made sure everyone ate and was looked after…I don’t want to say that they were better than you and Beta Lucas, but I don’t think you’ll find anyone in the pack who would say they felt the loss of your time away,” my Lead Warrior says, and Penny nods her head in agreement.

“I’m starting to feel like I should retire,” I mumble. “If you need anything, your Luna and Beta female are asleep, you can come to me or Lucas now,” I say louder.

“Yes, Alpha.”

I walk to the kitchens, seeing that there are easy grab and go foods available so that anyone coming in from patrols or waking up for their shift can get food. I see Margot getting food, looking like she just woke up.

When she sees me, she walks over. “Oh good. Please tell me your mates are asleep.”

“They are. They were exhausted,” Lucas says.

“They went non–stop. I’m not sure either of them ever ate. It was very impressive. I got to see what it would have been like for me if I were an equal partner to Joshua.”

“We should talk about that,” I say to her.

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She nods. “You’re worried that killing him will kill me because he hasn’t accepted my rejection?”

“Yes,” I say, getting food and going to sit with Margot while Lucas gets food and goes to check on those in the pack hospital.

She looks down at her plate. “You don’t need to worry about me, Alpha.”

“That’s not how it works, Margot, not in my pack at least. You are here for my protection. I take that seriously.”

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She smiles at me. “I told Sophie that now I understand what all the hype is about, her being the legend and all. She showed that, clear as day today, when she whipped this pack into shape after the battle. But now, I’m also starting to see why you are mated to a woman such as that. The two of you are very strong, but you don’t have to prove your strength, you can let the other be strong without feeling intimidated. That’s true strength, don’t you think?”

“I don’t know about that, but what I do know is that my mate is a strong, powerful, Alpha female. Whether it’s her strength or her love, I know I’m a better man and Alpha having her by my side. If I had stifled that in her, I would be no better off than I was before. She makes me a better person and I want to be a better person for her. I want her to always be proud of me and proud to be my mate,” I say honestly.

Margot looks around the room. “What you’re doing here, it’s a good thing, Alpha, a very good thing. You’re giving women like me a chance to find a happiness that we didn’t know existed. But you need to realize that you can’t save all of us. I’ve had my time, Alpha. When

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Joshua comes, don’t hesitate to kill him. I know if I have the chance to kill him, I won’t hesitate. I’m okay if that’s the end of my life. If I go out, knowing that I’ve made even a small difference in this world and the future of our female population, it’s worth it.”

“That’s not okay with me, Margot,” I tell her.

She smiles sadly. “That’s why you’re an Alpha worthy of the Legend. But if you hesitate and he gets away and hurts another she–wolf, that will be on you, Alpha, and you don’t need or want that on your conscience,” she says, standing. “If you’ll excuse me, I need to get back to the pack hospital. I’m helping the nurses there with some of the injured and with the women who lost their mates.”

“Thank you, Margot,” I say standing as well.

“Thank you, Alpha, for everything,” she says walking away. It feels so much like a goodbye that it takes everything in me to let her walk away. Instead, I make a mental note to have Sophie talk to her, maybe Kinsley as well.

I watch her walk away for a moment, then leave the dining hall, noticing that there are still some folks just waking and that the patrols are just coming off duty.

I head to my office and see the report that Kayce started, and Sophie finished for me, with a little note on it.

‘I hope this is okay. It’s my first report. I just wanted you to have all the information when you woke up.‘

I smile, feeling incredibly proud of my mate. I quickly look over the

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report and then call Kayce.

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