The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 164

I fidget with my fingers. I’ve never been given this level of responsibility, to allow someone to stay on our pack lands or not.

“He’s been very kind to me,” I say, looking at the two of them. “He hasn’t pushed me or made me feel uncomfortable in any way.”

“Do you want him to stay?” Luna Sophie asks.

I nod. “I do. I….I feel calm around him, almost safe, if that makes any sense at all.”

“It makes perfect sense,” Beta Kinsley says and Luna Sophie nods.

“If for any reason, that changes and you don’t want him here, I’ll have him removed from our pack lands. No questions. You have the control here, Brooklyn. No one will take that from you this time,” Luna Sophie says.

“I appreciate that. It’s different somehow, with him.”

“He cares, that’s the difference,” Beta Kinsley says.

I think we’re done, and I’m about to stand when I see the women look at each other again.

“There’s one more thing, Brooklyn. Alpha Owen is being brought to our pack this weekend for execution,” Luna Sophie begins, and I feel the walls of the room start to close in on me.

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“Easy, Brooklyn. Breathe. He won’t be allowed to hurt you. He won’t be allowed to come near you, and you don’t have to come to his execution if you don’t want to. But you have the right to be there, and you have the right to be the one who executes him,” Luna Sophie says as Beta Kinsley moves to sit beside me, wrapping her arms around me and holding me as I get hold of myself.

I think about what she said for a moment while I try to get my breathing under control.

“I’d like to be there, but I don’t think I can be the one to kill him. He deserves to die, but I just don’t think I can do it.”

“That’s okay, Brooklyn. You don’t have to. Believe me, Hunter will be more than happy to do it and even your new mate would probably be happy to do it. Heck, most of the pack would be thrilled to rip him to pieces for what he did to you. I just wanted you to know that the option is there.”

I nod, leaning against Beta Kinsley as I try to relax.

There’s a knock at the door and Cas opens it without waiting for a reply.

“Brooklyn…” he says excitedly, stopping when he sees me.

“What happened, are you okay?” he asks, coming to crouch beside me. “Is this about that asshole Alpha?”

I nod, pulling away from Beta Kinsley to look at him. His scent is already more soothing than my Beta’s arms were. He puts his hand on mine.

“I’ll be there with you, if you want me. You don’t have to be alone. Or. I’ll stay here with you if you don’t want to go. Or I’ll hold him steady while you kill him, if that’s what you want,” he says, rapidly firing off every possible option, making me smile

“I’d like it if you were there,” I say quietly.

“Then, I’ll be there.”

He stares into my eyes for a moment, and I think we both forget that there are others in the room with us until Luna Sophie clears her

throat.

He jumps and then looks around.

“Was there something you wanted to tell us, doctor?” Beta Kinsley asks and I can hear the laughter in her voice.

“OH! Oh, Brooklyn, it worked,” he says, his eyes going wide with excitement again.

“What worked?” I ask.

“Bringing in the pups! You’re so smart, so intuitive. Why has no one ever thought to do this before? Well, because they’re not you and you‘ re brilliant,” he says making me blush with his gushing admiration.

“She’s awake?” I ask, standing up.

“She’s awake!” he says standing as well, and without even thinking about it, I leap into his arms, wrapping mine around him. I flinch the moment I realize what I’ve done, but his arms come around me, sure

and strong.

“I’m so proud of you, my brave, strong, intelligent mate.” he whispers in my ear for only me to hear.

Rather than pull away, I wrap my arms more tightly around him, enjoying our combined happiness at one of our patients waking up.

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“Get him loaded up,” I say to my warriors.

“You’ll pay for this, you fucking prick. You’ll pay for this!” Owen screams at me.

“Shut the fuck up before I break your nose again,” I snarl at him. The man never shuts his fucking mouth. Some days I handle it better than others, but I’m heading to Hunter and Sophie’s pack today. Being there is hard for me making me less tolerant of Owen’s shit.

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