The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 179

Chapter 179

Margot looks at me, silently asking me what I think.

“I know there’s a lot going on for you right now Margot. But I think you need to consider what your primary goal is. I think everyone in this room knows that you do not want to go back into a safe room,” I say. She glances at Ezra, making me think that Ezra doesn’t know the real reason behind her desire to stay out of the safe room.

“If your goal is to get stronger, I think what Alpha Ezra is offering is your best opportunity. I know when my father had time to train me individually, which wasn’t often, I always felt like I walked away a stronger fighter. Even now, with Hunter teaching me more defensive tactics, I feel stronger,” I say.

“I would second that. I don’t often get to spar one–on–one with Alpha Hunter, but when I do, I always feel like I’m stronger because of it,” Lucas adds.

“Do you feel stronger after our training session this morning?” Ezra asks her.

Margot thinks through her answer for a moment before making a face. “Stronger, no. I’m fucking sore after this morning,” she says sighing, “But I do feel smarter about fighting. I think tomorrow I’ll be even better than I was today,” she says honestly.

“Then let me continue to train you hard in the morning, and more gently at night. Running will help loosen your muscles, but only if you don’t overdo it. And since I’m quickly learning how stubborn you can be, Luna Margot, I’m guessing you’d overdo it on your own,” he says, his lips

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twitching.

She raises her chin a bit. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

“Mmhmm,” he murmurs, watching her with a hunger I’ve seen in Hunter’s eyes many times.

“Are we in agreement then?” Ezra asks her.

“Fine,” she says, finally relaxing her defensive stance.

“When would you like to start?”

“Now?”

“Let’s

go

then,” he says, gesturing for her to precede him out of the room.

“Oh, Sophie…” she says, turning to me.

“We’re done for tonight. Kinsley and I get tired easily now that we’re both carrying pups. We’ll pick it up again tomorrow morning after breakfast,” I tell her.

When they leave, I snuggle up against my mate.

“Who says I’m only teaching you defensive tactics?” Hunter asks me.

Lucas snorts as I laugh.

“On that note, I’m going to go find my mate and see what she wants for dinner. Have a good evening you two.

“You as well,” I say, never looking away from my mate.

When the door closes, Hunter’s chest begins rumbling with the same desire I’m feeling for him. “What are you hungry for?”

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“You,” I say, and dinner for us, comes much, much later.

Hunter

The next day begins as usual, me pleasuring my mate, me being late for sparring, and then me working with Sophie to help her get stronger and faster after checking over the pack warriors. Some of her movements are starting to become stiffer as my pup grows inside her, making some movements more difficult. I’d ask her to stop sparring, but I know my mate and she won’t appreciate my protectiveness.

I notice that Ezra is saying “good” a lot more to Margot this morning, meaning he must be testing her on what he taught her yesterday and she’s showing him that she’s using her newly learned skills this morning. She must have listened to him last night, because she’s not as stiff this morning as she was when she came into my office yesterday afternoon.

After breakfast, where surprisingly, Margot joined us, Ezra and I head to my office for the video conference with the other Alphas.

I move my computer to a conference table so that he and I can both participate, and I enter the conference room. Two others are already waiting. One is Kayce, but I only know that because his name is on the screen. His mate is in his lap and the two of them are kissing as if they’ve forgotten about this meeting.

“Good morning, Kayce, good morning, Luna Allison,” I say chuckling.

Allison gasps and pulls away from Kayce, but he holds her in his lap. When she turns toward the camera, she’s obviously blushing.

“I won’t apologize for kissing my mate, especially when she only told me last night that she’s carrying my pup,” Kayce says proudly, and we all congratulate them as the others join.

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Robin smiles, turning to look over his shoulder. “We need to catch up. Nikki.”

“It’s not a contest, Robin,” she says, walking in and saying hello to Allison.

“Everything’s a contest where Alphas are concerned,” Robin says, kissing her neck.

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