The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 195

Chapter 195

“The first reason that I want you in a safe room is because I know we‘ re going to need you when the fighting is done. The warriors have done nothing but sing your praises since the last battle when you stitched so many of them up. We’ll need that again after this war, probably more so. You can’t help out in the hospital if you yourself are recovering from injuries.”

I notice she doesn’t say ‘if you’re dead‘ which makes me think that she means what she’s saying.

“We’re going to need you, Brooklyn. Everyone has a role to play in this pack, and yours seems to have become assisting in the pack hospital. That’s where you’re most effective and that’s where I want you when this is done. Don’t think I’m asking that because it will be easy. If you thought you worked hard during the last battle, it will most likely be worse this time and we have to consider that we’ll have even more individuals who lose mates.

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I hadn’t thought of that, but she’s right. Last time, they staffed that they were thrilled for my help.

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“And the second reason is that I’d like to ask you to be the Lead in a safe room. You’re the only one in this pack who has ever shot a gun. If these wolves get past our first two lines of defense, I want you to be our third. I want you to stand in that safe room, in front of the pups, the infirm, and the pregnant she–wolves, and I want you to fight to protect them,” she says.

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I’m shocked. She’s truly not asking me to sit safely inside the room and wait, she’s asking me to be a third line of defense, to protect those in the safe room, and then to be ready to help those injured in the battle.

“Will you do that for me, Brooklyn? Will you do that for the pack?”

“Yes, Luna. I will.”

“Thank you, Brooklyn. I knew I could count on you. I’ll have Kinsley tell you which room you’re assigned to. I’ll need you here today to meet the new individuals coming in because you’ll be responsible for closing and locking the door Brooklyn. That means that if the attacking wolves breach the packhouse and the safe rooms become compromised, you may have to close the doors without everyone inside. That’s part of the responsibility that I’m putting on your shoulders and it’s a heavy one. Those of us on the outside will be pushing stragglers into safe rooms, but ultimately, you are the one that will have to decide when to close and lock your safe room door.”

I realize just how much responsibility Luna Sophie is giving me. It’s not that I thought it would be easy, but I didn’t realize that I might have to decide to lock someone out.

“I won’t let you down, Luna.”

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“I know you won’t, Brooklyn. I wouldn’t ask this of you if I didn’t you could handle it.”

I nod and she squeezes my hand, turning to go talk to whoever else she needs to talk to in order to make sure we’re all ready for this war.

I look around and I see Cas leaning against a doorframe, waiting for

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1. me. I walk up to him, and he pulls me into a hug, not saying a word.

I wrap my arms around him, feeling safe in his embrace. He and I have been working very close together at the hospital. I’ve gotten used to having him around, to having him close. We’re still taking things very slowly, but I know that I don’t want to lose him.

“You’re not going to be in a safe room, are you?” I ask him.

“No,” he answers quietly, his face buried in my hair.

“You know you don’t have to stay here. You can leave…”

“Not without you, I can’t,” he says, pulling away enough to look me in the eye. “I told you; I’ve waited a very long time to find you. I’m not giving that up and leaving you here to fight without me.”

I reach my hand up to stroke his face. He closes his eyes, leaning into my touch, something that I love. When he opens his eyes, he slowly leans forward, watching me to make sure I don’t flinch away. But I don’t. I want to feel his lips on mine, want to feel connected to this man who is showing me what love and kindness were meant to look like.

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When he pulls away from our kiss, he leans his forehead on mine.

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