The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 200

Chapter 200

“Many of you know Brooklyn, She and her mother, Leah, returned to our pack and have been living here with us under our protection. Brooklyn is a strong young woman who is making a name for herself in our pack hospital and is also going to be a Lead in one of the safe rooms. We will be putting together rosters for the three safe rooms and we will be running drills starting today. Our goal is to get to two minutes. That’s for everyone’s safety. The Leads for each room have been instructed to close and lock the safe room doors if the packhouse is breached by attackers. We do not want to leave anyone outside the safe rooms who needs to be inside, so while I know you all must be exhausted, we cannot wait until you are more rested to practice. We’re going to get everyone settled first, get you something to eat, find out who needs to be in a safe room, get you assigned and introduced to your Lead, and then we’ll begin drills. Any questions?” I ask.

I answer questions, then turn to the Leads and Kinsley. “Do you mind starting to filter through who needs to be in a safe room and who can fight? I need a final list so we can put them into a room based on number of pups in each safe room, and we need to make sure that we have enough supplies in each room if we have nursing and young pups still in diapers.”

It takes most of the afternoon to make sure all of the new pack members have rooms and are fed. Kinsley and I, along with the three Leads, went around and tried to calm the women and pups, making them feel welcome. Many of our own pack members came to sit with them during lunch and talked to them. The feeling in the pack is

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nervous, concerned, and anxious and the pups are picking up on that, most of them becoming fussy and crying.

As expected, our first drill was a mess with the new pack not knowing where to go, pups running around and getting lost, but after the third drill, things were getting better. Kinsley and I did have to make some tough decisions, telling some new members that they needed to stay outside the safe rooms and help to fight. That was tough, but not all of them have lost mates or have young pups, and those individuals were not given the choice to stay inside a safe room. They balked at that until they heard that Kinsley and I would also not be in a safe room.

At four o’clock, we went back out for more training. I was already exhausted, but as Hunter said, war doesn’t wait for you to have a good night’s sleep and he needs to know that Kinsley and I can fight, even if it’s the middle of the night. This time, all of the women and omegas who will remain outside the safe rooms are out here. The new individuals are quickly paired up and our warriors are fantastic at helping them to learn to work together to fight. I see Leah and her partner practicing with Brutus guiding them in the fight.

I have a moment to be proud of our pack, before Hunter tells us to get ready. We have Nathan and Chris coming at us again, only now, I get Chris and Kinsley gets Nathan head on. Their styles of fighting are different, and I can see why Hunter mixed it up. But Kinsley and I are fast learners and strong fighters. We remember what we learned this morning and stay back–to–back. I throw more punches since Nathan said my punch was strong and this time, Hunter sends more than the three other warriors at us, having some remain in human form and some in wolf form.

We take a lot of hits, the warrior’s careful to not hit our stomachs too

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hard, and by the time Hunter calls it, I’m aching all over, but I can tell that both Hunter and Lucas are happy with how we sparred and if the applause of the warriors is any indication, they are feeling good about

it too.

“A couple more days and we’ll be ready,” I tell Hunter as he lifts me up, carrying me to what I hope will be a hot bath to relieve my aching body.

“Let’s hope we have that long,” he says.

He gets in the tub with me and we soak in the hot water, letting our muscles relax. His arms wrap around me from behind as I sit on his lap, my hands intertwined with his on my stomach.