The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 201

Chapter 201

“I need you to stay alive, Sophie,” Hunter says, his forehead pressed to the back of my head, his voice thick with emotion. “No matter what happens, no matter how injured you might be, I need you to fight and to stay alive for me. Can you do that?”

I turn and look at him over my shoulder, seeing the shine of his eyes which is more telling to me than anything. Hunter is terrified of losing

1. me.

“Hedda is strong, Hunter. Me and your pup will both stay alive.”

“No matter what happens, Sophie. If Joshua gets to you, if he forces his mark on you…” I turn in his arms as a tear rolls down his cheek.

“Now you listen to me, Hunter Reynolds. There is only one man in this world for me and that man is you. No one is ever going to take me from you. No one. If Joshua comes for me, he’ll see just how serious I am about that. I am not his mate. I will never be his mate. I am yours and you are mine. So, I’ll say this to you. You better stay alive as well. I don’t want to be in this life without. I would live for our son, but don‘ t make me live half a life because you die on that battlefield. Do you hear me? I mean it, Hunter.”

He reaches up, stroking his wet hand over my cheek. “Goddess, I love you so much Sophie.”

“And I love you. So, when the fight comes, we fight, we protect our

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pack, and we live. That’s the deal.”

A small smile spreads across his face as he watches his hand stroking over my cheek. “What do I get if I keep my end of the bargain?”

“Hmmm, unlimited access to your mate in bed?”

“I already have that,” he says, looking at me. I can feel him settling as we talk.

“Then, how about another pup?” I ask him quietly.

His eyes burn with desire and fierce determination.

“Only one?”

I smile at him, stroking my fingers over his growing smile.

“An unlimited number of pups.”

“Now that’s worth living for,” he says before showing me just how much he wants to fill our packhouse with pups.

I was hoping we’d have more time to practice fighting, but the next morning, before the sun had risen, we were awakened by the howls of alarm.

Joshua and his pack are here.

Hunter

The minute the howls of alarm go up, I’m leaping out of bed. I quickly rush back, grabbing Sophie and kissing her hard.

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“Stay alive!” I growl, racing for the door. She knows to call Carter and Kayce, so I can focus on fighting.

“You do the same!” She yells as I leap over the banister of the

stairwell, barely missing Lucas as the two of us shift on our way to the ground. Shaw and Dario land side by side as everywhere around us men and women are leaping and shifting. From the guest quarters, I see Ezra’s wolf, Thorin, and Margot, still in human form running beside him. I’m guessing he told her to stay close.

“WARRIORS TO THE BORDER! IF YOU’RE NOT FIGHTING, GET TO THE SAFE ROOMS. WE ARE UNDER ATTACK! I REPEAT, WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!” I bellow through the mind link, forcing all the links open to wake everyone that has a wolf and get them moving.

pups

“Safe room leads, get to your safe rooms. Start checking your people. Get the pups safe and those doors closed!” I hear Sophie respond in the mind link after me.

my

As an Alpha, I want to make sure my people are safe, the ones who can’t fight, but I know my mate and Kinsley will handle it, so I turn

attention to the battle in front of me. I keep my mind connected to Sophie’s, needing to hear if she’s in trouble. I know that Lucas is doing the same with Kinsley. We talked about it and between the two of us, if we hear that they are in trouble, one of us will get to them.

I hear the sounds of battle ahead of us and Lucas and I race into the fray, barreling through the warriors, ripping Joshua’s pack members off of ours as we go. Joshua is my target. That’s who I want because I know that Sophie is his target. He will be Ezra’s target too, because of Margot, but I won’t leave my mate’s life in another’s hands, even

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another Alpha’s.

“Safe Room One doors closing!” Kinsley announces in the mind link, and I instantly feel relief from some of my warriors. They know that their loved ones in that safe room are now safe.

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