The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 214

Chapter 214

“So, what happened?” I ask, pulling my head back to look at him

“Margot killed Joshua and then, when their mate bond began to kill her, Ezra marked her.”

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“That’s why Thorin was so crazy when we went out there?”

“Yep, Ezra had marked her and I don’t know if it’s because of the bond or because of his own willpower and stubbornness, but Margot is still alive. Like Kinsley though, she’s still unconscious.”

I curl up against my mate, feeling the heaviness of whatever is bothering him weighing on him again.

“How many did we lose?” I ask.

“Five on the battlefield. Two mates so far.”

“Seven? That’s incredible, Hunter! I mean, I don’t ever want to lose a pack member, but…”

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“I know. We’re not out of the woods yet. We still have multiple warriors who are injured in the hospital, but it’s a testament to how strong our pack is and how well we work together.”

“It’s a testament to you as their Alpha,” I say to him. “You are their leader. You have made them stronger.”

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WI have done that Soph. You and me together. The pack wasn’t this strong before I found you”

I hold my mate for a few fnore minutes, feeling the sadness in him. I know whatever it is that he needs to tell me, it won’t be good.

“Just tell me,” I whisper.

His arm my ho

rap around me more tightly, and on the monitor, I can hear

e increasing as I brace myself.

ic attacked your father’s pack while Alpha Aiden was

Outton’s. He got to your father, Sophie. Dutton came and

m off, but the injuries were too severe. He didn’t make it.’

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ands fist into Hunter’s shirt, holding him to me. I feel like I can’t the, my heart feels like it’s breaking. Hard, wracking sobs take my dy as tears stream down my face. Hunter holds me tightly against m and it feels like the only thing/holding me together at this moment is him.

I think about my father and my life, what a good man, a good mate, a good Alpha, and most of all to me, a good father he was.

“Why?” I cry. We weren’t friendly with Alaric or his father, but we’d never attacked each other’s packs.

“Kayce and I think that it was an opportunistic move that Alaric made to try and increase the size of his pack. If Aiden hadn’t turned tail and run giving Dutton a chance to intervene, he might have succeeded.”

I’m afraid to ask, terrified to know, but I have to.

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“My mother?”

Hunter doesn’t answer me itamediately, so I know the answer before he does. I begin keening and sobbing even harder

“She loved your father. She didn’t last two hours before she followed

him to the Moon Goddess’ realm,” he says, and I hear his own voice

choked up with tears.

He holds me while I cry, murmuring soft, soothing words into my ear

When I finally calm down enough to talk, I look up at him briefly before tucking my face against his chest again.

“What about the pack members?” I ask, my voice scratchy with my

tears.

“Right now, Dutton has his Beta in your parents’ pack while your father’s Beta grieves to help guard it from another attack by Alaric. However, Dutton ripped Alaric up pretty good, but rather than chase after him, he tried to save your father. So, we’re not expecting Alaric to try and take over the pack again, at least not any time soon. I’m so sorry, Soph.”

I nod, glad that the pack is safe. “Amelia?”

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“I called Calvin to make sure he knew what had happened. That was before we got the news of your mother. That’s when I came here to be with you. I’m not sure if Calvin told Amelia yet or how’s she’s doing with the news. I told him we’d call after you woke up and recovered.”

We lay in silence for a long time, Hunter just holding me, stroking my

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back arms, and hair. kissing me periodically or tightening his arms around me, just to let me know he’s here.

When I finally feel calm, I pull back and look up at my mate. His eyes are red-rimmed, and I know that he’s struggling with the loss of a good Alpha and Luna as much as I’m struggling with the loss of my parents.

“I want him dead, Hunter. Promise me that we will kill him for what he did to my parents,” I snarl, the raspiness of my voice only making my request sound more threatening.

“We?” he asks, looking at me thoughtfully.

“Yes, we. I want to be the one who strikes the killing blow,” I say, meaning every word.

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