The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 222

Chapter 222

I’ve mentally prepared myself to push Amelia to talk this morning, but instead, she surprises all of us by walking into breakfast, looking less like a Luna and more like a queen. When she walks in, Calvin rushes up to her. Unlike Amelia, he looks exhausted, disheveled, and distraught. My sister barely spares him a glance.

“Sophie, may I have a word,” she says, her voice ringing out across

room.

“Amelia, please, just talk to me,” Calvin begins to beg her.

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She turns to look at him with something close to disdain. “You’ve made your decision Calvin, and now I’ve made mine. Step aside and let me speak to my sister,” she says. Her voice is confident and strong, and he jerks as if she slapped him in the face.

Hunter squeezes my hand before I stand and make my

way to Amelia.

“Walk with me, Sophie,” she says, her voice considerably warmer to me than to her mate. I glance at him, before following my sister out of the

room.

She takes me to our mother’s tearoom. Our mother loved this room. She said it was her own little escape from the realities of being a Luna. When I step inside and close the door, Amelia turns to me and deflates. I rush to her, hugging her tightly.

“Whatever you’ve decided, I’ll support you,” I tell her. Her arms tighten around me, and I feel her body shudder as she fights her tears.

“Thank you,” she whispers, taking a couple of breaths before pulling back.

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I watch my sister stand tall again.

“I’ve decided to stay and take over as Alpha of this pack.”

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Hunter told me that it was a possibility, but I didn’t think my sister would ever agree to it. It’s never been what she wanted.

“Amelia, are you sure?”

She nods. “Calvin was correct about one thing. It is my birthright, my place, to take over as this pack’s Alpha. I will raise my daughter here, and…if someday I have a son, then he can take over the pack as well.”

I begin pacing, thinking through her decision. She watches me, then frowns. “You said you would support me.”

“And I do, Amelia. That’s not what’s concerning me,” I say, walking to her and taking her hands in mine. “You’re not a fighter, Ame. And you’re pregnant. What will happen is someone challenges you for the position?”

“I’ve spoken to Beta Matthew. He will support me in this, but I need your support too, Sophie.”

“Do you really want this, Amelia?” I ask her.

“Between you and me? No. I don’t. But I’d rather stay here and be an Alpha than return to a pack with a man who doesn’t seem to know me at all, even after more than two years. You heard him, Sophie. He sounded just like I imagine Alaric sounded before he attacked and killed our ‘father. I can’t be mated to a man like that.”

“You’re going to reject him?” I ask, appalled. She could lose her pup, and it would only weaken her more.

“No, not yet, not as my mate anyway. Not until my little girl is born.

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Then, we’ll see. I’m going to begin training, even though I know I’ll be limited.” She looks down, wringing her hands in a way I recognize as my sister being extremely nervous.

“Can I count on your support?” she asks, looking back up at me.

“Always. You are my sister, and I will always stand by your side.”

She smiles at me, looking at me as if she’s seeing me for the first time. “You really are the Legend, aren’t you?”

“UGH! Not you too!” I say, making her laugh. “Do you I have to call you Alpha now?” I ask, jokingly.

“Nah, you’re my sister. You’ll always be my little Soapy,” she says my father’s nickname for me, that one she gave me when she was too young to say my name. My throat tightens and my eyes burn as a tear slides down my cheek.

I throw my arms around her, hugging her as closely as our protruding bellies will allow. When I pull back, she takes my hands in hers.

“Will you stand with me when I tell the pack? Will you stand beside me?”

“Where else would I be?” I ask her. “But what about Calvin?”

“He’ll go home and run his pack, and I’ll stay here and run mine,” she says, her lips pressing tightly together. My sister has always been more like my father, kind and gentle, but firm when needed. I was more like my mother, strong–willed and determined. However, in this moment, I see my mother clearly in the set of my sister’s face.

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