The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 226

Chapter 226

“Come find me when your mother is settled and you want to talk,” I tell her, setting the bags down and stepping out, closing the door behind me. I’ve only taken a couple of steps when the door opens. I turn and see Margot stepping out.

“Erza…” she steps up to me. “I’m not happy about wearing your mark without giving my consent, but…thank you for saving my life.”

“I know we have a lot to talk about. That isn’t how I wanted to mark you and I’m not expecting you to mark me. But I couldn’t let you die. I just couldn’t,” I say, reaching out to stroke her cheek. I can feel her resistance to the pull of the mate bond, but I can also feel her desire and her gratitude. “When you’re ready. I didn’t force this on you because I wanted to. Yes, I want you. I really want you, Margot, but not like this. You’ve been forced enough in your life. I would have preferred that you make the decision and I hope that one day you will decide to mark me and become my mate. But that decision will be yours and I will not force that on you.”

She leans into my palm, reaching her hand up to press my palm to her cheek and closing her eyes. “Thank you for bringing my mother here. You were right about us needing to be together now. And I need to get back to her.”

“Yes, you do,” I say, waiting for her to pull away first. I can feel the resistance to pull away, but she does, and she steps back.

“I’ll see you soon,” I say, turning to head back downstairs. Now that Margot is awake, I need to focus on making sure my pack is safe and coming up with a plan for Owen’s pack lands.

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I take my mate up to our room. The stress of the last few days is weighing on her. Rather than tucking her in and leaving her alone, I scoop her into my arms and sit on the bed, holding her.

I can feel her exhaustion and I don’t like what all this stress may be doing to our pup, so rather than leaving her when she falls asleep in my arms, I reach out to Lucas in the mind link to find out what I’m missed.

‘Alpha, we’ve buried Joshua’s pack members, and our pack members are ready to be laid to rest. Brooklyn got two of the mates to wake up, but we had one of our warriors die because of his injuries, his wolf was unable to heal him. His mate is now in the recovering mates‘ ward.‘

I had been too far away to know whose connection had snapped, but I’d felt it while we were gone.

‘What about our borders?‘ I ask.

“Secure. How’s our Luna?‘ he asks.

‘Devastated, as you can imagine.‘

Lucas is quiet a moment but doesn’t close the link, so I wait.

‘Alpha Zahn called. He wanted you to call him when you had a chance.’

‘What does he want?‘ I growl.

‘I have no idea. I told him we were dealing with the aftermath of a war, and you may not get around to calling him back for a while. He wanted me to remind you that he did not, in any way, participate in the war.‘

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‘He didn’t fight on our side either,‘ I growl.

‘No, he didn’t. What do you think he wants?‘

‘No fucking clue, but I’m not going to rush to call him back.‘

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‘Agreed,‘ he says. He pulls back, ready to close the mind link but I hold it/ open this time. Like me, he waits me out.

‘Two things. First, what do you think of offering the Gamma position to Penny before she turns eighteen?‘

‘I have no problem with that. She stepped up as a leader while you were away. I think she’d make a great addition to the team and…‘ he chuckles in the mind link. ‘Luna Nikki would love that we promoted a female to a ranked position.‘

‘Yeah she would,‘ I say, then proceed to tell him about Amelia taking over as Alpha.

‘Whoa! That’s…isn’t she pregnant? What about Alpha Calvin?‘

“Yes, she’s pregnant, but all of the Alphas put their support behind her. And Calvin went home to his pack.‘

He’s silent for a moment. ‘I don’t understand him. With everything I’ve had to do to get Kinsley to trust me, I would never, ever, let greed or position come between us. What was he thinking?‘

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