The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 321

Chapter 321

She cocks her head at me. “We protect each other. We fight together. And we’re a bare pack. I don’t know how large Alpha Zahn’s pack is, or how many may make the trip to fight, but it won’t matter. We’ll take them down. Alpha Hunter makes sure that we train every day. Our was the best. I’d put any of our warriors up against any other pack’s warriors and bet every cent that! have I have on them.”

I smile at her confidence. It’s hard to worry when both women are looking at me as if I’m masing the big picture here.

“So, what’s the plan?” I ask

“Business as usual until the alarms go up.” she says

“And then?”

“And then, we get you to the safe room. If you don’t get into the safe room, you’ll get a firsthand look at why I’m this pack’s Gamma,” she says, smiling a nearly feral smile. She’s definitely the

Gamma for a reason

We go

about the day, gardening in the afternoon, then making and eating dinner. As the evening wears on. I become more and more nervous. The chatter from earlier is gone and everyone is quiet. I’m too nervous to sleep, so Sandy turns on the television in the living room. I have no idea what we’re watching because I can’t focus on anything but every little noise I hear outside

I keep glancing at Penny, and I see that she’s maintaining contact with the rest of the pack probably the border patrols.

When her head snaps up, we all look at her. She turns, looking at something past the walls of the room where we’re sitting

“Time to go,” she says, a moment before the howls of alarm go up.

We

jump up, grabbing the bag of things sitting by the door to take to the safe room. They were right, better to be prepared and know that the battle is coming

I follow Sandy and Samantha, with Penny right behind me. The safe room for the Survivor Center

was built underground. I learned today during the drill where it was. As much time as I’d spent here, I’d never even seen the entrance. it’s that well-hidden

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The sounds of wolves’ paws pounding on the earth becomes muted by angry snarls and yelps of pain. A wolf races right at us and in one of the most elegant moves I’ve ever seen. Penny leaps and shifts, her wolf ripping out the throat of the attacking wolf. When she lands, her body spins and she shifts back into her human form, crouching down on all fours before looking up at me

“GO!” she vells, startling me out of my shocked amazement.

I continue running to the safe room, helping some of the younger pups who are struggling to keep up. Penny stays behind me, her eyes going in every direction.

When we get to the safe room, there’s a bottleneck as the mothers send their pups down first. I see Penny leap again and turn just in time to see her take on another wolf, snapping and ripping its flesh.

“JOCELYN!” Sandy yells and I turn, seeing her holding out her hand to me.

I run forward and make my way inside the safe room as Sandy shuts and locks the door behind

me

“Is everyone here?” I ask

“Yes, we’re all accounted for,” one of the other mothers says, holding her pups to her and rocking them. The scent of fear is palpable in the room, and I feel nausea roiling in my stomach again.

“Miss Jocelyn, will you come sit with me?” Samantha asks, patting the floor beside her.

I smile, knowing she’s doing this more for me than for herself. But I go sit, wrapping my arm around her, as Sandy goes around and checks on everyone.

The sounds of fighting are muted inside the safe room, but we can still tell when they get close. I’ m not sure how long it is before everything goes quiet.

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