The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 412

Chapter 412

“Ok, baby. Let’s think of a name that has meaning. You’re going to be an Alpha, the heir to our pack. That’s important. You’re going to be a leader, someone that others look up to. So your name should represent that,” I slap my hand over my mouth as another contraction comes and I keen softly with the in. I can feel blood dripping down my legs. Every scavenger,

dator in this forest is going to smell me and

come for me and

Blood. Bloo

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ame you, Rory,” I pant as the contraction passes again. “It means red king. I think that’s fitting, don‘ I be the king born in blood. So, Rory, you have a have to survive. I insist. And you’ll learn very quickly mother wants, your mother gets. Just ask your father,” I as I think of Robin. Robin and Rory. I hope he likes his

Moon Goddess, let my son live. I’ll do whatever you want, just son live. My mate deserves to meet his son.

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baby? They hide the scent from predators, so that’s what I’m going to do.

I have to wait through three more contractions before I finally make it to the water. The contractions are coming much faster now and much, much stronger.

“Rory, we’re coming up to some water, okay. I’m going to find a spot that is as safe as I can make it and then you can come. Hopefully the water isn’t too cold, and I can wash you off and nurse you before we have to go. We can’t stay. There’s too much of a blood trail leading others here. We have to get home or to one of our allied packs. Then we’ll be safe.”

I find an area where the water is rushing over rocks, making noise that will hide any noise that I make while I deliver our son. The pressure and the need to push is getting stronger with every step I take.

“Hang on, Rory. Just a little bit further,” I pant, holding my stomach as another contraction hits me and sucks the air out of my lungs. I look to the sky and scream silently, tears streaming down my face as I try to find my breath and I wait for the contraction to end.

When it’s finally done, I take a moment to catch my breath then move to a place where there are plants growing right at the edge of the river. It’s not perfect, but it gives me a little coverage.

I don’t have any clothes, so there’s nothing to lay on the ground. I’ll have to deliver my baby on the sandy edge of this river.

I’ve just gotten settled when another contraction hits me. I bend my knees, laying down and grabbing the stems of the plants behind me,

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using them as leverage as I begin to push.

When the contraction ends, there’s a lot of pressure and when I put my hand between my legs, I can feel the tip of my son’s head.

“Okay, Rory. Okay, we’re going to do this,” I pant.

When the next contraction comes, I push as hard as I can. I’m so weak that it’s hard, but I know I have to save my son. There’s no one else

here to save him. I’m all he has.

Two more pushes later, and I feel his head make its way out of my body. The pressure now is intense and I know the shoulders will be the hardest. Somewhere in the distance, I hear a coyote howling and I know I don’t have long.

I don’t know how many more times I push, feeling myself getting weaker each time, when finally, my body tears and I feel my son slide out of my body.

I grit my teeth, sitting up quickly to pick him up. The umbilical cord is still attached to him, but when I look at him, even in the light of the moon, I can see that he’s blue. My baby boy isn’t breathing.

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