The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 57

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Sophie POV

When Hunter had walked in, he had mind linked me to let him handle the situation. I had been surprised, but I watched, seeing that there was something more going on with Kinsley.

After she jogged upstairs, Lucas right behind her, I walked over to Hunter who is overseeing the clean–up of Trent.

“I feel like I missed something,” I say to him quietly.

He looks at where Kinsley and Lucas had gone up the stairs. “I needed her to stand her ground. Lucas found out recently that this,” he says, gesturing toward Trent’s decapitated body,

202 been going on for a

year. I needed her to take a stand, to finally understand her worth, and to fight for it. Thank you for staying quiet. I could tell that wasn’t easy for you,” he says, pulling me close and kissing the top of my head.

“It wasn’t, but I trust you, so I knew there was more to this than what had happened here today.”

I turn and look at where our Betas had gone. “Talk about a rite of passage. The term ‘bathed in blood‘ has a whole new meaning to me now. Did you feel the difference in her? When she challenged the pack, did you feel it?” I ask him.

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He smiles smugly. “Yes, I do believe we finally have our true Beta female.”

Hunter

The next morning, on the way to warrior training, I bump into a ridiculously happy Lucas.

“Beta?” I ask but based on the dark circles under his eyes and the fresh mark on his neck, I’m pretty sure I know why my Beta looks so happy.

“It finally happened, Alpha. Kins finally gave herself to me, and holy fucking shit. I had no idea it could be that good.”

I smile at my Beta. It’s good to see him this happy and to know that what I saw in Kinsley yesterday extended to their relationship.

“I’m not exactly an expert, but I can tell you that after just a few days, it gets better and better every day,” I say.

“Seriously?”

“Seriously. Where is your mate?”

“Sleeping. I wore her out,” he says smugly.

“I’m sure that will continue for a long time, so she better get used to working on little to no sleep,” I tell him as we step outside.

I take the time to address our warriors and explain that we have some new faces from Alpha Carter’s pack to assist us until we can begin to rebuild our pack’s defenses and update our patrol schedule.

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After that, I pair Carter’s warriors with mine and watch to see how good they actually are. I’m not sure if Beta Matthew sent me his best warriors, or if they are all this good, but it’s a testament to his pack and their training that his warriors are able to easily keep up with

mine.

As with all packs, methods of training and techniques vary, so I talk to Lucas about having Carter’s warriors rotate in to lead the morning training and teach our warriors some new fighting methods. The more prepared we are for battle, the better.

After training, I head inside, happy to see my mate talking to our pack members and getting to know them. I haven’t given her much time to do that other than her Luna ceremony. I walk up behind her, wrapping an arm around her waist.

“Can I join you for breakfast?” I ask her.

“Absolutely not,” she says, surprising me and turning to look at me with her hand on her hips.

“Did I do something

Wrono”

“Why didn’t you wake me for warrior training?”

I smile down at her. “I thought you might be tired after last night,” I say, knowing that the entire room is watching our exchange. She might want to think twice about making a scene in the future. Her cheeks redden and she suddenly realizes that we have an audience.

“It’s not because I’m a woman?” she asks.

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“Did you not tell me that you were able to withstand Alpha Owen’s Alpha command?” I ask her. I hear the murmurings of the group. It’s good to remind our pack that their Luna is an Alpha wolf.

“Yes, but what does that have to do with fighting?” she asks.

“Why would I keep one of the strongest wolves in our pack from training unless I thought she needed her sleep?”

She presses her lips together and looks down. “I want to start training, no matter how little sleep I’ve had,” she says, a bit sullenly.

“Fine, then no complaints when I keep you up until the wee hours of the morning because you’re begging me for more,” I say, leaning in so only she can hear the last part.

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