The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 63

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“Thank you for your trust, Nikki,” I say.

“Don’t make me regret it, Alpha,” she grumbles as I bend to lift her up. I feel her body flinch as I pick her up.

“How badly are you injured?” I ask her as I turn and begin walking toward the pack hospital.

“It’s broken and it reset improperly,” she says, making me frown.

I lean in, sniffing her. She watches me, waiting.

“You’re an Alpha?”

“Underage, but yeah.”

“Not that underage,” I say, feeling the strength of her wolf even in her current state. “So, Allison isn’t your leader?”

“We’re all equal in the wild,” she says, sarcastically.

“Is that so?”

“We’re all poor, starving, and on the run, so yeah, I’d say we’re all pretty fucking equal,” she says. It should be a growl, but her wolf is too weak, even though I can feel the strength that her wolf will have when she’s healthy again.

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“Are you two coming with us or are you going to let my mate find you some food and a place to sleep?” I ask, turning my head to see Letti and Allison following us.

Nikki leans around me to see them following. “Go get some food and some sleep. I’m sure the doctor is going to put me under to reset my leg. You two need to get your strength back as much as I do,” she says.

“Are you sure, Nikki?” Allison asks her.

“Yes. I’ll be fine, right Luna?” she asks, looking at Sophie.

“My word as an Alpha,” Sophie says again.

When the other two turn to follow Sophie into the packhouse, I look back at the girl in my arms, intrigued.

“So, you’re the leader?”

“I just said we’re all equal, didn’t I?” she scoffs.

“And yet, they listen to you?”

“They’re starving and we can all smell the food in your packhouse from here. The food that was left wasn’t enough for three. But it’s really nice of your pack to do that, by the

way.”

“It was my Beta’s idea. I’ll let her know you said so, or you can tell her yourself when you meet her.”

When we arrive at the pack hospital, I get her into a room and the nurses come in, immediately putting in an IV as the doctor comes in to examine her. I stay, partly because I’m the only person she knows and

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partly because I want to see how bad her injury is. She’s my responsibility now and I take that seriously.

The doctor begins cutting off the leg of her pants and from the corner of my eye, I see the nurses cutting off her top. I can smell her fear, so I look up at her, making sure my eyes stay on hers.

“They’re going to put you in a gown for easier access while they take care of you since you’ll most likely need surgery. We’ll make sure you have more clothes before you leave the hospital,” I say and wait for her to nod before I turn back to the doctor.

He begins asking her questions about her health, her age, she’s 17, and when I see her injury, even I suck in air.

“How the hell did you get that? Is that a bite wound?” I ask her. Her leg looks shattered above the ankle and what was a compound fracture with a bone sticking out has now healed in a hideous position with skin covering the bone. Not only that, but it’s also grossly infected.

“Yes. An Alpha caught Allison. I attacked him and one of his pack members grabbed me. I kicked him but got distracted and the Alpha latched onto my leg. When I ripped it out of his mouth, the broken bones tore through my skin. I was lucky to get away with my leg at all.”

“How did you get away?” I ask her.

“Allison and Letti didn’t run. They stayed to fight, and we were able to get away from the Alpha,” she says, smiling. “Allie’s tough for a Beta.

“You’re the reason they decided to risk coming to our pack?”

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She nods. “My leg was getting worse and even though I told them to leave me, they refused.”

“I’m going to get some x–rays but you’re going to need surgery, young Alpha,” the doctor says to her.

“I’m not an Alpha,” she says to him.

“You have Alpha blood. That makes you an Alpha. Do you want me to stay with you until they put you under, or I can ask Sophie to come stay with you, if you’d be more comfortable.”

“You’re fine. You’re not as bad as most Alphas.”

“I’ll take that as a compliment since I know some pretty decent Alphas,” I say to her, making her chuckle as the nurses start her drip on an IV drip.

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