The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 78

Chapter 78

Allison and I have witnessed the love and trust between Hunter and Luna Sophie, multiple times,” Letti adds, looking m Allison to us to the two Alphas.

“You saw it earlier, Alpha Robin. You saw how Luna Sophie asked her mate if she could trust the two of you. Have you ever seen a Luna who has that much trust and faith in their mate. A Luna who has been mated less than a week hat I understand,” Nikki says, watching

Robin closely.

He stops and

“Ha

now I haven’t,” she asks him again.

concedes.

ing that all this trust, all this love, is simply because

t claim you publicly?” Kayce asks Sophie.

ki who responds. “Let me ask you something, Alpha Kayce. As pha, I feel a deep desire to protect those around me, my pack, my ends, and maybe, someday, my mate. What part of taking your crying mate, who is begging you not to claim her publicly, would be considered protecting her? How can she ever trust that you would

he believe that you truly love her

protect her aft

after you

“Is the idea of being

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claimed publicly really that horrible to you? That you would never

trust me or believe that I loved you again?”

“Yes,” Allison whispers.

“Why?”

“It’s not the same for us as it is for you, Alpha. We are raised differently, women and men in packs, particularly ranked she–wolves. We’re given the lies of what a beautiful relationship we’ll have with our mates, how loving and caring they will be, and all the while, we are told to keep ourselves pure, not to let other men see what we are to give to you on our claiming night. Even in the packs, even as an

Alpha, I was rarely allowed to be naked in front of the pack members. I would never, ever, have wanted my first time to be in front of a room full of men whistling and howling. I can’t even imagine the embarrassment that I would have felt, the horror. I know that sometimes that gap can be overcome, as with my sister and Alpha Calvin, but not always. We only need to remember Alpha Ezra and Hunter’s sister to know that,” Sophie says.

“That is why we’ve run. That is why we choose a life alone rather than risk being claimed,” Allison says to him.

“So, it’s about being mated in public, not being marked in public?” Kayce clarifies. I look at Sophie, wondering if it’s both or just the mating.

and looks at me. “Well, I mean, it would be uncomfortable ed in public because, well, there are a lot of strong emotions when you’re marked, but…I guess for me, it was about the though the two generally happen together, because of those

strong emotions,” she says, and now she’s blushing.

“But the law isn’t about the marking, is it?” Nikki says again and all focus on her. “The she–wolf rarely marks her mate during the claiming

he?”

nd then at Robin, both have the same confused

Honestly, I’ve excused myself from them for so m dn’t know,” I say.

as well, but I don’t remember ever seeing the she–wolf mar You’re right, little Alpha,” Robin says.

ne gives him a look. “I’m not

Rather than answering huff, but I can see he sees it too.

Instead.

verv

ittle, you know.”

es and winks at her, making he le and based on Robin’s smile, h

How about you, little Gamma. You’ve be versation which I feel isn’t your norm.

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king. All I know is what my mother told me,”

”

ayce asks.

that it’s terrible, painful, mortifying, and not worth finding le,” she says, watching the two visiting Alphas carefully.

mother basically

on says, glancing at Kayce.

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“So, I will ask you,” I say, as the food comes in. “Why are we mistreating our Lunas this way? What is the purpose? What could it possible matter if their claiming is public. Can both of you not smell my scent on Sophie and her on me?” I ask, getting to the crux of the

issue.

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