The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 89

Chapter 89

“I’m trying. How are you able to put the lack of sleep aside?” I ask.

“What if I was Owen? Are you going to let him win just because you’re tired?”

“Hell no, but you’re not Owen.”

He taps his temple. “Mind over matter, my love.”

“Gotcha,” I hear Kayce say near me. I turn and see that he has a panting Allison pinned to the ground and then, I watch as that little brat steals my move. She lifts up, running her nose over Kayce’s neck, licking him from the top of his chest to his chin and the moment he’s distracted enough to loosen his grip, she flips their positions.

“That looks familiar,” Hunter says. “Now, back to practice,” he says, smacking my ass hard.

“Oww!” I say, rubbing my butt cheek.

“Focus,” he demands.

“Fine, you’re the sleazy Owen and I hate your guts,” I say, mentally pulling up Owen’s image in my head.

This time, I’m able to hold my own, unwilling to allow Owen to get the better of me. Hunter is a better fighter than Owen and I’m pretty sure Owen wouldn’t have been able to pin me, but Hunter did, although it took a lot longer.

“Very good,” he says, praising me before rewarding me by kissing my neck and whispering the new position he intends to try with me tonight. More than anything, Hunter’s praise and rewards will make me work harder.

My body shivers as they call the end of training and we head inside to eat breakfast.

“I’m surprised Nikki didn’t make it back,” I say as we catch up to Allison, Kayce, and Letti.

“I saw her and Alpha Robin going into that building over there,” Letti says, and I look up, just as Robin and Nikki walk out.

“What is that building?” I ask Hunter, not having seen it yet.

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“It’s our indoor training facility. I’m guessing Nikki wasn’t cleared for sparring, but Robin found a way to help her work out.”

Alpha Kayce turns and looks at Hunter.

“Not like that.” Hunter says.

Kayce just snorts and when they walk up, Nikki let’s Hunter know that she’s cleared to return to training tomorrow.

Over breakfast, Alpha Kayce talks to Hunter about remaining in our pack until the Committee meeting so he can stay close to Allison. Hunter agrees easily.

I take the time to let the others know that we had two Beta females come to the borders last night.

“They said they’d come back this morning. I told them it was too early to wake you but that I’d let the three of you tell them that it’s safe here. Hopefully, you all feel safe and are willing to talk to them.” I say.

“Of course. I mean, I can’t speak for the others, but I’ll talk to them,” Nikki says.

“I will too.” Allison says, glancing at Kayce who somehow seems to know she’s looking at him and reaches out to touch her without stopping the conversation with Hunter.

‘I would do that too, if Letti wasn’t sitting between us,‘ Hunter says in my head.

‘How do you focus on so many things all at once?‘ I ask. He’s talking to Hunter and Robin, talking to me in his head, and still scanning the pack to make sure that everything is okay.

‘Practice. I’ve been doing it for years. You’ll get there, if for no other reason than I know how competitive you are,‘ he says, and I can see a smile twitching at his lips.

“What about you, Letti? Do you want to join us?” I ask her.

‘I am competitive,‘ I say.

‘And obviously practicing right now,‘ he says.

Letti is looking at me. Shit, I missed what she said.

‘She said yes,‘ Hunter says.

Damn, that’s four things he’s listening to. How does he do it? This time he can’t stop the smile.

“Thanks, Letti. Thank you all. These two are identical twins, so I feel like they are at an even

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higher risk being out on their own.”

“Twins? Are you talking about Tiffany and Tammi?” Allison asks.

“Yes,” I say, frowning at her. The table goes quiet as we all turn to look at Allison.

“Oh my goddess! I know them. They’ll listen to me. Where are they?”

“Easy baby, Luna Sophie said they’d be coming back, right Luna?” Kayce asks.

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Obviously, he’s also adept at listening to and contributing to multiple conversations at once.

“Yes, that’s correct.”

“But Kayce, they’re out there. Even if they’re close, Sophie was almost captured by Alpha Owen before Alpha Hunter marked her.”

She’s just finished saying it when we hear a howl, a cry for help, followed very closely by a howl of the hunt.

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