The One He Claimed by cooper (Sophie and Hunter) novel Chapter 95

“Dutton will stand beside us. I’ve known him for a long time, and you gave him a lot to think about. Ezra will also. He still struggles with losing my sister. He loved her completely, like I love you. Unfortunately, she was never able to give him the same love and affection in return.”

He strokes his fingers across my cheek, staring at his hand. “I’m only now realizing how hard that must have been for him, for Lucas, for Calvin. To have the woman that you feel everything for and knowing that she doesn’t feel the same for you because of what you did to her. I can’t….” his voice is quiet and by the end, his voice breaks. I can feel the fear through the bond of what it would mean to him to lose me, for our bond to be broken like that.

“And thankfully, you are a strong enough man to stand up for what is right. You are the kind of man who would burn down the world for the woman he loves. And I’m the lucky woman who

gets to call herself yours.”

“I think I’m the lucky one. I AM mated to the legend, you know,” he says, smirking.

I grunt. “Not that again.

“You know it will come up today. The Alphas want nothing more than for you to go away. They blame you for everything that has happened”

“Isn’t it amazing that they give me so much power but take it all away from the other ranked she- wolves.”

“You scare them with the amount of power you wield.”

“I don’t wield any power,” I say, leaning into him.

“Don’t you? Those she–wolves are only here in our pack because of you. Kinsley is getting stronger, in large part, because of you. I am a stronger man, a stronger Alpha, because of you. You have more power than you know, Sophie. You may not want to be the face of this revolution, but make no mistake, if you were to stand against those Alphas, you could start a revolution all on your own. You don’t need me at all.”

“On the contrary, Alpha. I desperately need you. Multiple times a day,” I say, smiling flirtatiously up at him.

“Needing me for sex and needing me in your life aren’t the same, Soph.

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“I need you for everything. Hunter. I didn’t realize how much I needed someone else until you came into my life. But even that night when you took Nikki to the pack hospital, I was feeling out of control, uneasy. Just reaching out and feeling your presence in my mind, even though you were focused on her, it still soothed me. If I am to be the cause of the revolution, you, my dear mate, are the foundation that allows me to lead and to shine. Without you, I wouldn’t be able to do it.”

He smiles down at me for a long moment. “How is it possible that I can love you more every day?

“I don’t know. But I feel the same.

He leans in, kissing my softly, sweetly, tenderly. The kiss lingers and all my worries about today leave my mind. Maybe that was his plan, because by the time we’re ready to go. I square my shoulders, lift my chin, and take my mate’s hand.

“Let’s do this.”

Hunter

I can feel my mate’s tension as we walk into the committee chambers. The Alphas, being pompous assholes, made sure that their seats sat up much higher than those who were there to be heard. This way, they can literally look down their noses at you.

I’ve never liked the practice. We’re Alphas, why do we have to prove that we stand above the others? If those who present themselves in front of the committee don’t realize that just by our aura and presence, then perhaps those in their Alpha positions don’t deserve them.

This time, it’s me and Sophie who are on the floor, looking up at the Alpha chairs as the

committee members enter

I feel Sophie stiffen beside me and turn to look at her, keeping my eyes on the Alphas.

“What is it?” I murmur.

“Who is the Alpha that just came in?”

“Alpha Zahn, why?”

She looks at me. “He was the one who caught his mate in the woods where I was staying. He’s the reason I ran.”

I look at Alpha Zahn again. The timing would have been right. He caught his mate and she threw herself off a cliff right around the time that I found Sophie.

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