The One He Claimed by Cooper novel Chapter 144

Chapter 144: Planning a Visit
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After getting home and greeting the pack, a pack that feels so different, so much stronger now that Sophie is here, I head to my office. I need to let Robin and Nikki know that her brother is dead.
“Alpha Hunter, to what do I owe the pleasure?” The way he purrs pleasure lets me know that Nikki is either in his lap or right
there.
“Is your mate there? I need to speak to both of you,” I say, my tone remaining serious.
It’s quiet a moment and I hear the phone shift to speaker. “We’ re both here, Alpha Hunter. What’s happened? Is Sophie okay?” Nikki asks.
“Yes, she’s fine. I…I apologize in advance, Luna Nikki. I should have warned you before, but with everything going on…it’s too late now, but I apologize. I’ve just returned from Amelia’s pack. We attacked your brother’s pack. He’s dead.”
There’s a moment of silence.
“Good,” she growls. “He was a worthless Alpha. He was still my brother, but, after what he did to Sophie and Alpha Amelia’s parents, he got what he deserved” she says.
“We knew you were going to attack, Hunter. Sophie proclaimed it loudly when we were there for the funeral,” Robin says.
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“I know. I just should have let you know it was coming. For that I am sorry.”
“Don’t be. Tell me you got Camden too,” Nikki says and Robin growls.
“No, he got away. There aren’t many places for him to go now, so I assume he’s making his way to Aiden’s pack, which is where I’m assuming Koden is as well.”
“Why not Zahn’s pack?” Robin asks and I tell them about his plans to bring his mate to our pack.
Robin whistles. “That’s why you wanted Alaric out of the way so quickly.”
“Exactly,” I say, thankful that he understands without me having to explain.
“Rob,” I hear Nikki say with lilting purr in her voice. This is
obviously how Nikki gets her way with her mate when she thinks he won’t agree with her. I smile, wanting to see how this plays out.
“I’m desperately feeling the need to go visit my good friend, Sophie. Maybe in a week or so we could go visit her?” Nikki asks sweetly. I snort. I didn’t have Nikki in my pack long, but I know that this sugary sweetness isn’t her normal. Or perhaps it’s a side of her that she reserves solely for Robin. The thought makes me miss Sophie and remember our intense love making earlier today.
‘Soph, do you want to come to my office and say hello to Nikki?’ I ask in the mind link, using the excuse to have her close to me again.
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‘On my way,’ she says excitedly.
“Nikki,” Robin growls in warning. It doesn’t sound very convincing, even to me.
“Oh please, Rob. I miss my friend,” she says as Sophie walks in. I smile so big it makes my mouth hurt when I see my mate, and I tap my leg for her to come sit. I put the phone on speaker.
“Say that again, Nikki,” I say as Sophie walks over to me, her eyes twinkling with happiness. Goddess, I love this woman.
“I said I miss my friend,” she says, now pouting.
“I miss you too, Nikki,” Sophie says, sitting on my lap. I pull her against me and Shaw immediately begins purring against her neck, sending shivers over her body.
“I was just telling Rob that we need to come visit you, Sophie. Maybe in a week or so,” she says as if this is a random timeframe. Sophie turns to me and frowns.
“I told them about Zahn and Jocelyn.”
“Her name is Jocelyn?” Nikki asks.
“Yes, and honestly Nikki, it might help if you do come. Besides wanting nothing more than to see you again, Jocelyn seemed… disappointed that, as the legend, I’m mated. Obviously, my experience isn’t like hers, but you were on the run as well, injured protecting Allison and Letti…”
“Oh my goddess, Sophie! That’s a great idea. Rob, we should see if Allison and Kayce will join us. We could all get together, like a reunion of sorts, and it sounds like Jocelyn could use the
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support,” Nikki says to Robin.
Sophie turns and frowns at me again, obviously confused by Nikki’s sweet, manipulative manner with Robin. I shake my head and chuckle. I already know that Robin has lost this battle, if it even was one. Although, I’m pretty sure that the two of them enjoy their little verbal sparring matches.
“Why do you say she seemed disappointed in you, Sophie?” Robin asks, catching onto the part that was most important to Sophie.
“It was her tone. It was like I’d disappointed her because I’m mated.”
It’s quiet a moment.
“How bad is she?” Nikki asks, all teasing and playfulness gone
from her voice.
“Bad,” I say.
“Is she mobile?” Robin asks.
“We’re not sure, but I intend to have Dr. Caspian and Brooklyn look her over.”
“How is Brooklyn?” Nikki asks.
I look at Sophie, who smiles. “I was just over at the hospital and she’s wearing a brand-new mate mark.”
“AHH! I’m so happy for her!” Nikki says and I can almost see her bouncing in Robin’s lap excitedly. “Seriously, Rob. We have to go!”
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He sighs exaggeratedly, as if pleasing his mate is such a difficult task. “Fine, we’ll go.”
She squeals and it sounds like she throws her arms around him, making him chuckle.
“Do you want to call Kayce, or…” he begins.
“Oh, I’ll call Allison,” Nikki says. “What day do you want us there, Sophie?”
“Well, if you come the day before, the three of us could catch up together. Then, after Jocelyn gets here and gets settled, we could tag-team her, make sure she’s never alone, that she feels safe.”
“What about Zahn?” Robin asks.
Sophie tells them her plan and that Zahn, not necessarily fully informed, has agreed to whatever Sophie thinks is necessary.
“Do you think he’s serious?” Nikki asks.
“I’m not sure, but it doesn’t matter if he is. She needs our help,” Sophie says, vehemently.
“I agree. We’ll support you, no matter what. I don’t know how long we can stay,” she says, breaking off and obviously looking at Robin for an answer.
“I’ll have to see what’s going on in the pack and what I can put off while were away. Are we having the Alpha meeting before then?”
“I’d like to. I don’t intend to include Zahn in that discussion.”
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“Oh, Nikki, wait until I tell you about Calvin showing up as we were coming back from killing…oh…oh sorry,” she says, and I feel her concern and shame for not recognizing that Alaric was Nikki’s brother.
“That’s okay. My piece of shit brother needed to die. And Calvin showed up? He didn’t know about the war either?” she asks excitedly, and 1 can tell this is about to devolve into a gossip conversation. I’d care more if my mate wasn’t comfortably seated in my lap.
“He didn’t. I’ll tell you and Allison all about it when you’re here. You can tell me what you think and maybe by then, we’ll know more about how all of that is going to play out.”
“Interesting!” Nikki says.
“I don’t imagine that he was happy to find out that his pregnant mate was in a war he didn’t even know about,” Robin says astutely.
“No, he was not. Amelia, however, is much like Sophie. She’s a strong woman, a good Alpha from what I can see. Dutton and I signed alliances with her while we were there.”
“Good. That’s good. It should go a long way to letting the pack know that we, the other Alphas, truly support her.”
“UH! We have so much to catch up on, Sophie! I can’t wait to see you!”
“I can’t wait to see you either. It feels like forever, even though I know it’s only been a couple of months.”
“I know. I’m looking forward to it and once I confirm with Allison
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that she and Kayce are coming, I’ll let you know.”
“Sounds good. Oh and, Nikki, just so you know, we’ve made Penny our Ga**a. She found her mate, but SHE’S our Ga**a,” Sophie says, turning and smiling at me. We both know this will make Nikki happy.
“See Rob!” she says instead with a note of anger in her tone. “I told you we should offer our Ga**a position to Letti! One day, you and I will become the trendsetters and it’ll be Hunter and Sophie following in OUR footsteps.”
“Yes, dear,” he says contritely, making me bark out a laugh.
Nikki growls at him and I reach out to the phone.
“Talk to you soon. Let me know if you need anything,” I say, quickly hanging up. I’m guessing they’ll argue and then make up before they ever leave Robin’s office.
Then I focus on my mate, and my pretty mark on her neck.
“Now, what’s this about Brooklyn having her mate mark?” I ask, kissing my mate’s neck and sucking on her mate mark, making her moan softly as she tells me yet more good news about our pack.