The One He Claimed by Cooper
Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Food and Water
Sophie
"What are you talking about? I didn't start anything," I say to Penny.
"You may not have meant to, but you did. Word of you running, of your father standing up to the Alphas and refusing to track you down, spread like wildfire. Our mothers and sisters began to realize that we didn't have to a**e by the laws that we don't agree with, that we have a choice. Granted, it's not a great choice, being on the run, but it's better than being forced into something that you can't live with. She reaches out, taking my hands. "Some of the Alphas are on our side. Some of them agree that we need to stop this process."
"But not all of them," I tell her, remembering the girl in the woods. "Some Alphas are still out hunting, otherwise we wouldn't have to run."
"You're right, and some Alphas have put so many restrictions on their ranked females that they're not even allowed to leave the packhouses. Ranked she-wolves have started taking extreme measures, some of them taking their own lives to get away from this process.
"What? Why? Why would they kill themselves?" I ask shocked. "They would rather die than live with the embarrassment of
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having been claimed publicly. For some, it's not worth it."
I scrub my hands over my face. This is why there are so many she-wolves on the run now. When I first ran, there weren't any. It was just me, and it was easy to hide. Now it seems I'm going to have to be much smarter about hiding.
"Where are you going? I ask Penny.
"There are rumors of a place, a pack that is leaving food and water for those of us on the run. I never learned to hunt in my wolf form, and it's been a really long time since I've eaten. So, I'm heading there in the hopes of getting food."
be a trap, you know," I say to
more than one source, and no one stays. They take the food and water that have
staking the place out. If I were an Alpha hunting a ranked she-wolf, that's
some granola bars that I stuffed into it when I left. "Here, eat these," I say, tossing them to her.
two bottles of water, giving her one. "Make it last. I only
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so much. I don't remember the last time
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up to
the Alphas threatened war against
my family had to go to
me.
your dad threatening to fight alongside him if a war broke out. Apparently, that was enough to
ran. She found her mate that night, Alpha Calvin. Do you know anything about them? Anything about her? Is she okay?" I ask. "Alpha Calvin is one of the Alphas that
no idea that I was causing this many problems
should return home," I mumble to
the reason that it's working. You
long, right? Even if you didn't realize what was going on, they've managed to get by this long. You going back would change everything. Please, you have to continue." "What about you? Where are you going? Where does this end? Where do we find
claim me in front of my pack. How could I even face them every day after that? How could I look them in the eye? How could I be
what she means. That's why I ran. As a Ga**a, she has the potential to be a Ga**a, Beta, or a Luna. But for me as an Alpha female, I know that an Alpha will want me. The thought of having to lead a pack who had seen me in such a personal state still makes
is this place? This place where they provide free food and
I realize it isn't far from where my father's pack is. That makes me wonder if it isn't him and my mother leaving this food and water out. Even if it's not for me, they are still able to help those who are
go and check this place
looks at me a moment. "Please don't take this the wrong way. I'm thrilled to be spending time
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too long, the possibility of both of us getting captured is higher, do you know what I mean?
up yet, right? I mean, there's protection in numbers too, and we could at least get there to see if it's safe, before we split up. If they only provide food once a day, you could take the first batch and go, and I could wait for the
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