The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 12

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Chapter 12: Home

Sophie I

I slow, nearly to a stop. I growl softly at Penny, and she stops too, turning to look at me. She whimpers softly, wanting to know what is wrong.

I sniff the air again and my eyes practically roll into the back of my head. The smell of pine intermixed with the musky masculinity of the Alpha is making my body feel strange. I know he's an Alpha. I'm not sure how I knew, but I could tell, just by his scent.

Hedda whimpers in my mind, much more loudly than Penny. She wants to meet her mate.

'Hedda, you know that's not possible."

'I know, but still....he smells so good,' she half purrs, half whimpers in my head.

I can see that Penny still hasn't picked up his scent. I probably have because he's my mate, but I'm also an Alpha and my senses are a bit stronger than hers.

I shift, staying in my crouched position. "I smell an Alpha up ahead," I whisper to her.

Her head whips around and her nose goes in the air as she whimpers again.

"Easy, Penny. I can smell a she-wolf with him. She smells like a

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ranked member. Maybe she is the one who is putting the food out and he's helping her?" I suggest. It's unlikely and I know it. Just having his scent here now will deter several she-wolves from getting the food and water they came here for, at least. until his scent dies down.

Why now? Why today? I stay in my low. crouch, and I slowly

a man and a woman, walking away from a particularly rocky

possessively in my head. She doesn't like this she-wolf near her mate. I

the wind has shifted and he's caught my scent. I stiffen, waiting for him to come

Kinsley, let's head

and looks in our direction, but I can tell that she has not captured our scent the way that he has, or

food. I'm going to

low and we follow the two of them all the way back to a car. I

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remember him from Amelia's birthday party. That is Alpha Hunter, the man who danced with me and watched over me

so good. He's been waiting for us,'

purrs.

we'll have to leave tonight. When their car is far enough away, I turn and run back to where Penny was. I follow her scent until I have to shift back into my human form to be able to follow along the passageway. I have to admit, that she-wolf was smart to find this spot. I'm not even sure how that Alpha fit through here, I can barely fit through here. Omegas would have a much easier time being naturally smaller. I look around, sniffing the rocks, wondering if the Alpha scraped himself and left blood. When I don't smell any, I realize that he must have been very careful and that the she-wolf must have helped him if he went into this area because I don't find a single spot of

devouring the food that's been left. "It's still lukewarm," she mumbles around a mouthful of food. I'll admit, the scent of freshly cooked food is making my stomach grumble,

towards me. "And look, there's a place where

taking some of the food. My mouth is watering as I take the first bite and I moan softly to myself. It's been a while since I've had real food. Food at the diner was greasy and Chapter

but I lived off of it because I had to. This is the kind of food you get in a packhouse, the kind of food

eat, I walk over to the small pool. I reached my hand out where the water is dripping down from the side of the mountain against the rocks. The water here is cool, but when I put my feet. into the pool,

getting in before the

I lower myself into the pool, moving my arms around, letting the water lap against me. I close my eyes and

to

hair on the back of

it. Why wasn't he in the room with the others? Why was he looking up at me? Did he

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Julianne had suggested he'd been doing and watching out

unsure of my feelings. towards Alpha Hunter. Although I'm confident about one thing. Mate or no, I

I realized that Penny has stuffed herself completely. There was enough food for her to take with her, but

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