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.

today? I stay in my low. crouch,

and a woman, walking away

She doesn't like this she-wolf near her mate. I fight to keep the sound to myself as I watch his nose turn in our direction, watch it twitch as he

I stiffen, waiting for him to come after me.

Kinsley,

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 make

of them all the way back

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Hunter, the man who danced with me and watched over me that night. Second, he doesn't have a mark on his

good. He's been

purrs.

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

of food. I'll admit, the scent of freshly

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

moan softly to myself. It's been a while since I've had real food. Food at the diner was

the kind of food you get in a packhouse, the kind of

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

the water gets

since I've shifted back and forth, I step into the pool, letting the warm water soothe my aching body. I lower myself into the pool, moving my arms around, letting the water lap against me. I close my

night I met Alpha Hunter. I remember he was a great dancer. I remember he was very polite and kind to me. I remember him challenging Alpha Owen when he wouldn't let me and Warrior Julianne pass. But what I remember most is him watching me while Alpha Calvin claimed my sister. The memory sends shivers up my spine, and I sit up in the pool

the back of my neck stand up

with the others? Why was he looking up at me? Did he know, even back then, that I was his mate? Was he planning even back then,

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suggested he'd been doing and watching out for me all night, protecting me from the

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

for her to take with her, but she was so hungry that she just shoveled it all in and now her stomach is so bloated

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