The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Home

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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,

stop when I see a man and a woman, walking away from a particularly rocky spot in the side

It's interesting to me that she doesn't seem afraid of him. Hedda growls possessively in my head. She doesn't like this she-wolf near her mate. I fight to keep the sound to

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

Kinsley,

way that he has, or at least not mine. I'm not sure if he smelled

the food. I'm going to make sure they leave,"

we follow the two of them all the way back to a car. I watch as the

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party. That is Alpha Hunter, the man who danced with me and watched over me that

why he smells so good. He's been waiting for

purrs.

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

Penny is devouring the food that's been left. "It's still lukewarm," she mumbles around a mouthful of food.

towards me. "And look, there's a

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

This is the kind of food

down from the side of the mountain against the rocks. The water here is cool, but when I put my feet. into the pool, it's warm where the sun

getting in before the water gets cold,"

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 eyes and lean back, floating in the water and letting the sun hit my face, feeling safe for the first

to that night. The 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

the back of my neck stand

Why was he looking up at me? Did he know, even back then, that I was his mate?

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he'd been doing and watching out for me all

Although I'm confident about one thing. Mate or no, I have

completely. There was enough food for her to take with her, but she was so hungry that she just shoveled it

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