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.

stay in my low. crouch,

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

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 myself as I watch his nose turn in

I stiffen,

Kinsley, let's

that he has, or at least

going to

two of them all the way

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

good.

purrs.

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

mouthful of food. I'll admit, the scent of freshly cooked food is making my stomach grumble, but I know that Penny is much hungrier than

pushing some food towards me. "And look,

first bite and I moan softly to myself. It's been a while since I've had real

had to. This is the kind of

to the small pool. I reached my hand out where the water is dripping down from the side of the mountain against

in before the water

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

very polite and kind to me. I

covetous. It didn't make the hair on the back of my neck stand up like

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

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

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

I realized that Penny has stuffed herself completely. There was enough food 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 that

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