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.

I stay in my low. crouch, and I slowly move forward, staying hidden

walking away from a particularly rocky spot in

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 our direction, watch it

and he's caught my scent. I stiffen,

Kinsley, let's head

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

go find the food. I'm going to make sure they

two of them all the way back to a car. I watch as the Alpha turns and looks back in our direction. When

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Alpha Hunter, the man who danced with me and watched over me that night. Second, he doesn't

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

purrs.

not even sure how that Alpha fit through here, I can barely fit through here.

of food. I'll admit, the scent of freshly cooked food is making my stomach

pushing some food towards me. "And

food. My mouth is watering as I take the first bite and I moan softly to myself. It's

is the kind of food you get in a packhouse, the kind of food meant for

I reached my hand out where the water is dripping down from the side of the mountain against the rocks. The

in before the water

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

mate. My mind goes back 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

didn't feel covetous. It didn't make the hair on the back of my

but he was there,' I say and then think about it. Why wasn't he in the room 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, to claim me as his mate? Or was

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what Julianne had suggested he'd been doing and watching out for

feeling torn, unsure of my feelings. towards Alpha Hunter. Although I'm

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

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