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.

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

I see a man and a woman, walking away from

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

stiffen, waiting for him to

Kinsley,

looks in our direction, but I can tell that she has not captured our scent the way that he has, or at least not mine. I'm not sure if he smelled both Penny and I

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

of them all the way back to a car. I watch as the Alpha turns and looks back in our direction. When Chapter 12:

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

smells so good. He's been waiting for

purrs.

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

to the center, Penny is 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 we can

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

to. This is the kind of food you get in a packhouse, the kind

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, it's

in before 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

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

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

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

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

of my feelings. towards Alpha Hunter. Although I'm

step back over to where the food was, I realized that Penny has stuffed herself completely. There was enough food for her to take with her, but she was so hungry

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