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

man and a woman, walking away from a particularly

near her mate. I

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

nothing, Kinsley, let's

not captured our scent the way that

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

is much quieter than I am. She stays low and we follow the two 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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realize two things. First, I know him. I remember him from Amelia's birthday party. That is Alpha Hunter, the man who

he smells so good. He's been waiting

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 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

been left. "It's still lukewarm," she mumbles around a mouthful of food. I'll admit, the scent of freshly cooked food

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

My mouth is watering as I take the first bite and I moan softly to myself. It's been a while since

This is the kind of food you

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

in before the water gets cold," I tell

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

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.

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

and then think about it. Why wasn't he in the room with the others? Why was he looking up at me? Did

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

the water feeling torn, unsure of my feelings. towards Alpha Hunter. Although I'm confident about

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 she

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