The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 18: A Possible Future

Sophie

Did he just say he was going to kiss me?

I look down at his lips - full, soft, warm-looking lips and I wonder what it would feel like to be kissed by this man. Everything he has said has made me feel safer and more loved than I've felt since I ran away from home. It's dangerous because it's intoxicating.

"I...." I begin.

He growls low, sending heat through my body and straight to

my core.

"I warned you," he says and slides a hand into my hair as his mouth gently presses against mine. His lips are just as warm and soft as they looked. I melt into the kiss, my very first kiss.

He has one hand splayed on my back, holding me to him, the other slides into my hair, gently tugging my head to the side. As soon as I do, he deepens the kiss, running his tongue of the seam of my lips. I gasp and his warm tongue slides into my mouth, gently coaxing my tongue to join his.

My hands slide up his chest and I feel his body shiver at my touch. He growls again, this time it's a deep, primal, possessive growl as he deepens the kiss even further. I can only hold on to him, overwhelmed by the feelings that he's conjuring in my body, the swirling of emotions in my mind.

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When he finally pulls away, we're both panting. He presses his forehead to mine and I feel his heart beating just as fast as mine is.

"You taste just as sweet as you smell," he says. When I look, his eyes are closed and he's licking his lips, as if he can't get enough of my taste. When he pulls his head away from mine, he looks at me with grey eyes that have darkened to a nearly charcoal color with his desire for me.

"We need to get moving. You smell entirely too delicious to be left in the open like this," he says, stepping back and sliding his hand out of my hair and down my arm to intertwine our fingers together.

He turns and begins walking, leading me away from the river. I can still feel the tingling sensation on my lips. I turn and look at the river. When I got here early this morning, I was trying to scrub the scent and feel of Alpha Owen off of me.

I look at Hunter. Now, all I want is to feel his mouth on mine again and to roll myself all over him until I'm covered in his scent.

'He smells SO good. I bet if you asked him, he's let us roll on him,' Hedda purrs seductively.

you feel how... big he is? You know, down

gets louder. "Oh yes, yes

the corner of

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grumble, and his smile gets

"What were you going to say about my life if I accept you as

body. It feels amazing. "Well, for one thing, you'd no longer have to run. My mark on your neck would make you safe from any other Alpha." I knew that. My issue was never having

it would make your father safe again. The Alphas would stop

That, without anything else, would make me reconsider accepting Alpha

turning me to look at him. "But most importantly, second only to you being my Luna, is that you could stand by my side and help me

not to claim me, but to make our world a better place for every she-wolf, not

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serious about all

to stand my ground and fight for what is right. There are others who will stand with us, my Beta for one. I'm guessing your sister and-Alpha Calvin would

thinking of the mountain

a better life, not just for you, and for us, but

OUR pups. I can practically feel myself ovulating for this man

against his. His body jerks with the shock of it and I start to pull away, embarrassed by my action, but his mouth follows mine, capturing me in another kiss, this one

wobbly when he

he tugs me along, my brain struggling to catch up as I let him lead me back to the hideout. Chapter

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to the back side of the hideout. "Where's the back entrance?" he asks

don't know?" I

back here, so I told

him. He's so thoughtful. "It's right here," I say,