The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 59

Chapter 59: Committee of Alphas Hunter

I can feel my mate's tension as we walk into the committee chambers. The Alphas, being pompous a**holes, made sure that their seats sat up much higher than those who were there to be heard. This way, they can literally look down their noses at you.

I've never liked the practice. We're Alphas, why do we have to prove that we stand above the others? If those who present themselves in front of the committee don't realize that just by our aura and presence, then perhaps those in their Alpha positions don't deserve them.

This time, it's me and Sophie who are on the floor, looking up at the Alpha chairs as the committee members enter.

I feel Sophie stiffen beside me and turn to look at her, keeping my eyes on the Alphas.

"What is it?" I murmur.

"Who is the Alpha that just came in?"

"Alpha Zahn, why?"

She looks at me. "He was the one who caught his mate in the woods where I was staying. He's the reason I ran."

I look at Alpha Zahn again. The timing would have been right.

He caught his mate and she threw herself off a cliff right around

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I nod, acknowledging that I heard her, but continuing to watch as the others enter. Kayce walked in with us, but I nod as Dutton, Carter, and Luna Amy enter the room. I see Sophie. finger wave at her parents and her father winks at her before taking his seat. I notice that they are all sitting on the left side of the seating, while Zahn, Alaric, and Owen have chosen to sit on the right side.

When Ezra walks in, he raises his eyebrow, looking at the seating arrangements. "Choosing sides already, I see," he says, sitting beside Kayce.

"That's Ezra," I say in an aside to Sophie.

"And that?" she asks about the Alpha who just sat down on the right side of the seating area.

Alpha Aiden," I

who was hunting me before I got

off, but not before the room goes quiet. Since the meeting hasn't started, everyone looks at me, then turns back

obliterate,' Shaw says in my head, seething at the man who hunted for

not going to argue. If he'd caught Sophie, I would never have found my fated mate. She'd have

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has her face well-schooled, and in the three years since she's been mated to Alpha Joshua, I've never once seen her smile. Next to enter is Calvin with Luna Amelia. I knew from our discussions that he didn't want her here because of her

her daughter, Luna Margot. I watch as she takes the younger woman's hand and they both face us, as if creating a unified front. Alpha Elias, the oldest Alpha

the center of the seating area, looking

Hunter, you have been commanded in front of this Committee of Alphas today because it has been brought to our

expecting me to argue. But I won't. I'm standing up

back to mine. "You agree that

I don't agree with, as this committee

with it, it is still a law Alpha."

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to look him in the eye. I'm glad and proud to see that Sophie's is as well Alpha Elias looks at me a moment, obviously restructuring the argument he had

took this woman as your

did. I'm sure that when my previous G**a joined Alpha Owen's pack, he let Alpha Owen know, who then let you know just who my mate is," I say, looking at Owen, then back

with me.

he says growling as he looks at my mate. "Sophie

take a protective step forward and partially in

"She's Sophie Reynolds now."

refocusing on me. "You have broken our laws. Do you intend to rectify that here and now?"

propose that I

this committee chamber, of course,"

hand on my back, whether to keep herself or me grounded I'm not sure, but my protective Alpha nature is pushing forward.

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