The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 76: Happiness Hunter

We had quite the celebration the night I found out that my mate is carrying my son. Between that, and then finding out that Lucas and Kinsley were also expecting, the pack was beyond excited. Their happiness was palpable and both Robin and Dutton commented on it.

"I'm not sure I've ever felt this level of happiness in a pack, not mine, certainly," Dutton said, watching the festivities and smiling when one of the twins comes over to hug him or wants to be held by him for a moment. I can see that he's letting them initiate the interactions, but he readily agrees to every bit of attention, lavishing them with love each time they approach him. Tammi, especially, seems to thrive on his affection. Tiffany seems a bit more standoffish, but she still seeks him out. frequently.

Nikki and Robin are a whole other level. The sexual tension between them is as heavy in the air as my pack's excitement.

"Do you think it's because your ranked members are so happy?" Robin asks, participating in the conversation but his eyes never leave his mate. She's talking and laughing with Sophie and Kinsley, but her eyes continue to track back to Robin frequently.

"Maybe, or maybe it's just Sophie, I'd like to think it's all of us, but the feeling of the pack changed when I brought her home. Well, that and I got rid of the ones who weren't in agreement with abolishing the public claimings. She's made everything

different, better."

"Speaking of public claimings, I heard that the girl Owen claimed then discarded is here now, right?" Dutton asks, tearing his gaze away from his mates to look at me.

"Brooklyn, yeah she's here. She and her mother were finally released from the hospital. Her mom, Leah, rejected her mate for not protecting their pup, so she's also been healing. I've put them in a house outside the pack because Brooklyn can't take loud noises and crowds right now, it's too triggering for her."

"She's an omega?" Robin asks, also directing his attention to

me.

"Yeah," I growl, knowing they'll understand the damage that an Alpha did to a young omega in that type of situation.

"What an a**hole. I'd like to talk to her while I'm here, if that's possible. I'll be careful with her," Dutton says, turning back to his mates. "Aiden's the one who chased my girls onto your pack lands, right?" "That was him. He's also the one who was hunting Sophie when she ran home. I wasn't kidding when I said that any one of them could have captured our mates. Can you imagine if he'd have caught the twins?"

Dutton's possessive growl is not unexpected. I felt the same way when I heard Aiden had hunted Sophie. Several people look up, but it's the twins who look concerned. Dutton sets his drink down and opens is arms. I smile as both mates come over, wrapping themselves in his embrace.

"What is it?" Tiffany asks.

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"I was confirming with Alpha Hunter that it was that a**hole. Aiden who chased you onto his pack lands," he tells her, and I see Tammi shiver in his arms. He kisses Tiffany's forehead while pulling Tammi closer, then kissing the top of her head. Both women relax in his embrace and I smile, looking up to see my mate watching. When her eyes meet mine, I wink at her.

'Did we decide who won our bet this morning?' I ask her in the mind link, watching a soft blush spread across her cheeks. Then her chin goes up just a little.

now it's my turn to growl possessively, although much less aggressively than Dutton. "Is all this growling an Alpha thing,

three of

is all

who hunted you?" Robin asks her, tugging her against his

much too fast to be caught by one of those a**h**s," Nikki says with all the arrogance of

smiles at her. "I'll bet you

the bet?" she asks, and I snort, going to find my

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around her, leaning down to kiss her lips when she looks up at me, then I look at my Beta, who is happier than I've ever seen him in my life. "They've already

says.

have time?" I

about the party, she and his pup were more important." As I watch, Kinsley looks up at her mate, love shining in her eyes! "This

Hunter. Can you feel it?" she asks me

Nikki nearly nose to nose as they talk, both are smiling, and it looks like both of them have forgotten they're in the middle of a party. As I watch, Nikki leaps into Robins' arms and he growls possessively before walking away from the party, his mouth firmly attached to

will be. But if you want to make a wager and you want to make it worth me losing, I'm happy to take that bet," I say, Jooking down at her. Her eyes darken as she looks up at me. "I'm not sure I'm prepared

I can keep you up all night long, have your screaming until you can barely breathe and your voice is gone, have your body quivering from my touch, my mouth, my fingers, and my c****k. I can make your body so sensitive that I could make

wants?" I growl, leaning in so I can hear

"Yes," she whispers.

turning. I nod to Lucas who smiles at me, then at Dutton who goes back to his conversation with his mates before taking my mate upstairs and showing her everything she wants to see for hours, long after she's told me she can't take any more, and long after her voice is completely gone from screaming my name, and from taking me down her throat as she greedily sucked me off. In the morning, I let her sleep as I get ready for warrior training, quickly showering the scent of sex off my body and her arousal off my face before jogging downstairs. Lucas is dragging himself to training, looking exhausted, but happy. I notice his mate mark looks freshly re-marked. Robin shows up a few moments later, also exhausted and wearing a new mate mark.

slapping him on the

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it feels good to have her mark on me and

mean she'll be joining us at the

her from coming?" he asks, raising

more than I can keep Sophie from

noticeably absent from this morning's training and even if he did mark his mates, I'm not sure they would be joining us for the committee meeting. His mates are definitely more skittish

I get a chance to see her skills. I hadn't intended to, but I end up sparring with her,

did you learn to fight?" I ask

they were, I was frequently put up against one or the other. They didn't take it easy on me, forcing

did you? Defeat

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They made the mistake of relying on their strength. Since I was never going to defeat them with strength alone, I had to