The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 84: Safe Rooms

Sophie

When the howls of attack go up, Hunter and I jump out of bed.

"Call your father and Kayce, and take care of my mate," he says, pulling me to him and kissing me fiercely before racing out of the room and leaping off the stairwell, shifting on his way down to the first floor. I grabbed one of Hunter's shirts and my phone as I begin racing down the stairs meeting up with Kinsley as we watch wolves rushing out of the packhouse from every direction.

I dial my father's number.

"Sweetheart is everything okay?" he answers.

"We're under attack, Dad. Koden," I say and immediately hear my father's howl go up, waking up his pack.

"We're on our way. Get safe, Sophie."

"To the safe rooms!" I yell over the chaos on the first floor. I grab Kinsley. "Be careful!" I say before racing off. She and I had decided to take separate safe rooms to help facilitate everyone getting into their assigned rooms

As I run, I dial Alpha Kayce.

"Yeah," he answers sleepily.

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"Alpha Kayce, this is Luna Sophie We're under attack.

"Joshua?" he asks, instantly alert I can hear him moving around, Allison's voice asking what's going on in the background. "Koden."

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"We're on our way," he says, and I hear his howl go up a moment before the phone disconnects.

"What can I do? I can't shift yet," Margot asks, rushing up.

"Help me get these people inside their safe rooms. Can you take lead in one, make sure everyone stays calm."

"Of course!" she says, rushing toward another safe room and helping the people get safely into their room.

'Status check, Soph,' Hunter says I can hear Shaw snarling in our mind as well. He's already fighting. 'Almost there,' I say, looking around.

'Move faster. I need you safe,' he says just as the mind link cuts off.

"DOOR ONE CLOSING!" I hear Kinsley announce.

"Margot, you're next," I say to her

"DOOR TWO CLOSING!" she announces as I hear Kinsley's door slam shut and lock.

"ANYONE ELSE?" I yell, looking around, as Margot's door slams shut and locks.

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just as the glass sliders in the back of the packhouse smash open. 'Sophie! Tell

go!" I yell at the woman. "DOOR THREE CLOSING!" I shout as the

to us.

scream, but Lucas' wolf attacks the other wolf, grabbing him by the neck and pulling him away. I slam the door closed, just as another wolf tries to break in. His en behind me paw gets caught in the door and one of the w jumps up to help hold the door while I throw the lock, pinning the wolf's paw in our room. His howl of pain echoes in our enclosed space as

Hunter yells in my

'Safe!'

relief evident if his voice as the mind link

to the sounds of fighting just outside our safe room. It's the sound of whimpering that makes me focus. I turn

the mothers are too, terrified for themselves, their pups, and the mates who are outside

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see everyone huddled together. The woman who was last in is trying to hold all three of her children, but they're all terrified. I

not sure how my mate does it. I know he's connected to everyone, keeping tabs on the entire pack, but it's overwhelming to me. It's like it was when he was listening to multiple conversations and keeping track of all of them.

his voice floats into my head. This time, it's distracted, busy with everything else going on around him, but as always, my

makes sure to look after me. I send a wave of bond, hoping

never been in a safe room before, never been in a battle where I wasn't fighting. It's almost harder to be in here. At least out there, you're focused on fighting, on staying alive. In here, you're just waiting. Waiting for someone to give the all-clear, waiting for someone in your room to begin the keening sound of losing their loved one, or waiting to feel the tether to your own mate snap. Time seems to stand still in this room. In the battle, time goes by quickly and before you know it, hours have passed, and you didn't even realize

a howl I'd recognize anywhere,

out a laugh and everyone looks at me. "My father. He and

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and everyone in the room relaxes a

one I've heard, but

Alpha Kayce and his

fighting, but not wanting

on the run,' he says, sounding exhausted. 'Your father's pack and Kayce's are finishing this

of our pack and can't ...d link. It isn't long before the sounds in the packhouse become quiet. We all wait, anxious to hear the sounds of one of our warriors knocking on the door to tell

all the woman and children have emptied out, before following behind them. I look around and not seeing Hunter, I turn to Lucas. "Where's my

I need you at the pack hospital. It's

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realizing that I would never, ever risk bringing a female into this world. Thankfully, I found a doctor outside of our pack who was willing to give me

the

me, but I was a Luna for several years. We're going to

you know?" a woman

stronger bond than I've ever seen before

around at

you, they're not focusing on the fight. We can be strong together," I say, feeling anything but strong. When Joshua comes, and I know he will, I hope I can continue to be this stable. Maybe by then, I'll have regained my wolf

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hear the sounds of wolves howling their arrival and I let the group know that their Luna contacted others for assistance. It will make this battle end much more quickly and I'm grateful. I'm getting claustrophobic, starting to feel like there's

These people need you. You're a f**g Luna,' I say to myself. This would be easier if my wolf was stronger, then I