The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 85: The Battle

Hunter

When the howls went up, I left Sophie feeling an emotion I've never felt before. Fear.

I have so much to lose if Koden comes after Sophie. So, while I jump into the fight, I can't truly get my head into it until I know that Sophie is safe. I know my mate, I know the kind of caring, loving Luna that she is. She won't enter a safe room until everyone else is safe.

'Lucas, Sophie isn't in a safe room yet,' I call in the mind link while Shaw pins a warrior to the ground, sna ing his teeth on his spine. Even after we hear the snap and the wolf falls limply at our feet, Shaw holds on, ripping part of the wolf's spine from its body.

'I'm closer. I'll go,' Lucas replies, and I see him rushing toward the packhouse. I can see that the fighting has made its way there.

'Sophie! Tell me you're in a safe room!' I call out in the mind link.

I feel teeth sink into my flank and I duck as another wolf leaps at me before turning to snap my teeth at the one holding my leg. These men are warriors and fighters, but none of them are ranked wolves. I can't worry about whether or not they chose to be here. They are here fighting, and I have to kill them. Shaw snaps his teeth at the wolf's face, grabbing on to the cheek and thrashing until the wolf lets go of our leg. When he does, Shaw

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throws him aside, then leaps, biting into his fleshy stomach and ripping his insides out.

We turn to fight off another wolf as I feel a wave of anger and fear wash through Lucas. 'SOPHIE!'

'Safe,' she says, a moment before the fear in Lucas is replaced by fury.

'Safe rooms are closed and locked, Alpha,' he says, and I can feel his relief the same as mine.

Now I can focus more clearly on the battle. Now, I can find

en.

I begin attacking, going after wolves, searc! g for him.

'Shaw, where the f**k is he?'

He's just taken down another warrior when we see Koden slinking toward the packhouse, he's going for Sophie. I know my old G**a, he likes to take out mates of the person he's after, weakening them before he attacks them. I can feel that Lucas has moved to the front of the packhouse, fighting wolves out there. Whether they were trying to run, or the fighting has just moved out front, I'm not sure. Either way, he's not there to protect our mates.

I begin making my way toward Koden. He may need a weaker opponent to attack, but I don't. I've always been stronger than Koden, so has Lucas. That's why he was my G**a, but maybe he should never have even been that. Water under the bridge at this point, what's done is done and I've rectified that mistake.

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to Koden, sneaking up on him, when Carter's howl goes up that he and his pack have arrived. Koden's head jerks to left, and that's when he sees me. Shaw begins running

onto his back, and lifting his paws, scratching violently at Shaw's chest and stomach. Shaw presses his body down, trying to pin Tormund's

to face off, just as I hear Kayce's howl

have not one, but two packs answering our call for assistanc Shaw leaps again, this time getting his teeth into the fleshy part of his shoulders, ripping a large chunk of flesh from his body. Tormund howls in pain but turns biting into Shaw's side. His teeth graze Shaw's ribs, but he

out both of the wolves. When he does, Tormund is gone. I quickly look around not seeing him. I begin hunting him when I feel Sophie's mind gently pressing

wave of love and

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As

slinking toward the pack

"HELP!"

and I realize it's coming from Leah and

up, I see the door

the porch steps and jog into the

help her!" Brooklyn says, looking up at me from the floor where she's holding

rush to her side, seeing Michael lying dead with a bullet wound to the head beside and

I ask, quickly pulling Leah to me and checking for a pulse.

my fault! It's

say, gently pushing my aura out to get her

up at

ask quietly

She knew he'd come.

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me and

into tears, but she quickly. swipes her face with the back of

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again, forcing her back into a mate bond with him. I didn't know...I didn't know that if I killed him that it would kill her," she says. "Come with me," I say, pushing Michael's dead body off of Leah. I pick up Leah

her head, but I

shakes her

crouch. "Get

I turn, I see her frowning at

leaving you here alone. The battle

"You're injured," she says.

Leah, but I know the longer it takes for us to get to the pack hospital, the less likely it is for her to survive. Brooklyn finally climbs onto my back, and I stand, feeling every ache and injury in my body now that the adrenaline of the battle is starting to wear

you to check in with Carter and Kayce. What's the status

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he says. "Where are