The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 109: Fighting Differently

Sophie

After getting our pack members settled, and then having breakfast, Hunter finds me.

"Soph, come with me. Before the others arrive, you and Kinsley are getting a crash course on fighting together," he says, and I see Lucas leading Kinsley in our direction. Hunter leads me outside and Lucas and Kinsley follow behind

US.

"Okay, here's the deal," Hunter begins turning to face us as several other warriors join us. "Lucas and I hate the idea that the two of you won't be in one of the safe rooms. I understand your reasoning and I'm not going to fight you on it. However, I expect that the two of you stay together and fight together. Sparring with me and Lucas isn't going to help. You won't have one person coming at you face to face like we've been training you. So, what we're going to do is have the two of you stand back-to-back, covering each other. That way, you only have to cover your front and sides, and you can help each other," he says, looking at me then at Kinsley.

I look at Kinsley and we both nod

"Lucas and I are going to watch and give you pointers on how to protect yourselves better. These guys," he says, pointing to the warriors, "are going to attack you from all sides as if we were in a real battle. You two are key targets, not just because Joshua

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will want to take you as his mate, Sophie, but because you're ranked members. Injuring or killing either of you will destroy me and Lucas and it will weaken us enough that we'll be easily killed." I reach out and take Kinsley's hand, knowing that neither of us is willing to be the reason our mates are weakened or killed in battle.

"You guys," Hunter says, turning to the warriors. "are my best warriors and that's why you've been chosen for this exercise. You have the most knowledge, the most fighting strength, and the most control. Our mates are going to fight all out against you. You are only allowed to knock, scrape, or injure them to the point that their wolves can heal them within an hour. Anything more than that, and you'll answer to one of us," he says, gesturing to himself and Lucas.

to me and Kinsley. "I need it to hurt because I need you both to be prepared to continue fighting when you're injured. But I'm not willing to risk either of your

I

hold back. Do not worry that you'll hurt them more than they can heal. The goal is to prepare you to take them down and for the two of you to stay alive until Lucas or I can get to you. You're both limited in

the warriors. "Chris, Nathan, you each take one from the front," he says, then looks at me and Kinsley. "Back-to-back you two," he says, crossing his

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start with just these two, then I'm going to have the others attack so you can see what will happen if you aren't paying attention," he says.

me in the shoulder hard before I swing my arm about and smash him in the face, knocking him aside. He shifts into

calls out and we all stand to look

take out Kinsley." I turn, seeing that Nathan nipped Kinsley in the shoulder. He didn't draw blood, but he tore her

more determined. I squeeze her hand again,

"Again. Fight!"

making sure to protect Kinsley's back. Nathan comes at me again and I'm doing pretty well holding my own but still taking hits when I feel

it. Kinsley and I have moved apart, and this wolf didn't even need

wolves pull you apart. They will try

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down

Fight!" he says, and we go through the motions, with Hunter or Lucas stopping us periodically to show us where we messed

we get the notice that the she-wolves and pups have arrived from Owen's old pack. "Nice job, you two. That was very good. We need to practice more and if we have