The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 117

Chapter 117: Grief Sophie

I come awake slowly, unsure of where I am or why I'm stiff and sore. I frown, where's my mate. He always wakes me up in the morning, rubbing his hands on me, sliding inside me. Where is he? And I why am I

sore.

My hands move to my stomach. Our baby is safe, but the motion has my stiff arms twitching.

'The war,' Hedda says in my head, the fatigue in her voice matching the fatigue I feel in my body.

The war! I shoot up in bed, looking around.

"Easy, baby. I was going to get in the bed with you, but I didn't want to hurt your stitches," Hunter says from beside me.

"I'll take a little discomfort to wake up in your arms. I don't like waking up without you," I say, carefully scooting over and tapping the bed beside me.

He crawls onto the bed, kicking off his shoes and lays on his side facing me. I do the same, careful of the tubes and monitors connected to me. I lay facing him before I curl up against him, breathing in his pine scent. His strong arms wrap around me, and I feel safe again.

I open my mind to my mate, and I feel the turmoil in his.

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and wrapping an arm around him.

Instead of answering, he leans down and kisses the top of my head.

"That bad, huh?" I ask, fear slowly working its way into my body. It's not like Hunter to keep things from me. If he is, it's because he's afraid of how I'll respond.

I begin to rub my hands over Hunter's body, realizing that he, too, is still healing. That makes me realize that I haven't been out too long, so whatever he's feeling is still raw for him too. "Kinsley?" I ask, starting with what I think could be the reason he's so upset.

"She's safe. She and her pup are alive and getting healthy. Dr. Caspian said that it will take her body a while to recover. We think that Sybil has gone silent, using all her strength to protect the pup when Kinsley was slashed in the stomach."

"How is Lucas handing it?" I ask, still stroking my mate's side and back. He keeps kissing me, holding me more tightly against him, as if he feels like I'm precious and fragile and that he's lucky I'm alive. Maybe that's what I'm feeling from him, the aftermath of the fear of losing me and our pup.

"Lucas is doing okay, but like me, he's here tonight and I expect he'll remain here until Kinsley wakes up."

I think about who else might be causing these feelings inside

Hunter.

"What about Margot?" I ask, and he sighs.

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"Margot...well, let's just say that's going to become a problem, but not for us. She and Ezra will have to figure that out."

"Figure what out?" I ask him.

He leans in and kisses the top of my head. I think I feel a soft chuckle from his body.

"You know how Margot insisted that she was going to die on the battlefield? How if me or someone else didn't kill Joshua, that she would?" he asks.

"Yes."

"And Ezra was having none of it. I understand that, because no matter what you said, there was no way I would have ever let you die on a battlefield if I could help it."

"So, what happened?" I ask, pulling my head back to look at him.

"Margot killed Joshua and then, when their mate bond began to kill her, Ezra marked her."

"That's why Thorin was so crazy when we went out there?"

"Yep, Ezra had marked her and I don't know if it's because of the bond or because of his own willpower and stubbornness, but Margot is still alive. Like Kinsley though, she's still unconscious." I curl up against my mate, feeling the heaviness of whatever is bothering him weighing on him again.

"How many did we lose?" I ask.

"Five on the battlefield. Two mates so far."

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incredible, Hunter I mean, I don't ever want to

of the woods yet. We still have multiple warriors who are injured in the

to you as their Alpha," I say to him. "You are their leader. You have

done that, Soph. You and me together. The pack wasn't

I

tell me," I

the monitor, I

to your father, Sophie. Dutton came and fought him off, but the injuries were

sobs take my body as tears stream down my face. Hunter holds me tightly against him and it feels like the only thing

and my life, what a good man, a good mate, a good Alpha, and most of all

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was.

weren't friendly with Alaric or his father, but we'd never

that it was an opportunistic move that Alaric made to try and increase the size of his pack. If Aiden hadn't turned

"My mother?"

doesn't answer me immediately, so I know the answer before

the Moon Goddess' realm," he says, and I hear his own

while I cry, murmuring soft, soothing words

my ear.

up at him briefly before tucking my face against

ask, my

has his Beta in your parents' pack while your father's Beta grieves to help guard it from another attack by Alaric. However, Dutton ripped Alaric up pretty good, but rather than chase after him, he tried to save your father.

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time soon. I'm

that the

be with you. I'm not sure if Calvin told Amelia yet or

long time, Hunter just holding me, stroking my back, arms, and hair, kissing me periodically or tightening his arms around me, just to let

I know that he's

me that we will kill him for what he did to my parents," I snarl, the raspiness of my voice only making

looking at

want to be the one who strikes the killing blow," I say,

We will kill Alaric for what he did, and

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lot of warriors out of commission and Kinsley, while awake, is still in the hospital. We were right that her wolf, Sybil, had gone silent. But we expect her back once Kinsley regains her strength. The most important thing is that both

manage the pack when Sophie and I left. Ezra is still here, waiting for Margot to wake. At first, I thought he'd remain in the pack and could assist Lucas if something happened, but he let me know

same.

pack to lay them to rest. I know the pack is in mourning. I've been in contact with Dutton multiple times a day to make sure they are safe during this time. I feel a sense of responsibility for the pack since

their pack, she had insisted on being at her parents' funeral. I'm not sure if Amelia is more delicate than Sophie,

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buteven with everything

to me to try and keep Sophie from being there when

Caspian look over Sophie and our pup before she let the hospital. Hedda did a great job

ways. So often she gives me credit for things, such as our pack being stronger and able to fight together in the war, but really; it's her. She's the one that has brought everyone together like they are now.

my mind. He hates seeing Sophie like this as much as I do. I know Hedda is also grieving and both Shaw and I feel that too. The last couple of nights, we've woken to Sophie crying softly in our arms. I've held her and calmed her, soothing her back to sleep, but the overwhelming grief that I feel though the bond is non-stop. That, more than anything, is what makes me determined to keep my promise to her. We will

not.

the pack. Around the pack lands, wolves

and walks to the guard who stopped us. Without a word, she wraps her arms around the big

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her as

put our hands on

parents, Luna. They were good people. They deserved better than this," the first guard says,

eyes, but she doesn't let them fall. Instead, she lets her anger

die for what he did. You have my word and the word of my mate. This act of aggression will not go unpunished,"

her to me. I nod, agreeing with what she said, and

be her father, and I'm guessing she's grown up with him around the pack. "My

waist and kiss the top of her head. "We should go, Soph. There are going

Luna, or you, Alpha, please let

Miles doing" I ask

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