The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 125: Zahn's Request

Hunter

"Is his mate even able to travel?" Sophie asks.

It's the same question I had and one that I asked Alpha Zahn myself.

"He said he would take it slow to get here. He's willing to stay as long as she wants," I tell her.

She turns and looks at me. "As long as SHE wants?"

"That's what he said."

"What does HE want?" she asks astutely.

I lean in, nuzzling my mate. As agitated as I was after my phone call with Alpha Zahn, just seeing Sophie and feeling our pup moving around inside her, has settled me. Nothing in the world feels better than having my entire family in my arms, like right now. The icing on that fantastic cake is that my mate is smart and intuitive. Her train of thought is the same as mine.

"He said, and I quote, 'I want what you have, Alpha Hunter'. To which I snarled, thinking he meant you," I tell her, nipping her neck gently. "Mine," I say softly, needing to say it after having yet another Alpha say something that felt like a threat to take my mate from me.

"Yes, I am. And I always will be," Sophie says, snuggling into me. "So what does he really want?" she asks. "Because I'm taken;

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marked, mated, and forever yours."

Shaw begins to growl possessively in our chest. It feels good to have Sophie so willingly express her desire to be ours.

"So what does he want?" she asks.

wants what WE have. He wants this, Sophie," I say, nuzzling her and feeling grateful yet again that I took the stand that I did so that

on her face. "His mate jumped off a cliff to get away from him, Hunter. What

start to reply but feel a wave

is that? What do you feel

mate pulling into herself, as if she's trying to

right here.

of Alphas, and I was asking about who each of the Alphas was? Do you remember me asking about

had a lot on my mind, mostly preparing myself to fight my way out of the committee

"You said you saw him catch his mate. That he was the reason you ran and that's how you ended up back

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how brutal he was to her, and I did nothing. I just ran away. I left

intervened..."

before I can catch myself. "If you had intervened, Sophie, there is no doubt that you would have been forcibly marked as well. I'm assuming that Zahn had a hunting party with him?" She nods and I feel her guilt weighing on her. "Some legend, huh? I see

You were in a very different position then. You weren't a Luna, and you didn't have a mate or your family to support you. You were

Allison. She didn't run and hide like

came on the scene when Allison was fighting, and Allison had Letti fighting with her. There were three of

her to realize that she didn't let Zahn's mate down.

was happening when you found them? Was she fighting

her head. "No, he

I know whatever she saw was traumatizing enough that she had run, and she's been carrying this guilt with her

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her eyes and turns in my lap, needing to be close to me. I wrap my arms around her

he yanked her head up and told her never to run from him again before he marked her hard. He was angry and the whole thing was

You're safe. I just needed to understand. You're

face up against my throat, breathing in my scent. Shaw begins purring at

does Alpha Zahn think we're going