The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 152: Meeting Brooklyn

Jocelyn

“I’m going to leave you and Brooklyn alone so that she can help you put on a hospital gown. Knowing what you’ve been through, Jocelyn, I’m guessing being naked in front of a man is not comfortable for you.”

“Thank you,” I say, surprised that he cares.

“I’ll have Brooklyn ask the initial questions and then we can talk about what your options are and the tests that I’d like to run. How does that sound to you?”

“That sounds fine.”

“One question before I leave, so I have an idea of what I’m up against. Is your wolf still present?” he asks me. It’s one of the reasons I jumped off the cliff. My wolf, Cassidy, had gone silent after Zahn forced his mark on me. He’s not our fated mate, and she hadn’t wanted to submit to him.

“No.”

He nods, handing Brooklyn a clipboard and kissing the side of her head before walking to the door. Well, I guess I was right about the mate part.

“That will make your healing more difficult and slower, but not impossible,” he says to me, before leaving and closing the door.

“Okay, let’s get you changed,” Brooklyn says, and she helps me to stand before helping me to get undressed. I don’t look at her. I don’t want to see her face when she looks at my distorted body.

“Your wolf could still come back,” she says. She’s obviously a sweet girl, soft spoken, but she has no idea what I’ve been through.

“I doubt that. She went silent when I was marked and mated.”

mean she won’t return. Sometimes it takes time and healing on the

you’re an omega. What could you possibly know about a ranked member losing their wolf in a public claiming?” I ask her. I keep my voice soft, not because of Sophie’s warning, but because

and frowns at me. “You don’t know who I am? What

is or what happened to her, and I tell

know me or

I know you?”

and then you’ve been recovering in your pack, so word may

if remembering whatever happened to her. Her

left my torn and bloodied body on the stage to die. My mother,” she chuckles. “I still don’t know how she did it, but she carried me back here all by herself. Alpha Hunter and Luna Sophie accepted us back, kept us safe, and refused to allow my father onto the pack lands. I received treatment and

returned?” I ask her, shocked at what happened

had a lot to do

him mark you?” I ask, as she helps me onto the

something terrible happened to you, Jocelyn, it doesn’t mean that it has to define

Sophie are the real deal?”

not

“No.”

true love story.

me settled into the bed, she tells me about Alpha Hunter claiming his Luna privately and bringing her home to the pack. She explains how he gave everyone twenty-four hours to decide if they were willing to live with a Luna who had been

G**a and believed in the old ways. He didn’t even try to

is your father now?” I

in the eye and there’s a strength there that I didn’t notice