The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 158: Zahn’s Request

Hunter

“Whoa! **n Sophie. Could you set the bar a little lower? I have to up my game back home,” Allison teases.

“I doubt that, my love. I’m quite sure the entire pack would rally behind you if someone threatened you,” Kayce assures her.

“I don’t know…” she says, but Kayce pulls her to him, kissing the top of her head.

“I do.”

Nikki turns to Robin.

“Absolutely,” he says, answering her unasked question. “The pack would support and protect you in an instant. It’s the only thing that helps me to sleep at night with Camden still out there.”

“He’ll never take me from you,” she purrs at him.

“I’ll kill him if he tries,” he growls.

“So, Jocelyn is settled for the night?” I ask Sophie.

“She is. I think she’ll enjoy the peacefulness here and Allison is going to help us get the garden started before they head back home,” she says.

“I guess I know what we’re doing tomorrow,” Kayce says drolly.

Allison smacks his arm good-naturedly. “We can do it, Kayce.”

“You’re pregnant, Allison. You’re not going to be shoveling dirt and moving heavy plots of grass. We can help,” he says, grabbing her hand and kissing it.

I look at Sophie, raising an eyebrow. I don’t want her digging holes in her condition either.

not sure I could dig up anything anyway with little Hunt

my boy, keeping his momma safe,” I say, putting my hand against her stomach and feeling my son respond

and I had dinner sent up to him. I’m not sure if he

being up early. He’s still a mess, his wolf not being able to heal all of the bruises on his face or the cuts on his lips. I’m sure his wolf is focusing is on

lips pressing together. “I want to ask her if I can

maybe me pummeling him into the ground yesterday finally made something

to get her. We can meet them outside the

I know this must be very hard for him. He’s an arrogant Alpha and deferring to his mate’s choices and thanking me for

to the pack hospital and it’s only a few moments before I hear Sophie

sleep I can remember having in a long time, Luna Sophie. I think your pack is right. There is something special about

pack members make it special,” Sophie says, once again not taking credit for her role in

but it’s the leaders who set that expectation,

Hunter is a great Alpha. The pack adores him,” she says, making me

you not know how to take a compliment? I’m talking about you,” Jocelyn says, sounding a bit aggravated that Sophie isn’t getting her point. “The pack adores you, Sophie. They may adore your mate as well, I’m not sure. But I know they adore you.

didn’t see the softness on Jocelyn’s face before she shut it down, her face going hard when she

a question on her face.

your permission to be here during your surgery. I’m your mate, and I want to be

have all agreed to take turns sitting in my room

if he’s finally figuring things out, or if he sees what I’m seeing. The pack is starting to congregate around Sophie.

I am your mate, Jocelyn. I would like to be

turns to Sophie. “What happens if he tries

be removed from the

moment. “I’m not su. I want you in my room, but I can’t keep you out of the hospital,”

can,” Zahn grits out, and I watch his hands clench before he forces himself to relax again. “It’s apparently up to you if I

at me, her face showing her surprise. I nod, letting her know that the decision

the hospital, that’s fine. But I don’t trust

the room if someone else is with me?”