The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 167: Leaving a Mark

Letti

I can’t believe I met my mate. I can’t believe he’s a Beta who is here to win a pack. And I’m happy, so very happy, that he isn’t one of those ranked members who insists on claiming their mate publicly.

I don’t know Alpha Ezra, I’d never met him before seeing him in Alpha Hunter’s pack, but I’ve been in Alpha Kayce’s pack for a while now. He and Allison have been great leaders. So, I knew he would protect me and not allow anyone to claim me publicly or against my will. Thankfully, Jake isn’t like that at all.

I look over at him again, smiling when I see he’s looking at me too. He turns his head away and chuckles.

“Are you having as hard a time as I am focusing on this pack stuff?” he asks me.

“Yes. But I was serious about wanting to compete for this pack.”

“What do you want to do here?” he asks. We’re walking around the pack lands, getting a feel for them and the size of the pack overall while the existing Alphas mark the pack borders with little wooden stakes with red flags on them.

“I want to start a pack like my friends have created. A place where people can live and be free, be heard, and be safe.”

“Your friends? You mean that group of Lunas?” he asks, looking back in the direction we came.

“Well, only Sophie was a Luna when I met them. Nikki, Allison, and I were on the run together. Allison and I met up first and then we met Nikki when Alpha Aiden tried to claim Allison, Nikki jumped in and was injured helping us to get away,”

He growls a low, dangerous growl. “He’s lucky he didn’t claim you, I’d kill him.”

“You wouldn’t have known that I was your mate though, would you? I mean, unless I had rejected him, which I would have. But there are ways that she wolves can be forced to accept their mates. I know in my old pack, wormen were impregnated and then their pups were used to force them to accept the mate bond again.”

“Impregnated? You mean raped?”

“That’s not what our ranked members called it,” I say,

remembering my father who had used similar tactics against my mother in the beginning. It’s why she helped me escape from my pack.

“Who the **k are these a**l**?” he asks, angrily,

past, the laws supported them,” I say, “Anyway, Nikki was injured and we’d heard about a place where they were leaving food for she wolves on the run. Most of us, when we were on the run, looked out for each other as best we could,” I say shrugging, “We didn’t run in large packs, me, Nikki, and Allison being the largest group I ever saw, but that didn’t mean we didn’ t talk and didn’t help out when and where we could. And,

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him and see what I can do,” he

up to him. I barely know the man, but I already feel drawn to him, and I like that he’s worried about

your pack with you, but let’s get one thing straight before

that?” he asks, his voice deepening

my face so close to his that I can feel his breath on my lips. “I’m the one winning

smile is instant.