The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 169: Returning Home

Sophie

I say goodbye to my friends again but this time, it’s not so sad. I know I’ll see them again in a week, but we also talked about meeting to discuss the mountain area. Everyone loved our idea of the play area for the pups and the trails for wolves, not just pups, to run when they need to get away. If it becomes a community area, we can all take it on as part of our protection, making sure that if anyone calls out for help, we respond. Since we’re meeting back here in a week anyway, we decide to come with our ideas and, when we have some time, we can go over the ideas together.

Lucas decided that he doesn’t want to compete for this pack. I’ m glad because I really want him to go for Alaric’s old pack. Hunter told me that Calvin brought up that pack too, and I plan to talk to Amelia about it. I didn’t get the impression that she wanted to expand our father’s pack.

Hunter straps our bags on me again, making sure nothing is pinching or rubbing too much, before shifting and laying down. I begin my struggle to get onto Shaw again, when I hear Nikki.

“Sophie, it’s painful watching you,” she says, walking over and lifting me up, helping me get settled onto Shaw’s back.

“Why didn’t I think of that?” Kinsley asks.

“You were probably busy getting you and your own baby bump on your mate’s wolf. I don’t have a baby bump yet, so it’s easier for me and Shaw won’t get grumpy about it since I’m a friend and not a male touching his pregnant mate. Right, Shaw?” she asks, then she smiles mischievously and winks at me.

“Robin, is it me or is Shaw larger than Derric?” She tries and fails to hide her smile from taunting her mate. I feel Shaw snor ust as I hear the growl behind her and bones snapping before a large black wolf comes walking over a moment later.

Shaw carefully gets to his feet, standing beside Derric. Nikki makes a show of assessing the differences between Shaw and Derric.

“Hmm, I guess it was just having a pregnant Sophie on his back that made him seem bigger,” she says. Derric growls at her before she finally wraps her arms around his neck, hugging him. “Even if you weren’t the same size, and I think you might be just a bit larger, you’d still be the only man and wolf for me.”

Rather than letting her get away with her teasing, Derric shifts his body, gently pushing Nikki to the ground before laying on top of her, pinning her down, and covering her face with kisses.

“Oh, Derric! Derric, stop!” she complains, trying to push him away. Her mate’s wolf doesn’t even slow down, making sure that his long, wet licks go up into her hairline, her hair beginning to stand out at odd angles. “Robin Porter, don’t think I don’t know that you’re encouraging this behavior!”

Shaw chuckles. “Bye Nikki, see you soon,” I say, laughing as Shaw begins heading home, Nikki’s complaints following us for several more minutes.

get water and enjoy the view from up here. It really is a

do with the space inside the mountain,

you have any ideas? I mean, it’s so small. The only thing that comes to mind is a swimming area for pops, but the pool is too deep. I’m not

got in there,’ Hunter

Kinsley says out loud. “I’m not sure you

is too deep. Maybe we use it as a getaway for newly mated pack

begins purring loudly at his words, images of our night together flitting through both of our

it’s got everything you need except food. We can talk to the others about

our way back to the pack, Shaw and Dario announcing our return as we get close. The entire pack responds, and I instantly feel

Lucas wins a pack, I hope it’s the same feeling that we get from our pack,” Kinsley

I say, letting my own love for them flow through

Shaw, Dario, and Kinsley all begin

“What’s that about?”

love of your mate, but in a pack environment, the love of your Luna is everything,” Kinsley says, this time basking in the love that

important?’ I ask

love means everything to them. Your love and appreciation of them makes them feel

Their happiness and

off his back. “It’s good to be home,” I say, as Penny

have you home, Luna,”

all of you

Lucas shift. “Any

you know who it was,” Jaime says, rolling his

“How bad?” Lucas asks.

see for yourself,” Penny says, smiling at her mate. Oh, this ought to be