The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 45: Allison and Letti Sophie

| took Letti and Allison inside the packhouse. | felt their fear the moment we stepped in and the room went quiet.

Rather than pretend that nothing was happening, | decided to address the pack straight on. "Everyone, this is

Letti and Allison. These are she-wolves who have been on the run, the first to request our assistance. There is

one more in the pack hospital getting medical attention, her nis Nikki. | hope there will be more she-wolves

asking for our assistance in the near future. Please make them feel welcand help them with anything they

need," | say before. nodding for the two women to follow me. "So, what's most important to the two of you?

Food, shower, or bed?" | ask just as Kinsley walks up.

"Hello ladies. I'm Beta Kinsley," she says, and both girls' noses go up in the air.

"You're the one who brings the food," Allison says.

"That's correct and you read the note that Sophie wrote and decided to trust us?" she asks.

"Well..." Letti says, looking at Allison.

"They have another girl with them who was injured pretty badly. Hunter took her to the pack hospital," | tell her.

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"Right. So, how about sfood?" Kinsley asks them.

"We're really hungry," Letti says.

"Yeah, that wasn't a lot of food for three hungry females," Allison says.

"Maybe | need to start leaving more..." Kinsley says, more to herself than to us.

"Kins, will you help them get food and I'll make sure we have two rooms ready for them?" | ask!

"Absolutely, follow me, let's get those bellies filled so that after you shower, you can crash."

"Why are you being so nice to us?" Allison asks.

"Yeah, really." Letti says.

"Because it's the right thing to do. Not everyone realizes that, but we do, our Alpha does and obviously, so does

our Luna, since she's the legend," Kinsley says.

"I'm not a legend," | say.

"Oh, but you are!" Allison says.

"Yeah, everyone knows you. | cacross multiple girls on the run. | asked them all if they were Sophie, or they

asked me. Honestly, | feel a little flustered because I'm finally getting to meet you. You're like a celebrity...only,

legend sounds better," Letti says.

"All | did was survive on my own," | say.

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"No, what you did was give all of us hope. And for that, we can never repay you," Allison says.

"Yeah, I'd have been mated off by now, if not for you," Letti says.

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"Well, you don't oweanything, except maybe to live your best life," | say, embarrassed.

Kinsley smiles atas Allison turns to her. "Is she for real?"

"She is. She doesn't realize what an influence she's had, that she's still having."

"Anywho, how about | go check on those rooms," | say, skirting away before | beceven more embarrassed.

Without consciously realizing it, | reach out to Hunter, feeling his steadying emotions which help calm me. | can

tell he's focused and concerned about Nikki, so I don't bother him. Instead, | check to make sure we have two

bedrooms beside each other that are ready for guests. Then | make sure they have everything they need to

shower, and sclothes to wear to sleep in and for tomorrow. I'm sure Hunter has a plan for making sure these

girls have clothes, but if not, Kinsley and | will manage.

I've just returned to the dining hall where | can see that Lucas has joined our new she-wolves. They still seem a

bit cautious around Lucas, but at least they're talking to him and even smiling a bit which is good. When I step

up, they're just finishing eating. "I can show you to your rooms. They're beside each other. | assumed you'd want

to be close to each other."

"Yes, Luna. Thank you. And thank Betas for helping us. It's not

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what | expected, but I'm really glad you offered us this place to rest, even if we don't stay for long," Allison says.

"Why wouldn't you stay?" | ask her.

She shrugs. "We're from another pack. Won't you eventually have to tell our families that we're here?"

"No. Not unless you want us to," say confidently. Hunter and | haven't discussed it, but what's the point of

offering sanctuary if we're just going to send them hor tell the ones their running from where to find them.

"Well, we'd like to at least do our part while we're here," Allison

says.

"Why don't you join us for warrior training in the morning? We have sof the warriors from Luna Sophie's

pack who are going to help train our pack members on snew techniques. You both are welcto join in.

I'm pretty sure Alpha Hunter is hoping that if we're attacked, that you'd be willing to help fight to maintain the

pack's safety."

I watch the two of them look at each other.

"But it's not required. You don't have to fight," | tell them.

"No, of course you don't have to," Lucas says quickly.

"You're really serious, aren't you?" Letti asks.

"About what?"

"Keeping us safe. If you weren't, you wouldn't be expecting a battle."

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tend to keep you safe, even if

man going ** war againgt are of the packs."

They took at each other again, thin back at Lucas

When twarrior maining

Here at them. Five in the morning.

"We'll be there," Allison says, and Letti node.

"I will too," | say, before directing our new quests to their rooms.

When | finally get back to my room, Hunter is still gone. | shower and fall into bed, only waking when he slides in

behind me, wrapping his warm body around mine. "How is she?" | ask sleepily

"In surgery. How are the other two?"

"Hopefully sleeping. They're coming to warrior training in the morning."

"Interesting," he says. | want to ask why that's interesting, but I'm too tired and I fall back to sleep before | can.

I'm not sure how much later it is when | feel Hunter getting up.

"Is it tfor training?" | ask.

"No. Nikki is out of surgery. I'm going to go sit with her. I told her I'd be there when she woke and | want to keep

my word. I'll hopefully be back for warrior training," he says, kissingsoftly before | hear his feet padding

away and the door closing quietly.

The next t| wake, it's to warm hands sliding over my body. | take a deep breath of his pine scent and let my

mate wakeslowly first with his mouth and then with his body buried inside of mine.

By the t| have to get up for warrior training, I'm wide awake. "Please feel free to wakelike that every

morning," | say to

him.

He chuckles as we get dressed.

"How's Nikki? I'm assuming she woke up?"

"She did. She's going to need srecovery time, but she's an Alpha, so once she's healthy, she'll begin healing

fast." "She's an Alpha?" | ask.

"She is, Alpha Alaric's sister. Do you know him?"

“No, my father didn't think much of him, if | remember correctly," | say.

"His sister doesn't think much of him either," he says. "However, he's now part of our Committee of Alphas."

"Was he part of your original numbers?" | ask as we walk outside, wondering if this skews the balance out of our

favor.

"He was, and | had him against us since | didn't know where he'd fall. Looks like | was right."

When we walk outside, | see Allison and Letti. "We need to get them new clothes," tell Hunter. "Have them order

sonline. It's not safe for them to leave

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the pack lands."

"I'll let them know," | say as we walk up.

"We don't really have any clothes to spar in. Do you mind if we just watch?" Letti asks.

"That's fine. Sophie will work with you today to have you order sclothing. I'd rather you didn't leave my pack

lands as | can't guarantee your safety if you do.

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"No problem, Alpha. We were wondering how Nikki is doing? Allison asks.

"She's awake. | saw her this morning. When | left she was getting sfood, but because of the extent of her

injury, she'll be in the pack hospital for another day or two. After training and breakfast, I'd be happy to take you

both over there. You're welcto sit with her."

"We'd like that, thank you, Alpha," Letti says, and they find a place to watch the warrior training while I go to

stand with the others and begin warming up. The moment we start | realize how out of shape | am. Unlike most

of the she-wolves out there, | wasn't on the run. | was waiting tables, barely getting by. So, | can feel my muscles

and lungs complaining as we begin. However, I'm a Luna and | have a responsibility to lead this pack, so | don't

complain out loud, | just keep pushing myself knowing Hedda will heal me.

Once we're warmed up, Hunter pairs off with me.

"Okay my love, let's see what you've got," he says, taking a defensive stance.

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| shake out my shoulders, knowing there's no way I'm defeating my mate today, but I'm going to give it my best

shot. | like sof the positions we've tried, and want to try them again, so | want to win our wager.

In three moves, he hasin a hold against his body. He nips at my ear "You have to be faster than that, my

little Luna," he teases before releasing me. This happens three more times, one after the other and I'm getting

frustrated.

'So am |,' Hedda growls. If I'm out of shape, it means she is too.

| bounce on my feet, trying to remember my training from back home. I throw a fake punch and when Hunter

moves to block, I slide into a crouch, swinging my leg around, trying to knock his Megs out from under him. He

realizes my intentions and leaps

over my leg, just in time, but he uses my momentum to taketo the ground, pinning me. Both of us our

panting, his grey eyes sparkling with our sparring and the fun he's having, even though this should be serious.

"That was a good one," he says. "You almost broughtdown.

Instead of responding, | lean up, my arms still pinned beside my head and | run my nose up his neck to his jaw,

nipping at it. | can feel his body responding to me, and as he looks down, | press my lips against his. It has the

desired effect, and he loosens his grip on my arms, sliding one under my head and holdingfor the kiss.

In an instant, | scissor-kick and flip our positions, straddling him and pinning his arms beside his head.

"Gotcha," | say.

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He smiles up at me. "That's cheating."

"I'd say that's knowing your opponent's weakness."

"Are you saying you're my weakness?"

"Mmhmm. So, does this mean | win?" | ask.

He starts laughing. "No way, | pinned you four times to your one."

"A fifty-fifty split then, for our wager?" | ask, biting my lip.

His eyes travel to my mouth, then back to my eyes.

"You have something in particular in mind?" he asks, his voice deepening.

"lI do," | say.

He slides his arms over his head, pulling my arms along with them until I'm lying on top of him.

"Fifty-fifty split it is," he says before capturing my mouth in a kiss that promises all sorts of pleasure for me

tonight.

When we finally stand, | realize that the entire field has gone quiet, and everyone is staring at us, including

Allison and Letti. "What, you've never seen two mates kissing before?" Hunter asks, taking my hand and walking «