The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 67: Plans Hunter

| swear the longer I'm with Sophie, the more | need to touch her, to be with her. It's like | can't get enough, like it

will never be enough. She seems to feel the sand | love it.

| was thankful that she didn't seem to mind that the pack was teasingabout her bite marks. | was also

thankful that they were smart enough to not tease her about it. | can feel her confidence growing, her

willingness to openly show her love and possession of me, but | don't want to rush it.

I'm not surprised but | am disappointed to hear that other packs have and use bite marks as a punishment. It's

something | need to remember before | go to any Committee meeting with Sophie. | don't want any of those

Alphas to think that I've punished Sophie in sway. My bite marks are purely because | love having my scent

and my mark all over her. Well, that, and | can't keep my mouth off of her. After adding snew bite marks to

each other, Sophie had been the one to end our fun. "The twins are supposed to be coming down soon. | don't

want to scare them off, but..." she had turned and pressed her still half naked body against mine. "I expect you

to pick up where we left off later tonight, Alpha."

"What my Luna wants, my Luna gets," | growled, loving how her body shivered in response.

As soon as the twins had emerged, | knew it was going to take

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twith them. They have not had it easy. | haven't asked, and | won't for a while, but I'm guessing their pack is

one where the ranked she-wolves are locked in until they turn 18, which makeswonder how they escaped.

| let Sophie take the lead with them, seeing how skittish they are around me. | mind link Kinsley and ask her to

join them. The twins are Betas and may feel more comfortable with another Beta, at least until Allison emerges

with Kayce.

While Sophie is out, | check my emails, seeing that we have another Committee meeting next week, this one is

for Owen. | mind link Dr. Felicity, getting an update on Brooklyn and asking for a medical summary of Brooklyn's

injuries and treatment to provide to the Committee members. Owen may be hoping that I' Il support him in this,

but he is mistaken.

"Alpha, did our Luna let you know that she has an appointment at nine o'clock tomorrow morning to have your

first evaluation of her pregnancy?"

"It must have slipped her mind but thank you for lettingknow. We'll be there," | say, excited to find out more

about our

pup.

She chuckles. "That's what she said. I'll warn you, it's early, but we should at least be able to hear a heartbeat."

A heartbeat! | thank Dr. Felicity and turn back to my work, trying to focus while still excited about the idea of

hearing my son or daughter's heart beating tomorrow.

'We should listen tonight. | might be able to hear it," Shaw says, as excited as | am.

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‘Definitely.

While I'm looking over the Committee meeting agenda, | pull up the paperwork to petition the changing of the

law that allows she-wolves to be claimed publicly, | begin going through it and marking the changes that | want

to see made and penalties for continuing with this practice.

By the tI'm finished with my first draft, my eyes are blurry and I'm missing my mate, so | walk out to find

them, seeing Letti and Nikki on the back porch.

"Good afternoon, ladies. How are we today?" | ask them.

"Hello, Alpha. We're good. Have you seen Allison?" Nikki asks.

"I'm sure she's fine, Nikki, but no. They haven't emerged yet."

She nods, still looking worried. "Is there anything you'd like for your birthday, Nikki? Eighteen is a special

birthday. Anyone we should invite to your party?"

"| don't need a party, Alpha. Actually, I'd almost prefer not to have one, given the bad connotation that it's had

for so long," she says.

"Well, you'll have to take that up with my mate. She's planning a party for you, but Nikki, there are no public

claimings in my pack. No matter if you find your mate or not, | won't allow it. You can just enjoy your birthday as

it was always meant to be, a celebration of you."

"Thank you, Alpha."

"I will say, though, that there are several unmated Alphas who

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would like to be here, in the event that you are their mate. Would you be opposed toinviting Alpha Dutton,

Alpha Ezra, and Alpha Robin to attend?"

| watch her eyes dilate when | mention Robin. "I thought Alpha Robin was already planning to attend?"

"He invited himself, but it's your party, Nikki. If you don't want him here, I'll tell him to stay home." "You swear

you won't allow anyone to claim me?"

"My word as an Alpha. The only way someone will claim you is if you allow it. It will be your choice."

She nods. "Okay then, yes, | would be okay with the three of them. But not the others," she says quickly.

"Good, because none of the other unmated Alphas are welcon my pack lands anyway," | say, smiling at her.

I've just walked back inside, ready to call Alpha Robin to confirm that Nikki officially invited him, when I run into

Kayce and Allison. Allison looks just like Sophie did the day after our mating, happy, overwhelmed, and glowing.

Kayce probably looks. more like | did, smug, happy, and proud.

| send Allison in search of the twins and ask Kayce if he'll look over the law change that I've started.

"Send it to me. Also, you should know that Allison is going to ask Letti to cwith us. Apparently, they are

closer than | realized, having been on the run together for a while."

| look at him. "You'll keep her safe?"

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He nods. "I've given my word to my mate, and I'm sure your understand how important that is."

"| absolutely do."

"Tellabout the twins," he says.

| give him the little bit of information that | know.

"They're not from around here, are they?" he asks.

"I don't think so. | have Lucas subtly looking into packs who have posted for missing she-wolves. I'm trying to

find where they cfrom, but so far, we haven't found notices of missing twins." "They probably didn't want to

alert the hunting Alphas that twins were out there. Talk about a hunt!"

"They're lucky they foundwhen they did."

"Yeah, if Aiden had caught them, their lives would have stayed the sas what you're describing," he says, just

as our mates re-emerge with Nikki, Letti, and the twins.

"Letti is coming with us tomorrow, just so you know. She agreed," Kayce says toin an aside, not taking his

eyes off of his mate. | haven't taken my eyes off of mine either. Both of them look up, giving us sweet, perfect

smiles.

Almost as if pulled to them, Kayce and | begin walking toward them. I notice the twins flinch as step up, and I'm

careful not to touch them, but | need to touch my mate.

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"Hi," she says softly, coming to wrap her arms around my waist as | pull her to me. "I missed you."

"I missed you, too." From beside me, | can hear Kayce having a similar conversation with his mate, even though

they've only been apart less than an hour. But they are newly mated.

"Did you have a nice tshowing off our pack?" | love seeing those green eyes shining with her love for me.

"Yes. Tiffany and Tammi prefer staying closer to the packhouse, but they at least know where the boundaries are

now.

She raises her hand to stroke my face, lifting up on her toes. | lean in, pressing my lips to hers, letting her guide

the kiss since we have sskittish she-wolves around us. I'm surprised when she deepens the kiss, pressing

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herself against me, her orchid scent intensifying.

| growl, pulling away. "Sophie..."

"I told you | missed you," she says, smiling unapologetically.

"I hear we have a doctor's appointment tomorrow morning."

She rods. "I was planning to tell you earlier, but...I got

distracted." She grins at me, remindingof our earlier tin my office.

"Yes, | have the bite marks to prove it," | grin, hearing the twins suck in air.

| refocus, tucking Sophie against my side. "It's nearly dinner time. How about all of us have dinner together. |

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tomorrow."

Over dinner, Kayce and | mostly stay quiet, letting our mates chatter happily with their friends. The twins mostly

stay quiet too, but their eyes are wide, listening and watching the interactions around them. They bechyper

aware when Nikki and Sophie start talking about Nikki's birthday and that's the first tthey enter the

conversation.

"You're having a party?" Tiffany asks. | see Kayce's head snap up as the scent of fear increases quickly.

"It's not like that," Nikki says. "I know you don't know Alpha Hunter, but you must have heard of Sophie. Trust

her. | do and neither she nor Alpha Hunter have letdown yet. Until they do, I'm going to trust them, and |

believe that you can as well."

"Are you eighteen?" Kayce asks gently.

They both nod.

"If you're afraid to stay here for Nikki's party, you're welcto cwith us, but I'll warn you, | haven't had the

sconversation or given my pack the sultimatum that Hunter has with this pack. There may be sin

my pack that are still in favor of public claimings. | won't know for sure until we return. That could cause you

sdiscomfort. I, like Hunter, won't allow you to be hurt or claimed against your will, but that doesn't mean

that my pack members won't be irritated or angry that they are being made to leave."

| watch as Allison reaches out to take his hand and he immediately picks it up to kiss the back of her hand.

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"We've spent nearly as much twith Alpha Kayce as we have with Alpha Hunter. | believe you can trust both

of them, but if | were you, I'd stay here. This pack is settled, they already know and have agreed to protect

everyone here against any attacking Alphas. Alpha Kayce and Luna Allison still have to get their pack to that

point," Letti says.

When the twins nod, agreeing to stay, | look at Kayce. Nikki's birthday, with three ranked she-wolves and three

unmated Alphas in attendance, is going to be very interesting.