The One He Claimed by Cooper

Chapter 149: Hunter's Intervention

Sophie

Twith my friends has been amazing. Both of them went to see Dr. Felicity and cback excited over their

pups. Allison is farthest along afterand Kinsley, so she was able to get pictures of her baby. Nikki isn’t far

enough along to have pictures, but she and Robin got to hear their baby’s heartbeat and that seemed to be

exciting enough for them, for now.

We talked about my plans for Jocelyn and my worry that she would be too angry to allowto help her.

“You can only help someone if they want it, Sophie,” Nikki said.

“Yeah, and anyone in this pack could tell her how many people you and Hunter have helped. | mean, look at us.

Nikki would have been lucky to not have been captured after the injury she sustained.”

“I'm not sure Jocelyn will see it that way. But that’s just the feeling | got when we were on the phone together. |

could be way off base,” | tell them.

“What twill they be here tomorrow?” Nikki asks.

“Late morning. | plan to take her to see Dr. Caspian and Brooklyn first thing.”

“If she says one snide word to that sweet girl...” Nikki growls.

“Then she'll be escorted from my pack. | won't allow her to mistreat anyone on my pack lands,” | growl.

“Except yourself?” Allison asks.

“What do you mean?” | ask her.

“You're already planning that she’ll be mean and snide to you, aren't you? So, that’s allowed, but her treating

anyone else that way isn't?”

| open my mouth to answer, but Nikki jumps in.

“If it’s not acceptable for your pack members, Sophie, it's not acceptable for you as their Luna.

We'd spent the rest of the evening talking about babies, names, our mates acting protective and sweet now that

we're pregnant. But, I'd thought about what they said. | know they're right. It's my job as a Luna to set the

standard for how our pack members will be treated, but something about Jocelyn’s tone made it seem like | had

let her down, and that’s ultimately what bothers me.

The next morning, | wake up before Hunter, nervous for the meeting today. | get up, letting him sleep and get in

the shower. I'm only there a few moments when | feel his warm body cup behind me.

“Why are you denyingone of my favorite parts of the day?” he asks, his voice still gravelly from sleep as his

arms go around me.

“What part is that?” | ask, distractedly.

“The part where | get to wake up slowly with my mate and then slide inside her,” he says, moving his fingers to

my entrance and sliding two fingers inside me.

“The part where | get to hear her moaning and whimpering in my arms while | give her pleasure,” he says before

biting down on the part of my neck where my neck and shoulder meet, before removing his fingers and replacing

them with his hard length.

My back arches and | press back against him, needing my brain to turn off, even for just a few moments.

“No one takes my taway from my mate in the morning, so whoever is taking up residence in that overactive

brain of yours can take a hike,” he growls before pressing one hand against the shower wall while the other holds

my hips against him.

He keeps up a punishing pace, pushing all thoughts of today and Jocelyn out of my head until there's only me

and Hunter. He pushesup and over twice, my legs becoming jelly from holding myself up through the

o**¥sms.

“Again,” he commands, moving his teeth to the back of my neck, the sting of their puncture sending waves of

pleasure through my body at his dominance. My body responds to his command and another o***sm rips

through me.

“Again,” he growls, the vibrations running through my spine, and again my body follows his command. His

motions becjerky as | scream my release, then he presses tight against me, and | feel the warm jets of

his**m shooting insideand coating my insides as our bodies jerk together with aftershocks.

He pulls his teeth from my neck and kisses me, causing goosebumps to rise all over my body. Then he runs his

nose over the back of my neck. “I don’t like how much worry she’s causing you, Sophie. | thought having your

friends here to support you would help, but you're a nervous wreck. | don't like it.”

He kisses my neck and down to my shoulder. “No one should upset you like this, Sophie. No one. I'm half inclined

to tell them to stay home.”

“No! No, Hunter, please. | need to try and help her,” | tell him, pressing back against him, and letting his love

and warmth soothe me

“I won't allow her to cause you distress, Sophie. | would. understand if you were just worried about her, but this

goes beyond that. You're feeling guilty and you have nothing to feel guilty about.”

“You couldn't have saved her, Sophie. You and | went through your memory. She was already being claimed. You

couldn't have stopped that.”

And there it is, the crux of why I'm so worried and upset and yes, guilty. | feel like | let her down and I don’t want

to do it again.

“You won't. You're not the sperson you were before, Sophie, but you were never the type of person who

would let someone else suffer. Look at Penny and how you carried her after she was injured. She’s a testament

to that. You and Hedda both knew you couldn't help Jocelyn. Stop beating yourself up over it.*

| relax as Hunter begins to move much more slowly in and out of me. It almost feels like his mind is massaging

mine, taking away the aching memories that I've been holding on to. This time, our love-making is slow and

deep, connecting us in the way that | love. | turn my head and kiss my mate, holding on to him as he swallows

my moans and whimpers and finally my gasp of pleasure as we both find our release together.

| feel better, stronger as we leave the shower. “I think | prefer you wakingup in bed,” | say, as my leg

muscles twinge from the effort of remaining upright through multiple or**s.

“Let that be a lesson to you, my love. Never denymy mate in the morning,” he says, kissingdeeply

again. | feel his mind filtering through mine. | know he’s worried aboutand wanting to make sure that I'm

okay. It doesn’t feel like an invasion of my privacy. With Hunter, | share everything, and he likes making sure that

I'm always okay. | relax and open my mind, knowing that Hunter also needs to be focused when Zahn and

Jocelyn arrive today.

“Much better,” he says when he pulls away.

“Thank you,” | say, caressing his cheek.

“Anytime,” he says, kissing my nose before we get ready and head downstairs.

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