The One He Claimed by Cooper

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"She's sick again," he grumbles.

I look at him. "Do we need to get her to see the doctor?"

"She won't go. She says she's fine. We're just getting to a point where she trusts me, so | don't want to push..."

"I'll talk to Sophie. I'll have her talk to Kinsley," | say.

"Thank you, Alpha," he says, relief evident in his voice.

| look around, seeing Robin and Nikki sparring. Robin is smiling at Nikki's skill. She's not wearing his mark yet,

but I can smell his scent on her from here. They'll make a good pair. | also see Dutton sparring with his mates.

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exhausted, and I'm impressed that they are even up. Once again, none of them have marks on their necks. It's

probably a good thing they're taking it slow.

Once the warriors are training, | move to Sophie and begin. sparring with her. She's getting better, faster, and

stronger. | know that's tlimited for now. As she gets larger with my pup, her agility and flexibility will

decrease, but I'm really proud of her. And since | don't care who wins our sparring matches, | can be extra careful

with my punches, only tagging her in the arms and legs. | don't throw any serious kicks her way, but she doesn't

hold back which is exactly what | want. She nearly knocksto the ground with a low, swiping kick and | have

to work to stay on my feet and maneuver to tag her on her back side. Because I'm proud of her, | swat her

a**hard, harder than | would if | have landed a punch.

She yips, rubbing her a**cheek. “You're going to kiss that later and make it better, Alpha," she purrs.

"Any time, my Luna," | say, and I'm surprised when Lucas calls the end of training. It's good that I've been

distracted by my mate and not focused on our doctor appointment.

We start to head inside, and | pull Sophie aside. "Lucas said that Kinsley is sick again this morning. He's worried

about her but he's afraid to push her too hard to see a doctor because they're relationship is just starting to

improve. Would you talk to her?"

"Absolutely. | can't have my Beta getting sick on me," she says.

"You are utterly incredible. Do you know that?" | ask her, pulling her to a stop as we walk into the dining hall.

"I think you're pretty incredible too, Alpha."

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I lean in, cupping her face in my hand as | kiss her. Here, in our pack, | don't have to wait for her to kiss me. | can

feel through our bond that she trustsand our pack. As | kiss her, | can once again feel the pack's happiness,

their contentment at our relationship.

"Can we have that?" | hear a soft voice ask as | continue to kiss my mate.

"That's exactly what | want us to have," | hear Dutton say.

"Us too?" | hear Nikki ask.

"Nah, | want you leaping into my arms and wrapping yourself aroundwhen we kiss," Robin replies and | hear

Nikki snort.

| smile, feeling Sophie smiling as well, both of us having heard their conversations..

She pulls away from me, still smiling up at me. "When you trust your mate like | do, you can have any kind of

relationship you want," she says loud enough for them to hear, once again. makingfeel like a f¥*g king.

stroke her cheek. "Goddess, | love you."

| take her hand and we walk to where the food is laid out. When we fill out plates, we return to the table with our

guests who also now include Ezra and Penny

"Penny!" Sophie says, rushing to say hello to her friend. | smile, then turn to Ezra who is watchingclosely.

"I missed you at training," | say.

"Apparently you did, since | was there," he says, raising an

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eyebrow at me.

"You were?" | ask and he nods.

"Sorry, my mind's on our appointment this morning," | say.

"I understand. If you don't mind, can you sendthat draft of the law change you're proposing? I'm leaving

after breakfast," he says.

"Is everything alright?"

He looks down at his food, and | see him swallow a lump in his throat. "It's hard. Being here. Seeing what you

have. I'm happy for you, but...it's hard."

"I understand,” | say, and | do. | know that if Sophie took her life, I'd be devastated. I'm not sure | could go on like

Ezra has. Maybe I'd dedicate myself to my pack, but | don't even know if I'd have the will to do that. Their bond

may not have been as strong as mine is with Sophie, but | know Ezra loved my sister with everything in him.

When we're done with breakfast, | know our tis getting close. | feel like a child on his birthday waiting to

open his presents.

"I think I'll take my mate to our appointment before his nervous energy begins to permeate the entire pack,"

Sophie says, smiling at me.

"I'm not ashamed that I'm excited," | say, smiling back at her.

"Con, Alpha, let's go," she says, standing and taking my hand.

We say goodbye to our guests and walk together to the pack hospital. | feel like I'm walking on air, like | want to

s*kp down the street. I'm practically giddy with excitement. | can feel Shaw's excitement mixing with mine,

intensifying my emotions.

Sophie just chuckles atas we walk in and announce ourselves. | can't sit, too excited to find out what the

gender of our baby will be. When we get into the room and Dr. Felicity comes in, she smiles atbefore turning

to Sophie. "I see our Alpha is ready. Are you, Luna?" "Yes," she says, and Dr. Felicity squirts sgoo on Sophie's

stomach and turns on a television monitor.

"Okay, let's see what we can see," she says. Sophie reaches out her hand and | take it, leaning over her to wrap

my arm around her, putting my face close to hers and kissing her cheek quickly before focusing on the monitor.

"Here's your baby's heart. It's beating beautifully," Dr. Felicity says, and | see a small pulsing blob on the screen.

She clicks a button and Sophie and | can both hear the sound of our pup's heart. | can smell the salt of Sophie's

tears and | lean in, nuzzling the side of her head as | watch the monitor in rapt attention.

"It's small, and maybe hard for you to see, but this is your baby's head," the doctor says, clicking a button. "This

is their bottom, which means they're being shy and turned away from me. Typical Alpha making my job hard," Dr.

Felicity says good. naturedly, which makes my mate chuckle. | kiss the side of her head, my eyes still glued to

the screen.

Dr. Felicity moves the wand around on Sophie's stomach, trying to get a better picture of our pup.

"I'm going to poke you a little, to see if | can get closer to your pup, Luna. If | hurt you, letknow."

Sophie nods and Dr. Felicity begins moving the wand around of different parts of Sophie's stomach, pushing until

she finds the spot she wants and the freezes the image on the screen. "You want to know what you're having,

right?" she asks, looking

over at us.

"Yes!" we both say.

"Well, Alpha, Luna. It looks like you're having a boy."

My response, or maybe it's Shaw's, is instinctual. | lift my head up and howl my utter happiness with this news.