The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 29

Mason

After leaving Jara, I run for hours. I need to get my hormones back under control. And I had nearly lost control. I became intoxicated in Jara’s taste and her scent, the sweet, sweet scent of her arousal. My mouth watered just thinking of it. I had lost all sense of where I was, and who was around us. Shit, I had nearly attacked her guard for trying to keep her safe because I wasn’t doing it myself. If he hadn’t intervened, I might have stripped her down and taken her right there in the middle of the walkway. There’s enough craziness here, I need to stay in control. I need to be able to help when needed, not become the hinderance that so many others are becoming in this circus sideshow they call a claiming.

When I arrive back at our room, Elijah looks at me for a long moment. “Want to talk about it?”

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I run my fingers through my disheveled hair. “I have to catch her Elijah. I have to. I’ve never wanted someone so much in my entire life. I don’t know what it is about her, but I feel like she was made for me.”

I sit on the edge of my bed and put my head in my hands. “Did your family ever talk to you about how it used to be? Before we started going extinct?” I ask him.

“Yeah. They said there were plenty of she- wolves to go around and everyone got to choose their mates. Or, rather, fate chose for them, or something like that. It didn’t really make sense to me.”

“Fated mates. That’s what my great-grandfather called them. Mates given to you by the Moon Goddess. He said you could feel the connection and it was like nothing you’d ever felt before. There would never be anyone for you other than her when you finally met her.” I look up at Elijah.

“That’s how I feel. There could never be anyone else for me but her. She’ s mine. I feel it deep in my bones. She’s mine and I HAVE to catch her.”

I don’t catch Beta Hana, I’ll be there to help you catch

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now. We’ve watched her strength, her ability to command those around her, even though they aren’t part of her pack. She will make our pack stronger, help to keep us all

don’t know what to say. The sacrifice that Elijah is talking about is monumental. These men, my pack members, are willing to risk never having their own mate so that I can have mine and we can have a Luna

you should know. We’d all be proud to be her mate, but Alpha Jara was meant to be caught by an Alpha. An Alpha that will love and cherish her the

“Thanks Elijah.”

thank me by making sure you

claiming territory. The group of 20 in Layan’s claiming are ready to enter. I thought it was odd that the Alpha was already in his wolf’s form. The only reason I could think that he’d be in his wolf form is because he expects to catch Layan quickly. And maybe

warrior remained in human form, but the

gatherings be outside again. I know Jara wants to listen to hear what is happening inside the claiming

hear more howls and even more yelps from inside the territory. Already in one day, we’ve heard more yelps than we did from Mignon’s entire claim. I’m concerned about my pack members, but there is nothing I can do to

today, the yelping increases and several Alphas, myself included, begin wandering closer

type of environment, but there are only 20 of them inside the territory. It’s one thing to have nearly 200 wolves fighting for one prize. Twenty wolves shouldn’t be causing the kind of

inside the territory, that I don’t hear her come up beside

mine. I wrap my hand around hers, giving her the comfort, she’s requesting. “I’m not sure, but it

the wolves from

but I’m pretty sure both are

Jara says quietly,