The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 55

Mason

The next few days go by in a blur. I only get an hour during the day with Jara, and she spends that time with nineteen other individuals. As she said she would, she begins eating all her meals at the main house. During those meals, she sits with different groups of men, getting to know them. It’s obvious which ones she doesn’t like. She refuses to spend even a moment with them. Even in her social gatherings, she won’t give them her time.

The sounds from the claiming territory are almost constant. So much so, that it’s impossible to know what’s going on inside. There are times when I think someone has been killed, others when I think Hana has been captured, but no one exits the claiming territory.

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is my favorite time. It’ s my individual time with Jara. I’ve started napping

so, at night, I can spend as many hours as possible with her, even if she’s sleeping. Her

our larger bodies won’t fit. I know there is a lake with a waterfall and at the top of the waterfall is a cave. Jara won’t be foolish enough to get caught in a place like a cave where she can’t escape, but I’d bet

many of us that it will feel cramped. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone stumbled across her on accident. She won’t know the territory like most of us do and she’s being hunted by

again. My wolf has started purring

leave her sleeping. It’s good that Elijah is gone, I need the private time when I get back to my room to deal with my nearly constant hard on. The time of her claiming is getting so close I can taste it. So close to the day when she

thoughts back to other important issues. How do I stay alive? How do I ensure that not only do I walk out of the claiming territory,

way I can do it without killing. None. Jara is right. There are too many men who have put a target on my back. It started with her favoritism toward me, then my open display of kissing her to p*iss off Typhon, the couple of times

take on more than one at a time. Elijah will have my back, always, but I don’t want him getting injured or killed trying to protect me. Typhon and his pack will be the worst, but there are definitely others. More want me dead than don’t. Even my pack members have started to express concern about the number

gives me the incentive I need to make sure I win. I will kill whoever gets in my way, whoever tries to kill me so I can make this woman mine. If it’s kill or be killed,

haze, but I do. I’ve been in it. Wanting to be the one who claims their mate, needing to be the one that shows the others how powerful and strong