The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 56

Jara

This week has been crazy. It’s day six since the Hana’s claimants went into the claiming territory. I’ve heard Seth a couple of times and I’m so thankful that he’s still alive and in the hunt.

The second day after Hana’s claimants entered the claiming territory, all of the males that were injured at the beginning of her claim were released from the hospital. I’ve made sure to spend extra time with them this week.

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They missed Hana’s claim, but they will be in mine. That is, if they are willing to risk being killed again.

I know from speaking to Mason that he’s lost a couple of his pack mates. He lost an omega a couple days ago and yesterday he lost a warrior. I don’t know about the others, but if Mason has lost that many, I know there are others that will be dead in the territory. I know Seth lost at least one. I heard his howl of pain when the tether to his pack mate snapped. Every day we hear more yelps and cries.

Hana only has one more day before she can walk out on her own. I say walk, but really, she’ll be running.

If they catch her before she crosses the line of the territory, even if she’ s only a foot away, it still counts as a claim.

It’s late in the day and I’m finishing another social gathering when we hear Hana’s cry. I stop, immediately running to the edge of the territory. Elder Jason joins me almost immediately.

“What’s happening?” I ask him.

“I’m not sure, but it’s not a cry of pain, that was a cry of fear.” He says.

well. We hear the howl of the hunt and there are several howls

her surrounded.”

would seem so.” He says as we

the sounds inside the claiming territory have gotten impossibly louder, the sounds on our side have gone silent, all of us listening to

goes up again but is cut off quickly. Guards come to stand beside us, in case they need to enter

quickly followed by

whisper. I recognized his howl of victory, but why was the fighting

the guards who

growling and yelping and then we hear gunfire. My hand

me. “He’ll be okay. You would

over my shoulder quickly. He’s right.

but it’s probably only five to ten minutes before I see Seth break through the trees, Hana in his arms. His canines are out

back as does every other male who has been

passes the line of the territory and I race up to him. He turns, snarling at me, going into a crouch. His eyes are black. He has a large slash mark across his chest and another one on his thigh. Blood is dripping down his body and onto Hana. I can see other wounds in different stages of healing all over his naked body. Hana is also naked in his

my aura out to him so his wolf can feel it. This must be the claiming haze that

Seth shakes his head and his eyes clear, going back to his normal sage green

say, putting my hands

I ask

her. “They didn’t stop coming for her, even after I marked

going to check her Seth.” I say, waiting for him to acknowledge me before I reach out to pull her hair away from her face. He looks down at her, looking over her body, searching for

say to him. “You need to see a medic.”

not leaving her.” At that moment, some of the other claimants come walking out of the territory.

to me, so I reach out