The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 59

Mason

Last night, when Jara had told Seth that she was going into the territory, I had understood his look. You better catch my sister, and you’d better treat her right.

I had nodded my head in acknowledgement. From one Alpha to another, I wanted him to know that I’d take good care of his sister. And he would know that for himself, because unlike Typhon, I had no intention of keeping her from her family. Plus, she has become very close with Hana. I imagine the two of them will remain close even after this claiming.

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I had laid with Jara, holding her as long as I dared before returning to the main house. When I got to my room, I refused to change out of the clothes that smell like her, so I laid down in my bed, sleeping for a few hours before it’s time to get up.

Although I don’t want to, I know I need to wash Jara’s scent off my body. I’m not sure that I’ll be back to this room today, and I have enough to worry about without adding more people to the list of those that want me dead.

After breakfast, we all head outside to watch Jara enter the claiming territory. She looks so alone, standing on the stage with only Elder Jason there beside her. But my girl doesn’t let any of the fear she confessed to me last night show on her face this morning. Instead, she goes all Alpha on us.

Before Elder Jason can escort her off the stage, she steps past him to the microphone, looking out at the crowd.

“I’m giving you all fair warning. If you were one of the ones involved in the ma*s*sacre before Hana’s claiming, and you come for me? I’ll kill you. If you and your pack members try to gang up on me, forcing me into a mate bond, I’ll kill all of you. And, if I’ve been very clear that I want nothing to do with you and you try to claim me, well, I’ll kill you too. You have one day to think about whether or not this claim is worth it to you.”

She turns and struts off the stage, her head held high. I can’t help but smile at my gorgeous mate-to-be. She’s everything I could have dreamed of and more.

to the line of the territory. I suddenly realize that she has walked every one of the other girls out here

Jara’s arms, hugging her close. We all watch as they stand there for a long moment. I

the side, obviously not

and looks at me. I’m not sure if she’s saying goodbye in

next 24 hours will be electrified with energy. But I don’t care. As Jara runs into the claiming territory, I feel as if a band has attached from her to my heart. The farther she goes into the territory, the tighter the band gets, making it hard to breathe, forcing me to stay where I am. So, this is what the others felt. A connection to their mate before the claiming even occurred. I walk up to the edge of the claiming territory. As expected, I won’t

into the sounds that Jara is making. I can hear her running through the territory. I’ve been thinking of the layout of the territory for so many nights now, that I pull up a map in my head and follow her sounds on my imaginary map. She’s headed to the right, swinging around the edge of the territory. She’s going to start by seeing

just before I feel his hand on my shoulder. “I’ll bring lunch out here to you, okay,

breaking my concentration away from

she makes her way around the territory and then

cave hours ago, but she had left it behind. When the sun goes down, I expect to hear her find a place to sleep for the night, but she’s still moving around. I smile because I realize that she has created overlapping patterns of her scent all over the territory. I needn’t have worried about someone stumbling on her accidentally, although it’s still a possibility. But with her creating these lines of movements, her pack of suitors will be all over the territory. And now, hopefully,

all 10 of them swear

heightened in this form. If she begins to move, I’ll hear it and wake up. A couple hours later, I smell the faint smell of a campfire. She’s warm and hopefully she found

gets a wolfish grin on his face. She’s going to run all of us ragged during this

my head, tilting it to the side when I hear her moving closer to the edge

to tilt my head trying to figure out what the

haven’t figured it out when Elijah brings me breakfast, sitting to

she

distance from us and her

Elijah chuckles. “Clever girl.”

ask, not turning my face away from

think that’s what she’ll do, chances are good that everyone else will too. She’s basically just given herself a free day with no one hunting her as they go to the back of the territory