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.

begins walking to the line of the territory. I suddenly realize that she has walked every one of the other girls out here so they wouldn’t

close. We all watch as they stand there for a long moment. I see Jara nod her head briefly, so I know Hana is talking to her. Good. She needs to feel as confident as she sounded on that

Hana turns toward a smiling Seth. He’s standing off to the side, obviously not wanting his

the starting line. Just before the gun goes off, she turns and looks at me. I’m not sure if she’s saying goodbye in case I don’t catch her, or if it’s a plea to make sure that I do claim her. Either way,

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,

territory for so many nights now, that I pull up a map in my head and follow her sounds on my imaginary map.

just before I feel his hand on my shoulder. “I’ll bring

breaking my concentration away from

day as she makes her way around the territory and

me lunch and dinner I don’t look at what he’s brought me, and I don’t taste it. I’m too busy mapping out Jara’s movements around the claiming territory. She had come across the 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.

her head back to the cave I’m glad she’s finally settling, it’s time to bring Typhon’s pack members into my pack. Elijah and Elder Jason join us, and I have all 10 of them swear their allegiance to me, having them drink my blood. Once I feel their mind links join with mine, I give Elder Jason a nod and he escorts them to the vans waiting

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 some

a wolfish grin on his face. She’s going to run all

hours later when I hear her moving around again. I lift my head, tilting it to the side when I hear her moving closer to the edge of the territory where I am. She doesn’t get all the way here, before I

In my wolf form, I continue to tilt my head trying

when Elijah brings me

she is?”

have expected her to put as much distance from us and her as possible, but

Elijah chuckles. “Clever girl.”

ask, not turning my face away

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