The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming By Cooper Chapter 60

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 60

Jara

On the morning I wake to go into the claiming territory, I can’ t eat. My stomach is in knots. So, I head over to the stage. Elder Jason is there to meet me, and we walk up on the stage together.

I may be terrified, but I’m an Alpha, a true Alpha. I won’t be showing this pack of savages any fear. But maybe I can instill fear into them. I make my threat to kill the ones that 1 don’t want claiming me I can see Typhon’s smirk at my comment. But as I turn, I see Mason’s smile of pride and it warms my heart.

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When I start walking toward the claiming territory, my confidence starts to wane. I’m almost there when I hear her. I turn and Hana runs into my arms.

“What are you doing here?” I whisper against her shoulder.

“I wouldn’t let you go in there alone. I told Seth I had to be here. Listen, I don’t have long, but find the cave tonight. You can sleep there, at least tonight.”

I nod and see Seth over her shoulder. I see that he doesn’t have her mark yet.

“You haven’t completed the bond yet?” I ask.

at Seth, her shy smile lingering as she turns back to me. “I expect now that we’re alone in the house, that it will be soon. Thank you

I say as

days and by then, they’ve started eliminating the competition

figure out my strategy. But not too quickly. I need to make sure I give him a good chase. Of course, there are the others I’d be willing to accept, but it’s him

do, I find some decent hiding spots, but I won’t use them unless I have to. Here, I’ll have my back against the outskirts of the territory which is barricaded with a ten-foot concrete wall and barbed wire across the top. I can’t leave and I’ll be boxed in.

I wrap back around toward the front of the territory, I begin the second part of our strategy. Confuse them with scent trails. My goal is to leave it in as many directions as possible, crisscrossing to cause confusion and send these savages on a wild goose chase, or,

inside the cave and with the rush of water down the falls, I’d be lucky to hear them coming. There is a left-over campfire with a couple sticks of wood. I’ll have to get more while I’m out. I turn around, looking over the space. I take a deep breath and through all of the other male scents, I can smell them. All of them, Mignon, Layan, Annabel and Hana. My girls. We’ve bonded over this entire process, and they were all here. I’ll make sure to come back here tonight to sleep,

either me or my wolf can fit or can escape if we’re caught by someone other Mason or the very few

after dark. I climb back up to the cave, looking out over the territory. From here, it looks beautiful, serene. Come tomorrow,

I go to sleep. I light the fire and put the rabbit on a spit. I get it cooking over the fire and I look around at my makeshift home for

going over and my heart constricts. There,

Mignon was here

Layan too

And Annabel

here and we are here in spirit for you now,

eyes. They were here and whether they meant to or not, they have

words on the wall. They are here

comes to me. I’ll have to be up early to see if

I’m tired, but determined. If this works, I may have found my new sleeping place for the week. I head back toward the front of the claiming territory. I had wanted to make sure that Mason didn’t get killed first thing. If he does…if he does, I know I’ll lose it. This pack of savages thinks they’ve seen feral?

willing to get to the entrance of the territory, I find a tree that

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