The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 64

I’m woken by the sound of voices talking below me. I carefully look down from my place in the tree and see a couple of warriors trying to catch my scent, looking around trying to find a hiding space nearby where I may be hiding.

I wait until they pass, and I can no longer hear them. I feel like I’m in a bad place, somewhere in the middle of the claiming territory. I need to find a better, safer place today.

When I stand, I’m stiff from sitting upright and having my body curled up with cold. I hurriedly stretch before skipping across some tree limbs, being as quiet as I can. When I’ve looked around and feel it’s as safe as it’s going to get, I climb down and begin making my way to one of my scent trails.

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I find one that leads to the back of the territory. Knowing that most of the wolves went that way yesterday, I begin moving toward the back. It’s a strategic move, one that may be the wrong move, but hopefully, most of the wolves will be moving toward the front of the territory after searching for me at the back and realizing I’m not there.

Using the shadows from the morning sun, I begin carefully making my wav back using my scent trail. While this will make my scent stronger again. I’m hoping that there are enough other scents to help cover it.

It takes me a couple of hours to make my way near the back of the territory. Periodically, I hear voices, feet or paws moving through the forest. When I do, I quickly find one of my hiding places and stay there until the sounds go by.

At one point, one of the wolves, most likely an omega, but possibly a warrior, catches my more recent scent and lifts his head m the howl of the hunt. Rather than following it to me in my hidey-hole, he heads off in the direction I just came from. I need to hurry, it won’t take long for others to come running and when they realize the scent dead-ends at a tree, they will turn around and head back this way.

I move m the direction where I saw a small stream two days ago when I first checked out the territory. Unlike the lake, I can’t hide in it, but I can mask my scent. I’ll be exposed, but if no one is there, I can run through the stream for a while before getting out and running in a different direction.

and running as fast as I dare,

I stop, catching my breath and looking around. I don’ t immediately see anyone, and I wait, sniffing the air, before finally making my move. I leap into the water and begin

running through the water may alert anyone nearby that I’m here, but I need to get this group off my trail before I start to double back. And,

I’ve gone as far as is safe when I hear a thrashing in the water behind me.

black. His Beta, on the other hand, looks like he’s in total control. If they catch me here, even

eye, I see the Beta break

Gamma last night. I can hear their racing feet getting closer, closing me in on two sides. My only chance is to climb and hope that I’m faster than they are. I know that I can get down the other side of the cliff, and if they want to follow me, they

arm lifted to begin my climb, when the Beta tackles me to the ground. We begin rolling

to the cliff, my canines and claws out, ready

watch as both of them let their eyes roam over my now n*ak*ed body. When I shifted, I shredded my clothes. I’ll now have to

nearly as dark as Typhon’s. My only hope is to reason

his last Beta to claim a

“I’m smarter than his last Beta. I made

you think

both at once, and both of us can knot you. Personally, I’m an a*ss man,

desperate. Or, he may have lied and is still planning to k*ill

fight it. I like a good fight, especially

he is.” I snarl at

been moving closer to me, and I’ve been moving backward. When my back hits the cliff face, I know it’s either fight or climb. I turn and jump, trying to get out of reach, but the Beta grabs my ankle, yanking me back to the

and slashing against him. He’s a large