The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 66

Jara

When I ran from Typhon, his Beta and Mason, I didn’t have a plan in mind of where I was going. It took me too long to get myself together and by then, I was close to the lake.

Subconsciously, I came to the place that had kept me safe yesterday.

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I slide into the water, making sure that the males across the lake don’t see me then find my way under the waterfall again. I walk with my back against the rock face until I find a spot that I can move back just enough to stay hidden but breathe more easily.

My heart is racing. I was so close to being bound to a monster, or worse, two monsters. I need to get myself together. I need to calm down and get a plan. I can’t let someone like that claim me. I have to be smarter.

whiff of my favorite scent, a cool winter breeze. Even though the water is rushing around me, I’m close enough to hear him when he speaks to me, so I know he’s left

he’s taking care of me. I’m tempted to jump out and

to be my mate. It will make our relationship stronger

wait another hour. When the water starts to feel cool and my fingers are wrinkled from being in the water too long, I slowly make my way back out. I’m going to sleep in the trees again tonight. I’ m close to the place I

out of the waterfall, my face barely above water. I look around and see only a couple of men far across the lake. Even if they see me, they won’t be able to get to me in time. The bigger concern is if the raise the

side of the lake before slowly crawling to the shirt. When I grab it, it’s warm and dry from being in the sun. I

tonight, but my hair is wet, and I don’t have as much clothing as I did before. I pull my knees up, pulling Mason’s shirt over them trying to use

Mason’s scent that’s on this shirt. It lulls me to sleep.

been two days and I’ve already almost been

stay in the trees today. It’s been my only place of solace and from here, 1 can at least see what’s going on near me. I know these particular trees fairly well and can

start moving around the territory that way. But I have another problem. I haven’t eaten in two days. My

just finished thinking that, when I hear light

voice. I lean over my

morning’s gentle breeze blows past him, he lifts his head, sniffing the air