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.

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 me

have to shake my head. Even in here, in the claiming territory, he’s taking care of me. I’m tempted to jump

my mate. It will make our relationship stronger in the

I slowly make my way back out. I’m going to sleep in the trees again tonight. I’ m close to the place I slept in last night, so I’ll go

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 howl of the hunt. Anyone close to me on

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

limb I slept on. I’m more dry 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 the heat of his shirt to keep

mostly, it’s Mason’s scent that’s on this shirt. It lulls me to sleep. Throughout the night,

and I’ve already almost been caught

sun rise and decide to stay in the trees today. It’s been my only place of solace and from here, 1 can at least see

today, I’ll find another group of trees and start moving around the territory that way. But I have another problem. I haven’t eaten in two days. My stomach is beginning to protest. Loudly. Even if my hiding spot is good, the sounds of my stomach will

that, when I

recognize that voice. I

around, trying to find my hiding spot. Each time the morning’s gentle breeze blows past him, he lifts his