The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 67

Jara

While I ripped the throat out of the one, the wolf I landed on begins bucking, trying to throw me off. He swings around, giving me a chance to take a swipe at another wolf. This time, I slash across his face, blinding him in one eye.

His howl of pain echoes in the forest. Luke begins to fight the remaining three that are still attacking him. As the wolf I’m riding swings around again, I’m able to slash the hind leg of one of the wolves attacking Luke, causing him to turn around to me.

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His howl of victory goes up as he leaps at me. I duck against the wolf I’m riding, and he leaps over top of both of us. I turn, slashing at him again. This time, I catch his throat. He begins coughing up blood, but I don’t have a chance to see if it will kill him. The wolf I’m riding bucks and I go flying over his head. He’s on top of me in an instant, his teeth snapping against my neck.

“You can’t claim me in your wolf form, a*s*shole.” I say and slam the claws on my right hand into his stomach, ripping out his insides. They spill over my legs, covering me in his blood. I use my left hand to push him off me, just as another wolf jumps at me.

Alpha Luke, bloodied and with large gaping slash marks across his entire body, grabs him by the neck in mid-air, snapping his neck in two before dropping him to the ground.

He looks at me and I’m caught. There’s nowhere for me to go. But instead of claiming me, Luke collapses to his knees before sitting down hard.

“Luke? Are you okay?” I don’t want to be caught, but I also want to make sure he’s okay. I did jump down here to make sure he didn’t die.

shoulder, and I realize that the wolf that was snapping his teeth at me actually did bite my shoulder. In the throes of

look back at him. “So are

scoots back, putting his back against a large

dead who are now in various stages of shifting

tomorrow night, all of us will be in the haze. It will only make things more dangerous for you, Jara.” He nods up at the limb I slept on last night. “Your hiding spot is a good one. You

be the only one that knows where I’m hiding?” He looks at me a moment, a small smile on his face. “Would that be so bad? If I was the one to

him. I can see the pain on his face. His injuries are deep and will take some time to heal. He’s not claiming me in his current condition. He’d be

proud to stand by your side as your Luna.” I say, but I can’t quite look him in the

“But?” He asks.

at him, wanting to be completely honest.

need me to confirm it. “I see you’re wearing his shirt. How did that happen if

knew where to find me, and he left his shirt for me, after washing it out.” I look

the shallower gashes, are

into his pocket and pull out some strips of meat. “Here.” He hands me the meat

as the meat sates my aching stomach for the

looking at me with sadness in his eyes. “As much as I would love to have you as my Luna, Jara, I wouldn’t always want to wonder if I measured up to a man like Mason in your mind. He’s a good man and a good Alpha. But you know that won’t matter once the haze kicks in. More than half of the wolves in here are in the claiming haze already. The rest of us will be in it by tomorrow night. I can let you walk away right now because I know you want

I say,

worst part of

out of here before I heal and

help