The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 72

Jara

After leaving Elijah, I skirted around the territory, staying in the trees. I have food now, thanks to Elijah and based on what he told me, things are going to get increasingly worse in these last few days.

As I’m skirting the edge of the territory in the trees, I find another cliff. This one has a small watering hole in it. It’s probably meant to be drinking water, which I need, but I also need to wash this blood off of me.

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I’m careful this time, checking all sides of the cliff before leaping from my tree to the top. I turn and immediately crouch to see what is going on below me. From here, I have a better view of the chaos on the forest floor. Every where I look, there are wolves fighting, running, hiding. It’s terrible. There are very few that are still in groups now, they all seem to be on their own.

and realize that once again,

sun dry it before I have to leave. I wish I could spend the night here but it’s not safe. Having seen how easily Typhon’s Beta snuck up on Elijah, I

only wolves. No one seems to be in their human form anymore. It must be because of the claiming haze, in our wolf form,

I can. But knowing that my claimants would have to get out of the haze long enough to realize they need to shift to catch me just confirms that decision. Because, even if I’m marked by a wolf, the claimant wouldn’t

safe. I like it up here, especially since there is water. I take a couple more gulps, using my hands to scoop the water, before leaping into the nearest tree and heading toward my

down, I realize that he was not only looking for me, he climbed my tree to get to me. I sniff the air again, making sure that he

meat. He left me food. I

is no longer safe, so I tie a knot into the shirt and put the strips of meat inside

in for the night when I hear the howl of the hunt. I’ve been hearing them for days now, so I’ve become accustomed to ignoring them. However, this one is coming from the direction I

person is actually hunting me. The only choice I

not ideal. If I fall, I’ll be injured and unable to protect myself. But if I don’t, every remaining wolf in the territory

see in the dark, as can all wolves. Mason’s shirt which was once white, is now so stained with blood that it at least doesn’t