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.

drink some water before using it to clean my hand and ami. I look down at Mason’s shirt and realize that once again, it is also covered in blood.

warm in my nakedness. I lay the shirt down on a rock, letting the heat and sun dry it before I have to leave.

in their human form anymore. It must be because of the claiming haze, in our wolf form, our senses are heightened even more than

to stay in my human form. I had planned on it anyway, since I’m going to stay in the trees for as long as 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 be eligible to claim me if he marks me while I’m in

up here, especially since there is water. I take a couple more gulps, using my hands to scoop the

I use to climb down, I realize that he was not only looking for me, he climbed my tree to get to me. I

I get to the tree where I slept last night, I see the meat. He left me food. I can’t help but smile. He will

is no longer safe, so I tie a knot

I’ve been hearing them for days now, so I’ve become accustomed to ignoring

is actually hunting me. The only

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

dark now, but thankfully, I can see in the dark, as can all wolves. Mason’s shirt which was once white, is now