The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 76

Jara

I’ve never seen two Alpha wolves fight before. It’s as terrible as you would imagine, worse because one is my intended mate, and one is my sister’s murderer.

When I realize that Mason’s wounds are weakening him, I prep myself Typhon won’t claim me, but he also won’t be leaving this cliff face alive. One of us will kill him.

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When Mason tosses him to the edge of the cliff, I know what I have to do. I send up a silent prayer to my sister. ‘This is for you, Mila’ I think before tossing him into the air, letting him fall to the ground below.

I immediately turn back to Mason, expecting him to try and claim me. Instead, he drops to the ground, his eyes falling closed.

I take in his wounds and realize he’s losing too much blood. I race over to him, checking his pulse. It’s faint, but it’s there.

I grab him under his front legs and begin dragging him closer to the watering hole. His wolf is huge and if I wasn’t an Alpha wolf myself, I’d never be able to move him.

When I get him close enough, I grab my shirt and dip it in the water, beginning to wash his wounds. He’s still in wolf form, so it’s hard to see exactly where’s he’s bleeding. As the blood starts to wash off his body, I can see multiple injuries, but the worst is the stomach injury.

I focus there, washing the wound and pulling the skin together until I see it starting to heal. Once I feel comfortable that his worst wound is healing and he won’t bleed out, I start washing oil’ the rest of his body.

When I get to his neck, I hear a low growl coming from him. I lean down, putting my mouth close to his ear.

trying to help you heal. Be still and

off. “There we go. I’m just going to see how bad your neck wound is. I’ve gotten the stomach wound to start healing.” I’m giving him a running dialogue of what

harder to see because his fur is black, and his neck is covered with it. I feel around until I find the areas that are still bleeding. I pinch them together with

focused on what I’m doing that it takes me a moment to realize that his eyes are open

him softly. “You‘re doing great. You’re healing. I think I have the worst spots put

face, searching for more injuries while I soothe him. “You were amazing. So fierce and strong.” I tell

him, telling him that I’m going to work on that injury now. I clean it before holding the skin and torn flesh

from here, Mason?” I ask him as I work. I

know the haze has taken you, but you can’t stay up here. Tomorrow is the last day. If I can’t

he tries to sit up. I help him, making sure none of his injuries

to your human form, Mason. You have to. It’s the only way down from here. I need you to do

can tell that he’s trying to force the shift,

give it some time.” I look up at the sky. The sun is

and now my shirt is soaked. “I’m going to lay down with you for a while. Be a gentleman,

intending to curl up beside Mason but he moves, putting his body over mine in a

head across my chest and

Mason. Shouldn’t I be

me, then licks my face before laying his head back down. “Yeah, yeah. Big, bad Alpha, protecting his mate. I get it.’’ I

to survive two more nights. Then we can choose each

the vibrations of it calming my fears. I remember what Elijah said about how powerful he felt when his purr soothed Layan. I wonder if Mason feels the

feeling warm and

form. His body is warm, and I want nothing more than to stay here with him. But I made a commitment to myself. I want to leave this claiming territory on my own, and then I can claim Mason

untangle myself from him. I know I have to get out of his grasp before he wakes up. If he catches me like this, he will mark me, I have no doubt.