The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 77

Mason

When I wake, I’m shocked to see I’m back in my human form. Not only that, but Jara’s scent is all over me. Having her close has pushed the haze away.

The fact that she’s worried enough about me to still be here speaks volumes about her feelings for me. I know she wants out of this claiming without a mark on her neck. She wants to be the one who gets to choose. But I’ve already chosen, and she’s agreed to be mine. Now, it’s just a competition between the two of us.

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the last remaining wolves

and therefore her. She’s been hiding in the trees for days and only a few of us know that. I want to keep it that way. I won’t risk losing

cliff face. After two days in the haze, I feel fantastic. It’s like she’s given me the freedom that the haze took away.

get to the bottom of the cliff, I can see her dancing through the trees in front of me. I’m about to take off, when something makes me stop. I stand, turning around, wondering what it is that feels off, feels not quite

the air, looking for danger, then look around again. And that’s when it hits me. Where’s Typhon’s body?

this fall? I look up and realize he must have fallen at

It’s mostly dry. I follow the trail for a bit, seeing that he was headed to the stream. I want to follow Jara, but I need to know that Typhon is dead.

see where he pulled himself into the stream, but he’s gone. The water here is too shallow for him to have floated away. I begin tracking him, searching for His exit point from the

find His exit point. I follow it as far as I can, but then his trail becomes crossed with too many other scents. When I finally give up trying to find him, it’s mid-afternoon. I’ve had to intimidate and fight several wolves today. More and more are becoming haze-crazed, especially the omegas. Most of them have been in the haze for several days and now they can’t feel the Alpha command or sense that I am an Alpha and no match for them. I have tried to keep from killing them when I can. Even if they attack. I’ll try to injure them and not kill them, but