The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming By Cooper Chapter 80

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 80

Jara

I wake slowly, not fully understanding my surroundings. I don’t hear any snarling or growling like I have during the last week I’ve been here in the claiming.

As my memory returns, it all comes flooding back. I was running, I was almost there, and then I was tackled.

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Tackled and claimed.

My hand flies to my neck, feeling the still healing wound. I also realize that I’m lying on a warm body, a strong arm wrapped around me, holding me against him.

I bolt upright, jumping out of bed. Who was it? Who claimed me?

I turn, ready to race out of the room, a room that a small part of my brain realizes is the one I’ve been living in for nearly two months.

“Jara, you’re safe.” I whip my head back and I see Mason, slowly getting out of bed. His gaze is focused on me, but it’s taking my brain too long to catch up to what’s going on around me.

I look around the room. Yep, this is my room.

I look back to Mason. Yep, that’s Mason.

I reach my hand up to my neck. Yep, I’m marked.

As Mason watches me reach up to touch the mark on my neck, a smug smile spreads across his face.

“It was you? You claimed me?”

was me. You are mine, Jara. And I am yours. Well, I will be when you mark

his arms. He

down, I smack his chest

for?” He asks,

made it if

I’d let you win? But, if you want a rematch, I’ll

chuckle at that. I stand there a moment, not believing that it’s over and that I ended

a bath.” He says, pulling me over to a table. As soon as

comes to sit with me. “Where did the food come

still here. She’s brought food and water for

here, but glad

so some time in the middle of the night. Neither of us has slept well in over a week.

you taking care of me.

I am.” He says and his gaze becomes very intense. My brain disconnects for a moment and my heart flutters. This

primitive about knowing this, about it finally being tine. I push the food off the table and begin crawling over it

me into his lap, straddling him. He’s only in his boxer briefs and I am in a

this right now,

food, Mason.” I watch

lifting me up. I wrap my legs around his waist, reveling in his smell and the

walks me into the bathroom, turning on the taps for the large bathtub. He keeps one arm around my waist as he moves around, getting everything ready for

neck, smelling his wintery forest scent. It smells stronger than it did before. I wonder if

tongue slides across his marking spot, he stops, growling low in this chest. I feel

“Jara.” He says warningly.

the

to the ground. He takes a moment to look at me, rubbing His hands up and down my back

beautiful.” He says

his boxer briefs down, kicking them aside before stepping

rolling back into my head. “Feels good, doesn’t

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