The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 2

The Council by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 49

Jara

My little pup has become very active. I was so excited when I first felt her move inside me. It was wonderful. Ever since Mason could hear her heartbeat, he couldn’t wait to be close to her at night. Now that he can feel her moving around inside me, he’s always touching my stomach, hoping to feel her move. When she’s awake, she never disappoints him.

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Today, after Mason and our large group of warriors leave to help Alpha Davis rebuild, I decide to go with Layan and the kids outside to play. Jace and Melinda are very active and giving them time outside to run around is a great way for them to burn off some of their energy. Since Katerina will be here tomorrow for the weekend, I wanted to spend some time with Layan today to see how she’s feeling about the visit.

I sit and watch Layan chasing the kids around the yard, playing tag and then hide and seek. When she finally comes to sit beside me, I turn to her.

“How are you feeling about tomorrow and this weekend?”

She shrugs. “I don’t want to scare her off. You, Hana, Annabel and Mignon all had good experiences. I know mine wasn’t the norm and I know that you are working to make sure it never happens to anyone again, but….” She trails off, watching the kids playing.

“But?” I prompt her.

“But that wasn’t my experience. If she asks me, I’ll tell her the truth. Things can go bad inside the claiming territory. You know that as well as I do.” She says. “Yes, I do.”

I’m just about to say something else, when the howl of warning goes up. Almost instantly, it is cut off, as if the person was attacked. I’m hoping they are okay but I don’t have time to worry about that.

I jump up as does Layan. “Jace! Melinda!”

to them, picking them up and turning to go inside when the scent of rotting flesh hits my

if that’s what it has is matted all over its body. It looks like it has four legs, but they aren’t placed like they should be on a four-legged animal. The two in back are too close together and

shove Melinda into Layan’s arms. “RUN! Get them into

She yells, seeing the

creature that is still coming straight for us and Layan

for help as she does. The men and wolves that were heading toward the sound of the howl immediately turn to help her. My

front of me, taking the brunt of the hit, but the force of the creature attacking pushes it and Lewis into me, knocking me to

pins Lewis to the ground,

and Lewis gets up, standing in front of me. The smell is

surround the creature, but it’s so wild, and misshapen that it’s just attacking randomly. Its snarls are feral, and I finally realize that this is a feral wolf. I don’t know what’s happened to it to make it so disfigured, but it’s so far gone that it doesn’t even know that

fighting and I see Elijah in wolf form come racing over, leaping over the men to fight the creature, the creature that is also a wolf, but looks

intruder as they can. It continues snapping its teeth at everyone. Even when they get a grip on the creature, he pulls away, seemingly oblivious that his body is

a safe room.” Lewis says to me, never turning

I ask.

Alpha Typhon, Luna, you need to

the creature again. I would never have guessed that it

stand?” Lewis asks me again more

side hurts, but I push myself to my feet. I stumble, not feeling steady

and wraps his arm around my waist. I wrap my arm protectively around my

and stepping in front of me just as the creature attacks him again. This time, there’s nowhere for me to go and Typhon slams Lewis into me. I fall to the ground on my back, Lewis on top of me, crushing my stomach as Typhon snaps and snarls at him, trying to get to me. His saliva, which smells like rotten fish, is dripping onto my

rushes forward again, grabbing the back of Typhon’s leg. I can hear the crunch of bones breaking but Typhon

can see that some of them have been bitten and others have slashes and gashes on their bodies. Even feral, Typhon is an Alpha. He may not be a strong Alpha,

surrounding him. Lewis is still thrashing on top

Lewis’s neck where it connects to his shoulder. Elijah, not realizing, yanks him

lessens, I feel hot blood begin