The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming By Cooper Chapter 146

The Claiming by Cooper Book 2

The Council by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 53

Jara

The doctor released me the day after I woke up. I haven’t spoken unless someone asks me a question. I feel so numb that all I want to do is sleep.

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Mason helps me get up and get dressed. When we step out of the room, the waiting room is full of our pack members. I can feel their need to be close to me, to comfort me and to be comforted by me. But I’m empty. I have nothing to give to them, so rather than saying anything, I walk past them toward the packhouse.

“It’s lunchtime, Jara. Did you want to eat?” Mason asks.

I shake my head and turn toward our bedroom, climbing the stairs, and walking to our room. When I get there, I kick off my shoes and crawl into bed, pulling the blankets over my head.

I don’t know how long I lay there, but I wake to quiet voices talking outside the door.

The door opens. “Layan, just leave her be.”

“I don’t think so, Alpha.”

A moment later, the blankets are ripped off me. “Okay Jara, time to get in the bath. You smell.”

“Leave me alone, Layan.”

leans over me in the bed, putting her hands on either side of

to the bathtub, I

water running.” Layan says, leaving me

welling in my eyes before they

time to get into

say, really

her hands. “But you’re

coming up behind me. I guess I still have some of the blood and saliva from

the bathtub. She sets me on my feet and Layan begins undressing me. As soon as she’s done, Isabella puts me in the tub. The warm water feels soothing against my sore body. I hadn’t even realized

through my hair. Layan returns with body wash and a washcloth and begins washing my body while Isabella washes

looking up as she washes me, “that after the funerals

The funerals are today. I can’t go, I can’t. I

is this

Mignon all came to visit me. We had pizza, popcorn, sodas and watched movies. It was something we started during the claiming, since there were so many of us this past

sounds like a wonderful idea to

sure you both have more important things to do than sitting with

look at her. “You are my friend, Jara. There is nothing more

The harder part will be the

“I can’t.” I whisper.

you have nothing to give the pack. But as your friend, I know that if you

lips quiver. I know she’s right, but I don’t know how

by your side the entire time.” She says to

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