The Claiming by Cooper

Chapter 73

Chapter 73 Mason

Mason

Where is she? Where is she?

I walk back to the trees where I can smell her scent, then to the trees past it where it disappears.

Where is she? Where is she?

Back and forth, back and forth.

She’s got to be somewhere. But her scent ends here.

Back and forth, back and forth.

I look up into the tree for the hundredth time. I can’t see her. Even if it was daylight, I couldn’t see her. How can I find her if there is no sound, no scent?

Where is my mate? Where is she?

When I collapse, exhausted, I lay under the tree. The last one where I can find her scent. Maybe tomorrow, I can find it again. If not, I’ll have to go searching for it somewhere else.

How could she escape me? She can’t. She must be nearby. I’ll stay here. Guard her, guard what’s mine until I can claim her.

I close my eyes, only for them to fly open in what feels like moments. I stand, ready to fight. What did I hear?

growl low in my chest. No one is taking

the ground, lifting my nose into the air, sniffing again. There, on the light breeze

the scent, trying to find that delicious smell. My mouth waters at it. All I want to do is

in the tree. I lift my head up, listening, not wanting to move. This is a hunt, and I am a stealthy predator. I

scent. I turn, focusing my attention

as high as they will go. There, very faint, is her scent.

tree limbs are too low for me to catch.

frustration, clawing at the tree, leaving

more than hear another

my head, violently as our snarls and growls echo in the surrounding forest.

on his back, trying to dislodge me. His paws begin scratching my

wound on the wolf’s back. I leap back and

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my skin and

his neck, my bottom teeth puncturing his throat. I can hear the wolf

I have him in a death hold. I just have to wait him out. He continues snapping at me until he becomes too weak. When he collapses at my feet, I hold on to him until

the air, howling my dominance over this competitor who thought he

he won’t get back up before turning back to the tree. I jump up and realize that my mate’ s scent is now even more faint

fighting to the

Elijah POV

making sure that he didn’t get injured. I was hoping that I would

climb and slowly made my way to her. When I finally got to her, she was in a precarious position. The

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