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 what

into the air, sniffing again. There, on

find that delicious smell. My mouth waters at

and I am a stealthy predator. I will hunt my mate. I will run her down if I have to, but I just need to

it passes my face, I catch her scent.

front paws as high as they will go. There, very faint, is her scent. I have her caught in the

low for me to catch. I still can’t see her, but when I jump, I can just catch her

snarling and growling in my frustration, clawing at the tree, leaving big g*shes in

I sense more than hear another wolf

him by surprise. I shake my head, violently as our snarls and growls

on his back, trying to dislodge me. His paws begin scratching my underside, slicing into my ribs, but I refuse to

wound on the wolf’s back. I leap

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on my back, tearing my skin and sinking into my flesh. I thrash my head, hearing the snap of the leg between

side of his neck, my bottom teeth puncturing his throat. I can hear the wolf begin gasping for air, the sound becoming a gurgling sound

continues snapping at me until he becomes too weak. When he collapses at my feet, I

my b*oody muzzle to the air, howling my dominance over this competitor who thought

get back up before turning back to the tree. I jump up and realize that my mate’ s

was fighting to

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didn’t get injured. I was hoping that I would be immune to the claiming haze, but once

made my way to her. When I finally got to her, she was in a precarious position. The limb she’s on is

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