The Claiming by Cooper

Chapter 153

The Council Chapter 61 Jara

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Jara

When the howl goes up that we’re under attack, Mason and I jump out of bed. He’s out the door and shifted before I can follow him. I try to shift

but I’m not able to.

Shit, I know what this means. I’m pregnant! But I can’t focus on that right now. I need to get myself and my baby to safety.

After what happened with Typhon, Mason had a door that leads to a safe room installed on our floor. I rush to the end of the hall, hearing the sounds of crashing and snarling behind me.

“Mason is in the packhouse fighting, any wolves in the packhouse, get to your Alpha. Fight!” I shout through the mind link as I rip open the door. I hear the snarls of Elijah’s wolf and I know he’s jumped into the fight as well.

I move into the stairwell. It’s dark, but I don’t need light to see. I rush down a flight of stairs, before seeing a door open on the stairwell below

“Go, Jace. Luna Jara will be there momentarily. Help protect our Luna.” I hear Joe say.

“I’m here.” I call, rushing faster down the stairs. “Where’s Stella?” I ask.

“She went to get Brynn and Melinda, she’ll bring them to tl safe room. Go!” Joe says before closing the door. I reach over and turn the lock on the door from our side before taking Jace’s hand.

“Come on, Jace, let’s go.”

We continue down the stairs, the sounds of fighting getting louder as we

  1. As we reach the bottom, there is a thunk and the wall beside us shakes as if a wolf was thrown against it. I hear a snarl before I turn in the other direction, following the hallway to the safe room.

Just as we get to the end, a door to the hallway opens and Luke, my guard, steps in.

“Oh, Luna, thank the goddess.” He’s holding Melinda and he pushes Brynn and Stella into the hallway before closing the door behind him.

“Let’s get you all inside the safe room.” He says, as another body smashes against the wall nearby.

“How many are there?” I ask him.

“It looks like they sent everyone.” Luke says.

I use my handprint to open the safe room door. As the others filter in, I turn to Luke. “All of them?”

“Yes, Luna. Our numbers are very close. We may have a larger pack, but many of ours our omegas and they have more fighters.”

“I’ll call Seth, see if he can send help.”

“Stay safe.” He says, turning to leave.

the safe room. The door shuts with a resounding boom and I turn the lock.

wall, installed for just this purpose. I dial Seth’s number. He answers on the

Seth.” His voice groggy with sleep.

we’re under attack. Gunnar sent everyone, we’re under

him moving before I’ve even

our way, Jara. Are you

in the

be there as soon

and Jara’s pack is under attack. I’ll alert the others, but I need to know you’re safe.” I

way.” He says

Occasionally, there is a thunk as a body is thrown against a wall, but it’s much more muffled than

Jace. I’m pacing, trying to relax. I keep gently reaching out to Mason, just to

one of our pack members dies. Watching, I know that Brynn and Stella can feel it too. Their eyes go wide as we all worry about our

a while, when Brynn gets a game off a shelf and begins playing with Melinda, encouraging Jace to come over and play as well. She’s right, they may be tired, but the energy

time and realize that it’s finally about the time that Seth and

when I feel a wave of relief pass through him,

turn. “I think Seth and his

her chest. She looks at me and her eyes go wide.

Brynn whispers just as I feel the tether to

keening, a horrible, mournful sound that echos around the room. Jace dashes

lost in the death of

Jace, grabbing him and holding him against me as he flails. “No! Momma! Momma!”

hear Melinda and Brynn crying in the background, but I’m whispering to Jace, turning

moment her tether to me breaks. She may not have chosen Joe as her mate so many years ago, but he has been a good mate to her, and they were happy. She would not

and fights until I put him down. He rushes to Stella, putting her head in his lap, crying. “Wake up, momma. Wake up. It’s okay, I’m here. Momma, please, wake up.” He cries and I feel tears running down my

looks up at ne, his eyes pleading. “Why won’t she wake up, Luna?

I wrap my arms around him, not having any words that will soothe or

in the mind

“I’m here, Mason.”

coming for you.”

fur and guts. He looks at Jace in my arms and then at Stella on the floor,

His

open.

drops as he feels the loss of another

Council Chapter 62 Mason

Mason

I knew they’d be after me, specifically, and

do. Elijah and I can take on more than one at a time, but it feels like they just keep coming and I still haven’t seen Gunnar, Shawn or Conrad yet.

mind link from Luke that all the she-wolves are in the safe room. I relax just a bit, knowing that no matter what happens, Jara is safe. And I know

hate that we are losing even more wolves, but it can’t be

packhouse. We’re leaving a path of death behind us as we make our way outside. He and I have always made an excellent

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