Chapter 60
The iming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)
Jara
On the morning I wake to go into the iming territory, I can’ t eat. My stomach is in knots. So, I head
over to the stage. Elder Jason is there to meet me, and we walk up on the stage together.
I may be terrified, but I’m an Alpha, a true Alpha. I won’t be showing this pack of savages any fear. But
maybe I can instill fear into them. I make my threat to kill the ones that 1 don’t want iming me I can
see Typhon’s smirk at myment. But as I turn, I see Mason’s smile of pride and it warms my heart.
Title of the document
When I start walking toward the iming territory, my confidence starts to wane. I’m almost there when
I hear her. I turn and Hana runs into my arms.
“What are you doing here?” I whisper against her shoulder.
“I wouldn’t let you go in there alone. I told Seth I had to be here. Listen, I don’t have long, but find the
cave tonight. You can sleep there, at least tonight.”
I nod and see Seth over her shoulder. I see that he doesn’t have her mark yet.
“You haven’tpleted the bond yet?” I ask.
“He told me I could take my time, im him when I was ready to ept him as my mate.” She pulls
back as she turns and looks at Seth, her shy smile lingering as she turns back to me. “I expect now that
we’re alone in the house, that it will be soon. Thank you for your guidance, or rather your father’s
guidance.”
“I’m d it worked.” I say as we walk toward the iming territory.
“So did our n.” She whispers to me. “Stick to it. It gives you a couple of days and by then, they’ve
started eliminating thepetition for you. I hate it, but it helps us in the end.”
I turn, looking at Mason. My eyes lock onto his for a brief moment. I hope he can figure out my strategy.
But not too quickly. I need to make sure I give him a good chase. Of course, there are the others I’d be
willing to ept, but it’s him that I want to im me or me to im. I’m still hoping to walk out of the
territory with no mark on my neck.
When the gun goes off, I begin to implement our strategy. First, I need to know the outskirts of the
iming area. It takes me a couple of hours to run around the iming territory. While I do, I find some
decent hiding spots, but I won’t use them unless I have to. Here, I’ll have my back against the outskirts
of the territory which is barricaded with a ten-foot concrete wall and barbed wire across the top. I can’t
leave and I’ll be boxed in. So, I’ll only use these hidey- holes in a pinch.
When I wrap back around toward the front of the territory, I begin the second part of our strategy.
Confuse them with scent trails. My goal is to leave it in as many directions as possible, crisscrossing to
cause confusion and send these savages on a wild goose chase, or, in this case, a wild Jara chase.
When I find the cave, I head up to see what to expect. I have to climb up the side of the waterfall to get
there. It’s a terrible ce to hide. I’d be stuck with nowhere to go inside the cave and with the rush of
water down the falls, I’d be lucky to hear theming. There is a left-over campfire with a couple sticks
of wood. I’ll have to get more while I’m out. I turn around, looking over the space. I take a deep breath
and through all of the other male scents, I can smell them. All of them, Mignon, Layan, Annabel andN?velDrama.Org is the owner.
Hana. My girls. We’ve bonded over this entire process, and they were all here. I’ll make sure toe
back here tonight to sleep, but I want to finish leaving my scent trails before I do.
I go back out into the territory, finding ces I can hide, ces either me or my wolf can fit or can
escape if we’re caught by someone other Mason or the very few I’m willing to bond my life to.
When I finish leaving my trails, it’s after dark. I climb back up to the cave, looking out over the territory.
From here, it looks beautiful, serene. Come tomorrow, it will be anything but.
I go inside the cave, exhausted and knowing I need a few hours of sleep. I caught a rabbit earlier and I
want to eat it before I go to sleep. I light the fire and put the rabbit on a spit. I get it cooking over the fire
and I look around at my makeshift home for the evening.
As I look, I see something on the wall. I stand going over and my heart constricts. There, on the wall it
says:
Mignon was here
Layan too
And Annabel
We were all here and we are here in spirit for you now, Jara. Hana
I feel tears prick my eyes. They were here and whether they meant to or not, they have supported
everyone that came after them, including me.
I sit down by the fire and when I’m finished with the rabbit, Iy down, looking at the words on the wall.
They are here for me, and I need to make sure that I am there for them, after this iming is over.
As I drift off to sleep, an ideaes to me. I’ll have to be up early to see if I can make it work.
When I wake, I’m tired, but determined. If this works, I may have found my new sleeping ce for the
week. I head back toward the front of the iming territory. I had wanted to make sure that Mason
didn’t get killed first thing. If he does…if he does, I know I’ll lose it. This pack of savages thinks they’ve
seen feral? If Mason is killed, I’ll show them what feral really looks like.
When I’m as close as I’m willing to get to the entrance of the territory, I find a tree that meets my needs,
and I begin to climb.
When I’m high enough, I find a limb that is strong enough to hold my weight and I move through
several more trees, just in case someone catches my scent at the bottom of the first tree. I stop when I
find a tree that has an opening that gives me a perfect view of the starting line of the territory.
I can see Mason, sitting with his Beta, eating breakfast and talking. It helps to soothe me to see him,
knowing that as of this moment, he’s alive and well.
I watch as the others begin making their way to the territory. Even from here I can feel the tension, the
excitement of the hunt. There aren’t as many wolves as I was expecting, maybe my threat worked. I
watch as Typhon looks at Mason. I don’t know what Mason did, but he looks very proud of himself.
His pack members and Seth’s surround him. I see Alpha Luke and his pack not far away. The packs
seem to be grouping themselves together.
When the gun goes off, it’s like it was in Hana’s iming, except I can see that the focus is on Mason.
Part of me wants to jump in and help him, but I can see that he and his pack are holding their own.
Mason is incredible. I’ve sparred with him, so I know he’s strong, but this? I realize that he was holding
back with me. He could have taken me down at any time and he didn’t. He let me appear strong in front
of everyone else.
My love for him grows even greater with that realization.
I see Typhon’s Beta move to try to attack Mason from behind.
Alpha Luke slices his ws down the Beta’s back, leaving him bleeding. He yells something at him
before heading into the territory. One by one, they finally start heading into the territory. A couple of
omegas catch one of my scent trails and raise the howl of the hunt. That seems to pull the rest back
into the purpose of why they are here.
As he passes, I take a deep breath and get the scent of Typhon’s Beta in my nose. I’ve refused to meet
with any of Typhon’s pack mates. I have no respect for a pack that let my sister, their Luna, be killed at
their Alpha’s hands. But this guy just made himself my enemy #2. He’d be number one but that is
reserved for Typhon.
As Mason and Elijah begin jogging into the territory, I see that there are at least double the number of
injured and deadying at the start of the iming territory. I watch Mason, seeing that he has some
w marks down his chest. They are already healing, thankfully.
As I watch him, I see him looking around, a*s*sessing. I’m wondering what he’s trying to figure out
when he looks up and spots me. A slow smile spreads across his face, and he winks at me, but he
doesn’t stop. I wait until he’s out of sight before I begin climbing down. He somehow figured out where I
was, but he didn’t want to stop when the others were so close. But he’ll be back, and very soon.
Time to give him a hunt and while I’m at it, I think I’ll take out Typhon and his Beta.