Chapter 66


    The iming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)


    Jara


    When I ran from Typhon, his Beta and Mason, I didn’t have a n in mind of where I was going. It took


    me too long to get myself together and by then, I was close to theke.


    Subconsciously, I came to the ce that had kept me safe yesterday.


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    I slide into the water, making sure that the males across theke don’t see me then find my way under


    the waterfall again. I walk with my back against the rock face until I find a spot that I can move back just


    enough to stay hidden but breathe more easily.


    My heart is racing. I was so close to being bound to a monster, or worse, two monsters. I need to get


    myself together. I need to calm down and get a n. I can’t let someone like that im me. I have to be


    smarter.


    I haven’t had any luck calming myself when I get a whiff of my favorite scent, a cool winter breeze.


    Even though the water is rushing around me, I’m close enough to hear him when he speaks to me, so I


    know he’s left me his shirt.


    I have to shake my head. Even in here, in the iming territory, he’s taking care of me. I’m tempted to


    jump out and just let him im me. But I can’t. There’s something about the hunt.


    He has to earn the right to be my mate. It will make our rtionship stronger in the end.


    After he’s gone, I wait another hour. When the water starts to feel cool and my fingers are wrinkled from


    being in the water too long, I slowly make my way back out. I’m going to sleep in the trees again


    tonight. I’ m close to the ce I slept inst night, so I’ll go back there. At this rate, I may spend the rest


    of my time here in the trees. It’s safer than being on the ground.


    I slide out of the waterfall, my face barely above water. I look around and see only a couple of men far


    across theke. Even if they see me, they won’t be able to get to me in time. The bigger concern is if


    the raise the howl of the hunt. Anyone close to me on this side might find me.


    I turn and find the shirt Mason left for me. I look back at the men on the other side of theke before


    slowly crawling to the shirt. When I grab it, it’s warm and dry from being in the sun. I quickly put it on


    and dash into the trees.


    I find the one I climbedst night and then leap across the branches until I get to the limb I slept on. I’m


    more dry tonight, but my hair is wet, and I don’t have as much clothing as I did before. I pull my knees


    up, pulling Mason’s shirt over them trying to use the heat of his shirt to keep me warm.


    I bury my face in it. It smells like him. There are hints of Typhon’s Beta’s blood underneath that, but


    mostly, it’s Mason’s scent that’s on this shirt. It lulls me to sleep. Throughout the night, I’m woken by the


    sounds of howls, snarling, yelping and what can only be death.


    It’s only been two days and I’ve already almost been caught twice, both times by monsters.


    As the dawn breaks, I watch the sun rise and decide to stay in the trees today. It’s been my only ce


    of sce and from here, 1 can at least see what’s going on near me. I know these particr trees fairly


    well and can move through them easily if need be.


    Maybeter today, I’ll find another group of trees and start moving around the territory that way. But I


    have another problem. I haven’t eaten in two days. My stomach is beginning to protest. Loudly. Even if


    my hiding spot is good, the sounds of my stomach will make it easier for others to find me.


    I just finished thinking that, when I hear light footsteps underneath me.


    “I smell you.” He says softly, and I recognize that voice. I lean over my limb and smile. Yep, Alpha Luke.


    He’s looking around, trying to find my hiding spot. Each time the morning’s gentle breeze blows past


    him, he lifts his head, sniffing the air trying to find me.


    “Where are you, Little Alpha?”


    I watch as he turns in a circle and then suddenly, he looks up and makes eye contact with me. I squeak


    and move back so he can’t see me.


    “Gotcha.” He says quietly. I lean back over and see that he’s about to start climbing when we hear


    pounding the forest nearby. He looks back up at me.


    “Stay there.”


    He turns around, moving away from my tree. In a moment, he’s surrounded by six men and wolves. I’m


    not sure if they caught my scent or if they were just hunting, but they have Alpha Luke surrounded.


    They all begin snarling at him and his wse out. He snarls back at them, and although I can’t feel


    it, I’m sure he’s pushing his aura over them. However, it doesn’t seem to impact them like it should.


    Almost as one, they attack him. The ones that were still in their human form, shifting quickly and


    jumping into the fight.


    Luke is strong, stronger now that he’s been made an Alpha, but he’s no match for six on one. He’s


    fighting, snarling, and shing, but he’s losing the fight.


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    When they get him to his knees, I can’t stand by and watch. Alpha Luke is one of the good ones, and I


    won’t watch while he’s murdered in cold blood.


    I leap from my tree, my wsing out on my way down. Ind on the back of one of the


    a*s*sants, shing through his back with one hand and reaching the other out to sh the wolf next


    to him.