The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 91

Jara

After saying goodbye to Hana and Seth, with plans to talk to Hana in a couple of days about her ideas for our petition, I head back inside, finding my mother.

She and I walk into the main living area in the packhouse. “It needs a woman’s touch.” She says to me, looking around.

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I laugh. “That’s exactly what I told Mason.”

“What are you thinking?” She asks me.

I continue looking around the space, a*s*sessing it. “We need pictures. I’ll have to find out if we have any that we could blow up and put in here. If not, maybe dad can take some of the surrounding area while you’re here. It definitely needs some plants or something green to make it feel warmer…”

“And those lights.” My mother says, frowning at the bright, harsh lights in the room.

“Yes, the lights. Something warmer, softer, but still bright enough to use this room as a place to spend time together.”

As we’re talking, Mason and Elijah come up behind us. Mason immediately wraps his arms around me, leaning down to kiss the top of my head. “I’m giving you Elijah to help with whatever you need.”

I turn and look at Elijah, giving him a mischievous grin be- fore rubbing my hands together in evil villain fashion.

I’m not sure I like that look in

got the look, from her, I can only imagine she

at my mother to see the same look. His eyes go wide

realized yesterday that Stella has no clue how

goddess.” Elijah says as some other pack members who were nearby and overheard begin clapping and hooting. Apparently, they are bored with the same meals that they get

the packhouse. She knew nothing

Mason. “So, technically, Elijah is a*s*signed to mom and I’m taking

“Who gets my credit

says, snatching

your credit card.” Phillip says, coming over to join our

my father on his chest with the back of her hand. He grabs it, pulling it to him mouth and kissing it. She blushes and I turn back to Mason. He’s giving me a knowing look. I apparently blush just like my mother. Elijah begins shifting uncomfortably, being the only un- mated male in the group. “Okay, Mom, you’re in charge or redecorating the living area. Elijah, you’re with mom. I’ll

coming over with her mate,

coming back with a truck load of things to decorate the living area. I pull Stella into the kitchen and by dinner, we’re

a new meal plan for the week and sent out a couple of omegas to get the food for tonight. Just before dinner, I walk into the living area to see how thing are going. I’m shocked to see that

first thing I notice is that they all seem relaxed and happy, the mood in the room is a lot of rowdy bantering. The second thing I notice is that every one of them goes out of their way to be close to my mother and is

they pass her. Simple touches, like a hand on their back as she points to where she wants them to put something or a hand on their shoulder as she passes them. The impact her simple touches are having

cooked baked beans with brown sugar and bacon. The result was that

huge impact on the pack. I knew you would, but I had no idea it would

a lot of tense excitement. This feels like the emotions

notes. I think it’s good that she’s here this week. It takes some of the pressure off of me and she’s a

new congregation area for the pack. Now there are usually 50 pack members in the room at any given time. Once my mother finished there, she started

for man- aging the kitchens in a way that she can

toward the conference room where my moth- er is currently working when several