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.

Title of the document

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.

like that

my mother. Since I got the look, from her, I can

about.” And Elijah looks at my mother to see the same look. His eyes

hoping to divide and conquer. I realized yesterday that Stella has no clue how to manage a kitchen, so I wanted to start looking at scheduling shifts, doing some meal

overheard begin clapping and hooting. Apparently, they are bored with

in the packhouse. She knew nothing of managing a kitchen or food service. She’s done the best she can, but she’s excited

Elijah is a*s*signed to mom and I’m taking Stella and reorganizing the

reaches into his pocket. “Who gets my credit

says, snatching

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

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

knowing she’ll be coming back with a truck load of things to decorate the living area. I pull Stella into the kitchen

the living area to see how thing are going. I’m shocked to see that my mom has

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

her hands on the men as 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

too long. I had included a pasta salad, cole slaw and some slow cooked baked beans with brown sugar and bacon. The result was that they were eating, well, like a pack of wolves. Nothing is left over at the end of the night and the atmosphere in the

the pack. I knew you would, but I had no idea it would be so fast.” Mason says, sitting next to me,

to admit, it’s a big difference from my first day where there was a lot of

takes some of the pressure off of me and

being a Luna. You’ll get there, love.” Three days later the living area has become the 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 working on the other community areas,

in a way that

when several pack members