The Claiming By Cooper

The Council by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 10

Mason

“Moving on to the fourth statement in the petition, ‘Males will identify which claims they choose to be in. Females will use social gatherings with interested males to choose their own lottery of claimants’.”

Title of the document

Alpha Gunnar snorts. “Now you’re letting the females choose who they want in their claims? What kind of bullshit is this?”

“This is the kind of bullshit that keeps things like what happened to Layan from happening again.” Jara says, snarling at Gunnar. “She would never have chosen that Alpha for her claim.”

“That Alpha was feral. We all agreed that a*s*sessments should be done closer to the claiming process. Why should females get a say in who catches them?” He snarls right back.

“Being forced into a mate bond that we don’t want, won’t make us more fertile and it won’t make us want to reproduce. It may be easy for you to be a two-pump chump and your part is done. For us, as she-wolves, there is more involved.” Hana jumps in.

“What are you saying, Luna? That if the she-wolves can choose males that they have developed an attachment to, or a liking for, that if they are claimed by that male, they are likely to reproduce more quickly and more frequently?”

“That’s exactly what she’s saying.” Mignon says, standing and looking at Asher. He smiles, nodding at her.

She turns back to the room. “I am already pregnant, and I’m far enough along that we already know I’m having a girl.” There is a collective suction of breath in the room. It’s been years since a she-wolf got pregnant this quickly coming out of a claim.

it’s a look of love and adoration. She turns back to the room. “I didn’t have a chance to meet any of the others, only those in my

be a fluke.” Alpha Gunnar says, dismissing her. Asher snarls at him, pulling Mignon into

not.” Hana says standing up. She gives Jara a look of apology before continuing. “Seth and I just found out this morning that I’m carrying his pup. It was the same for me, even though there were more males in my claiming, and there

love us and treat us well. It opens us to being willing to reproduce and gives us a strong desire to carry our mate’s pups.” She says before returning to her seat, only to be pulled into Seth’s lap. He runs his nose up her neck, kissing her ear

case, then Annabel should also be pregnant.” Alpha Conrad says, looking at Annabel.

A situation that has now been rectified.” Antonio

Gunnar says, turning his sneer

of the claiming for a week. Even biology takes time, moron.” I say, done with his a*s*shole

take my mate’s knot every night Alpha, sometimes more than once. The odds

this room of Alphas about my intimate time with Jara, but if she wants the world to know that she can’t get enough of me, who am I

other Alphas in the room looking thoughtful over what they’ve heard and learned from our Lunas. It isn’t something that has been discussed before and obviously in situations where Mila was mated to Typhon, things didn’t work well. Now, hearing it firsthand, this room of werewolf leaders can’t deny that allowing the she-wolves to choose their claimants will make a difference in the propagation of our

a vote.” Elder

surprisingly, the vote is ten to four. The only four against the change are Gunnar and his

females to choose the claimants in their lottery will

states, ‘Females will be given a supply of food

what is the point of this?” Alpha Quinton asks, looking

says, and Asher pulls her closer to

our location away and we’ll

terrible?”

we all realize that you have yet to beat out your fellow Alphas to claim a mate, we can understand why you might want to make the claiming process a bit easier