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.

the one I wanted to catch me.” She says, giving Asher a look I know well. I see it when Jara looks at me, it’s a look of

Alpha Gunnar says, dismissing her. Asher snarls at him, pulling Mignon

for me, even though there were more males in my claiming, and there were ones that I would have accepted as my mate. But from the beginning, it was always Seth for

yet, but Mignon’s situation isn’t a coincidence. It’s because we love our mates, and they love us and treat us well. It opens us to being willing to reproduce and gives us a

be pregnant.” Alpha

been rectified.” Antonio says, smirking at his mate, making her

Jara?” Gunnar says, turning

week. Even biology takes time,

every night Alpha, sometimes more than once. The odds of me being pregnant

his teeth, turning his snarl on me. I just sit back giving him a smug smile of my own. I wasn’t going to tell this room of Alphas about my intimate time with Jara, but if she wants the

Mila was mated to Typhon, things didn’t work well. Now, hearing it firsthand,

take a vote.” Elder Jason

The only four against the change are Gunnar and

to choose the claimants in their lottery will be put

‘Females will be given

is the point of this?” Alpha Quinton asks, looking at each of them in

says, and Asher pulls

cook. Not like you can. It will give our location away and we’ll be captured very quickly.” Annabel

that so terrible?” Gunnar asks

and that you are worthy of catching a mate, one would think that you wouldn’t want to have your mate so easily captured. However, I guess when 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 for yourself.” Jara says and her tone is dripping