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.

catch me.” She says, giving Asher a look I know well. I see it when Jara looks at me, 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 lottery, but he was the only one for me and I know that’s why I am already

dismissing her. Asher snarls at him, pulling Mignon into his

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 were ones that I would have accepted as my mate. But from the beginning, it was always Seth for me.” She turns giving her mate a

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 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

that’s the case, then Annabel should also be pregnant.” Alpha

me. A situation that has now been rectified.” Antonio says,

turning his

a week. Even biology takes time, moron.” I say,

knot every night Alpha, sometimes more than once. The odds of me being pregnant are exceptionally high. So, sit your

room of

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

vote.” Elder

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

in allowing the females to choose the claimants in their lottery will be put

states, ‘Females will be given

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

says, and Asher pulls her closer to him,

like you can. It will give our location

terrible?”

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 with derision and