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.

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

could be a fluke.” Alpha Gunnar says, dismissing her. Asher

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 look

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

pregnant.” Alpha

rectified.” Antonio says, smirking at his mate,

Luna Jara?” Gunnar says, turning his sneer toward

time, moron.” I say, done with his a*s*shole

Gunnar. “I take my mate’s knot every night Alpha, sometimes more than once. The odds of me being pregnant are exceptionally high. So, sit your sorry a*s*s back and shut

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

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

vote.” Elder Jason

only four

the claimants in

the petition states, ‘Females will be given a supply of food when entering

this?” Alpha Quinton asks,

claiming.” Mignon says, and

can’t cook. Not like you can. It will give our location away and we’ll

terrible?”

your strength 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