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.

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

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

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 of

us well. It opens us to being willing to reproduce and gives us a strong desire to carry our

be pregnant.” Alpha

on me. A situation that has now been rectified.” Antonio says, smirking at his mate, making her

says, turning his sneer toward

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

Alpha, sometimes more than once. The odds of me being pregnant are exceptionally

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 world to know that she

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

a vote.”

ten to four. The only four against the change are Gunnar

females to choose the claimants

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

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

says, and Asher pulls her closer to him,

our location away and we’ll be captured very

that so terrible?” Gunnar asks sarcastically

touting the need to show 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