The Claiming By Cooper

The Council by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 37

Jara

Mason had come to bed late. He had curled up around me, his hand protectively resting on my stomach. When I woke this morning, he was already gone, his side of the bed cool to the touch.

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I get up, and shower, ready to start the day. I had thought that my fatigue had come from spending so much time with Layan, but now I realize it’s because I’m pregnant. If Dr. Johns is correct, I’m about 3 weeks into a 5-month pregnancy. That means, I have a whole lot of fatigue ahead of me.

When I leave my room, Lewis is standing by the door, waiting for me.

“Good morning, Lewis.” I say. True to his word, Mason has put a round-the-clock guard on me. During the day, if he’s not around, I notice that there are two guards. One is much more subtle than the other, but I know that he’s a*s*signed two to watch me at all times. I don’t argue, knowing that he needs this to help him feel that I’m safe. And with the threat of Typhon still out there, why take the risk?

Before I even get to the dining room, I can feel the tension in the pack. When I arrive, the dining hall is considerably more quiet than it usually is and I see Mason, Elijah and Joe sitting with their heads together, looking over some documents.

“What’s going on?” I ask, walking up to the group.

coming around the table to pull me into a hug. His smile makes me feel a bit

seat, I’ll get you some food. What are

toast, dry.” I

opposite me and tells me about the

packs since there’s are smaller and they both have she-wolves. I’ve had the warriors stay in touch and let us know if they see anything on their way to the other packs. We have a follow up meeting this morning with the alliance to create a

to the house so you can

the two guards that I have on your full-time already, more official and public. No one and

on the call.” I tell

We’ll be talking about the she-wolves in Alpha Emanuel’s pack anyway, and I heard that you and Hana were already thinking of ways

three of us had talked about it after hearing G*mma Kira say that she

it’s too dangerous for you to go into that pack now, right

someone has to. If that environment is as bad as we think, they will be

well find someone who is not pregnant, Jara. It’s

when, not only is Alpha Saul on the call, but also Alpha Jonas. “Hello everyone, thanks for joining the call today.” Seth begins. “Welcome Alpha Saul and Alpha Jonas. I know that neither of you have agreed to an

the council without any notification to myself or him, I have every intention of joining this alliance.” Alpha

you may have after the call.” Alpha Antonio says. He has been in charge of the contracts for the alliance since