The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 2

The Council by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 63

Jara

At the end of the battle, we lost nearly two hundred wolves in total. All but about 15 of Alpha Gunnar’s pack with Alpha Shawn and Alpha Conrad were killed and we lost nearly fifty of our own wolves, leaving our numbers at right around 1200 werewolves left which makes us critically endangered of extinction.

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We buried our dead, making our prayers and taking a week to give everyone an opportunity to say their goodbyes and grieve the loss of our pack members. Mason and I stood at the front of the pack every night, giving our remembrances of our pack members, letting others say anything they wanted to say about our lost brothers and then we’d light the pyres and watch as their ashes burned up, floating into the sky.

The last night was the hardest. That night, we said goodbye to our Gammas, Joseph and Stella. Jace stood by stoically, his hands in fists as he watched their pyres burn into the night. Luke and Mason had stayed with him, standing beside him until he was finally ready to come back inside.

had accepted. It was only about a week later that Luke and

and I had talked to Jace, letting him know that no one could ever replace his parents and that there were many people in the pack that loved him, us included,

call them mom and dad?” He

mom and dad or some version of that in the future, you can, but they won’t force it. They know that you and Melinda are friends, and they want to make sure

agreed. It was a rough transition at first, but both Luke and Brynn were patient with him and gave   him the space he needed. Melinda, on the other hand, couldn’t contain her excitement and went around telling everyone that Jace was her new brother. She’d hold his hand and drag him around the

she found a way to keep him from isolating himself from

and Jonas had found the missing pack members, were in a dungeon, of sorts, in Gunnar’s packhouse. They were all filthy and

listening to us, the ones they represent. Mason and I don’t always get our way, but the majority wins and overall, it seems to be working for the packs and the alliance. We still call it an alliance even though all of the

bright blue eyes. Since both parents have blue eyes, it was highly likely that any children they have will have blue eyes, but Antonio’s eyes are a startling blue, especially in

pregnant again, but she doesn’t know the baby’s gender yet. We’re all hoping for another girl, of

the war was over and he had healed from

days ago when my belly popped out, just like last time. One night I go to bed with a flat stomach, the next morning it’s like my baby