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.

asked Luke to be his Gamma and he had accepted. It was only about a week later that Luke and Brynn had asked if they could adopt Jace, knowing he had no family

no one could ever replace his parents and that there were many people in the pack that loved him, us included, but that Luke and Brynn had

to call them mom and dad?” He

of that in the future, you can,

him some time to think about it, but he had eventually 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 packhouse,

found a way to keep him from isolating himself from the pack. He wouldn’t talk to many

of sorts, in Gunnar’s packhouse. They were all filthy and hungry by the time they were found, but they all survived and were able to return

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

She was born bald, so we expect that she’ll have her mother’s blond hair, but she got her father’s bright blue eyes. Since both parents have blue eyes, it was highly likely that any children they have will have blue eyes, but

baby’s gender yet. We’re all hoping for another girl, of course. Hana had scoffed that Mignon had beaten her again, so apparently, she and

I knew I was pregnant when I couldn’t shift, and I told him as much once the war was over and he had healed from the injuries he’d sustained. However, between burying our dead, bringing Luke and Brynn in as our Gamma couple, and figuring things out with Jace, we just hadn’t made time

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 wants to announce itself