The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 3

Layan’s Return by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 4

Jara

Mason asked me to join the next call with the council members. They are going to give us the preliminary results for our blood and saliva samples that we provided for them to test against Alpha Typhon’s tissue.

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Mason sits me in his office chair, putting a pillow behind my back to help support me, before pulling up a separate chair for himself.

We join the video call, saying hello to everyone. While we all want to be at this year’s claiming for Layan, both Hana and Annabel are due right around the time the claiming starts. We haven’t had another Luna meeting to see what their mates said about them coming.

I look at Mason sitting beside me. I’m thankful, as always, for him. He allows me to be who I am and even if he doesn’t agree, there is always a conversation. He never forces me to concede, and he always takes my feelings into consideration.

My thoughts have me reaching over, taking his hand. He looks at me, giving me a questioning look.

“I love you, Mason.” I say in our mind link since we’re on a video call.

“Did I do something in particular to make you say that at this moment?” He asks me.

“You just being the amazing man that you are.” I say, leaning over and kissing him. I’ve gotten lost in my mate, forgetting that we’re on video until I hear a throat clearing and several chuckles.

I pull away, embarra*s*sed. “Sorry. Pregnancy hormones.” I say.

“Don’t have to explain to me.” Asher says, tugging Mignon onto his lap.

says, nuzzling Annabel who is already

understand, Jara.”

get down to

brought all of you here today to discuss our research findings. In order to give you the full results and answer any questions you have, I’ve asked our

enter the video screen. I wonder if he wears them to make himself look more distinguished, since, as werewolves, we have

everyone. As Councilman Jason said, my name is Braxton. I have studied human biology, veterinary medicine, zoology

for those of us that aren’t doctors, can you put

into the camera. “Ever since my father died from feral- fever over twenty years ago, I’ve been studying every possible science

the canine versions of the rabies and distemper viruses, vegan my intensified studies, to see

here today because

extraordinary. Let me preface, I will need to

doe! What did

took from each of the Lunas caused a complete reversal and eradication of the virus that was previously rampant

“Eradication?” Davis asks.

no matter which female’s sample we used, the virus was suppressed,

moment. “Our blood kills feral-fever?” I ask. I’m in shock.

saliva. It appears that you, all of you, are the vaccination to the

“How?” Hana asks.

way. So, I’m not sure if it is some sort of natural evolution to protect our species, or something else entirely. But I would say, that spending time with your packs will keep them from getting

me. “But, the vaccination, as you call it, isn’t permanent, is it? When my sister

And, as with all viruses, they mutate. Because the tissue I’m working with is dead tissue, I can’t know for sure, but there was another interesting find in my research. The cells I found in some of the older she-wolves, Lunas Nina, Gia and Tessa and Miss Isabella were different than the ones that I found in the younger Lunas. It’s almost as if your bodies are responding to the virus’s mutation by mutating your

to take in, doctor.” Mason says beside

work to do. But these are very exciting discoveries. And they bode well for the

what are the next steps.” Jason

comes from an Alpha line. I would also like to take samples from all of the mated Alphas. I would expect to see that your resistance to the virus is higher than normal, given that your mates have marked you. However, that wasn’t the case with Alpha Typhon, and I’d like to try and figure out if that was because his mate died, or if it was for

whole lot more work to do?”