The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 3

Layan’s Return by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 5

Elijah

It’s the day of my a*s*sessment. They scheduled us to be a*s*sessed a month before the claiming. The council sent the group of a*s*sessors to each of the packs and because our pack is one of the larger ones, several a*s*sessors were sent to complete our evaluations.

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This year, we have nearly fifty guys going into the claiming. While no one is excited about the a*s*sessment, everyone is excited about the claiming this year. With the no kill order from the council, even omegas have a better chance of claiming one of this year’s females.

Mason had agreed to allow Jara to a*s*sist with the a*s*sessment aftercare, but only with certain parameters. I know he’s worried about her. but the doctor agreed that she could a*s*sist as long as she complied with the conditions which mostly consist of her taking hourly breaks. Since I’m up for a*s*sessment. I can’t help Mason with the aftercare of our pack members, but both Luke and Brynn agreed to help That will take a lot of the pressure off of Jara, which I know gives Mason some peace of mind.

I tell Mason that I want to go on the first day of a*s*sessment. That way. I can help our pack members who are a*s*sessed on the second and third day. But it will also give me a chance to tell Layan that I’ve passed a*s*sessment. As the time comes closer to the claiming, she’s becoming increasingly nervous. She’s told me that she wakes up almost every night now with nightmares I’ve told her she can call me any time, day or night, but she says that her mother and Alpha Davis are there for her and that she is okay

hate that she’s in Alpha Davis’s pack and he is able to be there when she needs him. It should be me. And I can tell that she has become more attached to her Alpha, but I’m not giving up. We still talk every day and even this morning, she called

but I really miss her. Since I’ve been through a*s*sessment many times before, so I know what to expect, but it doesn’t matter. a*s*sessment is meant to try to push you to a point where you lose control. That’s why you feel so sick afterward. You have to fight

if this year they are pushing harder or if they just use what they know about me to provide the worst possible scenario for me to face. But the a*s*sessment takes me into the claiming with Layan. At first, it’s fine. I’m in wolf form chasing her and she’s

know this is the a*s*sessment, but everything in me wants to kill him, wants to fight him and get him off of Layan. But I have to think. I have to be smart. I need to do something. I can’t

and her. He comes in to attack me, trying to get to her. I grab

The only way he’ll stop is if I kill him, but I’m not allowed. I quickly look up, seeing the guards with guns. They are watching the scenario play out. They should have stopped him

time, I leap, attacking him. While we’re fighting. I see more Alphas coming. They are racing trying to reach Layan, trying to take what’s mine. I rip a chunk of fur out of the Alpha in front of me before turning, trying to protect Layan who is watching with fear in her eyes

Alpha that’s on me, try to bring him down. But he’s strong, stronger than I am. I’m forced to watch as the third Alpha shifts. Alpha Davis. I watch as he walks slowly to Layan, crouching down in front of her. My snarls of fury only increase, knowing she might

put me into. I open my eyes to a dim light that

out of the chair, barely able to see. My head feels like someone is banging on it with a hammer and feeling like I’m about to upend the

know me better or if they are

bed. My head has gone from feeling like someone is hammering into it, to feeling like someone sliced it

bed, falling onto it, unable to do anything else. I close my eyes, pulling a pillow over my eyes and ears to eliminate as much sound and light as possible and I lay there, replaying the scene over and over in my

hasn’t started to ease. But I don’t want Jara to help me. She needs to help our other pack members. I’ll heal, and I really don’t want to be around anyone right now anyway. I

on my forehead, and I instantly feel