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

that she has become more attached to her Alpha, but

pack is getting a*s*sessed as well and she felt the need to be there to help them. I understand, and I love that she wants to help her pack, but I really miss her. Since I’ve been through a*s*sessment many times before, so I know what to expect, but it

into the claiming with Layan. At first, it’s fine. I’m in wolf form chasing her and she’s giving me a good run. But then, it happens. I’m forced to watch as the Alpha from last year’s claim overtakes her in his wolf form, biting her, trying to mark

him and get him off of Layan. But I have to think. I have to be smart. I need to

I taste his blood as my teeth, puncture his flesh. His howl of pain lets me know that he let go of Layan and I tear him away from her, putting myself between him and her. He comes in to attack me, trying to get to her. I grab him again, throwing him aside before pushing back against Layan, moving her against a rock face where I know that no one can sneak up behind us. I can hear her crying, hear the pain in her voice,

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 when he tried to claim Layan in wolf form, but they didn’t. If they don’t

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 as the group of wolves

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 accept him. She turns her head, looking straight into my eyes, before moving into Alpha Davis’s arms. I’m forced to watch as she turns her head exposing her neck

the a*s*sessment put me into. I open my

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 contents of my stomach. One of the a*s*sessors reaches out to help me out of the room, but I rip away from them. I’m still caught in the image and

if the a*s*sessors just know me better or if they are making this year’s a*s*sessment more difficult than the previous ones, but they used the best or worst possible weapon

the sink and rinsing, my mouth before feeling my way to my bed.

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,

before I hear my bedroom door open. Unlike in previous year’s my headache 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 still feel too raw after

hand on my