The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 3

Layan’s Return by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 13

Davis

I like Elijah, I really do, but I’m about ready to punch him in his boy-next-door face. I’ve been clear that I want Layan. I know she has feelings for Elijah, but she has feelings for me too. Maybe those feelings aren’t as strong for me as they are for Elijah, but that’s because I haven’t had as much time with her.

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I had put my name in for her lottery last year, but I wasn’t chosen. Like everyone else, I had watched the horror unfold when she came out of the territory. I’ll admit, to myself at least, that I had the same thought as every other male last year, that she was damaged. What kind of Luna would she make after what happened to her?

Then, I got to know her. I got to know her sweet, gentle nature. I realized that her strength may not be physical, but this woman has an inner strength that few have. So, yes, I want her to be my Luna. But, that doesn’t mean that I’m willing to risk my chance with the other two.

McKenna is from Gamma blood and it’s obvious in the way she responds to those around her. I’ve never spent any time with her, but I intend to tonight. Just the way that she has her table laughing tells me that she would be a good addition to any pack. More importantly, she’d be a good Luna, someone the pack would feel comfortable with.

Then there is Katerina. Her father may have been a warrior, but Isabella comes from a long line of royal Alpha blood in Europe. Her bloodline alone makes her an impressive candidate. But add that to her confidence and strength, and she’s a perfect Luna.

I look back at Layan watching her talk to Jara. I shouldn’t want her as much as I do. But there is something about Layan, something that draws you in. And it’s not just me. Every eligible Alpha here is planning to court her. And that doesn’t include the Betas, Elijah for sure but also Jared, Alpha Jonas’s brother. Both of them plan to be in her claiming as well, if she chooses them.

don’t intend to exclude myself from any of the claimings, so I hope that Layan’s is first. That way, if I don’t claim her, I’d feel better about

tables back, making room on the dance floor, and the music begins playing. I stand, looking at Layan.

walk around the table, my eyes never leaving hers. When I get to her chair, I

have this dance, Layan?” I say, extending

I pull her

Please, call me

her

it’s my turn to smile. I see that Luke has wasted

floor, and we begin moving in the simple steps that I taught her so that she would feel comfortable during the

take her in my arms, pulling her close and we begin to slowly spin around the room. She and I have practiced so many

Mignon. He has

housed this with year

the other side of the house this year. While I enjoy the babies, I’m sure that I will have a lot going on, and

cross her features and I pull her closer to me. “Hey, you know if you can’t sleep, you can call me at any time of the night. I’m rooming with Quinton, and

at that, just as I’d hoped. “Thank

“You’re welcome, Layan.”

turn and take her back to the table, when, not surprisingly,

brighter for him than they do for me. But I push it aside. I’m here