The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 3

Layan’s Return by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 22

Mason

I’m in the hospital’s makeshift nursery when Jara and the other Lunas walk in. “How did you know what to do, Layan?” Jara is asking her.

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“Seriously, Layan. That was awesome.” Hana says.

Layan blushes and shrugs. “I’ve been helping Luna Nina when she’s needed help and she taught me some things. And,” she says, pulling an ear bud out of her ear, “I literally had a doctor in my ear the entire time.”

I walk over and kiss Jara, as she takes Jaxon from me. I’m still holding Jordan. It’s getting easier to balance two now. Just as I’m about to ask what happened, the doctor walks in.

“Nice job, Layan. Thank you for your a*s*sistance.”

“No problem, doc. Alpha Antonio said he’d get his daughter to you so you can check her over.” Layan tells him.

“He already did, thank you. I won’t interrupt, I just wanted to say that you did an excellent job, young lady.”

Layan blushes again and I mind link Elijah letting him know that his intended mate just helped deliver a baby.

“What? She did? How?” He asks.

“Why don’t you come to the hospital and ask her yourself?” I suggest.

our link. I’m refocusing on the group as Antonio walks

meet my daughter, Valentina.” He looks up at us. “We

beautiful name!” The

baby has Antonio’s dark hair. It’s too soon to know if she will also have his darker skin tone and her eyes are closed, so I can’t tell if she got his eyes or

get back. Annabel should have calmed down by now, but she’ll

during the first delivery?”

ask, having no idea what they are talking

one of those women who goes crazy during

Jara tells me. Yeah, thankful. That’s

of my being, truly I do. But when she goes into that delivery room, it’s like Jekyll and Hyde. She scares the crap out of me.” Antonio says. I

and see her after she’s had a chance to

to keep her here with you?” Hana asks

his sleeping daughter, smiling a soft smile that I understand well. Your heart just feels full to bursting when you look at your children, especially when they are

me move

out. As

you’re delivering babies now?” He says to Layan, whose smile goes from sweet to brilliant in a

“I did!” She exclaims.

with me and tell me all about it?” Elijah asks her. She nods, putting her hand through his arm. He waves

Jara quietly. Jara just smiles and says nothing. A sure sign that she knows something

it, my little Luna? What secret

shrugs. “She may surprise

Her attraction to my Beta has been clear since the beginning. But she’s also shown affection for Alpha Davis and more recently some of the members of both our

guess we’ll

this year’s remaining claimants into new rooms. With so many going into the claiming in two days and then most of those leaving if

night before Katerina goes into the claiming territory. They have music, food and dancing. It reminds me of the time that Jara, Hana and Annabel had their private

is close to my ear as she leans down from behind me,

times from when we were here and those private parties you