The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)

Chapter 17 (Jordan)

After checking on my patrols and sending the ones with bites and scratches to the pack hospital, I send a mind link to my father letting him know the rogues were taken care of. I’ll need to reconnect Jaxon to my pack before I leave so he can use the mind link. ‘Griffin is sending more patrols to watch over Taylor’s land,’ my father tells me.

‘Good, because several of my patrols were injured and isn’t there some concern for them being bitten or scratched by someone with feral fever?’ I ask him.

‘The wolves had feral fever?’ he asks, concern evident in his voice.

‘According to my patrols, they weren’t normal wolves dad.’

‘I’ll get Councilman Jason and head over to the pack hospital to see what they doctors are saying. I’m guessing we’ll need to put your patrols into quarantine for the time being, honey. I’ m sorry, but it’s probably the only way to be safe.’

‘I understand, Dad. Their mates and pups may not, but I do,’ I say, closing the mind link and sighing.

“That’s the third time you’ve sighed in the last two minutes, Jordan. What’s up?” Jace asks me as we hear Griffin’s patrols heading our way.

“Dad says our patrols that were bitten or scratched will have to go into quarantine until we know for sure that those wolves didn’t have feral-fever.”

“I thought we were immune to that.” Jace says. “Wasn’t that like a huge deal with our generation, the immunity to feral fever and the claiming haze?”

pack. The patrols said they only saw males and those males were acting erratically. We’ll have to bring in the scientists to do blood samples. Hopefully, even if it is a

we need to call the lead scientist? I think it’s the same one from our

claiming, and they had a pup, a female, but she would be a couple years younger than me still, so maybe she’ll

the time we get back to the packhouse, my mom and Aunt Hana are helping people out of the safe rooms. I jog up to my mother. “Do you need anything? I want to head over to the

studying to be a doctor and will most likely follow in her father’s footsteps, so I

“Thanks, Mom.”

work and some privacy to call their packs and make arrangements to increase their own patrols. In addition, several of the previous generation went out hunting for the rogues but lost their scent in the rivers and lakes in

to be able to speak to their loved ones so they know that they aren’t alone, and I also went around to each of them, letting them know that Jace, Elijah and I will be by every day that they are in quarantine to check on them and make sure that

their mates. I had the hospital set up a kid’s area where the pups could play while parents talked and had them also set up spaces for the pup-less mates to stay in the hospital if they wanted to be closer

the packhouse, my head spinning with everything that is going on, what it could mean and trying to decide if

if the opportunity presents itself for this rogue Alpha to capture me. And what about the other rogue pack? What is that Alpha

then, I’m worried about my pack members while I’m gone. I now have a group in quarantine and the pack is on edge, waiting to see if we’re going to be attacked by rogues. The news of the quarantine will have gone around the pack already, making them even more nervous. Should I change my plans about going to meet with the bears? I feel like it’s important to get the information, and something inside me is telling me

means that he is Taylor’s mate. Are she and I so much alike that our mates dated the other person? She and I have never been close. She was always much more competitive than I

inside. I can hear murmurings around the packhouse, but in

rumbles, but I ignore it. I missed dinner. Again.

almonds. He’s been in my room. I look around, wondering what he was doing here and then I see it, a plate of

then pull the covering off the food. Two wraps, one turkey and ham and the other roast beef, with a plate full of potato chips. I grab a wrap, taking a bite and nearly moaning out loud it tastes so good. Or

‘Alpha,

are comfortable and have contacted their packs. Everyone had dinner and Elijah and I set up couple of bars so everyone could

here tomorrow, and we’ll figure it out. Don’t worry about the trip to see the bears, we’ll make it work. I talked to Alpha Jaxon tonight and he is ready to rejoin our pack

keep both of you safe and we’ll figure out what to do with them and the pack that hasn’t shown themselves yet. And finally, don’t worry about the mate bond between Taylor and Nolan. Everything will work out the way it