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?”

but we don’t know if that’s what this is. Remember, these rogues haven’ t been part of a 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 new strain, they will be able to come up with a vaccine for it. The whole issue of feral fever in males was because of the limited female population.

sounds right. So, do we need to call the lead scientist? I think it’s the same one from our parents’ generation, right? His daughter is still too young

a female, but she would be

people out of the safe rooms. I jog up to my mother. “Do you need anything? I want

Dr. Braxton and his daughter. She’s studying to be a doctor and will most likely follow in her father’s footsteps, so I

“Thanks, Mom.”

to work and some privacy to call their packs and make arrangements to increase their own patrols.

make arrangements for them 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

up a kid’s area where the pups could play while parents talked and had them also set up spaces for the pup-less

is done, it’s late. I head back to the packhouse, my head spinning with everything that is going on, what it could mean and trying to decide if I feel better or not that the rogue Alpha

the target? Am I safe or am I still at risk if the opportunity presents itself for this rogue Alpha to capture me. And what about the other rogue pack? What is

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

our mates dated the other person? She and I have never been close. She was always

the packhouse. It’s quiet inside. I can hear murmurings around the packhouse, but in general, it’s so late that everyone

but I ignore it. I missed dinner. Again. Oh well,

As soon as I open the door, I can smell Jace’s scent of honey roasted almonds. He’s been in my room. I look around, wondering what he was doing here and then I see it, a plate of food

full of potato chips. I grab

‘Alpha,

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

tomorrow, and we’ll figure it out. Don’t worry about the trip to see the bears, we’ll make it work. I

keep both of you safe and we’ll figure out what to do with them and the pack that hasn’t shown