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?”

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

call the lead scientist? I think it’s the same one from our parents’ generation, right? His daughter is

or so after the last claiming, and they had a pup, a female, but she would be a couple years younger

out of the safe rooms. I jog up to

council canceled the rest of today’s meeting and they’ve called in Dr. Braxton and his daughter. She’s studying to be a doctor and will most likely follow in her father’s footsteps, so I guess it’s good

“Thanks, Mom.”

make sure everyone is set up for the afternoon, having a place to 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

total, I have six patrol members that have to be quarantined. I spend the rest of the afternoon and evening speaking with mates and family members, explaining what happened and why their loved ones are in quarantine. We 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,

separated from their mates. I had the hospital set up a kid’s area where the pups could play while parents talked and had

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

was she always 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 that Alpha doing? Is he also on the prowl? Now that they know there are two female Alphas, will they divide and

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 that it needs to be me that

then, of course, there’s Nolan. I have no idea what it 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

around in my head when I get to the packhouse. It’s quiet inside. I can hear murmurings around the packhouse, but in

it. I missed dinner. Again. Oh well, there’s always

way to my room. As soon as I open the door, I can smell Jace’s scent of honey roasted almonds. He’s been

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 maybe

‘Alpha,

are comfortable and have contacted their packs. Everyone had dinner and Elijah and I set

the trip to see the bears, we’ll make it work. I talked to Alpha Jaxon tonight and he is ready to rejoin our

and Taylor, we’ll 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