The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)

Chapter 19 (Jordan)

I let Jace walk Dr. Braxton and Kyra over to the pack hospital to make sure that the space that Elijah has found for them is sufficient. Then, I walk back inside, getting everything ready for our meeting today and pulling Jaxon aside. “Are you sure you’re okay being my interim Alpha?” I ask him. “You know you insult me when you ask things like that, right?” he asks in return.

I smile and look at his very pregnant mate. “How’s Evangeline?”

“Very pregnant. Very ready to have Jaxon Jr.”

“What did the doctor say?” I ask.

“He wants to see her every day until she delivers, but now, I’m worried. What if those in quarantine in the hospital have contaminated the space there?” he asks.

“The quarantine is a precaution. Even if they did catch some sort of virus, Evangeline and the rest of us here should be able to negate the effects, but we’ll know more when Dr. Braxton begins his tests.”

He nods, watching as Evangeline talks to her siblings. “Do you know what they are going to do?” I ask, nodding at Magdalena and Lazio.

Phoebe are going to Maximus’ pack. At least for now. Which reminds me, have you spoken to our sisters? I believe they

are still open. They are welcome here as long as they

Alpha, I already told them they could stay here,” he says,

and we all begin to make our way

up to

and told me to give you his number. He said he’d stay within an hour radius of

back pocket and quickly

heading inside. Since the entire situation seems like a massive cluster f*uck, I don’t say anything more to her. I go inside and sit. Today, rather than having Elijah and

soon as I sit, Jace

that mirrored the symptoms of rabies and distemper. He was also the doctor that determined that it was our females that have created the immunity that all of us enjoy today

Alpha Jordan’s patrols were bitten or scratched during the attack yesterday. Those individuals have been placed into quarantine until Dr. Braxton can assure us that we are not at risk of

enough patrols? I can send more over here if needed,”

make sure that they did not contract any type of virus from these

in the younger generation, my generation, seems to understand the

about to say something, when Dr.

Once we did, we had to begin killing our kind when they became feral or the claiming haze took them. That is, until we realized that the females that survived had developed an immunity, an immunity that they passed to their mates and if they were strong enough, to their pack members. Therefore, the lack of known females in the rogue population is concerning, especially if these rogues are second generation werewolves birthed by human mothers with fathers carrying one or both of the diseases. It is the females that carry the immunity, not the males. We are dependent upon our females to ensure that our generation continues,

make sure that they are not showing any signs of the feral fever or claiming haze viruses. If they are, we have two possible issues. The first is that it’s a different strain that none of us have been