The Claiming by Cooper

The Council Chapter 6: Jara

Jara

I didn’t realize that Mason was so concerned about Typhon searching for me. The thought had crossed my mind, since he was after me in the claiming and he didn’t catch me, if he has gone feral, his mind will be singularly focused on getting to me.

I know Mason loves me, but threatening the council is serious.

“Mason.” I say softly, standing and turning to face him. I put my hand on his chest until he looks at me. “I’m right here. I’m safe.”

He looks down cupping my face in his hand. “And you’d better stay that way.”

He says looking back up at the council table. “Do something about Typhon before you force my hand.”

Mason sits down, pulling me into his lap. I would be embarrassed if his rage wasn’t pulsing throughout the room. I curl up against him, letting him hold me, soothing his fear that Typhon is going to hurt me, or take me from him.

Elder Rudy sits down, looking at his companions. Elder Colton stands up. “For the rest of the afternoon, we need to catalogue the she-wolves, determine who is of childbearing age, the status of any pregnancies and plans for future pregnancies.”

I frown, turning to look at Hana, who has the same look of confusion on her face. I turn, looking at Mason who has a look that let’s me know that I’m about to get pissed off and he’s going to sit back and watch the show.

contestants and all of

start by telling us how many females you have in your pack and of those, how

I say to Asher, standing up

if we’re cattle?” I say and I can feel my

is standard procedure. We need to keep track of our she-wolves and how well and quickly they are reproducing.”

you know which pack we belong to?” Hana says, standing beside

“You misunderstand…”

quickly and frequently, they can breed the remaining females in our species. The females, might I add, that

talking about, Luna

wide-eyed look from the other Elders. Obviously Elder Colton has forgotten who my sister

has him pulling his collar

it’s an unpleasant taste in my mouth.

worried about her, or were you worried about your precious numbers? It’s hard to repopulate your species when you aren’t taking care of the ones that are required to reproduce. So, I’ d like to know. Did any of you

a bed warmer for her mate and birth his young. Alpha or no,

Alpha Gunnar for his words, but I don’t need them to fight my battles. This asshole thinks he’s special because he has the title of Alpha? He’s about to see what a

yips at the power l’ m exuding. I slowly prowl over to him, as he bares his throat to me, and I watch his eyes go wide as I get into his face. “Say that to me again, Gunnar, and I’ll show you exactly what it is that you are missing by not having Alpha blood. You may be able to intimidate your pack, but you