The Claiming by Cooper

Chapter 102

The Council Chapter 9: Mason

Mason

The next morning, we arrive at the conference room ready to take on the other Alphas. We decided that Seth and I would take on the petition for changing the claiming process and Hana and Jara would take on the petition for the Luna Council.

I let Jara know that we needed to meet with Alpha Davis after the meeting ends today, or maybe at lunch time if things don’t get too crazy this morning.

As we get our coffee and get settled, Elder Jason comes in, moving to stand at the front of the room. We get settled and he comes forward.

“Good morning everyone. Today we have three petitions that we need to address. Of note, there are two that seem to be in direct conflict with each other, so I’m sure that there will be some discussion about the direction of our packs in the future.”

He turns, pulling my petition from the table behind him. “The first petition has been submitted by Alphas Mason and Seth. They are proposing to change the way the annual claiming process is handled.”

“Of course they are.” I hear Gunnar growl under his breath.

“This petition has six sections. We will go through each one individually and discuss it before moving to the next. Any questions?”

When no one has any, he continues.

“The first part of this petition states that ‘Assessments will happen

within one month of the claiming’.”

“Is there enough time to complete assessments for a couple hundred claimaints within one month?” Elder Stanley asks.

“It would depend on how many claimaints there actually are for the claim and how many assessors we have. Now that we have fewer packs and fewer werewolves, I think it could be done.” Surprisingly, it’s Elder Carson that agrees that this is possible.

There are a few other questions, but this is pretty straightforward. It was meant to ensure the safety of the she-wolves as much as possible, but it’s already a requirement, it just shortens the timeframes for completion.

to a vote.” Alpha Jason says, and all

agree.

second part of the petition. It states, ‘Killing is not allowed and will disqualify the claimant from that and all future

surprisingly, this one causes a lot

or are we wolves in sheep’s clothing. Fighting is what we do, it’s how we show dominance.” Alpha Gunnar says loudly, his

to ranked wolves and is

better job of training your pack members, Alpha.” Alpha

an omega, or even a warrior for that

younger brother with true blood

bloodbath this year, and for

his pack members. Too bad, Alpha. Get with the program. I vote that the killing

Gunnar says.

care about the

us don’t. I agree with Alphas Seth

says. When we vote,

of changing the laws, five in favor of keeping them the same. The law will change and killing will now be illegal during the claiming process and those that kill

see Gunnar from the corner of my eye. He’s fuming, especially since Alphas Davis and Quinton sided with me. Of course, both of them have small packs. They can’t afford to lose their members to something stupid like the claiming process. It could easily cause them to lose their pack status, forcing them to be absorbed by another pack. That may not sound terrible, but it means that the Alpha of the

He didn’t

alliance with the other packs would allow him to absorb their members over time.

I hear Jara in my head. I look at her and see her

tell you later.” I say, needing to stay focused right now.

of the petition states that ‘All claimings, regardless of

is instant and has

“No!”

“No way!”

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