The Claiming by Cooper

chapter 28

“What do you know of the effects of she-wolves on feral-fever?” I ask her.

She frowns. “The effect of she-wolves on feral-fever?” She asks.

Once I explain it to her, I see the lightbulb go on in her head.

“That’s why you’re always touching them?”

“Yes, and if you truly want to take on a leadership role in this pack, which I hope you do, you will need to help me keep our pack members from going feral.”

“Yes, Luna. I’d be happy to.” She says.

“In addition, some changes are coming. I’d like for you to play a role in that. Whether it’s here in our pack, or in the other packs, I think your Beta blood and your willingness to help will be much. needed.” I explain the changes that we’ve made with the council. and the impact we are already having at Alpha Davis’s pack.

“I would need to be mindful of Melinda, but I want to help. If I can, and if it is safe for Melinda, I will help in any way I can.”

I nod. “We’re going to have a meeting in the next day or so. We need to speak to Alpha Luke and Alpha Quinton, but Alpha Quinton. has already requested our presence. He might be a good start for you.”

“As long as Melinda is safe.” She clarifies.

“Of course, and Hana and I were just discussing that no Luna, or in your case, no Beta would go to a pack alone.”

“Okay. Tell me what I need to do.”

After I explain to her about feeling for the darkness in our pack. members, Brynn heads back to the kitchen to oversee dinner preparations.

Again, I’m just about to go get the pregnancy test, when Mason walks in.

“Hello love. How was your day?”

mate about my plans and then about his conversation with Elder

time to take the pregnancy

tomorrow.

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Mason

back to Alpha Davis’s pack. This time, Seth was going to accompany them. Asher isn’t happy about

Melinda to Alpha Quinton’s pack. I knew that Luke would be distracted the entire weekend, worrying about his mate and daughter, so I’m sending him with his mate. They had also gotten Luna Nina, Jara’s mother, to agree to go with her and Jara’s father, Alpha Phillip, is going to. That way, we know that Brynn and Melinda will be safe, and

like to have some she- wolves visit his pack as well and I forwarded his request to Jara. She and Hana are in charge of setting up the schedule of

mates and Elder Jason are all scheduled to visit Alpha Shawn this weekend as

our next meeting until the end of the weekend. In the meantime, it gives me time to begin my hunt for Typhon. Elder Jason will be here next week, and I will be busy digging through

effects of feral-fever but nothing on the

from both. I know what the claiming haze feels like, and I know what my pack members have described feral-fever as feeling like. In both. instances, the person is out of control, instinct taking over in the extreme. If Typhon is dealing with both, then there would be no capacity for rational thought, he would be solely working on instinct.

It’s not just the need or desire to claim your mate, but your are driven to extremes so you can achieve that instinctual goal. It makes you willing to take risks and to kill to achieve to achieve that

the reports that I have from my patrols, and the shape that Typhon is in physically, I have to believe that he is lost, whether it’s to the claiming haze, feral-fever, or both,

discussed my concerns and my beliefs that Alpha Typhon had lost his mind and that he needed to be put down. I was told they would look into it, which

we are going to do our own search. If anyone feels strongly that we should not

later, my entire group of warriors are at the forest line. I look at all of them, proud

you are in charge of protecting the

dividing my pack in two before swiping my hand through the

lands. Don’t let him get onto our lands. While Jara, Brynn and Melinda aren’t here right now, we don’t want him to find a place to hide until they return. Gamma Joe is in charge of the group

“Yes, Alpha.”

and my voice

the pack before they split off and I take my group to the place where we know that Typhon nearly breached our borders

you’re my best tracker. See what you can do.” I

want to go at it again. We know Typhon’s been here off and on and if we catch a newer trail,

you, spread out. See if you can catch a

piece of dirt that smells like something is rotten. A couple of times, someone howled, and we’d come running, only to find a dead animal that was decomposing. The scent was close, but not exactly right.