The Claiming by Cooper

Chapter 145

The Council Chapter 52 Mason

Mason

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I found out from Phillip that he and Seth had taken over handling the funerals for my dead pack members. I also found out that Elder Jason, Councilman Jason now, asked him to keep Typhon’s body so our doctors could run tests and experiments on his blood and tissue. While I hate the idea of that monster’s body even being in my pack lands, I know that we need the data. There is so little of it, that the more we can get, the better.

Davis had offered to run my pack for me, in the interim while Jara was in the hospital and for as long as I needed. I accepted his offer, knowing that I’m in no shape to do anything.

When I had returned from killing the Elders, I had gone to Jara. When she woke, her despair was overwhelming. Feeling it mixed with my own was unbearable. I failed her. I failed both of them. There is nothing that I can say to her, nothing that will make this right.

I stay with her until the doctor gives her another sedative and then I have Nina sit with her while I go back to the packhouse to get a shower and fresh clothes. I have just closed the door to my room when there’s a knock.

I open the door to see Elijah, who might look even worse than I do.

“May I have a word, Alpha?” He asks.

I nod, stepping back and letting him into the room. His eyes are on the floor and his teeth are clenched.

“What’s on your mind, Elijah?”

He turns to face me but doesn’t say anything for a moment.

voice barely a whisper.

remove me as your Beta. I don’t deserve to be a Beta if I can’t protect the most important people in our

I won’t lie, I blamed you for a moment, a brief moment. But I realized, it’s not your fault. It’s mine. I didn’t find him, I didn’t hunt him down like I should have and

do, Alpha. Tell me what I

in his voice.

safe. The others will come for us. I know it. I left a clear message for them and when they do, I don’t want to lose

says and begins walking

“Elijah.”

turning to

was full of disease. Don’t make me bury you too because you didn’t

“Yes Alpha.”

the shower to wash away today’s sorrow before putting on a new set of clothes and heading back to

take on today’s

Elijah POV

Mason’s room, I’m not watching where I’m going. I run

into Layan.

her before she falls. “Oh, Layan, I’m so sorry, are you okay?” I say,

move to step around her, but her soft, cool hands come to

had told her to call me Elijah instead of Beta. I want her to feel comfortable with me. I have

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