The Claiming by Cooper

Layan’s Return Chapter 25 Jara

Jara

When the meeting with Dr. Braxton ends, I walk over to speak to Brynn. This is the first time she’s sat in and listened to Dr. Braxton’ s reports since the first one. It’s a lot to take in, especially when her daughter is part of it.

“How are you doing?” I ask her.

“Would you think less of me if I told you I’m overwhelmed?” She asks.

“I’d think less of you if you weren’t. I think we all are. That was a lot all at once.”

“So, why do you think Melinda has higher than normal antibodies in her system?” She asks me.

“I don’t know Brynn, we can ask Dr. Braxton, but it’s been clear from the beginning that Melinda is pretty special.” I tell her.

She nods and we approach Dr. Braxton as he’s putting his things

away.

“Excuse me, Dr. Braxton?” I say, as we walk up.

“Oh yes, Luna Jara. Hello, Gamma Brynn.”

“Doctor, we were wondering if we could ask a question about Melinda.” I say.

He gestures for us to sit, and we do, turning our chairs to face him.

“You want to know why your daughter, a true Beta, is showing the same high levels of antibodies as the Alpha children?” He guesses,

looking at Brynn.

“Well, actually, yes.”

to be passed to her, it could be that she is just the first to show the signs that all children will show going forward, or it could

quite a charming

is.”

insightful.” He says, watching

you mean?”

four, is that

Brynn tells him.

assessment, she went and sat on the laps of several of your pack members. She inherently knew that they needed her close. But more than that, the assessments this year were brutal from what I understand. Having her close, might have helped them feel better because she was pushing the feral- fever and claiming haze viruses

following you,

and now I’ve become hyper

assessments are supposed to push

haze based on the nature of the virtual reality that they are put into. Even though everyone passed, it doesn’t mean that they didn’t feel the unease of the virus in their system, pushing forward, trying to take hold. Your daughter seemed to instinctively know

she needed to help

that you or your mate don’t have

guess, but it’s

a Beta, but he’s Alpha blood, he’s just a second

Gamma. It wouldn’t surprise me if she became a Luna one day. Either way,

“Thank you, doctor.”

his things again. “Doctor, will you be

to truly understand what is going on, I’ll need to continue my experiments and testing for years to come.”

you around, doc.” I

Mason and Elijah here, she and Luke are running everything for us. Now that most of our pack members

see Jaxon sleeping in a baby rocker on the floor. I look

others. Annabel had just gotten Valentina to sleep.” Hana

until he settles back into sleep. I walk upstairs and listen at the door. Not

listening to the soft thumping of Mason’s heart. He has his hands on her, holding her to him as they both get some much needed sleep. I smile before

wanting to take advantage of this quiet moment. I move to the spot where Mason and I once sat listening to the sounds coming from the claiming territory. I find

howls or barks. Dad said the gunmen were put into place inside the territory last night, but so far, there hasn’t