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.”

answer is, I don’t know for sure. I can hypothesize that it’s because she was born at a time when the antibodies in your blood stream had strengthened enough 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

“She’s quite a charming

she is.” Brynn says.

says, watching her.

mean?” I ask him.

yet four, is

Brynn tells

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

and now I’ve become hyper aware of it. He really does do

to push the males, forcing

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 that

saying my daughter instinctively knew that she needed to help our

mate don’t have Alpha blood in

“It’s possible I guess, but

but he’s Alpha blood, he’s just a second son.” I say to her. “In a few generations, folks may

surprise me if she became a

“Thank you, doctor.”

begins packing his things again. “Doctor, will you be continuing

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

around, doc.” I say as

spend a little more time with Brynn before she heads back to the pack. With Mason and Elijah here, she and Luke are running everything for us. Now that most of our pack members have been sent

I get back to our housing, I see Jaxon sleeping in a baby rocker

her up to your room so she wouldn’t wake the others. Annabel had just

until he settles back into sleep. I walk upstairs

his heart, no doubt listening to the soft thumping of Mason’s heart. He has his hands on her, holding her to him as they

spot where Mason and I once sat listening to the sounds coming from the claiming territory. I

this time, we’ve barely heard any howls or barks. Dad said the gunmen were put into place inside the territory last night, but so far, there hasn’t been any sound of gunshots, so I take that as