The Claiming by Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 3

Layan’s Return by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 43 (Epilogue 1)

Layan

It’s been a year since Elijah claimed me, an amazing, happy year. We’ve spent the time slowly getting to know each other, mentally and physically.

True to his word, Elijah has taken his time, letting me go at my pace when it comes to intimacy. I’ll admit, I had no idea there were so many ways to find pleasure without ever having actual penetration. But he and I explored them all, learning every possible way to make the other come undone.

When the time had finally come and I was ready to try to have him inside me, we had gone very slow. It had hurt.

Not as much as the first time, but I have enough scar tissue that it had hurt to have all of that broken up and stretched. I had cried and Elijah tried to stop several times, but I wanted this. I wanted to have everything with this man, so we pushed through. In the end, he had thrust into me quickly, breaking up some of my scar tissue and after the initial sting and throbbing subsided, Elijah took my body into a whole other world of pleasure.

After that first time, it had gotten easier and every time we were together, the pain was less and less until now, there is only pleasure, and I can’t get enough of my man. He loves it, always willing to oblige me when I tell him I need my dose of Elijah, which is pretty much every day.

had announced that Brynn was pregnant again and the ache that I felt in that moment nearly brought me to my knees. I told Elijah that night that I wanted

they ran all sorts of tests on me. Basically, there is no reason I can’t get pregnant or carry a baby to term with proper rest and increased medical monitoring than most women don’t need, but the biggest issue will be delivery. The doctor had asked about s*e*x. I told him that it had hurt at first but was better now. He indicated that having a natural delivery would be even harder for me, and that if the scar tissue didn’t give, we could risk the baby getting stuck in the birthing canal,

that Layan can’t have

or C- Section. It would require me to numb your spinal column and then remove

not cutting into my mate!” Elijah had exclaimed. He had looked at me. “No way am I risking losing you, Layan. I only just got you. No!” He

looked

in Alpha Seth’s pack worked in the human hospitals for a while and did a rotation in obstetrics. I

and wouldn’t even hear of me getting pregnant, no matter what I said. Finally, I

was very common amongst the humans and with the proper care and rest following the delivery, that he felt confident that I could not only have a pup but would also recover with nothing more than a

a pup as much as I did, so I understood that all of

prepared for the pain that his knot would cause me. I had cried the entire time, having no choice but to wait it out. Elijah had held me, rubbing my back, purring to me and cooing to me, trying everything possible to help me relax and relieve the pain. In the end, I

my scar tissue had torn with Elijah’s knot and that it would be the same during delivery, so a C- section would be our only choice. After that, Elijah refused to knot me again, telling me that he would never

worked and had been

to the packhouse after leaving the pack hospital. I

the news. I know that it means I’ll probably have to

clothes from the day and putting on more casual clothes for this evening, looking as

to kiss me. I wrap my arms around his neck, pouring all

we finally pull apart, I can see the self-satisfied grin on his face. “Something on