The Claiming by Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)

Chapter 17 (Jordan)

After checking on my patrols and sending the ones with bites and scratches to the pack hospital, I send a mind link to my father letting him know the rogues were taken care of. I’ll need to reconnect Jaxon to my pack before I leave so he can use the mind link. ‘Griffin is sending more patrols to watch over Taylor’s land,’ my father tells me.

‘Good, because several of my patrols were injured and isn’t there some concern for them being bitten or scratched by someone with feral fever?’ I ask him.

‘The wolves had feral fever?’ he asks, concern evident in his voice.

‘According to my patrols, they weren’t normal wolves dad.’

‘I’ll get Councilman Jason and head over to the pack hospital to see what they doctors are saying. I’m guessing we’ll need to put your patrols into quarantine for the time being, honey. I’ m sorry, but it’s probably the only way to be safe.’

‘I understand, Dad. Their mates and pups may not, but I do,’ I say, closing the mind link and sighing.

“That’s the third time you’ve sighed in the last two minutes, Jordan. What’s up?” Jace asks me as we hear Griffin’s patrols heading our way.

“Dad says our patrols that were bitten or scratched will have to go into quarantine until we know for sure that those wolves didn’t have feral-fever.”

a huge deal with our generation, the immunity to feral fever and the

scientists to do blood samples. Hopefully, even if it is a new strain, they will be able to

we need to call the lead scientist? I think it’s the same one from our parents’ generation, right? His

a year or so after the last claiming, and they had a pup, a female, but she would be a couple years younger than me still, so

packhouse, my mom and Aunt Hana are helping people out of the safe rooms. I jog up to my mother. “Do you need anything? I want to head over to

rest of today’s meeting and they’ve called in Dr. Braxton and his daughter. She’s studying to be a doctor and will most likely follow in her father’s footsteps,

“Thanks, Mom.”

make arrangements to increase their own patrols. In addition,

to be quarantined. I spend the rest of the afternoon and evening speaking with mates and family members, explaining what happened and why their loved ones are in quarantine. We make arrangements for them to be able to speak to their loved ones so they know that they aren’t alone, and I also went around to each of them, letting them know that Jace, Elijah and I will be by every day that they are in quarantine to check on them and make

mates. I had the hospital set up a kid’s area where the pups could play while parents talked and had them also set up spaces for the pup-less mates

the time that is done, it’s late. I head back to the packhouse, my head spinning with everything that is going on, what it could mean and trying to decide if I feel better or not that the rogue Alpha has set

her pack and she’s an easier target, or was she always the target? Am I safe or am I still at risk if the opportunity presents itself for this rogue Alpha to capture me.

gone. I now have a group in quarantine and the pack is on edge, waiting to see if we’re going to be attacked by rogues. The news of the quarantine will have gone around the pack already, making them even more nervous. Should I change my

have no idea what it means that he is Taylor’s mate. Are she and I so much alike that our mates dated the other person? She and I have never been close. She was always much more competitive than I was, always acting like she had to

It’s quiet inside. I can hear murmurings around the packhouse,

it. I missed dinner. Again. Oh well, there’s always

my floor and make my way to my room. As soon as I open the door, I can smell Jace’s scent of honey roasted almonds. He’s been in my room. I look around, wondering what he was doing

a plate full of potato chips. I grab a wrap, taking a bite and nearly moaning out loud it tastes so good. Or maybe I’m just

‘Alpha,

hospital all night. I know, I checked on you several times. All the visitors are comfortable and have contacted their packs. Everyone had dinner and

about the patrol members in quarantine. The scientists will be here tomorrow, and we’ll figure it out. Don’t worry about the trip to see the bears, we’ll