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.”

were immune to that.” Jace says. “Wasn’t that like a huge deal with our generation, the immunity to feral

erratically. We’ll have to bring in the scientists to do blood samples. Hopefully, even if it is a new strain, they will be able to

the lead scientist? I think it’s the same one from our parents’ generation, right? His daughter is still too young to have taken

understand he found his mate 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 maybe

are helping people out of the safe rooms. I jog up to my mother. “Do you need anything? I want to head over to the pack

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, so I guess it’s good that we have

“Thanks, Mom.”

packs and make arrangements to increase their own patrols. In addition,

to speak to their loved ones so they know that they aren’t alone, and I also went

had the hospital set up a kid’s area where the pups could play while parents talked and had them also set

going on, what

the opportunity presents itself for this rogue Alpha to capture me. And what about the other rogue pack? What is that Alpha doing? Is he also on

gone around the pack already, making them even more nervous. Should I change my plans about going to meet with the bears? I feel like it’s important to get the information, and something inside me is telling me that it needs

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

packhouse. It’s quiet inside. I can hear murmurings around the packhouse, but in general, it’s so late that everyone has gone to

ignore it. I

honey roasted almonds. He’s been in my room. I look around, wondering what he was

turkey and ham and the other roast beef, with 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 that hungry. Then I

‘Alpha,

didn’t eat tonight. You haven’t left the hospital all night. I know, I checked on you several times. All the visitors are comfortable

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 make it work.