The Claiming by Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)

Chapter 19 (Jordan)

I let Jace walk Dr. Braxton and Kyra over to the pack hospital to make sure that the space that Elijah has found for them is sufficient. Then, I walk back inside, getting everything ready for our meeting today and pulling Jaxon aside. “Are you sure you’re okay being my interim Alpha?” I ask him. “You know you insult me when you ask things like that, right?” he asks in return.

I smile and look at his very pregnant mate. “How’s Evangeline?”

“Very pregnant. Very ready to have Jaxon Jr.”

“What did the doctor say?” I ask.

“He wants to see her every day until she delivers, but now, I’m worried. What if those in quarantine in the hospital have contaminated the space there?” he asks.

“The quarantine is a precaution. Even if they did catch some sort of virus, Evangeline and the rest of us here should be able to negate the effects, but we’ll know more when Dr. Braxton begins his tests.”

watching as Evangeline talks to her siblings. “Do you know what they are going to do?” I

are going to Alejandro’s pack. Lazio and Phoebe are going to Maximus’ pack. At least for now. Which reminds me, have

open. They are welcome here as long as they like,” I tell

future interim Alpha, I already told them they could stay here,” he says, smirking at

Kyra and Elijah in tow. I make sure they’ve eaten breakfast and we all begin to make our way into the conference room. I’m somewhat surprised when Taylor shows

to me. “Is he

said he’d stay within an hour radius of my pack

out of my back pocket

her. I go inside and sit. Today, rather than having Elijah and Jace standing

Jace

It was he who finally realized that feral fever and the claiming haze were viruses that mirrored the symptoms of rabies and distemper. He was also the doctor that determined that it was our females that

or scratched during the attack yesterday. Those individuals have been placed into quarantine until Dr. Braxton can assure us

enough patrols? I can send more over here if needed,”

they did not contract

the older generation is instant. Not everyone in the younger generation, my generation, seems to understand the impact of

about to say something, when

them off in the beginning, only we didn’t realize that this was why they were unable to carry their children to term or why they were dying in childbirth. It wasn’t until enough of the female population died off that we started to see the effects of the disease in the male population. Once we did, we had to begin killing our kind when they became feral or the claiming haze took them. That is, until we realized that the females that survived had developed an immunity, an immunity that they passed to their mates and if they were strong enough, to their pack members. Therefore, the lack of known females in the rogue population is concerning, especially if these rogues are

to make sure that they are not showing any signs of the feral fever or claiming haze viruses. If they are, we have two possible issues. The first is that it’s a different strain that none of us have been exposed to before and we would have to determine if the female antibodies can create a