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.”

as Evangeline talks to her siblings. “Do you know what they

and Caleb are going to Alejandro’s pack. Lazio and Phoebe are going to Maximus’ pack. At least for now. Which reminds me, have you spoken to our sisters? I believe they

welcome here as long as

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

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 up

walks right up to me. “Is he

told me to give you his number. He said he’d stay within an hour radius

my back pocket

anything more to her. I go inside and sit. Today, rather than having Elijah and Jace standing and acting

sit, Jace moves

yesterday, which we’ll go into shortly, we have invited Dr. Braxton and his daughter Kyra here today. Many of you may remember Dr. Braxton from our days of the claiming. 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 have created the immunity that all of us enjoy today and have begun

all of us. “For those of you who do not know, several of Alpha Jordan’s patrols were bitten or scratched during the attack yesterday. Those individuals have been placed into quarantine until Dr. Braxton can assure us that we are not at risk

have enough patrols? I can send more

course, we want to make sure that they did not contract any type of virus from these rogues. According to my patrols,

everyone in the younger generation,

to

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 second generation werewolves birthed by human mothers with fathers carrying one or both of the diseases. It is the females that carry the immunity, not the males. We are dependent upon our females to ensure that our generation continues, not only by birthing our next generation, but also

test these injured patrol members 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 natural immunity to the virus. The second possibility is