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.”

nods, watching as Evangeline talks to her siblings. “Do you know what they are going to do?” I ask, nodding at Magdalena

going to Maximus’ pack. At least for now. Which reminds me, have

are welcome here as long as they

told them they

Jace returns with Dr. Braxton, Kyra and Elijah in tow. I make sure they’ve eaten breakfast and we all begin

up to me.

left. He went to get his car and told me to give you his number. He said

pull my phone out of my back pocket and quickly

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

sit, Jace

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 passing to the next generation. However, we do not know if these rogues have the same immunity that we, in the existing packs, have,” Councilman

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 of

enough patrols? I can send more

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

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

about to say something, when Dr. Braxton jumps

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

trying to say is that we need to 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