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.”

siblings. “Do you know what they are going to do?” I ask, nodding

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 all want to stay

are welcome here as long

interim Alpha, I already told

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

right up to me.

give you his number. He said

back pocket and quickly send Nolan’s contact information

more to her. I go inside and sit. Today, rather than having Elijah and Jace standing and acting as sentinels, I have them both sitting at the

sit, Jace moves to sit

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 passing to the

at 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

have enough patrols? I can send more over here

contract any type of virus from these rogues. According to my patrols, there were no females that attacked,

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

to say something,

in the room understands what we’re talking about. In the past, feral fever and the claiming haze were viruses that started with our females. It is what killed 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 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

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 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 that