The Claiming by Cooper novel Chapter 309

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)

Chapter 36 (Mason)

I will kill anyone who comes after my family. I’ve done it before; I’ll do it again.

I hold my mate until she gets control of herself. I know she hates to feel weak, but this knocked the wind out of her. “Promise me he will die, Mason.

Promise me that man and his family won’t take anything more from us.”

“I promise, Jara. He will not get to Jordan. I’ll let Seth know, he can watch over Taylor, and we can make sure that Nolan stays close to her as well.”

She nods, leaning into me.

When she pulls back, I take her face in my hands and look at her.

“That was very unexpected,” she says, looking embarrassed for having fallen apart. I can feel it through out bond too.

“Jara, that man hunted you, burned down Davis’s packhouse to get to you, and is the reason we lost our first child and your guard. You have no reason to feel embarrassed by your emotions. I’m furious. I want to kill him, and I don’t even know this kid. But if he’s Typhon’s son with a human, then he’s even worse than his father was,” I tell her.

She leans in and k*isses me, taking a deep breath of my scent. I push my anger down, giving my mate what she needs to feel strong again. We’re about to go into a room with other Alphas and Lunas and she needs to feel in control of her emotions.

“I’m going to go wash my face and then I’ll be ready,” she says.

I lean in, gently k*issing her l*ips. “Take your time, my love.”

When she goes into the bathroom, I mind link Elijah. Of everyone, he’s the one that will need to hear this just as much as we do. Him and Seth.

‘Alpha, what do you need?’ he asks in the mind link.

‘Meet me downstairs in ten minutes,’ I say.

‘Is everything okay, Alpha?’

‘No. This is important. I need you in this Alpha meeting this morning, but I need to speak to you first.’

‘I’ll be waiting for you,’ he says.

I give Jara the time she needs to get calm her nerves and collect herself. When she walks out of the bathroom, no one would know that she’s was falling apart a few minutes ago.

“How do I look?” she asks.

“Perfect as always,” I tell her, taking her hand and walking to the door.

“I linked Elijah to meet me downstairs. He needs to know too,” I tell her as we make our way downstairs.

She nods. “He does.”

When we get to the bottom of the stairs, Elijah is waiting.

Jara turns and k*isses me, then walks up and hugs Elijah, taking his hand in hers and squeezing it.

“You’re scaring me, Luna,” he says, looking from her to me.

“I’ll see you inside, Elijah,” she says and heads to the room where we are meeting to have the conference call.

I watch Jara walk away and when I look back, Elijah looks like I’m about to hit him.

“Tell me,” he says with no preamble.

I look around and nod my head, not wanting an audience for this. I find a private area and turn to him.

“Jordan called us this morning.”

“Is she alright?” he asks, instantly on alert.

“Yeah, you know about the second wolf pack attack and the bears getting bitten?” I ask him.

“I do.”

“Dr. Braxton found two strains of virus, both from our generation, Elijah. One of the Alphas is apparently Typhon’s son,” I tell him.

Elijah is the one that killed Typhon. He protected Jara when I was away, so I’m not surprised when he snarls loud enough to have the walls rattling. “How is that possible?” he asks.