The Claiming by Cooper novel Chapter 292

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.”

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

“Maggie 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 all want to stay here.”

“That’s fine. Their rooms are still open. They are welcome here as long as they like,” I tell him.

“Good, because as your future interim Alpha, I already told them they could stay here,” he says, smirking at me.

I snort as Jace returns with Dr. Braxton, 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 up with Griffin.

She walks right up to me. “Is he here?”

“No, he left. He went to get his car and told me to give you his number. He said he’d stay within an hour radius of my pack in case you wanted to meet face to face.”

I pull my phone out of my back pocket and quickly send Nolan’s contact information to her.

“Thanks,” she says before heading inside. Since the entire situation seems like a massive cluster f*uck, I don’t say anything 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 table.

“And on that note, I’d like to request that members of the older generation let me know if you are willing to volunteer to hunt for these rogues,” Councilman Jason says.

Instantly, every Alpha in the room from my father’s generation agrees to going on the hunt.

“They are a threat to our children, Councilman, you really didn’t have to ask,” Alpha Davis says.

We break for lunch, agreeing to reconvene in a couple of hours. Dr. Braxton and Kyra head back to the hospital to begin their experiments. I talked with Kyra before they left to set up a time when volunteers could come in to give them the blood samples that they need.

I head out of the conference room, wanting to check on the rooms for Dr. Braxton and Kyra when I see Nolan standing in doorway of the dining room, looking unusually fidgety.

“Nolan, what are you doing here?”

“Jordan, Taylor texted me. She said she wanted to talk, so I came right away. Do you know where she is?” he asks. At that moment, I hear a feral snarl behind me. I whip around to see Taylor standing there, her chest heaving as she looks at me.

“Get away from my mate!” she snarls. All the hair on the back of my neck goes up.

“This is MY pack, Taylor and you will respect that and me. Stand down!” I snarl back at her, taking a defensive stance against my cousin as she takes an aggressive stance against me.