Chapter 93
The iming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)
Jara
I could feel Mason’s concern for me, and then his anger when he thought I was being threatened. But it
was when his feelings turned to awe that I got confused. Then, it was like his love came blowing
through my mind, a windstorm of love and happiness. It’s addicting, feeling his emotions and knowing
that these emotions, in particr, are directly rted to me.
When we walk into the conference room, I realize my mother has everything under control. I didn’t
expect other- wise. I’m sure that this pack has never seen anything like my mother on a mission. When
we walk in, Elijah steps up to us, wanting to speak to Mason, and I go to my mother. “You’re doing a
great job, mom. Perhaps I should hire you on permanently.”
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I watch as Lewis, one of the pack members my mother had told me about,es over and asks her a
question about where to ce something. My mother had been keeping me informed of the pack
members she has concerns about and Lewis has been her highest priority.
“You’ll learn to feel it, Jara, when they start to go feral. When they do, spend more time with them.
Being around us, feeling epted and loved helps to keep them sane. You can’t do it forever,
eventually the feral-fever will take them. But you can give them ten to twenty more years of life before it
takes them.”
So, when Lewises up to her, seeking her approval and closeness, I step in. “It’s Lewis, right?” I
ask him.
“Yes, Luna.”
He’s older than I am, closer to Mason’s age, mid-twenties, which is the usual age when pack members
without a Luna begin going feral.
“My mother has told me of all the great work you are doing and how you’ve been helping her. Would
you show me?” I ask, knowing my mother will only be here a couple more days and it will be my role to
see to all of my pack members. His eyes go wide, and his smile is huge. “Yes, Luna. Right this way.”
I follow him, turning to look at Mason and winking at him as he watches me. That feeling of pride and
awe blossoms through our bond again. I’m d I don’t have to worry about him being jealous of the
attention I’m giving our pack members. He seems to understand that is it my role just as his is to lead
and protect the pack. As I walk with Lewis, I do as I’ve seen my mother do. I put my hand on his back
and watch as he shows me all the work he’s been doing for my mother. As soon as my handys on
his back, I feel the ripple. This must be what my mother means about feeling it. It’s almost as if my
touch is pushing the darkness out of him, like I put my hand in water and the ripples are pushing out
and away from my hand. Almost im- mediately, I feel his body rx under my touch.
I look up at her sharply and she gives me a knowing smile, nodding. She knows what I felt. I nod and
return my attention back to Lewis. When he’s shown me his work, I begin moving around the room,
making a point of touching all of my pack members. In some, I can feel a soft ripple, and in others
nothing. Lewis is definitely the one closest to going feral, at least in this group.
When I’m done, I walk back to my mother. “You see what I mean now?” She asks me.
“Yes. Why….why did I never know this before? I could have helped with Seth’s pack.”
“His pack had me as well as the presence of you and M for so long that they have been mostly
stable. By the time they would have gone feral, there was nothing you or anyone could have done
about it.”
“You’ve been rotating most of the pack members to help you over thest few days. Is there anyone
else that I need to be concerned about?”
“There are a few. I’ll point them out to you, but Lewis was the worst. He’s still fighting it. I’ll keep him
close while I’m here, but you’ll want to keep a close eye on him until you don’t feel it any longer.”
I watch the room a moment longer, realizing the role that I have as a Luna is muchrger than I ever
imagined. These men, this pack, is depending on me to keep them sane, at least as long as I can.
I carry the weight of that with me as I go to find Mason. He left a while ago, seeing that I nned to
stay. I follow his scent to his office and knock before opening the door to find him and my father with
their heads together, working on something.
He looks at me, giving me a questioning look. “Later.” I tell him through the mind link as I walk in. It’s
too much to discuss right now, especially in front of my father. “What are you two so studiously looking
over?” I ask,ing to stand beside Mason, who pulls me into hisp, wrap- ping his arms around my
waist and looking at the documents on the table as he rests his chin on my shoulder.
“This is the petition that we have so far.”
I look at what they have put together.
1) a*s*sessments will happen within one month of the iming.
2) Killing is not allowed and will disqualify the imant from that and all future imings.
3) All iming’s, regardless of the rank of the female, will be limited to fifty imants.
“Why fifty?” I ask when I get to #3.
“ims that have 20 only have men killed because some imants choose to kill theirpetition.
However, in both Hana’s and your ims, the haze took over because of the number of imants. Fifty
is a guess based on some of Seth’s feedback of how long it took the haze to take him versus how long
it took to take me.” Mason says.
I nod and continue to read.
4) Males will identify which ims they choose to be in.
Females will use social gatherings with interested males to choose their own lottery of imants.
“You put it in here.” I say. Hana and I had wanted this. We’d been thinking of Layan and how she would
have chosen the imants very differently for her iming.
“Of course, I did. You and Hana should have just as much say as Seth and I do, maybe even more.” He
says, kissing the side of my head.
The next line is our request as well. It was a huge problem, especially for the omegas. We couldn’t
cook or we’d give our location away, and if we stayed in human form, eating raw meat is unptable.
So, as the week went on, we grew weak- er, making it harder for us to avoid capture.
5) Females will be given a supply of food when entering the iming.
6) Any male who ims a mate will no longer be eligible to participate in future imings.
Thisst one is about M. Typhon should never have been allowed in this or any iming after
breeding her to death.
“These are great.” I say, turning to look at Mason and my dad. “This could have a huge impact on
future iming’s and hopefully ensure the continuation of our species and a better oue with mate
bonds.”
“That’s the goal.” Mason says to me, pulling me against him.
“I’m going to go check on your mother.” My father says before walking out of the room.
“So, what do we do now?” I ask.
“I’m going to send this out to Elder Jason so he can put it on the docket for the Alpha meeting. We’ll
have to be pre- pared to fight with the Elders, because I know they won’t agree to this. They’ve been
sitting on their council seats for far too long. They’ve lost sight of what it means to be leaders of our
community and our species.
“Well then, we’ll just have to make them see that they are wrong, or we’ll have to overthrow their old
a*ses and rece them with a new council.” I say.