Chapter 170
The iming by Cooper Book 3
Layan’s Return by Cooper (Jara & Mason)
Mason
The twins are ufortable in this new environment. They are more fussy than normal, but they settle
as long of Jara or I am holding them. When we got back to our roomst night, Nina said they had slept
most of the time we were at dinner and dancing. Which meant, they were up most of the night with us.
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I’m exhausted, but today is a big day. They will announce the order in which the females will enter the
iming and they will allow them to identify if they have any imants that they have already decided
that they want in their iming However, we have a council meeting this morning, before the iming
events start. This morning, Katerina agreed to watch over our twins while we join Councilman Phillip in
the main packhouse. I have asked Elijah to join us and when we arrive, I see that Jonas has asked
Jared to join us as well.
We are using a space in the dining room that has been sectioned off for this purpose. Since all of the
councilmen and women are here at this year’s iming, and Seth is still with Hana and their newest
baby, we don’t need a video call, so I’m surprised when one is set up.
On the screen at the end of the table is Dr. Braxton. I’m guessing we’re about to discuss the next set of
data from his research.
Once everyone has arrived and found a seat, Dr. Braxton begins.
“Hello everyone. I have been invited to your council meeting to discuss thetest round of research that
we conducted over the past couple of months. If you remember, we had the original data from our
current Lunas, Luna Nina as well as Isabe. That data had indicated that they had an immunity to the
viruses that cause feral-fever and the iming haze. It was also believed that this immunity served as a
vination of sorts to the males in their packs when they were in contact with them, specifically bodily
fluids of any kind.”
He stops, looking at the camera and pushing up his sses. “It was also questioned as to whether this
immunity or vination was consistent among the she-wolves. I believe it was you, Alpha Mason, that
used your previous Gamma, Ste, as an example of a she-wolf that impacted her mate, but had no
real impact on her pack.”
“Yes, that’s correct.” I confirm.
“Based on this spection, we did go to each pack and were able to obtain samples from nearly all of
the she-wolves. There were very few instances where the parents declined our request, but there were
a few. However, based on our sample size, I feel that we are able to discuss our conclusions at this
time.” We all wait, holding our breath.
“Seriously, doc, spit it out!” It’s Antonio who pushes him to respond again.
“Well, Alpha Mason’s spections were correct. The immunity and vination effect is different in
each female. However, we were not able to specifically say that this is based on rank. While most of
the ranked she-wolves did have a higher level of the antibody which causes the immunity to the
viruses, some lower ranked she-wolves also had high levels of antibodies.”
Dr. Braxton looks down at his notes. “For instance, the Lunas Mignon and Annabel, both were omegas
prior to bing Lunas. Each of them has a very high level of immunity in their system, as does the
omega Layan. But, in some of the other packs, omegas had a much lower level of antibodies in their
system.”
Dr. Braxton looks at the camera again. “Even more interesting to me, as a researcher, is the pup
Melinda. While both of her parents are of Beta blood and we would expect that her antibodies are high,
hers were literally off the charts. Her antibodies are higher than any other she-wolf with the exception of
Alpha Jara and now her pups, which I would expect since she and her pups are both true Alphas.”
“Excuse me? What did you say about my pups?” Jara says and I feel her go rigid beside me. We’re
both extremely protective of our twins.
“If you remember, Luna, I said that I would ask the doctor to send samples based on the samples they
already take when babies are born. I did receive those a couple weeks ago and I can confirm that your
children have a higher level of antibody than even you have, Luna. That high antibody count is only
seen in one other pup, Melinda.”
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“You don’t see that in our pups?” Antonio asks.
Dr. Braxton pushes his sses up on his nose again. I’m beginning to think this is his way of collecting
his thoughts.
“In truth, Alpha, you and Alpha Asher only allowed us to take saliva samples. While we’ve seen the
vine effect in the saliva, the antibodies, are best seen in the blood, so I couldn’t say for sure about
your pups, or those of Alpha Asher and Luna Mignon.”
I watch Antonio and Asher look at each other. Neither of them wants to have blood drawn from their
babies, but they also want to know if their children’s antibodies are stronger than our generation’s.
Antonio looks at Annabel, who nods. “I’ll allow it.” He tells Dr. Braxton. “And you can collect whatever
sample you need when this one is born.”
Asher looks at Mignon. “I will allow it, too.” He says, when she agrees. “Excellent. I am getting samples
from Alpha Seth’s and Luna Hana’s pup as well. It will be good to know if the next generation of pups
has a higher immunity and therefore vination effect for the packs.”
“So, there are other she-wolves whose immunity isn’t as high as ours?” I ask.
“That is correct Alpha and it brings me to the next item of business that I wanted to discuss. While we
were researching this, we realized that every she-wolf that we took samples from has the feral-fever
virus in their system.” I hear the Lunas around me gasp.
“In addition, the she-wolves that have been into the iming territory, including the omega Layan, all
have the iming haze virus in their system.”
“What are you saying doctor?” Davis asks him.
“I need to do more research. And I may need more blood samples to test my theory. But what I’m
saying is that, every she-wolf who is currently alive has the feral-fever virus in their system. They just
have the antibodies to fight it off.”
“For some reason, I feel like there’s more to this.” Councilman Phillip says.
Dr, Braxton takes a deep breath before looking straight into the camera. “It means that it’s possible that
the she-wolves were the first ones that contracted feral-fever. It could have manifested differently than
it does now, in our male poption.”
He stops a moment, letting that sink in before dropping the bomb.
“It means, I think it’s possible that our female poption has died out because not all of them had the
antibodies to fight off the virus. It’s possible it made them weaker than normal and potentially made
them incapable of delivering full-term babies and caused them and their pups to die in childbirth.” He
pushes his sses up again.
“If I’m right, feral-fever is the cause of the decimation of our species. We just didn’t know that it started
with our females.”