Chapter 198
The iming by Cooper Book 3
Layan’s Return by Cooper (Jara & Mason)
Jara
It’s been two months since this year’s iming. It took awhile for Layan to get her things from Alpha
Davis’s pack, to get sworn into our pack and take her official ce as Beta. And then, Mason and I
went right into the annual Alpha’s meeting which now also includes a Luna meeting. Layan and Brynn
stayed behind to run the pack with Elijah and Luke.
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It was interesting this year. Katerina and McKenna brought a new perspective to the group. McKenna
has grown since bing a Luna and even more so now that she’s pregnant. She and Davis are
having a boy.
I announced that I was pregnant again and Hana said she is too, a boy this time. Katerina said that she
and Luke are waiting, wanting to take time to be together first.
We all agreed that this year’s iming had been much better thanst year’s and that we wanted the
females to continue to elect the members of their im. The Alphas had agreed, and they also
identified that assessments would be less brutal next year as long as no one went feral between now
and then, but that gunmen would still be in the territory, just in case.
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We had elected our council members again and Brynn remained a council member for another year.
Jason and my father retired, Jason saying he was getting too old for this work. My father just wants to
spend time with my mother and his grandchildren. Surprisingly to me, Alpha Saul took Jason’s ce
and Alpha Quinton took my father’s ce. He said that he didn’t have a Luna yet and so, he wanted to
make a difference in another way. Luna Gia remained on the council and so did Brooks from Alpha
Jonas’s pack.
Today, I’m meeting with Layan and Brynn. It’s time for the three of us to decide on pack responsibilities.
“I want to talk about the distribution of duties in the pack. I don’t want to go with what are known as
traditional Beta duties or traditional Gamma duties. I want us to build a partnership here and I want us
to be the best possible ranked females any pack can have. So, that means, I’d like for us to consider
looking at our individual strengths and dividing the duties up based on who the person is that is
strongest in those areas.” I say.
I watch as Layan and Brynn look at each other, the confusion evident on their faces.
“For instance, Layan, you love to cook, and you are great at managing the kitchens. That is typically a
Gamma duty, but why couldn’t it be a Beta’s duty. At the end of the day, it’s about making sure that the
pack and the packhouse run smoothly.”
“So, I could do the work rosters for the packhouse?” Brynn asks.
“Exactly! Layan, I don’t think that’s one of your strengths, but it is Brynn’s.”
“Have at it, with my blessing.” Layan says to Brynn.
We spend the day going through the list of duties and dividing them up between us. In the end, there
are duties that either none of us were that great at or that more than one of us excelled at and then we
divided it up by the amount of other duties that each person already had assigned and the time those
duties would take.
We settled into a rhythm together. Mason and Elijah have been a team for almost as long as Mason
has been Alpha, and Luke slid into the Gamma role easily. So, for them, there wasn’t as much of a
transition. For us, the ranked females, it took some time, but we got there.
Today, the pack is celebrating Jace’s seventh birthday. We still have so few pups in the pack that here,
we celebrate all of their birthdays. Today is no different.
Everyone went all out, and Melinda made sure to direct them. There is just something about Melinda.
She has this entire pack wrapped around her little pinky finger. I’ve even seen her riding around on the
backs of my patrol leaders when they were off duty, running the patrol lines with her on their backs as if
she wanted to check our borders and help to keep them safe and our pack members obliged.
We’re sitting around the pack pool, ying games and just being together as a pack. It’s one of those
days where the pack has nothing more to do than bond and be together. It was Brynn’s idea and Layan
had agreed that we should find more ways to have these fun get togethers. So now, at least once a
month, we have a pack party. We make sure that the days and times vary so that the patrols all have a
chance to attend as well.
Brynnes out, carrying a cake with candles and Luke cuts the music as everyone begins singing
happy birthday to Jace. He stands at the table smiling at his cake and Melinda walks up beside him,
singing, taking his hand. The rtionship between these two was forged at a very young age and it has
done nothing but grow over thest year. Jace still struggles to deal with the loss of his parents, but
Melinda is always there for him. She just seems to know when he needs her.
When he blows out his candles, we cut the cake and pass it around. While we’re doing that, I see Jace
lean over to Brynn. Her head snaps up to look at him, but then she smiles and nods her head.
Jace gets up on a chair and whistles in the way only a wolf can, to get everyone’s attention. I watch as
Lukees up to Brynn, wrapping his arms around her as their watch their son.
“Attention everyone.” He says and everyone chuckles. “I have an announcement to make. First, thanks
for the great party and the even better cake!”
Everyoneughs and cheers for the cake. Layan takes a bow, since it was her creation. Elijah moves to
stand beside her, and she tucks into his side.
“But second, I wanted to let everyone know that we have another reason to celebrate today. My mom,
Brynn, is expecting another baby.” He says looking at her and Luke.
The pack erupts into cheers and almost immediately Brynn and Luke are surrounded by pack members
congratting them. Since I was also unaware of this event, I bide my time before sidling up to Brynn.
“Were you going to tell me?” I ask her, rubbing my own protruding belly.
“Oh Luna, I had nned to tell you next week. We told the kids this morning, and Jace wanted to
announce it to the pack.” She turns, finding him in the mass of people and smiling fondly. “He asked if
he could announce it for his birthday. How could I say no?”
“I’m really happy for you. Do you know if it’s a boy or a girl yet?”
“Boy.” She says turning to me. “Do you think that will be a problem? We have already told Jace that he
will be Luke’s recement as Gamma in this pack. But now, we have a son that is our blood.”
“Problems for another day, Brynn. Let’s just enjoy today and we’ll deal with those problems when they
arise.”
“And that’s why you’re the Luna.” She says, smiling as her mate pulls her into a conversation with
another group of pack members.
I feel my mate’s arms go around me, his head leaning against mine, his mouth by my ear.
“If you’d have asked me two years ago, hell a year and a half ago, if I thought my pack would ever be
this happy, I’d haveughed in your face. But look at them. Look at what we’ve done together, love.”
I watch, seeing theughter, the happiness, the yfulness as our pack members. They won’t all find
mates before their time on this earth is done, but they will have a life, one that is long and filled with
friends andpanionship, rather than the pending doom of going feral.
“I don’t think I would have believed it either.” I say, turning in his arms.
“We did this together. You and me. We’ve helped to create the changes that have made our world a
better ce, giving our entire species hope for the future.”
I cup his face in my hands. “And somehow, I got the best of all of it. I got you, my incredible, amazingly
s*e*xy man.”
He stokes his fingers down my face, tucking my hair behind my ear. “Yes, we did do this, or at least we
were the catalyst that will bring about the change in our species. I couldn’t be happier that I get to stand
by and watch that, with the woman that I love more than anything in the world, at my side. And I can’t
wait to see what the future holds.”