The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 2

Mason

“Alpha! It’s here.” Elijah, my Beta says, coming into my office.

I set aside my paperwork and take the envelope, noticing the significant size difference from any other year’s claiming package. I’m not surprised, every eligible male in my pack signed up. Since everyone will have a chance to hunt a mate this year, it’s our best opportunity knowing that no one will be eliminated from the Alpha female’s pool of claimants.

Title of the document

I open the paperwork, looking over the candidates. Most of my pack members have no expectation of winning the Alpha female, not with me and Elijah in the hunt. But there are four other females this year, the largest pool of females in years. Usually, there is one, maybe two. Five is practically unheard of. Add to that an Alpha and Beta female? It will be a f*uc*king blood bath.

I glance over the list of names. I have sixteen warriors and ten omegas going this year, twenty-eight in total when you add in me and Elijah.

My Gamma is older and was lucky enough to catch his mate ten years ago before the pool of females dwindled to the dangerously low number we are facing today. Elijah and I have both gone every year since we turned 18, and other than the Alpha female three years ago who was also open to all eligible claimants, neither of us have been called in the lottery of claimants.

list of other Alphas that I’ll be competing against, I

asks, watching me across my desk. I look

“Typhon.”

an Alpha female and he basically killed her, or close enough that it should

who is in the claim this

cheated to get her.

this year.” Elijah is only a year younger than I am. While I’m closer to going feral, he’s not far behind me. “One of us gets the

that if he gets her, it will most likely be less than a year before he’ll have to put me down. I won’t make it to the next claim. If I get her, he has another year,

of the packs has changed significantly and often. With Alphas going feral every year with no successor, Betas and Gammas have taken over as the next ranked wolves. However, it’s becoming even more common that now those Betas and Gammas that have taken over the

other contenders. It’s why they limit the other pools. With only 20 claimants, there

the hunt and your wolf has scented the one they intend to claim as their mate, battles to the death happen. It’s how Typhon won. He actually killed his own Beta to get to Mila, the Alpha female. He killed others, I did as

my hands over my face. I don’t like killing, but this is life or death for

were gone?” I ask, as Elijah skims through the

he’s done these the last six years, he knows the drill.” Elijah says, his eyes