The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 4

Mason

When we arrive at the claiming territory, it’s a madhouse. The line to get in was ridiculous, made longer as we had to wait while a car in front of us was surrounded by an escort and taken away.

“Which one do you think that was?” Elijah asks beside me.

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“The Alpha or the Beta, if I had to guess.”

We finally make our way through, getting the explanation that if we were to go into the sectioned off area for the females without prior approval, we will be shot on sight. The penalty, if you survived the silver bullet, is disqualification from this and all future claiming’s.

“They mean business. The security has never been like this before.”

“We’ve never had a claiming like this before, at least not in recent years.”

we turn toward the main house, we can see the driveway to the females temporary housing. We’ve been given a map and the clearly identified ‘off- limits’ areas. I’m guessing

Housing is limited and rather than housing the females in the same building as some of the males, they have them in their own building and are doubling us up. Thankfully, Elijah and I are in the

bags and get to our room. Tonight, we won’t see the contestants for this year’s claiming. However, starting

and begin to meet our competition. I know not everyone here is a ranked werewolf, so I’ll be interested to get a feel for the general energy of the wolves

It’s magnifying as more wolves join the group. If the elders aren’t careful, this energy could get out of control very easily. There are too many of us and everyone wants to find their mate. Knowing they are within reach,

the two fighters shifting. One is obviously a ranked wolf and the other an omega. Omegas are not built to handle this level of masculine energy and it’s possible that he mouthed off to the wrong wolf. The battle is over quickly as the ranked wolf snaps the neck of the omega, leaving him dead on

and notice that they are subtly moving toward me and Elijah. If this turns into an all-out battle, they are safest beside the

needs to get this shitshow under control before it becomes a melee of teeth and claws.” Elijah says

hasn’t even officially started, and we’ve already lost a wolf. I would suggest that you get yourselves under control, or you will find yourselves disqualified.” An older werewolf

at this and the airhorn goes

and I feel his Alpha aura pushing off him to every claimant in the room. “I am in charge here, not you. This is my domain, and I will not have our

decrease, but everyone does a better

packs sit together, but there are notable differences. Some packs obviously only allow ranked members to sit together, while others allow anyone to sit with them, including other packs. I fall into the latter category and that’s how I

only twenty years old. But there’s something about him that I like. I can tell he’s intelligent and not the kind of Alpha that rules with fear like some of the others here. I knew his father, as Seth only became Alpha a couple of years ago. If he’s anything like

That is,

him taking inventory of his omegas around the room before coming and finding a seat at

Mason, I hope it’s