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.”

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 that they

then we wait in line to check in. Housing is limited and rather than housing the females in the same building as some of the males, they have them in their

our room. Tonight, we won’t see the contestants for this

settled in our room, Elijah and I agree to go back downstairs and begin to meet our competition. I know not everyone here is a ranked werewolf, so I’ll be interested

could get out of control very easily. There 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

toward me and Elijah. If this turns into

and claws.” Elijah says just as someone walks in with an airhorn. The sound is loud to

hasn’t even officially started, and we’ve already lost a wolf. I would suggest that you get yourselves under

and the airhorn goes off, all of

charge here, not you. This is my domain, and I will not have our females threatened in any way.

everyone’s attention. The testosterone level doesn’t decrease, but everyone does a better job of holding themselves together for the rest of

together, while others allow anyone to sit with them, including other packs. I fall into the latter category and

and I, at 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.

Alpha. That is,

and finding

it’s okay if I join