The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 9

Jara

Contestants? They call us contestants as if we chose to be here. As if this is some beauty pageant that we applied to participate in.

I don’t bother to pay any attention to the ones that are pulled for my “social gathering”. I have no interest in getting to know any of these a*s*sholes.

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They pack us back into our SUVs and we return to our temporary7 housing. Mignon, Layan and Annabel arrived before us, and they are already inside chittering about the events of today.

“Hey, do you know who that man was that stood up for you today?” Hana asks as we walk inside.

I throw myself on the couch in the living area. “You mean Seth? He’s my brother.”

“You have a brother in the claiming?” Mignon says, coming to sit beside me.

“He would be eligible for any of our claiming’s, wouldn’t he?” Annabel asks.

I look at them. “Yes, he is.” I say, looking at Hana, who comes to sit with us. “But I’m pretty sure he’s chosen to be in Hana’s claim.” I say, giving her a ‘sorry’ look.

She looks at me a moment. “Is he a good man?”

“He’s a great Alpha, a better brother and I’m guessing an even better mate. You heard him today. He doesn’t think of us as objects. And he loves my spirit.”

thinks this over a minute. “Maybe you could introduce me after dinner

at her. “That would make

sit with a different group of males, forced to interact. And finally, there will be free time where we are expected to interact with all

induced fight, I’m wearing a practically sheer black lace dress. The dress is off the shoulder but has sleeves that go to my wrists with a piece that hooks over my middle finger, holding it

my hair into a bun, with pieces falling around my face. I add bright red lipstick and dark makeup to my eyes. I

a similar idea. I can’t help but smile as I see her. Her dress is a daring red, also off the shoulder with long sleeves. It’s about the same length as mine with a slit high enough to have

we don’t cause mayhem tonight, then we’ve definitely done

incite a not and I have a moment of guilt before I push it away. These omegas are excited about finding their mates. I wish I could share their joy and

the shoulder dress with sequins on the bodice and hips ending in black chiffon that drapes to the floor. Annabel is wearing a pink, sequined, spaghetti strap dress that is floor length but has a slit up to her thigh. Layan, on the other hand, has a pure white dress with

the first event of the evening. I turn to Luke, the guard specifically a*s*signed to me

lips twitch. ‘No, Alpha. There is

that’s depressing.” Hana

turn and look at her, giving her an evil grin. “I guess we’ll

you really going to ignore them?”

feeling bad.

She asks

fun as well.

we are taken to the rooms with our “social

ready, Alpha?” Luke asks me. “You’ll

“Yes, Alpha.”

talking to you than to anyone else.” His lips twitch again as he opens the door to the room. Immediately, 20 pairs of eyes turn to look

my head held high. I intend to look at all of them with disdain and then proceed to ignore them, but the Beta from this morning catches mv

to him. “What

holds out his hand.