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.”

a minute. “Maybe you could

at her. “That

to interact. And finally, there will be free time where we are expected to interact with all the claimants. There will be dancing

I can deny all of them my time. And in an effort to push the wolves into a testosterone induced fight, I’m wearing a practically sheer black lace dress. The dress is off the shoulder but has sleeves that go to my

and dark makeup to my eyes. I finish the look with fat dangly earrings and black

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 the males slobbering over

is as feral as mine when she sees me. “If we don’t cause mayhem tonight, then we’ve definitely done something wrong.” She says, linking her arm in

different than ours. They aren’t planning to 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

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

turn to Luke, the guard specifically a*s*signed to me tonight. “Can I get a drink at

twitch. ‘No, Alpha. There is no alcohol allowed

depressing.” Hana

grin. “I guess

going to ignore them?” Sweet Layan asks

shrug, feeling bad. “I

She

fun as well. “We’ll see

to the rooms with our “social

ready, Alpha?” Luke asks me.

“Yes, Alpha.”

twitch again as he opens the door to the room. Immediately, 20 pairs of eyes

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

to him. “What is your

his hand. “I’m Beta Elijah.