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

“That would make his

of males, forced to interact. And finally, there will be free time where we are expected to interact with all the claimants. There will be dancing and socializing, but all of us

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 wrists with a piece that hooks over my middle finger, holding it in place. The dress falls

my eyes. I finish the look with fat dangly

I step out of my room to head to the waiting cars, I see that Hana has 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 the males slobbering over themselves. She’s finished her look with red heels similar in design

mayhem tonight, then we’ve definitely done something wrong.” She says, linking

it away. These omegas are excited about finding their mates. I wish I could share their joy and excitement, but I’ve seen the darker side of

is floor length but has a slit up to her thigh. Layan, on the other hand, has a pure white dress with spaghetti straps that falls in layers to the floor. It’s perfect for her, capturing her

of the evening. I turn to Luke, the guard specifically

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

depressing.” Hana

evil grin. “I guess we’ll just

ignore them?” Sweet Layan

feeling bad.

She

guilty about spoiling their fun as well. “We’ll see who’s

we are taken to the rooms

asks me. “You’ll be with me

“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

into the room, my head held high. I intend to look at all of them with disdain and then proceed to ignore

to him. “What is your

his hand. “I’m Beta Elijah.