The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper (Jara & Mason)

Chapter 14

Jara

I asked Hana what she was wearing tonight. And, once again, she and I are thinking along the same lines. Total glam tonight. Tt takes hours to get ready, but when I’m done, I will definitely be intimidating unworthy males.

Tonight, I decide on a strapless, hunter green floor length dress. This one has a black-beaded applique on the left side of the torso from b*reas*t to waist, and a black sheer V between the b*reas*ts with additional beads. The rest of the dress looks like it is wrapped around my torso and hips in layers before falling straight in crepe skirt with a slit to mid-thigh. I’ve matched it with a v-shaped diamond necklace and dangle earrings.

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When I meet up with Hana, she’s wearing a strapless floor-length light taupe dress. Her dress also has a beaded torso, but her beads are silver and cover the entire top of her dress, dipping down below her waist on the left side to connect with the top of the slit which comes to mid-thigh. Her top will cause some turmoil among the males again tonight as it is sheer between her b*reas*ts and waist.

Where I have my hair up again to show off’ my jewels, hers is down, showing off her glorious, thick, light-brown locks. We’re both sporting stilettos to make us as tall as possible, again to intimidate as many of our suitors as we can.

Tonight, there is definitely more tension in the air. Two of the females have had their lotteries pulled, leaving only one more before Hana’s. Hana’s lottery will be large but won’t encompass all of the claimants. There are those that haven’t been pulled into a lottery, haven’t been pulled for sparring or a social event and the frustration is palpable in the air when we walk into the main house.

I say hello to the omegas and warriors in my group tonight, thinking of Annabel’s request to know which males Hana and I like. 1 make note that there is only one warrior that I

Alpha Antonio.

evening. Alpha,” I

spend any time with gives me the

Antonio pushes me behind him, ready to protect me. The door bursts open and two males come rushing in, throwing punches as they slam through the door. There are two more behind them and I realize

I move to go find them when Alpha Antonio’s arm sweeps behind him, pressing me to his back, keeping me in place. “The

responsibility. Stay where I can protect you I wouldn’t want you getting marked by one of these wolves.” Just as he finishes speaking, one of the males leaps at me He’s in mid-shift and before I can react. Alpha Antonio has extended his claws and ripped the man’s

him curse low. “This whole f*uc*king process is sending these wolves into

auctioned off like livestock and was perfectly happy to let these males kill each other off, I hadn’t taken the overall state of our species into account from the perspective of an Alpha, a true leader of a pack and not just someone that wants the title, this entire process is just as terrible for them. They run the risk of losing pack members to a rut or even in the claiming process No good Alpha would want their pack members to

going feral. It could be true. Alpha Typhon’s pack has suffered significantly since my sister’s death. 1 didn’t pay close attention, but I don’t remember her telling us that his pack members were going feral while she was there. How-ever, once she died, his pack

want to be the kind of Alpha I intend to be, the kind of Luna that a pack needs, then I have to choose one of these Alphas as my mate. I don’t plan to be claimed, but 1

the room where my social gathering was happening, I see that Hana’s room was also

“Are you okay?”

“Yeah, thanks.”

tried to

okay, Alpha Antonio made sure 1 was