The Claiming by Cooper

Mason

To say that things were tense after Alpha Typhon walked into the dining room would be the understatement of the century. The smug smile fell off his face as he felt the animosity from nearly everyone in the room. No one thinks that he should be allowed to participate. He mistreated one of the few remaining Alpha females and now she’s dead. None of us can afford to lose any of our remaining females, especially not Alphas.

He had gotten some food, but he didn’t last long in the dining. room. I can’t say I blame him. The hatred pouring off Seth was palpable, causing everyone at my table except me and Elijah to leave. When Typhon had finally looked up and saw the raw fury coming from Seth, he intelligently decided to leave.

“Looks like he got himself a new Beta.” Elijah says quietly to me as we watch Typhon and another ranked member leaving the dining hall.

“Hope this one knows to watch his back.” I reply.

The next morning over breakfast, the excitement is back. Today we get our first glimpse of the females in this year’s claim. Not only that, but they’ll be also interviewed on stage for us today and will answer basic questions about themselves and their positions in their packs.

Personally, I only care about Jara. I am, however, interested in the other females as potential pack mates should one of my pack members claim them. Today we’ll find out who the first female is that will be up for claiming. They will also pull her lottery of 20 which will give them time to get to know each other this week before she goes into the claiming territory.

Today we’ll also find out which of the Alphas is here solely for one of the ranked members. I expect that a large majority will exclude themselves from the other lotteries in the hope of catching the last Alpha female. Of course, if they are pulled in the lottery and don’t claim the female, they are still eligible to join Jara’s claiming.

It’s a risk for me. If I’m pulled for a lottery for one of the omegas, the likelihood of me catching her is high. But I truly believe that having a strong female, an Alpha female, as my Luna will strengthen my pack and keep my pack members from going feral.

the lottery. While the omegas will only spend time with the males in their lottery, Jara will have to split her time with

place, the Elder from last night takes his place on the stage in front of a microphone. “Good morning, everyone. Welcome to this year’s Claiming. I am Elder Carson and as you are aware, I am in charge of making sure this year is a fair and safe claiming event for not only our eligible pool of

at worst. Rest assured I am absolutely serious about this. Neither I, nor my team of guards, will hesitate to put you down if you

to let that sink in. “Now, let me introduce you to our Master

Dividing

He’s as old as and rugged looking as Elder Carson. We all clap

all begin howling

and Beta Michael steps forward.

about we get started with

door. An omega exits. She’s beautiful and has raven black hair and dark green eyes. There’s a moment where you can see that she’s overwhelmed by the sheer number of wolves that are here before she pastes a smile on her face and waves at the

vibrate through the air. As she moves out of the way, a second omega steps out. This one has dark blond hair and even from here her eyes are stunning. They are almost the color of lapis. Another

the second is escorted to stand beside the stage with the first. This one instantly pulls on my instinct to protect. As an Alpha, I feel the need to protect all my wolves, but omegas in particular as they are the weakest of the pack. While I felt the pull to the first two, this female looks particularly delicate. She has light blond hair and hazel eyes. I’m

have the intense desire to protect that

Elijah asks me.

much so. I hope whoever claims her is gentle with