The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 4

Jaxon

“Talk to me about the three guys I shouldn’t underestimate.”

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She taps the paper. “Cillian, Enzo and Reid. Cillian is the youngest son of Alpha Asher and Luna Mignon. Both his sisters, Flavia and Gabriella, will be in the contest, but he’s the biggest threat. Not as high, in my opinion, as the others we’ve discussed, but you need to watch him.

She taps the next name. “Enzo is the son of Alpha Antonio and Luna Annabel. Alpha Antonio, as you know, is a true Alpha, so don’t underestimate Enzo, even though he’ll be under 17 when the competition begins.”

“What about his sisters?”

“Noelle and Valentina. Noelle is already 18 and Valentina is almost 18,1 think their focus will be elsewhere.” She says.

I say,

list is Reid. He, like Lazio, will just be turning 16 and making the minimum cutoff. He’s the son of Alpha Davis and

They didn’t make the list?” I

think she’ll drop out before the contest ends. Phoebe and Haley are strong, but

good run, but they didn’t make my

and supposed to be Jordan’s

not mad that Carter is competing to become an Alpha? I’m surprised

Beta and Gamma heir and maybe even some of the current Betas and Gammas are ready to compete. I would never be angry at someone having their chance to become an

for me. “You’re amazing, you know that?” I say, pulling her into a

She says, wrapping her arms under mine and hooking her hands on

going to make a

pulls back, looking at me. “So are

and join us every day. They even join my meetings with Jordan to strategize how to run longer, slow and steady wins the race, and in our discussions of the other competitors, going over their strengths and weaknesses. Jordan spars with us long after afternoon training ends each night, giving us pointers and making all three of us

to find a she-wolf that I want to spend my life with who also wants to be with me, I would have had to hope that my name was drawn

rooms. It isn’t just those of us that are running that need a place to stay. In order to make sure that everyone makes it to the end, there will

with me. She volunteered to be a part of the rest stop crew, so she could root for me. She got herself assigned to the first rest area and once everyone has

road which I understand was built specifically for the year my mother, Aunt Hana and our Beta Layan were in the claiming. It was a dangerous year. Back then they still had a virus called feral fever and something called a claiming haze. We haven’t seen it in my generation, but

Jace, so we walk out together. When we get outside, we stay toward the back. Both of us are tall, so we can see over