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

will just be turning 16 and making the minimum cutoff. He’s

sisters? They didn’t make the list?”

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

Carter who may give you a good run, but they didn’t make my list for one reason

is our Beta’s son and supposed to be

to become an Alpha? I’m surprised Beta

opportunity comes along once in a lifetime. I’m pretty sure that every Beta and Gamma heir and maybe even some of the current Betas and Gammas are

at what my sister has put together for

said, just being my brother’s biggest cheerleader.” She says, wrapping her arms

make a

back, looking at me. “So are

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,

choose her own mate. And rather than me being able 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 from a lottery just to be eligible to claim a mate, whichever ones came of age that year. The idea of it is just crazy

makes it to the end, there will be stations where they will have water, food, bathrooms

to the first rest area and once everyone has passed it, she is free to come back and wait

of our arrival, they call all of the contestants out to the back of the main packhouse. There is a second house down the 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

I’m sharing a room with 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 the heads of almost everyone.