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

and making the minimum cutoff.

didn’t make the list?” I

he’s an Alpha heir. So, I think she’ll drop out before the contest ends. Phoebe and Haley are strong, but not strong enough to be on this list, by my

Carter who may give you a good run, but they

our Beta’s son and supposed to be Jordan’s Beta when

Alpha? I’m surprised Beta Elijah and Beta Layan aren’t angry

Gammas are ready to compete. I would never be angry at someone having their chance to become an Alpha. Ella will be

look at the list, at what my sister has put together for me. “You’re amazing, you know that?” I say, pulling her into a

I said, just being my brother’s biggest cheerleader.” She says, wrapping her arms under mine and hooking her hands on

going to make a great Alpha,

looking at me. “So are

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

members head to what used to be the Claiming territory. I’ve heard stories of the old claimings. It sounds archaic. I can’t imagine Jordan having to basically run for her life against 200 men like my mother did just so she could 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

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 be stations where

rest stop crew, so she could root for me. She got herself assigned to the first rest area and once everyone has passed it, she is free to come

I understand was built specifically for the year my mother, Aunt Hana and our Beta Layan were

area. Hundreds of contestants are pouring out of the packhouse. 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