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, not

16 and making the minimum cutoff. He’s the son of Alpha Davis and Luna McKenna. He’ll

make

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 standards.” She adds looking back down at the

like Carter who may give you a good run, but

and supposed to be Jordan’s

that Carter is competing to become an Alpha? I’m surprised Beta Elijah and Beta Layan

of the current Betas and Gammas are ready to compete. I would never be angry at someone having their chance to become

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

She says, wrapping her arms under mine and hooking

going to make a great

pulls back, looking at me. “So are

to strategize how to run longer, slow and steady wins the race, and in our discussions of the other competitors, going over their strengths

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 be eligible to claim a mate, whichever ones came of age

to stay. In order to make sure that everyone makes it to the end, there

for me. She got herself assigned to the first rest area and once

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

together. When we get outside, we stay toward the back. Both of us