The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 38 (Jaxon)

Okay, so Eve has a point. My sister seems perfectly fine with Nolan. More than fine, actually. My usual protectiveness seems unnecessary, but I suddenly have a bit more understanding of Alpha Luke and his reasons behind being protective of his daughter.

After the tour, I steal Eve away from the group, getting her in the forest for a few minutes of alone time. I press her against a tree and k*iss her, making sure to put every moment I’ve missed her into the k*iss.

“Is it terrible that I’m worried I won’t be able to sleep tonight if I’m not sleeping in bed with you?” she asks when we finally pull apart. 

“Honestly, I had the same thought. My bed doesn’t smell like you, and it’ll feel huge and lonely.” I say, keeping my forehead pressed against hers, my eyes closed as I take in her scent and just enjoy our closeness.

I feel her f*ingers toying with the collar of my shirt. “I could always sneak into your room.”

I open my eyes, seeing hers looking back at me.

“Are you planning to be naughty Evangeline?” I ask her, my voice rumbling at the thought of my mate sleeping beside me tonight.

She shrugs. “I sleep better beside you, Jaxon.”

“I’ll leave my door unlocked. Come in whenever you want or can get away.”

“Yeah?” she asks.

“And if I’m asleep, just crawl in beside me. I’ll leave room for you. But we’re only sleeping. We both need our rest for tomorrow. I have a feeling Nolan is going to make us work as hard as Ezekiel.”

“I hope so. I’d hate to feel like I wasted a week of training,” she says, making me smile.

Later that night, when she sneaks into my room and crawls into my bed, we spend some time kissing and t*ouching each other, enjoying the feel of our naked bodies pressed against each other again. But, soon enough, we curl up together and fall asleep. I set my alarm to give her plenty of time to get back to her room and shower before training.

Once I see that it’s clear, I send her back to her room in nothing more than my t-shirt. I watch until I see her

get with Eve lying beside me is much better than the sleep I get on

come out at about the same time. Only Jordan and Eve look awake.

I say cheerfully, knowing my sisters hate it that I’m a morning

and Teagan grumble as they pass me, Magdalena looking about the same. “Good morning, Jaxon,”

honeys*uckle,” she says,

but doesn’t look away from her. “I think he smells like sandalwood,” she says, taking the hand

snorts. “Yeah,

training session today. I note that many of the omegas are joining the class too. I’m glad Jordan opened it up to

is going to be as brutal as last week, at

For me, not so much. My inner t*highs felt like they’d been beaten with a cane before we even started sparring and let’s not even talk about my

Have you ever done repetitive motions that your body isn’t used to? It causes your body to cramp, your muscles

shreds and my right outer t*high feel like I’ll never get it out of this cramped position that it’s in. And, oh goody, now it’s time to switch l*egs. How the f*uc*k am I supposed to walk

as her l*eg swings high enough that she could actually

only positive is that I’m not the only one. Most of the men and some of the women

up,” she says as we work the second l*eg for

and I take out my frustration on the punching bag that I’m assigned to. That is, until the normal motion of punching has my h*ips

time is over, we go

wasn’t bad enough the first time, this time, I’m supposed to put the soles of my feet together, my l*egs in a diamond shape and I’m supposed to lean down to get the ‘full stretch’.

feet, her eyes rolling closed. “Oh, this feels

soles of my feet together and once I did, I’m not sure I will

lean forward, my l*egs will snap off. This is as good as it gets,”

hopefully you’ll be able to push forward, even just a bit. I expect that by the end of the week, you’ll look like Alpha Evangeline here,” he says looking

was a great workout, but this stretch is the

she’s going to take

job! For those of you interested, please come back tonight at 5pm. We’ll get into a more intense

much more intense can it

Super Hotty,” Eve says, putting her

tell her, not reaching up