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.

hallway. 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 duck into her

with Eve lying beside me

the hallway, ready for training, my sisters, Eve and Magdalena all come out at about the same time. Only Jordan and Eve look awake.

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

as they pass me, Magdalena looking about the same. “Good morning, Jaxon,” Jordan says, kissing

says,

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

snorts. “Yeah, he

the warriors and other ranked members that are joining the training session today. I note that many of the omegas are joining the

brutal as last week, at

the easy shit. Nolan practically wanted us doing splits by the time our stretching was done. My mate is very flexible, I already knew that, so for her, this was easy. For me, not so much. My inner t*highs felt

ever done repetitive motions that your body isn’t

outer t*high feel like I’ll never get it out of this

nimble, incredibly flexible mate says as her l*eg swings high enough that she could actually get it over my head and

only one.

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

to punch for fifteen and I take out my frustration on the punching bag that I’m assigned to. That is, until the normal motion

time is over, we

it 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’.

her feet,

feet together and once I did, I’m not sure I will ever be able to get myself out of

my l*egs will snap off. This is as

tomorrow. When we stretch, hopefully you’ll be able to push forward, even just a bit. I expect that

Nolan. That was a great

going to take a nap in that

of you interested, please come back

How much more intense can it

Eve says, putting her

move,” I tell her, not reaching