The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 40 (Jaxon)

It took me a couple of hours to recover from the morning training session, but by lunch time, I was mostly back to normal.

“Are you gonna make it, Super Hotty?” Eve teases me over lunch.

“If you had asked me a couple of hours ago, I’d have said no, but at least now I feel like I can walk.”

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“That was brutal,” Alejandro says, having come to sit with us.

“If you think that was brutal, just wait. If he is anything like Ezekiel, we’ll all be barely standing by the end of the week,” Eve says.

“Yeah, it was about two days before we were all struggling to get through both classes each day and by the end of the week, none of us were able to hold our heads up to eat dinner.” I tell him, enjoying my lunch while my body still can.

“Was it really that brutal?” Magdalena asks.

“Yes,” both Eve and I say together.

After lunch, Eve looks at me. “I was going to spend some time with Maggie this afternoon.”

“Perfect, I wanted to speak to Rowen. She mentioned wanting to talk to me while I’ m here.”

Eve comes over, wrapping her arms around my neck and looking up at me. “See you for afternoon training?”

My arms rest perfectly around her waist, pulling her against my body. “I’ll see you there.”

Her lips start twitching and I raise my eyebrow.

“I’m sure it will get easier for you,” she says, a full-on smile spreading across her face.

“You,” I say, pecking her lips, “are lucky I love you.”

“Every minute of every day,” she says, before leaning in for a d*eeper k*iss. This one lingers until someone, presumably her father, loudly clears their throat. I pull away. No since kicking over the beehive.

Eve shoots a glare at her father before heading out with Maggie. I turn and go in search of Rowen. I follow her scent to her room, where I knock.

“Come in,” she says from inside her room. I open the door to see her sitting on her bed looking out the window.

“Oh, hey Jax.”

I say,

By chair, I mean bean bag blob on the floor. I hate the things. Once I’m in, it feels practically impossible to get out of it. But I’m here to see my sister, who said

“What’s up, Rowe?”

d*eep breath and looking up at me. “How

eyes at my sister. “Did you

not sure. He’s younger than I am, almost a whole year. But he’s in the competition.” She says, looking down before looking back up at me.

scent. I picked her scent out of every other one that first day of the contest. She was like nothing I’ve ever smelled before,” I say, smiling as I remember honing in on my mate. “And then she made eye contact with me, and it was like everyone

knew she was mine. I knew I had to have her and that being away from her was going to be impossible.”

too young to feel

talk

frowns, looking up at me. “No,

Alejandro are pretty sure that they are

“Teagan is going to

so. But while Teagan is about to turn 18,

can smell me, if he can sense the mate

hasn’t told Jordan that he knows that they are mates, because he thinks she deserves someone stronger. Although, it hasn’t escaped

Rowe. Maybe your strength in the competition

case, then I deserve better. And I doubt it

I ask her

at me, debating if she

anyone. You know I can

“It’s Alpha Enzo. Alpha Antonio and Luna

for a minute. “You beat him in the race,

could be why? Because

the death-trap chair and going to stand beside my sister. “If that’s the reason, you’re right, he doesn’t deserve

finished the

strong and because she dug

know Enzo very well, but I’ll pay more attention in the next round. If you want, I’ll give you my impressions. Plus, he’ll be older. If he wasn’t sure

forward, wrapping her arms around my neck and laying her head on my shoulder. “Thanks, Jax.

hug her a moment before pulling

you dare throw any part of this competition because of him.

smiles up at me. “Yes, big brother, I

speaking of fighting for what you want, I’ll see

“Are YOU going to make it?” she asks me, like the bratty sister she

nothing is getting in the way of me getting my

Jordan POV

even h*arder than the morning and nearly as h*ard as

I’m already feeling stronger, and I have