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, closing her

in, it feels practically impossible to get out of

“What’s up, Rowe?”

outside, then at the quilt on her bed that she’s sitting on before taking a d*eep breath and looking

eyes at my sister. “Did you find your

But he’s in the competition.” She says, looking down before looking back

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

I had to have her and that being away from her was going to be impossible.” She nods, looking down

young to feel it,” she

talk to

up at me. “No,

brother Alejandro are pretty sure that they are

eyes go wide at that. “Teagan is going to be a

while Teagan is about to turn 18, Alejandro is still a

again. “If he can smell me, if he can sense the mate bond, then why didn’t

that he knows that they are mates, because he thinks she deserves someone stronger. Although, it hasn’t escaped me that he hasn’t rejected her either, so maybe he’s still hoping for a

Maybe your strength in the

that’s the case, then I deserve better. And I doubt

is it?” I

debating if

You know I can

another moment. “It’s Alpha

for a minute. “You beat him in the race, didn’t

think that could

I say, rolling off the death-trap chair and going to stand beside my sister. “If that’s the reason, you’re right, he doesn’t deserve you. He’s an Alpha and

she only finished the race

the heart of an Alpha, because she’s strong and because she

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 he was feeling the pull of

neck and laying her head on my shoulder. “Thanks, Jax. I

a moment

you listen to me. Don’t you dare throw any part of this competition because of him. You fight for what you want.

smiles up at me. “Yes, big brother, I

for what you want, I’ll see you at

she asks me,

sis, nothing is getting in the

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even h*arder than the morning and nearly as h*ard as my one-on-one

it’s good. I’m already feeling stronger, and I have overnight