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.”

Rowen,” I say,

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 she wanted to talk to me,

“What’s up, Rowe?”

breath and looking up at me. “How do you know Evangeline

sister.

But he’s in the competition.” She says,

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

was mine. I knew I had to have her and that being away from her

he’s too young to

talk to

frowns, looking up at

Alejandro are pretty sure that they are

at that. “Teagan is

But while Teagan is about to turn 18, Alejandro is

me, if he can sense the mate bond, then why didn’t he

mates, because he thinks she deserves someone stronger. Although, it hasn’t

your strength in

the case, then I deserve better. And I doubt

it?” I ask

debating if

tell anyone. You know I can

“It’s Alpha Enzo. Alpha Antonio and Luna Annabel’s

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

that could be why?

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 I can tell you, as

only finished the race

an Alpha, because she’s strong and because she dug d*eep inside herself, just like you and everyone else that

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

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

a moment before

part of this competition because of him.

up at me. “Yes, big brother, I hear

And speaking of fighting for what you want, I’ll see you at practice this

“Are YOU going to make it?” she

Alpha, little sis, nothing is getting in the

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the morning and nearly as h*ard as my one-on-one training. I was

already feeling stronger, and I have overnight to