The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 43 (Evangeline)

When I arrive back at my pack, everyone seems happy to see me, as if they all missed me.

“Of course, they missed you,” Makayla says when I mention it. “You’re the heart of this pack.”

“Makie, that’s not true. Mom is the heart of this pack,” T tell her.

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“Yes, she is, and you’ll hopefully forgive me for saying this Evie, but you’re just as much of the heart of the pack as she is,” Alejandro says.

“Why do I need to forgive you for saying that?” I ask.

“Because it means you were meant to be a great Luna, or at least you would make a great Luna,” Lazio says.

I frown at them. “Alphas have a heart.”

Both of them look at me.

“No, Evie. The Alphas are meant to be the hard ones in the pack, the ones that make the hard decisions and the ones that lay down the law and hold people accountable when someone doesn’t follow that law. The Luna is the heart, the gentleness, the kindness that counters the Alpha’s dominance of their pack.” Al says.

“And you’re damn good at it, Evie. The pack adores you, as they should…if you were going to be a Luna.” Lazio says.

“So, you’re saying I need to be a bitch if I want to be Alpha?”

of. I’m just saying, the pack responds to you in a way that they respond to mom, not in the way

that as I head to my

clothes again. It was rough living off

I find our lead omega. “Do you know where my father has Alpha Jaxon and

are staying on the Beta floor. Alpha Jaxon

he’s as far away from this side of the

yes, that’s

or someone else show me which room will

Alpha, I

walk with our lead omega, knowing that this is very purposeful on my father’s part. He’s allowing Jaxon on our pack lands, but he’s obviously not happy about

there. I’m at least happy to see that he’s making sure that he isn’t insulting a neighboring Alpha by giving him a terrible room. The room itself has a great view of the training

and checking to make sure that everything else is

Rowan’s

like 1 said,

you,” I tell

the entrance of the packhouse just as Teagan and Rowan arrive. “Welcome to our home,” Alejandro says, walking up

watching them intently. When her eyes meet mine, I just raise an eyebrow at her. She presses her lips together and I see the barest of head nods. Finally, I think she’s realizing that we can feel our mate bonds. Maybe they couldn’t in their generation, but

arrives a couple hours later and Alejandro, Makayla and I take them on a tour of our

the packs

mean?” I

only strengthen all of our packs, right? And now that I’ve become friends with Teagan and Rowen, wherever they end up as Lunas, we’ll already have bonds created because we are creating bonds with them now,” she

suffering will be bonds that will last a lifetime. And obviously, mate bonds like those between your sister and 1, will

her,” Al and I

through Jaxon’s. “I like him,

when the time comes,” Jaxon