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?”

finding a middle ground, sort of. I’m just saying, the pack responds to you in a way that they respond

I head to my room, wondering what

living off of a few pairs of clothes

lead omega. “Do you know where my father has Alpha

on the Beta floor. Alpha

“Let me guess, he’s as far away from this side of

yes, that’s correct, Alpha

someone else show me which

Alpha, I can

this is very purposeful on my father’s part. He’s

that he isn’t insulting a neighboring Alpha by giving him a terrible room. The room

the bathroom making sure that it’s stocked and checking to

Rowan’s rooms are

But like 1 said, they are on the

you,” I

entrance of the packhouse just as Teagan and

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

Alejandro, Makayla and I take them on a tour of our

the packs and our alliances, isn’t it?”

you mean?” I ask

only strengthen all of our packs, right? And now that I’ve become

think these weeks together, bonding over our pain and suffering will be bonds that will last a lifetime.

encourage her,” Al

sticks her tongue out at us and moves to put her arm through Jaxon’s. “I like him, he’ll make an excellent brother once he

Luna when the time comes,” Jaxon says to her making Al and