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 to mom, not in the way that they respond to dad.”

to my room, wondering what it means

again. It was rough living off of a few pairs of

you know where my father has Alpha

Beta floor. Alpha

long moment. “Let me guess, he’s as far away from

that’s correct,

or someone else show me which room will

I

my father’s part. He’s allowing Jaxon on our pack lands, but he’s obviously not happy

Alpha by giving him a terrible room. The room itself has a great view of the training fields and the forest at the back and to the east of our pack

making sure that it’s stocked and checking to make sure that everything else is in

Teagan and Rowan’s rooms are

1 said, they are on the Beta’s

you,” I tell

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

at her. She presses her lips together and I see the barest of head

a couple hours later and Alejandro, Makayla and I take them on a

is really good for the packs and our alliances, isn’t it?”

you mean?”

other, pooling our resources so everyone has an equal chance to win, it can only strengthen all of our packs, right? And now that I’ve become friends with Teagan and

his dazzling smiles. “Wow, beauty and brains! You’re absolutely correct, Makayla. I think these weeks together, bonding over our pain and suffering will be

encourage her,” Al and I

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

hell of a Luna when