The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 48 (Jordan)

“Hey Nolan. I know we talked about me meeting you at Alpha Luke’s this week, but it doesn’t feel right. I just took my oath as Alpha two days ago and now I’ m planning to go train for a competition that I’m not even eligible for. I need to be here.” I say, by way of greeting.

“Jordan. It’s nice to hear from you. You’re an Alpha, officially the leader of your pack now. I understand if you can’t join me this week, although I won’t say that I’m not disappointed. However, I looked at my schedule. If you can’t join me this week, perhaps you could join me in two weeks? I’ll be in Alpha Jonas’s pack. I believe that’s relatively close to your pack.”

“I can make that work. It gives me time to work with Elijah to prepare for me to be away. This week, all I’ve had time for is preparing for the Alpha ceremony.”

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“Excellent. So, tell me, how does it feel to be an official Alpha?”

“Honestly?” I ask him.

“I thought we had agreed to only ever by honest with each other,” he says.

It’s true. When he was here, we had talked about honesty, how important it is. Nolan is about 15 years older than I am and he never found his mate. It was refreshing to talk to someone that wasn’t interested in me just because I’m an Alpha. He wanted to know about me, Jordan, the woman.

When I had started to give him my usual responses, he had called me on it.

“Is that you speaking or is that the Alpha speaking?” he had asked.

I had looked at him. “I’m not sure I know the difference anymore.”

“Hmm, how about, from now on, you tell me what you, Jordan, think when we talk, not you, Alpha Jordan.”

“I don’t know if I know how to do that,” I say honestly.

“What about when you are speaking to your twin? Do you struggle to know the difference then?” he asked.

“No, Jaxon knows me. It’s part of being a twin. There aren’t a lot of secrets.”

I’d like you to talk to me like you would talk to Jaxon. If the answer doesn’t come from your heart, from you, the woman, from a

met. He and the other warriors don’t belong to a pack. He

something you can explain. When I took my oath, I felt the power of becoming an Alpha, and then immediately behind that, I felt the weight of the responsibility that I now have. The lives of every member of my pack are now mine to protect.

given to you and you want to

“Thank you, Nolan.”

see you for a couple of

be disappointed if you

will talk to you soon. And, if it’s not too forward, when my next time comes to be in your pack, I’d like to come a day early and take you on a date. Would

“I would love that.”

see you in two weeks’ time and it’s a date for

smile on my

there’s a knock on my door and I smell Jace. I’ve been avoiding him and either he was recovering from the rejection, or he’s

“Come in.”

comes in and sits in front of me, but I

know you’re going to be heading out either tonight or tomorrow to train in Alpha Luke’s pack for the week, Alpha. What do you

the difference. He’s calling me Alpha

Alpha who just took her oath to be gone for a week with unnecessary training, so I’m staying here,” I tell him, still

my desk, trying to focus, but unable to with him sitting

go train with Taylor in Griffin’s pack this week, it’s fine. They have

here, training with him and

you think is best for your training, Jace,”

not leaving you, Jordan,” he says quietly, and I know he’s not talking about

“But you are, aren’t you? Isn’t that what this is about, Jace? You being in this competition? Isn’t it about you becoming an Alpha so you feel worthy of Taylor and can accept

are my mate,” he says, his amber

Jace. I’m

teeth but doesn’t argue with me. He stands and walks to

it takes to change your mind, Jordan.

out the door, closing it behind him. I have no idea how to feel about that

Jaxon POV

mate, I’ d still want her. The woman

to train on Jujitsu for the coming week, meaning we’re headed back to Alpha Jonas’s pack. He was fine with us returning and on our last day in my pack, we meet Luna Katerina and Alpha Luke. Alejandro, Teagan, Caleb and

Luna Katerina begins. “He wanted to speak to