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.”

come from your heart, from you, the woman, from a place of honesty, then I don’t want

met. He and the other warriors don’t belong to a pack. He had gone away for years, training to become a master in his art, lethal in

tried to warn me, but it’s not 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

the responsibility that has been given to

“Thank you, Nolan.”

I can’t see you for a couple of weeks, but can I continue to

disappointed if

it’s not too forward, when my next time comes to be in your pack, I’d like to come a day early

“I would love that.”

I will see you in two weeks’

know I have a huge, dopey smile on my face

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

“Come in.”

comes in and sits in front

train in Alpha Luke’s pack for the week, Alpha. What

difference. He’s calling me Alpha rather

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

on my desk, trying to focus, but unable to with him sitting in the room. My

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

have Jameson coming here. I’II be here, training

for your training, Jace,” I

says quietly, and I

that what this is about, Jace? You being in this competition? Isn’t it about you becoming an Alpha so you feel worthy

you are my mate,” he says, his amber eyes boring into

your mate, Jace.

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

it takes to change

closing it behind him. I have

Jaxon POV

wasn’t my mate, I’ d still want her. The woman is all Alpha,

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

“He wanted to speak to all of you before

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