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.”

Jaxon. If the answer doesn’t come from your heart, from you, the woman, from a place of honesty,

other warriors don’t belong to a pack. He had gone away for years,

Alpha. My cousin, Griffin 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

will be a good Alpha, Jordan. You understand the responsibility that has been given to you and you want to do right by your

“Thank you, Nolan.”

know I can’t see you for a couple of weeks,

be disappointed

I 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

“I would love that.”

two weeks’ time and it’s a

have a huge, dopey smile on my face when I

I’ve been avoiding him and either he was recovering from the rejection, or

“Come in.”

and sits in front of me, but I don’t look

Alpha Luke’s pack for the

recognize the difference. He’s calling

plans. It wouldn’t look good for an Alpha who just took her oath to be gone for a week with unnecessary training, so I’m staying

focus, but unable to with him sitting in the room. My heart still hurts, still aches for the mate that was supposed to

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

coming here. I’II be here, training with

think is best for your

Jordan,” he says quietly, and

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

you are my mate,” he says, his

mate, Jace. I’m not any

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

takes to change your

behind him. I have no idea how to feel

Jaxon POV

her mother and the other mates in the room is f*uc*king hot. I’m pretty sure if she wasn’t my mate, I’ d still want her. The woman is all Alpha, except when I take charge of her body and make her submit to me. Her strength and power only make her

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

your father,” Luna Katerina begins. “He wanted to speak to