The Claiming By Cooper

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 56 (Jaxon)

I wake, curled up with my mate on the morning of day two of the sparring battles. Hopefully, if all goes well, we’ll both wake up tomorrow, having moved on in the contest. Both of us had a fairly easy time with our opponents yesterday. Joanna was a tough competitor, but I’m ready to win, today and in the last three events of this contest.

When we get to breakfast, it’s the same as yesterday. Everyone is quietly eating, contemplating today’s events and what they need to win. When we’re done, we head out to the leader boards to see who we are paired with today.

The first thing I notice is that they now have a “1” next to everyone that won their match yesterday and a “0” next to anyone that didn’t. So, now, it’s obvious to everyone who needs to win today to move on, and those that, if they lose today, will be done with the contest overall. A make a note that Jace lost to Tobias yesterday. He has to win the next two days or he’s out of the competition.

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I start hearing people calling “Alpha” and I turn to see Jordan striding up to me.

I turn, pulling her into a hug. “Hey, what are you doing here?” I ask her.

“I took a couple days to come root on our pack.” She walks around me to hug Eve before looking up at the scoreboard. I see her frown. I turn and look back, quickly going over the list of our pack members that lost and I can’t imagine she’d be surprised by anyone except Jace.

I turn back to her. “Everything alright?”

“Yeah, I’m just surprised to see several of our pack members with zeros next to their name.”

“Our pack did have the most contenders of any other pack,” I say.

“By one,” she says, giving me a look like I’m exaggerating things. “Griffin’s pack has eleven in the competition.”

She makes a face, still looking at the leaderboard. “I see Taylor beat Lazio, Evangeline.”

said

a good Alpha,” Jordan

As soon as I see mine, I turn, heading for

when I see Tobias from the corner of my

we both

got put up against your

nod. We’re both asked

say, just as Eve catches up

If you insist on doing this, let me forfeit. You’re only doing this for me,” she

her face in my hands. “It’s done. And it was my choice. You’re moving on, so let’s decide who we want to watch today. I know I want to see Jace. He lost to

Tobias and Flavia in the same situation that we’re

done that,” she

this. We’re both Alphas, we’ll run our pack as co-Alphas. I don’t care what our names are. You can be

“TF?”

I say smiling at her and k*issing her nose. I’ll have to postpone our congratulatory love making until tomorrow now. I’m

TM is Top Male?” she

out of the frustration that I feel coming through the bond. I knew she’d be upset

tomorrow, I’ll let

“That’s the kind of incentive I’m looking

pull away, I

you for it.

go see

to where Jordan is talking to some of our pack

more exciting. I didn’t know you

fight