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 she’s

good Alpha,” Jordan says, and her

As soon as I see mine, I turn, heading for the tables. “Well, I guess…. Jaxon? Jaxon! No, Jaxon!” Eve says, having seen my name next to hers and hers next

the tables, when I see Tobias from the

we both say

looking at him. “You got put up against your

says and I nod. We’re both asked if we’re sure as our mates come

as Eve catches

on doing this, let me forfeit. You’re only doing

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 yesterday and there

looks past me, seeing Tobias and Flavia in the same situation that we’re

that,” she says,

Alphas, we’ll run our pack as co-Alphas. I don’t care what our names are. You can be the TF and I’ll be the TM,”

“TF?”

her nose. I’ll have to postpone our congratulatory love making until tomorrow now.

is Top

of the frustration that I feel coming through the bond. I

If you win tomorrow,

the kind of incentive I’m looking for,” I

away, I look at her.

I will be. I understand why you did it, and I love you for it. I’ll feel better when you’re through

go

to where Jordan is

here just got more exciting. I didn’t know you were going to forfeit,

won’t fight my