The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 60 (Jace)

It’s time for my match. I was hoping that Jordan would be here again, but I also know there are several of our pack members who are battling today and I’ m not the only one in this timeslot. I begin stretching, trying to get my head centered on the match, not my mate.

“Hey, where’s Jordan?” Taylor asks, jogging up.

“Probably helping one of the others in our pack. I’m not the only one battling at this time.”

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“I can coach you, if you want?” she says.

“Sure Tay, thanks.”

She looks over to see my opponent. It must be a family trait, the way they assess their opponents before a fight. Jordan had the same assessing look on her face that Taylor does now. “I think that guy is a Gamma, too. But he’s not as strong as you are,” she says as I continue stretching. Jordan would know for sure who this guy is.

I look over at him. “How can you tell?” I ask her. He’s smaller than I am, but he’s muscular.

“You’re ripped, Jace. That guy is muscular, but he’s not ripped,” she says shaking her head at me as if it’s obvious.

“Hey, I’m here,” I hear Jordan say and I turn, seeing her running over. As soon as I see her, everything in me settles.

She’s smiling at me until her eyes move past me to Taylor and her smile falters. “Unnnnnless, you don’t need me,” she says.

“No, I do. Taylor was just…”

“I was filling in until you arrived. Now that you’re here, I’ll let you take over,” she says and turns to walk away.

say, and she waves

to Jordan. “Thanks for coming. I know there are others battling right now. I didn’t

I didn’t try to help you achieve your goal of getting your own pack,” she says. Gone is the smiling face she came running up with.

with his footwork,” she says. Yep, I knew she’d know everything there

Jordan,” I say, as

got this, Jace!”

was completely accurate. Terence is almost solely dominant on his left-side, making his right side weak, counting on the aspect of surprise to

his left shoulder, injuring him and limiting his swing. After that, I have him pinned in 20

to his feet and then I turn, hoping Jordan will rush into my arms like

win, then turns and walks

Luke POV

on?” my mate asks

I snarl. When she

“So?” she asks me.

what

eyes narrow, I know I crossed

ever heard her use with our children

heel, not checking to see that I’m following her. I may have

mate. I’m the Alpha, but she’s got the royal blood line and

moved far enough away from the crowd that no one will hear her dressing

“don’t ever think you can speak down to me, Luke. I’m your mate.

sure that if it were possible, there would be

that our daughter has no problem with the fact that her MATE,” she steps up into my face, “and let me repeat that for those whose ears seem to be clogged lately. Our daughter doesn’t seem to have a problem with the fact that her MATE knotted her, not that it’s any of YOUR business anyway. From what I saw, the problem that our daughter had is with

I stood by you. I stood by you when you had issues with Evangeline and Jaxon before she turned 18. Once again, I didn’t agree with you, but I stood by

know anything about when a man

face. I’m taller than her, but at the moment, she feels larger than life, her anger radiating off of her in waves of fury, her Alpha energy so strong, I almost

how much my mate has supported me over the years and how much I haven’t done the same for her. “If our daughter is forced to make a choice, and she blocks you from our grandchildren’s lives, I won’t stand beside you. I refuse to allow you to keep me from my grandbabies. So, you make the choices you need to make, Alpha,” she snarls again, making it sound like a filthy title, “and

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