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

turn back to Jordan. “Thanks for coming. I know there are others battling

kind of an Alpha would I be if I didn’t try to help you achieve your goal of getting your own pack,” she

he’s great with his fists, terrible with his footwork,”

I say, as I walk

this, Jace!”

almost solely dominant on his left-side, making his right side weak, counting on the aspect of surprise to take his opponent

shoulder, injuring him and limiting his swing. After that, I

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

nods, acknowledging my win, then turns and walks

Luke POV

my mate asks me as I

knotted her, Katerina,” I snarl. When she doesn’t

“So?” she asks me.

what that

narrow, I know

in a tone I’ve only ever heard her use with our children when she

I’m following her. I may have had a lapse in

to go toe to toe with my mate. I’m the Alpha, but she’s got the royal blood line and at times like this, I’m reminded of just how close she was to having been

moved far enough away from the crowd that no one will

her hand against my chest, “don’t ever think you can speak down to me, Luke. I’m your mate. You will only treat

there would be steam coming out

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.

18. Once again, I didn’t agree with you, but I stood by you. Now, you want to try and put a rift between them because they are acting like a young, mated couple? Let’s be clear, Luke. If you force her hand, there is only one way this will go. You lose. She will choose Jaxon, as she should!” She

he’s knotted her and if we know anything about when a man knots his mate, our daughter

than her, but at the moment, she feels larger than life, her anger radiating off of her in waves of fury, her

thing that I’m her mate. For the first time, I realize 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 I’ll make the ones I need to make for me

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