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.

and she waves her

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

didn’t try to help you achieve your goal of getting your own pack,” she says. Gone is the

I’m also pretty sure he’s great with his fists, terrible with his footwork,” she says. Yep, I knew she’d know everything there was to know about this and most likely every

Jordan,” I say, as I

this,

is almost solely dominant on his

punch is to his left shoulder, injuring him and limiting his swing.

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

she nods, acknowledging my win, then turns

Luke POV

my mate

Katerina,” I snarl. When she doesn’t

“So?” she asks me.

what that means?”

eyes narrow, I

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

see that I’m following her. I may have had a lapse in judgement in my

the Alpha, but she’s got the royal blood line and at times like this,

from the crowd that no one will hear her

against my chest, “don’t ever think you can speak down to me,

there would be steam coming out of

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

Evangeline and Jaxon before she turned 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

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

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

a terrible 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

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