The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 67 (Evangeline)

I didn’t sleep well. Or, I should say, I wouldn’t have slept well if it weren’t for Jaxon purring everytime he realized I was awake. So, I wake much more rested that I expected to be and after a good breakfast, I’m feeling ready for today’s challenge.

I’m third in the queue, meaning I have about two and a half hours before it’s my turn. Caleb is first up this morning, so we go outside to stand with Maggie while her mate runs through the course.

“I hope he does better than I did,” she says after the gun goes off and he races into the territory.

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“It’ll be fine Maggie,” I tell her. And when he emerges, I’m proven right. Caleb exits the territory with eight flags.

Maggie runs into his arms, and he swings her around. It’s very likely that Caleb just made it through to the final round with that many flags.

I begin getting nervous as the second contestant enters the territory. I begin to fidget and move around, I’m getting myself really worked up when Jaxon wraps his arms around my waist, putting his h*ands on my stomach. “Relax, Eve. You’ve got this. Your senses are so much stronger right now.”

“I know, but…”

“Shhhh, close your eyes.”

“Jaxon…”

at my ear. “Close your eyes,” he

do as he

back against me,” he says

he says, his l*ips so close to my ear that I can

senses, focusing first on my hearing. I lean away from Jaxon, so he’s not right next to my ear. He pulls his head back, so I can continue to

growling mountain lion. It’s on a loop, running for a few seconds every

but like the mountain lion, it’s on repeat and once I’ve heard it several times,

some other animal burrowing into the earth. Just like the bird, I wouldn’t

the deer. That one must be close. No deer would come this

come racing out of the territory, running from a giant bear, I’m pretty sure

of sunflowers in a place

just a small amount

hour is nearly up and I’m

hesitate. I take off, heading for the deer scent first. I snatch my blue flag and keep

as I would be if I wasn’t three months pregnant, but I’m still able to get to all of the stations for scent and sound before the gun goes off letting me know that my hour is up. I jog out of the territory, Jaxon

up. He comes out with seven flags. Since we’re about halfway into the contest, it’s becoming clearer that anyone under seven is out, anyone over seven is in

group today and he emerges with eight

since she’s pretty confident that she’s out of the competition. Jaxon, while still making sure to t*ouch me, is distracted and

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