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…”

my ear. “Close

do as

against me,” he says as

to my ear that I can feel his breath as

I lean away from Jaxon, so he’s not right next to my ear. He pulls his head back, so I can continue to lean against him. I

a sound of a growling mountain lion. It’s on a loop,

like the mountain lion, it’s on repeat and once I’ve heard it several times, I recognize that the sound repeats itself over and

I hear the rustling of a mole, or some other animal burrowing into the

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

of the territory, running from a giant bear, I’m pretty sure that’s one of

this territory, the scent of sunflowers in a place where sunflowers don’t grow, so

small amount of blood, because in my current pregnant state,

the time I’m done, the hour is nearly up and

I’m up and the gun goes off, I don’t hesitate. I take off, heading for the deer scent first. I snatch my blue flag and keep going, following the sound of

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 waiting for me. I drop

anyone under seven is out, anyone over seven is in and those who have seven flags are at risk of having to

is the last of our group today and he emerges with eight flags as well. We all

competition. Jaxon, while still making

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