The Claiming By Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 69 (Jace)

Jordan immediately steps out of my grasp. F*uc*king Nolan, this is twice he’s interrupted a conversation I was having with Jordan.

“Nolan, what are you doing here?” she asks him.

“I came to see if I could pry you away from your work and take you to dinner,” he says, eyeing me.

“Yes, absolutely,” she says, turning to me.

“We’ll talk later, Jace.”

I take a step back. “Remember what I said, Jordan,” I say, holding her gaze until she nods.

I walk past Nolan, nodding my head in greeting before walking out. As I get to the end of the hall, I hear him. “So, he’s the mate, huh?”

So, Jordan told him about me, or at least that she has a mate. I’m guessing that he also knows that she rejected me.

to the kitchen to grab something quick to eat before heading back upstairs

made her choice, Gamma. You should accept her rejection

to face him. “You mean move on

someone that will stand by her side, support her in being the best

on a daily basis and runs interference on those difficulties, so she doesn’t have to fight for herself and her position every f*uc*king day. You know nothing about what Jordan needs. And what do think will happen if she accepts you as her mate? That you would just continue to go off and train people around the world? Leaving

know nothing about me or my intentions, pup,” he says condescendingly, getting in my

down. “I know enough to know that you have no idea how to live in a pack. When’s the last time you spent more than a week or two in any pack, much less your

sharp. I take a

Alpha,” I say before heading

Evangeline POV

of these pack lands wasn’t it. They are a disaster and all I can think about

packhouse had already started crumbling to the ground, literally falling apart in front of us. The second one had vines and trees growing inside the packhouse, looking like

let’s be honest, no one is going to move to any of these pack lands while they are in this state. Why would you go from a fully functioning pack to this? We couldn’t even find clean

just as dilapidated as the first one was. Jaxon comes up behind me and wraps his arms around

like when we’ve made this place our home,” he says, making me turn to look at

pack?” I ask. It’s the first time he’s said something like this to

way out here. I much prefer having it like it is in Jordan’s pack, closer to the mountains. So, rather than rebuilding what is falling apart, we start fresh, new, making these

listen to Jaxon, seeing his image of what this place could look

pack members open their own shops, making it easier