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.

kitchen to grab something quick to eat before heading back upstairs to my room. On my way out of the kitchen, I hear his

made her choice, Gamma. You should accept her rejection and let

turning to face him. “You mean move on with you, don’t you? Isn’t that what this

bond, and her. She needs someone that will stand by her side, support her in being the best Alpha she can possibly

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 her here to run and pack AND raise her pups? What kind of life is that for

about me or my intentions, pup,” he says

live in a pack. When’s the last time you spent more than a week or two in any pack, much

sharp. I take a step back, my eyes never leaving

Alpha,” I say

Evangeline POV

sure what I was expecting, but the complete disarray of these pack lands wasn’t it. They are a disaster

apart in front of us. The second one had vines and

group is gone. We’re all overwhelmed by the sheer amount of work that will need to be done once we claim our packs. Well, 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

there, the packhouse is just as dilapidated as the first one was. Jaxon comes up

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

this your aunt’s pack?” I ask. It’s the first

I told you about? All of this land is the pack lands. Personally, I think it was foolish to put the packhouse 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 pack lands something better than they ever

I listen to Jaxon, seeing his image of what

shops, making it easier to get things that we need without