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.

something quick to eat before heading back upstairs to my room. On my way out of the

her rejection and let her

“You mean move on with you, don’t

that will stand by her

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 her here to run and pack AND raise her pups? What kind of life is that for Jordan? I’ll tell you. It isn’t one and it’s not one that she’ll want, I can guarantee you that. So maybe it’s you, Nolan, that needs to accept that and let her

about me or my intentions, pup,” he says condescendingly, getting

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 own? You’re a wanderer, a lone wolf. Leave my Alpha alone. She may not want me, but she

Jordan’s tone is sharp. I take a step back, my

dinner, Alpha,” I say

Evangeline POV

lands wasn’t it. They are a disaster and all I can think about is, where am I going to put

started crumbling to the ground, literally falling apart in front of us. The second one had vines and

time we get to the third one two days later, the excitement in our 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

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

Think about what it will look like when we’ve made this place our home,” he says,

ask. It’s the first time

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

as I listen to Jaxon, seeing his image of

out here we could put a small town where we could have pack members open their own shops, making it easier to