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.

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“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.

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

You should accept her rejection

him. “You mean move on with you,

her side, support her in

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 her here to run and pack AND raise her

about me or my intentions,

last time you spent more than a week or two

tone is sharp. I take a

dinner, Alpha,” I

Evangeline POV

was expecting, but the complete disarray of these pack lands wasn’t it. They are a disaster and all I can think about is, where am I going to put

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

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

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

about what it looks like now. Think about what it will look like when we’ve made this place our

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

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

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

town where we could have pack members open their own shops, making it easier to get things that we need without having to go

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