The Claiming by Cooper Book 4
The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)
Chapter 02 (Jace)
I’m looking over the pack’s financials while Jordan is away when Carter comes in.
“Hey, what’s up?” I ask him.
He comes and flops into a chair across from me. “Are you joining the Beta Trials?” he asks me.
Title of the document
“No.” He nods, looking around the office.
I watch a moment before setting down my pen down. “Are you?” I ask him. “I don’t know. I’m not sure how I feel about being Beta to a female Alpha.”
my temper. If he’s another one that will undermine Jordan,
there something in particular that Jordan has done, or are you just
a ranked member to one of the other Alphas,” he says to
can. I’m perfectly happy in this pack, which is why I’m not
could always end up getting Taylor to accept you as her mate and then you’ll
our Alpha, better to resign now
into my position and then Jordan could take Victor as her Gamma. Win-win all
the Beta Trials and if you don’t care enough about this pack to stay in it, then don’t bother trying to figure out our ranked members. We’ll manage just fine without you. And, by the way, how are your parents feeling about this
“Well, I haven’t made any final decisions yet,” he says, as
resign from your position. If you aren’t 110% with her and this
says the man who competed in the contest. Why did you resign
of people about Jordan being my mate. I won’t
“I have my reasons.”
have our reasons for the choices we make, Jace,” he says as
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