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.”
he’s another one that will undermine Jordan, he needs to
Jordan has done, or are you just basing this
You can’t tell me that you wouldn’t rather be a
I’m perfectly happy in this pack, which is why I’m not joining the Beta
always end up getting Taylor to accept you as her mate
Alpha, better to resign now and let us choose
you, Jace. You could move up into my position and then Jordan could take Victor as her Gamma. Win-win all the way
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 change of heart?” I ask, positive that he
flinches and stands. “Well, I haven’t made any final decisions yet,” he says, as he walks to the
favor, resign from your position. If you aren’t 110% with her and this pack, we deserve
in the
my mate. I won’t make it
“I have my reasons.”
have our reasons for the choices we make, Jace,” he
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