The Claiming By Cooper

Chapter 284

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)

Chapter 11 (Jace)

Taylor and I searched the entire packhouse and even went back outside to search the pack lands. She’s caught the scent of her mate multiple times, but nothing that has led her to him. The longer we’ve searched, the more concerned that I’ve become. There are several people that come and go in this pack, such as Jaxon and Evangeline, but there is one in particular that is standing out to me.

I leave a disappointed Taylor in her room and go to find Jordan. I follow her scent to her office and knock.

“Hey Jace, come in,” she says, barely looking up at me.

I close the door, not sure what’s up with Jordan but knowing I need to prepare her for the possibility that is rolling around in my head.

“How was your time with Taylor?” she asks, and I can hear the hurt in her voice. So that’s what’s going on.

I pull a chair up to her desk and sit in front of her, waiting for her to look at me. I watch as she clenches her teeth together, sets her pen down, and then finally looks up at me.

“She smelled her mate. I was trying to help her find him.”

I watch the flash of happiness in her eyes. “That’s great! I mean… isn’t it?” she asks, frowning, watching me closely.

“Yes and no. And before you start thinking this is about my feelings for her, it’s not. I’m glad she found her mate, or at least, smelled him.”

Jordan leans back in her chair. “But you didn’t find him, so what? He’s someone that has been in the pack recently and left? Or maybe someone who came in for a delivery?”

was all over the packhouse,” I tell her, and she leans forward again, looking down at her papers, shuffling them

down for her,” she

up at

look at her

a real possibility that her mate

frowns. “No, she’s met Nolan. She must have during the training

the Alpha floor since your

sits back

not sure, but also, you’re my Alpha and my mate and while I know you haven’t accepted that, it still means something to me. I also know….” I grit my teeth but force myself

that you have feelings for Nolan. If he is Taylor’s mate, this could turn into a big f*uc*king mess, Jordan. We have rogues hell bent on getting to one of you. We can’t afford to have the packs at

man in my

“That is NOT what I’m saying. I screwed up, I own

what will happen once she realizes that you’ve been in a relationship with her mate or what Nolan’s reaction will be to finding his mate. He’s been pretty clear about wanting to

can tell you how she’ll feel about someone else being with her mate. I understand THAT

deserve whatever venom she spews at me. But, in true

still be here when he arrives. We’ll deal with it then.” She

then, I have other

at me, she

her desk. She turns her chair looking up at

at me.

rejecting me, you’ve never lashed out at me for what I did to you. You’ve never allowed yourself to grieve, to be angry. You tuck it inside; you bury it deep. Stand

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