The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)

Chapter 26 (Jordan)

Jace is letting these bears get under his skin and they’re enjoying taunting him. They found his b*utton almost instantly and they just keep pushing it. Me.

Except, I’m not playing along. I hadn’t intended to say that I’d be sleeping with Jace, but I was hoping it would let Balor know that I wasn’t interested.

Instead, he caught me in my lie and he made sure that I knew it.

Overall, though, I like the bears. Darryl and Apollo have more restraint than Jusan, but if I’m right, they have some years on him too. I wonder if he’s a younger brother of one of them. I turn, looking at all of them and when I turn back, Balor is looking at me.

“Something on your mind, little wolf?” he asks me.

“Yes, big bear, I was wondering which one of you is Jusan’s big brother,” I say, taking a risk. But the moment I say it, I know I’m right. Balor barks another one of those belly laughs.

“Damn, little wolf. Are all Alphas as smart as you?” he asks me.

“That’s a matter of opinion, I guess,” I say.

“Whose brother do you think he is?” Darryl asks me.

I look at all of them, but now they are being careful not to show any outward signs to clue me in.

“Yours,” I say to Darryl.

“You got some fox in you, little Alpha?”

Apollo asks me, giving me a big bear smile.

“I don’t think so,” I say.

“Do you have any brothers, little wolf?” Balor asks me.

“A twin, actually,” I tell him.

that a she-wolf became Alpha over her

made an agreement before we were born that the first born, regardless of gender, would be named Alpha. Of all the packs, only my parents remained firm in the belief that it doesn’t matter if an Alpha is

okay with you getting the Alpha position while every other pack gave theirs to the oldest

them honestly. “But we had several packs that were vacant,

is it?” Balor asks, looking at

pointing. “My brother and his mate got one pack and another second son and his mate got

Darryl and Apollo. “What?” I ask as

finger, telling

guests, and you will treat them as such. Any act of disrespect to either of them will be considered an act of disrespect

my name,’ Jace says in the

‘Jace…’ I warn.

as we

constantly underestimated, so their stares don’t phase me. I keep my head high and I make

to the entrance of a set of caves with a large firepit outside of it. The fire is going

us to sit and we all sit around the

was that look before?” I ask, getting

land that’s on the other

“That’s correct,” I say.

at each other again. “That’s where one of the wolfpacks

you know?” I

his nose. “Keen sense

time you were there? My brother and his mate have been building a packhouse on the lands, having demolished what was left of the old buildings

know that there are at least two

you

don’t live together, but they sometimes hunt together,” Darryl says. “Do you have any idea how

thirty in each pack,” he says,

says, standing up and moving away to make the

wolves?” I ask. “Yes, several

call it survival. The bite makes

sick sense of fear pooling

gaze holds mine. “Crazy, like rabid,” he

Councilman Jason that we need Dr. Braxton and Kyra out here as soon as their done with their tests on my pack members. It sounds like the bears are not

says, and I turn back

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