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.

a she-wolf became Alpha over her twin brother,” Darryl

Of all the packs, only my parents remained firm in the belief that it doesn’t matter if an Alpha is a male or female, what matters if their heart and their ability to

your brother, he’s okay with you getting the Alpha position while every other pack gave theirs to

were vacant, and

it?” Balor asks, looking at me

and his mate got one pack and another second son and

as we come up to a

up a finger, telling

as we walk into the clan of bears. “This is Alpha Jordan and her Gamma, Jace. They are my guests, and you will treat them as such. Any act of disrespect to either of them will be considered an

name,’

‘Jace…’ I warn.

as we

underestimated, so their stares don’t phase me. I keep

caves with a large firepit outside of it. The fire is going and there

all sit around the fire, Balor sitting

before?” I ask, getting back to our previous

land that’s on the other side of the mountain?” Darryl

“That’s correct,” I say.

“That’s where one of the wolfpacks

you know?” I

taps his nose. “Keen sense of

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

we do know that there are at least two wolfpacks,”

do you

they sometimes hunt together,” Darryl says. “Do you have any idea how many wolves

at least thirty in each pack,” he

he says, standing up and moving away to make the

wolves?” I ask. “Yes, several were bitten and

survival. The

sense of

“Crazy, like rabid,” he says. “Only, these wolves

Balor begins, but I hold up my finger like he did to me earlier. ‘Jace, tell 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

and I turn back to

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