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

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 a male or female, what matters if their heart

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

we had several packs that were vacant, and he

asks, looking at me

mate got one pack and

Apollo. “What?” I ask as we come up to a cliff face full

finger, telling

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

know my name,’ Jace

‘Jace…’ I warn.

Jordan,’ he says, as we walk through the

don’t phase me. I keep my

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

around the fire, Balor

was that look before?” I ask, getting back

a pack land that’s on the other side of

“That’s correct,” I say.

“That’s where one of the wolfpacks that’s been attacking our kind was

do you know?”

taps his nose.

last time you were there? My brother and his mate have been building a packhouse

been a while, but we do know that

do you know?” Jace

but they sometimes hunt together,” Darryl says. “Do you have any idea how many wolves we’re talking about?”

pack,” he

Councilman Jason,” he says, standing up and moving

Balor. “Have any of your clan been bitten by these wolves?” I ask. “Yes, several were bitten and survived,” Balor

can call it survival. The bite

how?” I say, a sick sense of fear

“Crazy, like rabid,” he says. “Only, these wolves aren’t

over my face. “Little wolf…” 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 the bears

shit,’ he says, and I turn back

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