The Claiming by Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 4

Jaxon

“Talk to me about the three guys I shouldn’t underestimate.”

She taps the paper. “Cillian, Enzo and Reid. Cillian is the youngest son of Alpha Asher and Luna Mignon. Both his sisters, Flavia and Gabriella, will be in the contest, but he’s the biggest threat. Not as high, in my opinion, as the others we’ve discussed, but you need to watch him.

She taps the next name. “Enzo is the son of Alpha Antonio and Luna Annabel. Alpha Antonio, as you know, is a true Alpha, so don’t underestimate Enzo, even though he’ll be under 17 when the competition begins.”

“What about his sisters?”

“Noelle and Valentina. Noelle is already 18 and Valentina is almost 18,1 think their focus will be elsewhere.” She says.

hunting.” I say, not

turning 16 and making the minimum cutoff. He’s the son of Alpha

They didn’t make the list?” I

if correct, he’s an Alpha heir. So, I think she’ll drop out before the contest ends. Phoebe and Haley are strong, but not strong enough to be on this list, by my

give you a good run, but they didn’t

and supposed to

become an Alpha? I’m surprised Beta Elijah and Beta

I’m pretty sure that every Beta and Gamma heir and maybe even some of the current Betas and Gammas are ready to compete. I would never be angry at someone having their chance to become an Alpha. Ella will be competing

look at the list, at what my sister has put together for me. “You’re amazing, you know that?” I say, pulling her into a

biggest cheerleader.” She says, wrapping her arms under mine

going to make a

back, looking at

and steady wins the race, and in our discussions of the other competitors, going over their strengths and weaknesses. Jordan spars with us long after afternoon training ends each night, giving us pointers and making all

can’t imagine Jordan having to basically run for her life against 200 men like my mother did just so she could choose her own mate. And rather than me being able to find a she-wolf that I want to spend my life with who also wants to be with me, I would have had to hope that my name was drawn from a lottery just to be eligible to claim a mate, whichever ones came of age that year. The idea of it is just crazy to me. If things hadn’t changed before, we’d definitely be changing

order to make sure that everyone makes it to the end, there will be stations where they

part of the rest stop crew, so she could root for me. She got herself assigned to the first rest area and once everyone has passed it, she is

to the back of the main packhouse. There is a second house down the road which I understand was built specifically for the year my mother, Aunt Hana and our Beta Layan were in the claiming. It was a dangerous year. Back

a room with Jace, so we walk out together. When we get outside, we stay toward the back. Both of