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.

I say, not

And last, but not least on my list is Reid. He, like Lazio, will just be turning 16 and making the minimum cutoff. He’s the son of Alpha Davis and Luna McKenna. He’ll be strong, but I think

They didn’t make the list?”

your biggest competition, is showing signs that she’s found her mate, and 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

run, but they didn’t make my list for

supposed to be Jordan’s Beta

Carter is competing to become an Alpha? I’m surprised

this is the kind of opportunity comes along once in a lifetime. I’m pretty sure that every Beta and Gamma heir and maybe even some of the current Betas and Gammas are ready to compete.

put together for me. “You’re

wrapping her

going to make a great Alpha,

pulls back, looking at me.

with Jordan to strategize how to run longer, slow and steady wins the race, and in our discussions of the other competitors, going over their strengths and weaknesses. Jordan

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

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

she could root for me. She got herself assigned to the

the year my mother, Aunt Hana and our Beta Layan were in the claiming. It was a dangerous year. Back then they still had a virus called feral fever and something called a

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