The Claiming by Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 6 Jaxon

“I’m going to go to introduce myself.” I tell Jace as Councilman Jason finishes his speech.

“Bad idea, Jax. Alpha Luke might be a casual Alpha, but when it comes to his daughters, I hear he’s fiercely protective.” Jace says to me.

“I’m introducing myself, Jace. I’m not proposing we mate for life.” I tell him, not taking my eyes off of her.

“How old is she, anyway?” I ask.

“Alpha Luke claimed Katerina the year after your dad claimed your mom, so I think she’s 17, definitely not 18 yet.” He says.

“Do we have a roster somewhere? I’d love to know when she’ll turn 18.” I say, watching her as she looks around and I make my way toward her.

Since she’s not paying attention, I put myself right into her path so that she has no choice but to run into me. The minute her body touches me, my body lights up, tingles rushing all over me. It’s the most pleasant and yet uncomfortable feeling I’ve ever had. Pleasant because it feels f*uc*king amazing and uncomfortable because I just went rock hard and there’s no way she can’t feel it.

I do my best to cover my discomfort. “Alpha Evangeline, I’m Alpha Jaxon.” I say by way of introduction. Up close, I can see that she has the most beautiful pale blue eyes I’ve ever seen. Her thick, rich brown hair hangs to her lower back. She’s the most gorgeous woman I’ve ever seen.

“I know who you are Alpha Jaxon. Even if I didn’t know your parents, I’ve met your twin, Alpha Jordan.” She says, her eyebrow raising, but she gracefully doesn’t call me out on my hardened state.

“What about me?” Jordan says, walking over and putting her arm through mine.

“Hello Alpha Evangeline, hello Alpha Magdalena.”

“Hello, Alpha Jordan.” They both say, inclining their heads. “I was just telling your brother that I knew who he was, and of course, that I’ve met you when you’ve visited our pack.”

“Jax, you’ve never met Evangeline and Magdalena?” She says, looking at me quizzically.

“Jordan, when do I travel around to the packs? That’s what future Alphas do.” I say to her.

a future Alpha now, so you’d better

Evangeline says,

there are ten spots, since my family plans to claim three of

is good for everyone else, since my family intends to claim four of the ten spots,

for what?” Taylor says, coming up beside Jace and putting her arm

interestingly, Jace tenses on the other. I’ll have to

the contest and who was going to

I look at Evangeline, not

dinner. We can talk strategy and discuss why we both think all of our family members will win the contest.” I say

plying me with

ask her teasingly. I feel Jordan look at me. I’ve never shown this kind of interest in a woman

honest about it.” She says, turning

contest. Thank you so much for offering to share it with us. I just want to find my brother and we’ll

“Which brother?” Jordan asks.

looking for her brothers. Her neck is thin and graceful. I’ve never given much thought to a woman’s neck, but I can definitely

as if she heard my thoughts, her head snaps back to me. I hold her

is walking beside a man I recognize as Alpha Alejandro. My sister looks as entranced with him and I

need to find a bigger table.” I say, looking back at

let’s go find our own table. We’ll see you later.” Taylor says, pulling Jace

but me would notice the tension in my

he doesn’t often have a woman on

her breath tickling my ear. I turn to look at her and her face

give her a smirk, but I’m feeling just as impacted as she seems to be. I wonder if this is the mate bond everyone has started talking about. My parents say they felt it, but it wasn’t something that people believed in a generation ago. However, that seems to be changing and if this is it, I can see why. My pull to Evangeline is strong. Very

deep voice

I’m glad, it means he cares enough about his sisters to make sure they are treated well. Which means, if he really is interested in my sister, he’ll treat

all get a table together, get to know each other and talk

down at Teagan. “What do you

all for talking strategy.” My sister says

smiling at our sister’s confidence. “Well then, shall we?” I ask, putting my arm out in invitation for

of sadness in my sister’s

“And you, milady?”

easily. They serve us a feast of food. I notice that Evangeline and her sister don’t imbibe in alcohol. Instead, they drink water. Smart girls. That tells me that they are here