The Claiming by Cooper Book 4
The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)
Chapter 27 (Evangeline)
When we get to my grandmother’s pack,
Alpha Jonas and Luna Melinda are there to greet me.
“Alpha Jonas,” I say, as I get out of the car, “I hope it’s okay that I stay here for a while.”
“I’ve already spoken to your mother. You can stay as long as you like,” he tells me.
“How about I show you to your room? I’ve put you down the hall from your grandmother,” Luna Melinda says to me, hooking her arm through mine.
“Thank you. I really appreciate this,” I say.
“It’s no problem. I understand difficult parents when it comes to the mate bond,” she says, looking at her mate.
I’m glad they finally worked things out. I had heard rumblings, some overheard conversations between my mother and father or my mother and grandmother. And since Alpha Jonas was both of their alpha at one point, they had been angry that Luna Melinda’s mother was keeping her from her mate.
As we walk, she continues talking. “I knew Jonas was my mate before I turned 18, too. You just feel the pull to them, right?” she asks me.
I’ve never had the opportunity to spend time with Luna Melinda, but I like her already.
Everything about him just draws me to him,” I
so he
her. I’d forgotten that she came from
with Jaxon. He’s a good man and he’ll make a great Alpha. I’m quite sure that he’ll win this competition and get his pack. He deserves
and
that Jaxon is your mate, do you plan to continue
Jonas’s tone is
she says, and I swear I see Alpha Jonas
know my lips are twitching and she winks at
“So? What’s your plan?”
to continue to fight and
a door at the end of the hallway. “Here you go. Now, why don’t you get settled and then come join
that I’ve had. I throw my arms around
around me. “It will all work out in the end, just the way it’s
may not seem like it now,
She takes my hands in hers
be joining us on the back patio?” she
first. If they are
and wear themselves out before dinner. I’ll have the kitchen staff make some food so they have something to eat
what I heard from my mother, he had become a very rigid Alpha, devoting his life to his
could use some baby and toddler time,”
two children
on her stomach. “Soon to be three. But it’s too soon to know if this one will be a boy or a girl.” Melinda looks up at
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