The Claiming by Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 38 (Jaxon)

Okay, so Eve has a point. My sister seems perfectly fine with Nolan. More than fine, actually. My usual protectiveness seems unnecessary, but I suddenly have a bit more understanding of Alpha Luke and his reasons behind being protective of his daughter.

After the tour, I steal Eve away from the group, getting her in the forest for a few minutes of alone time. I press her against a tree and k*iss her, making sure to put every moment I’ve missed her into the k*iss.

“Is it terrible that I’m worried I won’t be able to sleep tonight if I’m not sleeping in bed with you?” she asks when we finally pull apart. 

“Honestly, I had the same thought. My bed doesn’t smell like you, and it’ll feel huge and lonely.” I say, keeping my forehead pressed against hers, my eyes closed as I take in her scent and just enjoy our closeness.

I feel her f*ingers toying with the collar of my shirt. “I could always sneak into your room.”

I open my eyes, seeing hers looking back at me.

“Are you planning to be naughty Evangeline?” I ask her, my voice rumbling at the thought of my mate sleeping beside me tonight.

She shrugs. “I sleep better beside you, Jaxon.”

“I’ll leave my door unlocked. Come in whenever you want or can get away.”

“Yeah?” she asks.

“And if I’m asleep, just crawl in beside me. I’ll leave room for you. But we’re only sleeping. We both need our rest for tomorrow. I have a feeling Nolan is going to make us work as hard as Ezekiel.”

“I hope so. I’d hate to feel like I wasted a week of training,” she says, making me smile.

Later that night, when she sneaks into my room and crawls into my bed, we spend some time kissing and t*ouching each other, enjoying the feel of our naked bodies pressed against each other again. But, soon enough, we curl up together and fall asleep. I set my alarm to give her plenty of time to get back to her room and shower before training.

it’s clear, I send her back to her room in nothing more than my

with Eve

hallway, ready for training, my sisters, Eve and Magdalena all come out

cheerfully, knowing my sisters

me, Magdalena looking about the same. “Good morning, Jaxon,”

she says,

from her. “I think he smells like sandalwood,” she says, taking the hand I offer

snorts. “Yeah, he usually

members that are joining the training session today. I note that many of the omegas are joining the class too. I’m glad Jordan opened it up to

I realize that this week is going to be as brutal as last week, at least for me.

practically wanted us doing splits by the time our stretching was done. My mate is very flexible, I already knew that, so for her, this was easy. For me, not so

to do the same kick over and over. Have you ever done repetitive motions that your body isn’t used to? It causes your body to cramp,

my inner t*highs feel like they are in shreds and my right outer t*high feel like I’ll never get it out of this cramped position that it’s in. And, oh goody, now it’s time to switch l*egs. How the

she could actually get it over my head and never t*ouch me.

the only one. Most of the men and some of the women are

Super Hotty, s*uck it up,” she says as we work the second l*eg for the next

and I take out my frustration on the punching bag that I’m assigned to. That is, until the normal motion of punching

away. When punching time is over, we go back to, you guessed it,

my l*egs in a diamond shape and

resting on her feet, her

some sort of masochist. I literally can’t move. I could barely get the soles of my feet together and once I did, I’m not sure I

forward, my l*egs will snap off. This is as

push forward, even just a bit. I expect that by the end of the week, you’ll look like Alpha Evangeline

That was a great workout, but this

like she’s going to take a nap

you interested, please come back tonight at 5pm. We’ll get into a

How much more

Eve says, putting her hand

I can move,” I tell her, not reaching up to grab her