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.

hallway. Once I see that it’s clear, I send

I get with Eve lying beside me is much better than the sleep I

Magdalena all come out at about the same time. Only

knowing my sisters hate it that I’m

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

she says,

think he smells like sandalwood,” she says,

“Yeah,

joining the warriors and other ranked members that are joining the training session today. I note that many of the omegas

this week is going to be as brutal as last week, at least for me. Eve and my sisters seem to be having a

shit. Nolan 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 much. My inner t*highs felt like they’d

repetitive motions that your body isn’t

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

you’ve got this,” my nimble, incredibly flexible mate says as her l*eg swings high enough that she could actually get

body wasn’t made to do this,” I grunt. The only positive is that I’m not the only one. Most of the

as we work the second l*eg for the next

my frustration on the punching bag that I’m assigned to. That is, until the normal motion of punching has my h*ips

a b*itch,” I say, hopping away. When punching time is over, we go back to, you guessed

supposed to put the soles of my feet together, my l*egs in a diamond shape and

head resting on her feet,

my feet together and once I did, I’m not sure I will ever be able to get

l*egs will snap off. This

strive for tomorrow. When we stretch, hopefully you’ll be able to push forward, even just a bit. I expect that by the end of the week, you’ll look like Alpha Evangeline here,” he

That was a great workout, but this stretch is

like she’s going to take a nap in that

hands. “Alright everyone, nice job! For those of you interested, please come

much more

Hotty,” Eve says, putting her hand out to

can move,” I tell her,