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.

her mouth and her taste before stepping back and checking the hallway. Once I see that it’s clear, I send

got less sleep than I would have liked, the sleep I get with Eve lying beside me is

for training, my sisters, Eve and Magdalena all come out at about the

cheerfully, knowing my sisters hate

looking about the

she says,

look away from her. “I think he smells like sandalwood,”

“Yeah,

follow them down the stairs, joining the warriors and other ranked members that are joining the training session today. I note that many of the

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

the first 30 minutes stretching and when I say stretching, I don’t mean the easy 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 been beaten with a

Have you ever done repetitive motions that your body isn’t used to? It causes your body to cramp, your muscles complaining at

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 f*uc*k am I supposed to

she could actually get it over my head and never t*ouch me. My l*eg is barely high enough to

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

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

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

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

my feet together, my l*egs in a diamond shape and I’m supposed to

on her feet, her eyes rolling closed. “Oh, this feels so good,”

the soles of my feet together and once I did, I’m not sure I will ever be able to get myself out of this

my l*egs will snap off.

to 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

a great workout, but this stretch

mate literally looks like she’s going to take a nap in

his hands. “Alright everyone, nice job! For those of you interested, please come back tonight at 5pm. We’ll get

much more intense can

Eve says,

move,” I tell her, not reaching