The Claiming by Cooper

Chapter 246

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 46 (Evangeline)

Jaxon and I spent the evening laughing and dancing together, celebrating his sister becoming the pack’s Alpha. It felt a lot like we were already a mated couple. No one else asked me to dance, not that Jaxon gave them the chance, but there were no jealous she- wolves hovering around us either, clamoring for a chance to dance with Jaxon. It was a great night and now, I’m heading to my room to shower and change before I sneak up to Jaxon’s room for the night.

When I get out of the shower, Maggie is just walking in.

“Hey Maggie, did you have a good time tonight.”

“Hey, Evie, yeah I did,” she says distractedly, going to her bed.

“You okay?” I ask her.

“Yeah, I’m good. You headed to Jaxon’s room?”

My sister and I have been best friends our entire lives. We know everything about each other and right now, I know something is bothering my sister.

I finish getting dressed in my pajama shorts and top and I sit on my bed. “Spill,” I say.

“Is it that obvious?”

“Well, I mean, you’re not like Makayla and bouncy all the damn time, but you’ re usually more upbeat than this, especially when we’ve just come from such a fun night.”

She begins chewing on the inside of her m*outh. A sure sign that something is bothering her.

“I found him, Evie.”

I wait, thinking there’s more. She doesn’t say any more, she just looks at me.

“Found who?”

“Him. My mate.”

I jump up, pulling her into a hug. “Maggie, that’s wonderful!” I say, before stopping and pulling back.

“Wait, why aren’t you more excited?”

“Dad, obviously.”

“Oh shit.”

“Yeah, oh shit. If he’s struggling this much with you, imagine how he’s going to act with me. I’m six months younger than you are.”

“How old is your mate? WHO is your mate?” I ask, watching as a smile spreads across her face.

“Jaxon’s cousin, Caleb. And we’re the same age.”

right? He

I understand the family tree. I need to know, not only because I’m Jaxon’s mate, but now my sister is going to

and there’ s another sister, Brooke, but she already found her mate. She’s your age, not quite 18, but her parents let her go spend time in her mate’s pack and let him come to visit theirs. I guess they are splitting the time going to where the trainers are

in the contest too,

rushed us out of there so fast on the last day. But Evie, now I want to spend time with him, I want to get to

still getting to know each other. I know that, unlike you and Jaxon, I won’t be 18 before the next competition, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t other reasons for us to spend time together

I ask her. “I’ll support you in any way you want, Maggie. If you want to come with me to grandmother Isabella’s pack, I’ll support you. If Alpha Jonas won’t take both of us,

here with Jaxon and his family or we’ll go find our own place to live until

an eyebrow at me. “You’ve really thought this

intention of letting dad or anyone keep me from Jaxon.

mom and dad try to keep you apart.

a sheepish smile spreading across her face. “He’s actually coming here tonight so we can

of ‘talking’

together when there’s

door and Caleb’s eyes go wide. “Oh,

in, Caleb. I’m Evangeline. I’m mated to your

I heard

“Good things, I hope.”

Maggie. “I guess

“I’ll see you in the morning. Keep your ears out for dad. We’ll figure things

“Thanks, Evie.”

I said hi.” Caleb

fist to knock when the door swings open and

asks

“Care to share?”

is mated to your cousin,” I tell

He frowns. “Griffin?”

He was just arriving as

father going to

this weekend. You and I

care how many more there are. We’ll figure

me and that’s the last I think of Maggie, Caleb

Jace POV

walks out of the room. Taylor rushes to me, wrapping her arm around

“Jace, what happened?”

guess I never really figured out how to tell her that Jordan was my mate. I

me.” Better to just say

rejected you

Taylor. “As her

slapped her across

“Jordan is your mate?”

“Yeah.”

knew? All

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