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.”

“Griffin is the oldest male, right? He just took over as Alpha.

need to know, not only because I’m Jaxon’s mate, but now my sister is going to be mated

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 best since they

is in the contest

that I didn’t approach him, and he didn’t approach me, or he didn’t have a chance since dad 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 know him. I could

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 that still include prepping

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

Jaxon and his family or we’ll go find our

me. “You’ve really thought this through,

letting dad or

agrees, maybe you could even stay there if mom and dad

sheepish smile spreading across her face. “He’s actually coming here

a lot of ‘talking’ that first night,” I say using air

giggling together when there’s a

open the door and Caleb’s eyes

I’m mated to your cousin, Jaxon.”

I heard about

“Good things, I hope.”

“I guess it

shake my head, smiling. “I’ll see you in the morning. Keep your ears out for dad. We’ll figure

“Thanks, Evie.”

I said hi.” Caleb

door swings open

asks me. “I

“Care to share?”

mated to

He frowns. “Griffin?”

just arriving as I

is your father going

this weekend. You and I may have a plus two from

you, I don’t care how many

I think of Maggie, Caleb or my

Jace POV

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

“Jace, what happened?”

really figured out how to tell her that Jordan was my mate. I guess I figured Jordan would reject me early

me.” Better

you as her

look at Taylor. “As

like I slapped her across the

“Jordan is your mate?”

“Yeah.”

you knew? All

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