The Claiming by Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 48 (Jordan)

“Hey Nolan. I know we talked about me meeting you at Alpha Luke’s this week, but it doesn’t feel right. I just took my oath as Alpha two days ago and now I’ m planning to go train for a competition that I’m not even eligible for. I need to be here.” I say, by way of greeting.

“Jordan. It’s nice to hear from you. You’re an Alpha, officially the leader of your pack now. I understand if you can’t join me this week, although I won’t say that I’m not disappointed. However, I looked at my schedule. If you can’t join me this week, perhaps you could join me in two weeks? I’ll be in Alpha Jonas’s pack. I believe that’s relatively close to your pack.”

“I can make that work. It gives me time to work with Elijah to prepare for me to be away. This week, all I’ve had time for is preparing for the Alpha ceremony.”

“Excellent. So, tell me, how does it feel to be an official Alpha?”

“Honestly?” I ask him.

“I thought we had agreed to only ever by honest with each other,” he says.

It’s true. When he was here, we had talked about honesty, how important it is. Nolan is about 15 years older than I am and he never found his mate. It was refreshing to talk to someone that wasn’t interested in me just because I’m an Alpha. He wanted to know about me, Jordan, the woman.

When I had started to give him my usual responses, he had called me on it.

“Is that you speaking or is that the Alpha speaking?” he had asked.

I had looked at him. “I’m not sure I know the difference anymore.”

“Hmm, how about, from now on, you tell me what you, Jordan, think when we talk, not you, Alpha Jordan.”

“I don’t know if I know how to do that,” I say honestly.

“What about when you are speaking to your twin? Do you struggle to know the difference then?” he asked.

“No, Jaxon knows me. It’s part of being a twin. There aren’t a lot of secrets.”

“Then, I’d like you to talk to me like you would talk to Jaxon. If the answer doesn’t come from your heart, from you, the woman, from a place of honesty, then I don’t want the answer.”

have ever met. He and the other warriors don’t belong to a pack. He had gone away for years, training

“It’s a little scary being the Alpha. My cousin, Griffin tried to warn me, but it’s not something you can explain. When I took my oath, I felt the power of becoming an Alpha, and then immediately

the responsibility that has been given to you and you want to do right by your people. I believe you

“Thank you, Nolan.”

for a couple of

disappointed if

it’s not too forward, when my next time comes to be in your pack, I’d

“I would love that.”

hope that I will see you in two weeks’ time and it’s a date for three weeks from

know I have a huge, dopey smile on my face when I say goodbye and hang

fades quickly when there’s a knock on my door and I smell Jace. I’ve been avoiding him

“Come in.”

and sits in front of

be heading out either tonight or tomorrow to train in Alpha Luke’s pack for

calling me Alpha rather

an Alpha who just took her oath to be gone for a week with unnecessary training, so I’m staying here,” I tell him, still

on my desk, trying to focus, but unable to with him sitting in the room. My heart still hurts, still aches for the mate that

go train with Taylor in Griffin’s pack this

we have Jameson coming here. I’II be here, training

is best for your training, Jace,”

says quietly, and I know he’s not talking about this

look up. “But you are, aren’t you? Isn’t that what this is about, Jace? You being in this competition? Isn’t it about you

mate,” he says, his amber eyes boring into

your mate, Jace.

with me. He stands

change your mind, Jordan. I’m

behind him. I have

Jaxon POV

back and watching my mate take charge with her mother and the other mates in the room is f*uc*king hot. I’m pretty sure if she wasn’t my mate, I’ d still want her. The woman is all Alpha, except when I take charge of her body and make her

the coming week, meaning we’re headed back to Alpha Jonas’s pack. He was fine with us returning and on our last day in my pack, we meet Luna Katerina and Alpha Luke. Alejandro, Teagan, Caleb and Magdalena join

spoken to your father,” Luna Katerina begins. “He wanted to speak to all of you before making any