The Claiming by Cooper

The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)

Chapter 69 (Jace)

Jordan immediately steps out of my grasp. F*uc*king Nolan, this is twice he’s interrupted a conversation I was having with Jordan.

“Nolan, what are you doing here?” she asks him.

“I came to see if I could pry you away from your work and take you to dinner,” he says, eyeing me.

“Yes, absolutely,” she says, turning to me.

“We’ll talk later, Jace.”

I take a step back. “Remember what I said, Jordan,” I say, holding her gaze until she nods.

I walk past Nolan, nodding my head in greeting before walking out. As I get to the end of the hall, I hear him. “So, he’s the mate, huh?”

So, Jordan told him about me, or at least that she has a mate. I’m guessing that he also knows that she rejected me.

I walk downstairs, going to the kitchen to grab something quick to eat before heading back upstairs to my room. On my way out of the kitchen, I hear his voice.

made her choice, Gamma. You should accept her rejection and let her move

face him. “You mean move on with you, don’t you?

by her side, support her in

she faces on a daily basis and runs interference on those difficulties, so she doesn’t have to fight for herself and her position every f*uc*king day. You know nothing about what Jordan needs. And what do think will happen if she accepts you as her mate? That you would just continue to go off and train people around the world? Leaving her here to run and pack AND raise her pups? What kind of life is that for Jordan? I’ll tell you. It isn’t one and it’s not one that she’ll

about me or my intentions,

pack. When’s the last time you spent more than a week or two in any pack, much

I take a step back, my eyes never leaving

your dinner, Alpha,” I

Evangeline POV

expecting, but the complete disarray of these pack lands wasn’t it. They are a disaster and all I can think about is, where am

packhouse had already started crumbling to the ground, literally falling apart in front of us. The second one had vines and trees

no one is going to move to any of these pack lands while they are

is just as dilapidated as the first one was. Jaxon comes up behind me and wraps his arms

think about what it looks like now. Think about what it will look like when we’ve made this place our home,” he says, making me turn to look at him over

aunt’s pack?” I ask. It’s the first time he’s said something like this

here. I much prefer having it like it is in Jordan’s pack, closer to the mountains. So, rather than

look at the space differently as I listen to Jaxon, seeing his image of what

small town where we could have pack members open their own shops, making it easier to get things that we need without having to go

you. So, do you