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.

choice, Gamma. You should accept her rejection and

turning to face him. “You mean move on

her side, support her in

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 want, I can

know nothing about me or my intentions, pup,” he says condescendingly, getting in

live in a pack. When’s the last time you spent more than a week or two in any pack, much less your own? You’re a wanderer, a

Jordan’s tone is sharp. I take a step back, my

Alpha,” I say before heading

Evangeline POV

these pack lands wasn’t it. They are a disaster and all I

front of us. The

once we claim our packs. Well, let’s be honest, no one is going to move to any of these pack lands while they are in this state. Why would you go from a fully functioning pack to this?

we get there, the packhouse is just as dilapidated as the first one was. Jaxon comes up behind me and wraps

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

pack?” I ask. It’s the first time

the packhouse way out here. I much prefer having it like it is in Jordan’s pack, closer to the mountains. So, rather than rebuilding what is falling apart, we start fresh, new, making these

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

a small town where we could have pack members open their own shops,

idea, and I love you. So, do you agree, we can