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.

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

him. “You mean move on with you, don’t you? Isn’t that what

her side, support her in being the best

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

my intentions, pup,” he says condescendingly, getting in

week or two in any pack, much less your own? You’re a wanderer, a lone wolf. Leave my Alpha

sharp. I take a step back,

Alpha,” I say before heading

Evangeline POV

I was 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 I going to put my pup when he’s

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

of work that will need to be done 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.

packhouse is just as dilapidated as the first one was. Jaxon

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

your aunt’s pack?” I ask. It’s the first time

of this land is the pack lands. Personally, I think it was foolish to put 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 pack lands something better

Jaxon, seeing his image of what this place

here we could put a small town where we could have pack members open their own shops, making it easier to get things that we

and I love you. So, do you agree, we can put this one