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.

Gamma. You should accept her rejection and let her

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

and her. She needs someone that will stand by her side, support her

fight for herself and her position every f*uc*king day. You know nothing about what Jordan needs. And what do think will

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

to know that you have no idea how to 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 lone wolf. Leave my Alpha alone. She may not want me, but she deserves better

I take a step back, my eyes never

Alpha,” I say before

Evangeline POV

but the complete disarray of these pack lands wasn’t it. They are a disaster and all I can think

in front of us. The second one had

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. Why would you go from a fully functioning pack to this? We couldn’t even find clean water in the first two.

we get there, the packhouse is just as dilapidated as the first one was.

will look like when we’ve made this place our home,” he says, making me turn to

pack?” I ask. It’s the

I told you about? All 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

Jaxon, seeing his image of what this place could

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

my ear. “I love that idea, and I love you. So, do you agree, we can