The Claiming by Cooper

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)

Chapter 24 (Jordan)

The bear hits the car, feeling like a freight train hit us, lifting my side of the car off the ground.

The car flips, tumbling down the incline beside the road and landing upside down. From above us, I hear the growl of more than one bear.

“Jordan, are you okay?” Jace asks.

“Yeah, you?” I ask, smelling blood. I’m not sure if it’s his or mine.

“I think so, I bashed my head against the window, but I’m okay,” he says. So, the blood is most likely his.

“We need to get out of this car. I’m not going to take on a group of bears upside down and pinned in,” I say, working to push my door open. “You’re not taking on a group of bears at all, Jordan. That’s a death wish,” he says, but I can hearthem crashing through the brush to get to us. Jace won’t like it, but I’m his Alpha, it’s my job to protect him.

I unhook my seat belt, careful not to let myself fall on my head and I pull myself out of the car.

“Jordan, dammit, wait for me!” Jace says.

I turn and just in time to. There are three of them standing

me why I shouldn’t kill you right now,” the leader says, just as Jace leaps over the car, landing beside me, having shifted in mid-air. “No, Jace!” I say, grabbing his tail. I hold his tail while

We came here to see your Clan Leader, Balor, and speak to him

problem you created?” their leader

you think we have a Clan Leader named Balor?” A second bear asks, his voice growly, but before I can answer

even if we did, we wouldn’t let filth like

begins snarling and snapping at

my paw,” the leader says, extending his claws that

I say

did you say your name was, little wolf?” he asks me, and I watch as the others step aside deferring to him. ‘Jace, step back, I think this is Balor,’ I say in the mind link. Jace moves back but ensures that he’s still in front of me. The motion does not go unnoticed by the new

is, didn’t know that we had a rogue problem. But we do now, and because of you, we were warned of the pending attack on me and my cousin, the only other female Alpha. I’d like to get more information on these rogues, and you should know that our elders are already out hunting forthem. We intend to take them out,

we didn’t know that the rogues existed until just a few days ago. We believe that they were hiding in the vacant pack lands that have now

the last 20 years that they have been killing bears, humans and who knows what else. Those dead humans have caused us a lot of problems. Dead humans

should you,”

long moment. “So, you’re the little wolf that all the fuss was about. I can see why. You’re a beautiful woman.

“I’m

away. I give Jace a low, warning growl of my own, letting him know that he needs to calm down before

yanks me to him, leaning in to

you smell f*ucking

I lean in and sniff him as well. “You smell like oak, large