The Claiming by Cooper

Chapter 299

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)

Chapter 26 (Jordan)

Jace is letting these bears get under his skin and they’re enjoying taunting him. They found his b*utton almost instantly and they just keep pushing it. Me.

Except, I’m not playing along. I hadn’t intended to say that I’d be sleeping with Jace, but I was hoping it would let Balor know that I wasn’t interested.

Instead, he caught me in my lie and he made sure that I knew it.

Overall, though, I like the bears. Darryl and Apollo have more restraint than Jusan, but if I’m right, they have some years on him too. I wonder if he’s a younger brother of one of them. I turn, looking at all of them and when I turn back, Balor is looking at me.

“Something on your mind, little wolf?” he asks me.

“Yes, big bear, I was wondering which one of you is Jusan’s big brother,” I say, taking a risk. But the moment I say it, I know I’m right. Balor barks another one of those belly laughs.

“Damn, little wolf. Are all Alphas as smart as you?” he asks me.

“That’s a matter of opinion, I guess,” I say.

“Whose brother do you think he is?” Darryl asks me.

I look at all of them, but now they are being careful not to show any outward signs to clue me in.

“Yours,” I say to Darryl.

“You got some fox in you, little Alpha?”

Apollo asks me, giving me a big bear smile.

“I don’t think so,” I say.

“Do you have any brothers, little wolf?” Balor asks me.

twin, actually,” I

that a she-wolf became Alpha over her twin

made an agreement before we were born that the first born, regardless of gender, would be named Alpha. Of all the packs, only my parents remained firm in the belief that it doesn’t matter if an Alpha is a male or female, what matters if their

position while every other pack gave theirs to the oldest male?” Apollo asks

him,” I tell them honestly. “But we had several packs that were vacant, and he won one of them. It’s

is it?” Balor asks, looking at me

say pointing. “My brother and his mate got

and Apollo. “What?” I ask as we come up to

holds up a finger, telling me

my guests, and you will treat them as

so he does know my name,’ Jace

‘Jace…’ I warn.

behave Jordan,’ he says, as

so their stares don’t phase me. I

a large firepit outside of it. The fire is going

to sit and we all sit around the fire, Balor sitting on one side and Jace on

look before?” I ask, getting

said your brother had moved into a pack land that’s on the other side of the mountain?”

“That’s correct,” I say.

again. “That’s where one of the

you know?”

nose. “Keen sense of

been building a packhouse on the lands, having demolished what was left of the old buildings

that there are at least two wolfpacks,” Apollo

do you know?”

Darryl says. “Do you have any idea how

each pack,” he says, and

Councilman Jason,” he says, standing up and moving away to make

bitten by these wolves?” I

survival. The bite

a sick sense of fear pooling in

intense gaze holds mine. “Crazy, like rabid,”

my finger like he did to me earlier. ‘Jace, tell Councilman Jason that we need Dr. Braxton and Kyra out

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