The Claiming by Cooper

Chapter 313

The Claiming by Cooper Book 4

The Beta Trials by Cooper (Jace & Jordan)

Chapter 40 (Nolan)

“Fighter Nolan, might I have a word?” Councilman Jason asks before we can disconnect from the Alpha call.

“Of course, do you want me to call you?”

“If Alpha Jaxon is okay to leave the video on, we can just stay here,” he says, and I look up at Alpha Jaxon. “Just turn it off when you’re done,”

Alpha Jaxon says, holding his newborn son.

“Did you want me to stay or go, Nolan?” Taylor asks me.

I look at Councilman Jason. “Is there a reason my mate can’t stay?” I ask, and I see Taylor’s l*ips tip up. She likes it when I call her my mate. It gives me hope for us.

“That is up to you, but I don’t see any reason she shouldn’t stay, especially when this idea was hers to begin with,” he says.

“What idea?” she asks, looking up at the video screen on the wall.

“The idea that the fighters would act as guards during the Beta Trials,” Councilman Jason says, looking from her to me. “So, I’d like to know if you’d be willing to offer your services to protect our packs while they compete in the Beta Trials. I would hope that the rogues will be caught and dealt with in the next couple of months, but if not, we’ll need all the eyes and ears we canget. The best fighters of all would make those of us on the council feel a lot better about continuing the Trials,” Councilman Jason says.

“No, that was a terrible idea,” Taylor says, her voice panicked as she turns to me. “You would be at risk, Nolan. I brought this idea up before I knew you. You can’t do this,” she says, and I can tell that this is coming from a place of fear, but it angers me that she feels that I am so incapable of protecting not only myself, but also others from these rogues.

“I can do this if I choose to, Taylor. This is my decision to make, not yours,” I tell her.

“Have you even asked the others?” she snaps at Councilman Jason.

I have, and they

he tells her calmly.

Councilman,” I say, knowing that Taylor and I are about to have a battle of wills and

will forward it

says before

Taylor says and I can feel

mate, your command flows off of me. Do not think that you

as your

decline the work. I am the best in my division, Taylor. That makes me the perfect person to be asked to act as a guard in these events. Even you thought so until your heart got

be injured,” she says. “Correct, just like I could be injured in every training

new virus. It could kill you,” she says,

blood and see if I have the antibodies. If not, I will get

to you?” she

that I could be killed, so I won’t lie to her about

I hear

does that have to do with anything?” she asks softly, her

my division for a reason, Taylor. No one beats

“You want me to fight

to spar with me. Your lack of confidence in my ability to protect myself and others is insulting to me. You need to realize that I am mated to an Alpha for a reason, and that reason isn’t that

I’ll give her that, and some of this is her youth, but I’m hoping I can teach her, through example, how act on

eyes opening as she looks up at me in a way I’ve

know yet. Maybe because I was patient, the Moon Goddess decided to reward me,” I saw honestly. I feel extremely lucky to have finally found my mate. I would have wanted her anyway, but having an Alpha as a mate makes me think that the two of us are meant to do great things together.

she says, snorting

feel very lucky. So,

your a*ss so

at her. It’ s cute that she thinks she’s going to beat me. I’m excited to see if she’s really as good as I’ve heard. But even if she is, she came in fourth overall in the sparring competitions. I may not have defeated her, but I’ve defeated the

now?”

I win, you won’t participate as

wear a nice dress and heels,” I say and watch the look of horror that crosses her

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