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.

and they have

he tells her calmly.

I are about to have a battle of wills and not

it

he says before

I forbid it!” Taylor says and I can

“You are not my Alpha and even if you were, as your mate, your command flows off of me. Do not think that you can control me just because

your mate?” she asks, fighting against

the work. I am the best in my division, Taylor. That makes me the perfect person to be asked to

could be injured in every training exercise I participate in,”

It could kill you,” she says, taking a

if I have the antibodies. If not, I will get the

if something happens to you?” she

possible that I could be killed,

sparred together, but I hear you are a

asks softly, her eyes closed

nose. “I’m top in my division for a reason, Taylor. No one beats me. Perhaps it’s time you

“You want me to fight

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

noticed that my mate tends to act on her emotions more than her mind. She’s extremely intelligent, I’ll give her that, and some of this is her youth, but I’m hoping I can teach her, through example, how

then?” she asks, her eyes opening as she looks up at me in a

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. Or perhaps, we are meant to complement each other. I can temper her emotions and she can add fun and laughter in my life. Or maybe, it’s

reward,” she says, snorting and

very lucky. So, about

so we can be done

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 top

right now?” I ask

as her eyes become shrewd. “And if I win, you won’t participate as a guard in the Beta Trials?” she

a fancy dinner and you will wear a nice dress and heels,” I say and watch the look of

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