Chapter 216


    The iming by Cooper Book 4


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    The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)


    Chapter 16 Evangeline


    I walk into my room, still dazed from kissing Jaxon. Wow, that man can k*iss.


    Almost immediately, I’m waid by Maggie.


    “Do you want to exin to me why you and Super Hotty were in that dark cave all alone and why now


    your eyes are zed over, your lips look puffy, and you have a dopey smile on your face?”


    “He kissed me.” I say quietly, my lingersing to my lips that are still tingling after thatst k*iss. It


    was so unexpected, so naughty; so….delicious. That’s the only word I can use to describe how Jaxon


    tastes. J


    “Tell me EVERYTHING!” Maggie says, plopping down on the bed, looking at me with excitement in her


    eyes.


    “I….well, he asked me on a date earlier. Geez, was that just this morning?”


    “So this was a date?” She asks.


    “No, this was idental. His family was waiting for Raelyn to cross the finish line and I went out to


    stand with them. After she came in, he wanted to look around the territory and we ended up in the


    cave. At first, we were just looking around but then….”


    I remember how something had seemed to crackle in the air. He reached out to k*iss me at almost the


    same moment I began to feel a desperate need to be kissed by him. And it was like all that magical


    energy in the cave just wrapped around us. I couldn’t get enough of him, his scent, his taste, the


    warmth of his body pressed against mine.


    “What are you smiling at?” Maggie asks me.


    I don’t want to tell her that I could very clearly feel Jaxon’s arousal pressed between us. “He’s an


    amazing kisser, Maggie. I mean, holy goddess! His lips are divine. Soft and warm but still strong and


    when he slid his tongue into my mouth…”


    I look up and see Maggie’s eyes wide, her hands clenched to her chest. She and I have always been


    extremely close, so she knows this was my first k*iss and I know she’s only gotten kisses that were


    pecks from guys at school.


    “Do you think all kisses are like that?” She asks me.


    “I have no idea, but I know that he seemed to want more just as much as I did.”


    Her eyes go even wider. “Do you think that means that you’re a good k*isser too?”


    “I guess. I don’t know. I hope so.” I tell her and I really do hope so. I want Jax k*issing me again, soon.


    Maggie flops back on her bed, looking up at the ceiling. “Oh, it’s so romantic.” Then she pops back up.


    “What if he’s your mate, Evie?”


    “I don’t know, Maggie. I still want to win thispetition. I want to be an Alpha.” But it makes me


    wonder about his question and our conversation earlier about finding my mate. He was clear that he


    would be willing to be co-Alphas. I wonder if he knows something I don’t. He is 18 after all.


    “Well, you have time to figure it out and apparently at least one date to talk about it. Wow, you and


    Super Hotty.”


    “Yeah.” I say, getting up to change into my pajamas. “Tomorrow will be interesting. I can’t wait to see


    what the nextpetition is going to be like.”


    “Me too!”


    The next morning there is a bustle of activity all over. The finish line has been removed, but the


    scoreboard is still standing with the top 100 on disy. After breakfast, Maggie and I head over to see


    ourpetition. Not surprisingly, everyone that is on our list is on the board.


    “Checking out thepetition?” Lazio says,ing up behind us.


    “Hey, where have you been?” I ask him.


    “Eating and sleeping. Haven’t you?” He asks, looking at me.


    “We went into the territoryst night. We got to see mom’s signature on the cave wall and swam in the


    lake.” Maggie tells him.


    “Who else went?” He asks frowning.


    “Al was there and Alpha Jaxon and two of his sisters.” I tell him.


    “I guess I missed out. Damn.” He looks disappointed a moment, before his face lights up again.


    “Hey, did you hear the gossip?” He asks.


    “No, what?”


    “Apparently Alpha Tobias found his mate. You know how Alpha Tank is mated to Gianna, Alpha Asher


    and Luna Mignon’s oldest daughter?”


    “Yeah.” Maggie and I say together.


    “Well. Tobias is Tank’s younger brother, and his mate is…”


    “Lazio, tell us!” Maggie says, nudging him.


    “His mate is via, Gianna’s younger sister.”


    “So, the brothers are mated to sisters?” I ask.


    “Exactly.”


    “Is thatmon? To have families mated to each other.”


    “How would I know. I’m too young to even smell my mate. And were really the first generation where


    there are enough females to actually have mates, so….it’s anyone’s guess.”


    “Well. I guess those two packs will always have an alliance. And isn’t Gianna and via’s brother


    Paolo is scheduled to take over his pack in the next few months?”


    “He is, and that’s another interesting conversation. While via doesn’t n to leave thepetition,


    even though she knows she’s mated to Tobias, it looks like Paolo has found his mate, only she’s not


    quite 18 yet. But she will be by the next event and she’s in the top 100. I heard Councilman Jason say


    this morning that they are going to include some runner ups in the finalists in case some of the females


    find their mates and drop out during the contest.”


    “Who does he think his mate is?” Maggie asks.


    “Noelle, Alpha Antonio and Luna Annabel’s oldest daughter.”


    I’m shocked. “She’s in the top 10. You think she’ll just drop out of thepetition?” I ask. Even if I


    realized that Jaxon is my mate, I’m like via, I’ m not dropping out.


    “It’s all rumor at this point, but from what I hear. Noelle never wanted to be an Alpha. However, she’s


    perfectly happy to be a Luna.”


    “Why does Paolo think that Noelle is his mate?” I ask him.


    “Uhhh, something about how she smells, or something like that. As I said I’m too young to have found


    my mate, so I’m just going off what he said. You two are closer to finding your mates than I am. Anyone


    smell good around here?”


    Both Maggie and I duck our heads. Which makes me wonder who she thinks smells good. I’ll have to


    ask her. She’s only six months younger than I am, so she could be feeling the pull to someone, and if


    so, that will only increase as thepetition continues.


    At that moment. I’m saved from answering by a flying Maka. She leaps, somehow managing to


    attach herself to both Lazio and me, hanging on to us like a monkey.


    “Wooo! Look at my family on that leaderboard! It makes me wish I could havepeted. I’d love to see


    my name up there with all of yours.”


    “There’s always the Beta trials, Makie.” Alejandro says, walking up.


    “Nah, I’d rather be a Luna.”


    I turn and look at her. “You know it doesn’t work like that, right?”


    She shrugs. “It could though, right? Even if I’m not mated to an Alpha, one could choose me as his


    mate, and I could choose him.”


    I just shake my head at her.


    “So, what are we doing today?” Maggie says.


    “It’s a free day, we get to rx until tonight. Some people will be packing up and leaving, others will


    stay for the festivities. I think they are nning a swim party at theke in the territory, tours of the pack


    lands for anyone interested or you can just hang out and look at your name on the leaderboard.”


    Alejandro says.


    “I vote for swimming!” Maka says. “I second that!” Lazio says.


    I look at Maggie and Al. “It was nice at night. I’d like to get a better look at theke during the day. If I


    end up winning and get stuck with thisnd, I’d like to know what I’m getting myself into.” I say.


    “A day of swimming it is.” Alejandro says.