Chapter 227


    The iming by Cooper Book 4


    The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)


    Chapter 27 (Evangeline)


    When we get to my grandmother’s pack,


    Alpha Jonas and Luna Melinda are there to greet me.


    “Alpha Jonas,” I say, as I get out of the car, “I hope it’s okay that I stay here for a while.”


    “I’ve already spoken to your mother. You can stay as long as you like,” he tells me.


    “How about I show you to your room? I’ve put you down the hall from your grandmother,” Luna Melinda


    says to me, hooking her arm through mine.


    “Thank you. I really appreciate this,” I say.


    “It’s no problem. I understand difficult parents when ites to the mate bond,” she says, looking at


    her mate.


    I’m d they finally worked things out. I had heard rumblings, some overheard conversations between


    my mother and father or my mother and grandmother. And since Alpha Jonas was both of their alpha at


    one point, they had been angry that Luna Melinda’s mother was keeping her from her mate.


    As we walk, she continues talking. “I knew Jonas was my mate before I turned 18, too. You just feel the


    pull to them, right?” she asks me.


    I’ve never had the opportunity to spend time with Luna Melinda, but I like her already.


    “Right! Everything about him just draws me to him,” I tell her.


    “And, Alpha Jaxon is 18, so he would be feeling the bond as well.”


    I turn and look at her. I’d forgotten that she came from his pack.


    She smiles at me. “I grew up with Jaxon. He’s a good man and he’ll make a great Alpha. I’m quite sure


    that he’ll win thispetition and get his pack. He deserves it.”


    She leads me down a hallway, my grandmother and Alpha Jonas trailing behind us with my bag.


    “And what about you, Alpha Evangeline. If you know that Jaxon is your mate, do you n to continue


    topete in the contest?” she asks.


    “Melinda,” Alpha Jonas’s tone is one of tolerant warning.


    “Jonas, I’m just asking. Evangeline is an Alpha, and she may want her own pack, separate from her


    mate,” she says, and I swear I see Alpha Jonas roll his eyes to the ceiling, possibly asking the Moon


    Goddess for patience.


    I know my lips are twitching and she winks at me.


    “So? What’s your n?”


    “I n to continue to fight and win the contest.”


    “Good for you!” she says as we get to a door at the end of the hallway. “Here you go. Now, why don’t


    you get settled and thene join us on the back porch. It has a lovely view of the forest line, and your


    grandmother makes a mean sweet tea.”


    I turn and I suddenly feel very emotional after the morning that I’ve had. I throw my arms around Luna


    Melinda and hug her.


    Her armse around me. “It will all work out in the end, just the way it’s supposed to,” she says


    quietly in my ear.


    “It may not seem like it now, but it will.”


    I nod and pull back. She takes my hands in hers and squeezes them before turning and walking to the


    door.


    “Jonas, will you be joining us on the back patio?” she asks her mate, looking up at him.


    “I need to go check on the kids first. If they are still sleeping, I’ll be down. If not…”


    “If not, bring them with you ande join us. They can run around in the grass and wear themselves


    out before dinner. I’ll have the kitchen staff make some food so they have something to eat when they


    do get up,” she tells him.


    Alpha Jonas seems very tolerant of his mate’s expectations and demands. From what I heard from my


    mother, he had be a very rigid Alpha, devoting his life to his pack. From what I’m seeing, being


    mated to Melinda has loosened him up quite a bit.


    “Ohhh, I hope Ryder and Molly are awake. I could use some baby and toddler time,” my grandmother


    says.


    “You have two children already?” I ask her.


    She puts her hands on her stomach. “Soon to be three. But it’s too soon to know if this one will be a


    boy or a girl.” Melinda looks up at her mate. “But it doesn’t matter to us.”


    “As long as our child is healthy,” Alpha Jonas says, putting his hand protectively over her stomach.


    As they take their leave, I wonder if Jonas and Melinda having another child will make a difference to


    Beta Jared’s younger son, Damien. Since it took Alpha Jonas so long to find his mate, his brother


    Jared had assumed, as did everyone else, that his sons would take over the pack. The oldest, Collin,


    was ted to be the next Alpha. Because Jonas and Melinda have a son now, Collin is


    participating in the contest. He’s made it to the next round. If this next child is a boy, I would expect that


    Damien will be participating in the Beta trials when those are held.


    After they are gone, I open my bag, smelling Jaxon’s scent and getting sad all over again. I pull the


    jacket out of the bag and hold it to my nose, breathing deeply. I’ll need to do someundry, but I have


    enough clothes to get by for a while. I grab my phone, knowing that my mother will be calling at some


    point and I head downstairs. When I get outside, I see that the children are awake. Both children have


    Melinda’s blond curly hair and as Ryder squeals and runs around, I can see that he has his father’s


    dark blue eyes.


    My grandmother has Molly in herp, ying pat-a-cake with her.


    “We have a seat for you right here, Alpha Evangeline,” Melinda says to me. “Thank you, Luna. Please


    call me Evangeline or Evie.”


    “Then you can call me Melinda, Evie.”


    I sit down, close my eyes, take a deep breath and let the stress of the morning wash away. I don’t know


    what’s going to happen, but for now, right this minute, I’m okay. I wish I’d thought to exchange phone


    numbers with Jaxon. At least then I could call him. I’ll talk to Melindater and see if I can get the main


    pack number for Jaxon’s pack and try to reach him that way. He deserves to know what happened and


    why I didn’t speak to him this morning.


    Alpha Jonas is chasing after his son, tickling him everytime he gets him, Ryder squealing in delight and


    racing off again. Because I’m watching, I see when he stands up suddenly, his eyes zing over.


    Melinda looks at him, but when his eyes refocus, he turns to me.


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    “You have a visitor,” he says, just as I hear the pounding of pawsing our way.


    I stand and see the giant ck wolf that must be Jaxon, racing toward me. I hurriedly walk off the porch


    and begin jogging toward him. The minute he’s close enough, he shifts, rushing to me and taking me in


    his arms.


    “Are you okay? I’m sorry if you didn’t want to see me, but I needed to know that you were okay.”


    I wrap my arms around him, burying my nose in his neck.


    “I’m much better now.”