Chapter 262


    Book 4


    The Contest by Cooper (Jaxon & Evangeline)


    Chapter 62 (Jaxon)


    I would have been happy if we were having a girl, truly. But I’ve been surrounded by women my entire


    life.


    Between my mother and my four sisters, there just isn’t enough testosterone in my family.


    I’m so excited I feel like I could walk on air. We first go tell Jordan, then my parents which also includes


    Raelyn who was almost as excited as I am to have a nephew. And then, we go back to the packhouse


    to tell Teagan and Rowan, who have already heard the news, before we finally go back to our room.


    “Are you going to call your mother?” I ask Eve.


    She looks at her phone, nervously twisting it around in her hands. She’s maintained contact with her


    sisters and brothers, and asionally her mother, but she has adamantly refused to speak to her


    father.


    “What if he answers?” she asks. “What if he does? Do you think he’s not aware that you’re pregnant?


    I’d be shocked if he hasn’t heard from someone in your family,” I tell her.


    She looks at me, then pulls out the image of our son on the ultrasound. Sheys it on the table then


    takes a picture of it, before sending it to her mother.


    “I’ll let her know this way, then she can share it with dad if she wants,” Eve says. And the moment she


    hits send, she dials Magdalena.


    I get up, k*issing the top of her head, feeling the sadness in our bond. My family is ecstatic, and hers


    would be too, but once again, her father has put a barrier between them. Because I’m so close, I hear


    the other call beeping in. She pulls the phone away from her ear and I see that it’s her mother, already


    calling her back after receiving the photo.


    She hits dismiss and then returns to her call with Magdalena. They talk for a few moments and Eve


    finally starts to smile.


    I’m debating what to order for dinner, when Eve huffs.


    “Fine,” she says, and I hear the line beep with an iing video call. She pulls the phone in front of


    her, and hits ept.


    “Hi, Mom,” she says.


    “Hi Mom? That’s all I get? You send me a picture of my grandson and then don’ t even answer the


    phone when I call back, RIGHT AWAY, I might add.”


    I watch as Eve’s lips twitch and I rx. She’ll feel better after speaking to her mom. I move behind her


    and lean into the video of the phone.


    “Hello, Luna Katerina. Your grandson sure is a handsome little guy, isn’t he?” I ask her.


    “He sure is, he looks just like his mother,” she says, making me chuckle. “How are you, Jaxon?”


    “I’m good, thank you. You?”


    “I’m better now. The doctor said everything was good? No issues with the pregnancy?” she asks, and I


    move out of the video, letting Eve have time with her family.


    I motion to her that I’m going to get us food and I head downstairs. I look at what is nned for dinner


    tonight and I choose the meal that is best suited to the celebration that I have nned. I want Eve and I


    to have some alone time, to be together after getting our news today. And soon, we need to figure out


    what we’re going to do with a baby, new pack hopefully and a dpidated packhouse. It’s time for me to


    start thinking about an ie that isn’t based on Jordan’s pack.


    As I wait for my food, I see Jordane downstairs dressed much nicer than she usually is. She’s


    wearing a red sweater dress that hugs her body and heels. I give her a true wolf whistle. “Got a date


    tonight, sis?”


    She looks over smiling, just as Nn walks into the packhouse. “As a matter of fact, I do. Have a good


    evening,” she says, putting her arm through his. “Hey Nn,” I say.


    “Alpha Jaxon,” he says, nodding his head. “Congrattions to both you and your mate on making it to


    the next round of thepetition.”


    “Thank you. You kids have fun,” I say, before turning to get the tray of food that I ordered.


    Jordan snorts. “Don’t wait up,” she says as they walk out of the packhouse.


    When I turn back with my tray, I see most of the pack watching as she leaves. Since there’s no reason


    for everyone to have stopped what they are doing to watch my sister other than expressing their


    judgmental displeasure, my temper res.


    “Problem?” I snarl.


    It’s an exaggerated response, built on years of people, underestimating and trying to undermine my


    sister because she’s the only Alpha female.


    I hear a couple of yelps before everyone gets back to what they were doing.


    When I get back upstairs, Eve is still on the phone and it sounds like Maka and her brothers are also


    in the room, talking to her.


    “So, are you going to continue in thepetition, Evie?” I’m pretty sure it’s Alejandro that asks.


    She looks up at me over the phone. “Yes. Jaxon and I talked about it, and I’m training every day. The


    most physically intense part of thepetition is done, and I’ll be showing, but still able to run sprints in


    another month.”


    “Of course, you will,” I hear Luna Katerina say. “And, when you’re pregnant, your senses are stronger,


    so when it’s time for the sensorypetition, you’ll have a distinct advantage.”


    “Did you hear that Super Hotty? I might beat you at the sensorypetition,” Eve says, gloating.


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    “I would be proud to cheer you on to victory,” I tell her.


    I hear gagging sounds on the phone. “Is he always so sugary sweet?” Maka asks.


    “He’s always perfect,” she says, her eyes on me. I watch as they darken with desire.


    “And that’s our cue to say goodbye,” Lazio says. “Congrattions again, Evie. I can’t wait to meet our


    little nephew!”


    “Thank you, all of you. I love you.”


    Everyone shouts, “love you”, on the phone before she disconnects.


    She stands, walking over to me in a way I know well.


    “And I love you,” she says wrapping her arms around me.


    “Good, because I love you and after we eat, it’s time to celebrate.” I lean down nipping at her ear. “And


    I intend to love you as long as you canst.”


    We spend the rest of the evening celebrating our bond, our son, and our future life together.


    Jordan POV


    I told Nn that I couldn’t really take time to get away. He wanted me to go on a vacation with him, but


    I said right now, with the contest, with both my Beta heir and my Gammapeting, that it wasn’t the


    right time.


    Instead, he takes me to a fancy restaurant overlooking a river with mountains in the distance. It’s


    beautiful and romantic and perfect.


    After dinner, we linger over our wine.


    “I wanted to ask you something, Jordan,” Nn says.


    “You know you can ask me anything. Didn’t we agree to honesty between us?”


    “We did,” he says taking my hand, and looking at me.


    “I was wondering, since you haven’t found your mate, if you’d ever consider taking a chosen mate,” he


    says, making me squirm a bit. We haven’t talked about the mate situation before.


    I take a deep breath and blow it out. “Well, actually, I have found my mate.” Nn’s eyes narrow but he


    doesn’t pull his hand away. “Then, may I ask why you’re here with me, instead of being with him?”


    “He’s older than I am, old enough to have felt the bond years before I did. He chose to get into a


    rtionship with someone else, someone close to me. Even after I turned 18, he still didn’t


    acknowledge the mate bond. I thought that maybe he didn’t feel it, but then, the contest started and so


    many people, even those that aren’t yet 18, have started feeling the mate bond, identifying each other


    as their mates.”


    “Just like your brother and his mate,” he says.


    “Yes, exactly. So, then I realized that he knew, all along and never said anything. He’s in the contest


    and I guess…I guess being mated to me isn’t good enough. He would rather be an Alpha of his own


    pack.”


    “I’m sorry, that must be hard for you.”


    “Not as hard as it was when I finally decided to reject him.”


    Nn jerks. “You rejected him?”


    “I did, and he’s refused to ept it.”


    He looks at me a long moment. “Is that why you’re holding back with me? He hasn’t epted your


    rejection and he’s in the contest. You know that anything you and I do will weaken him,” he asks,


    zeroing in on the issue.


    “Yes. I’ve told him he can’t hold me hostage, that I won’t allow it, but he still refuses to ept the


    rejection.”


    He pulls my hand to his lips, k*issing it. “I’d be lying if I didn’t say I was d to know that it’s not me. I


    was beginning to worry that maybe your feelings for me weren’t as strong as my feelings for you.”


    “I have very strong feelings for you, too, Nn. I want to be fair to you, but I also don’t want to feel any


    regret about hurting this person while they’re in thepetition. If they truly want to be an Alpha,


    anything I do with you could ruin their chances of winning.”


    “So, I need to be patient a couple more months? Is that what you’re telling me Jordan?”


    “I would appreciate it if you would be patient with me a couple more months. The time between each of


    the events will be much shorter now, and once this contest if over, if he doesn’t ept the rejection, it


    will be on him, not me.”


    “Then say you’ll go away with me. Let’s say three months’ time, just to be sure the contest is over. Say


    you’ll take a week ande away with me.”


    “Three months is fair. By then, I’ll know if I need to rece my Beta and Gamma.”


    Nn’s eyes go dark. “Then, Alpha Jordan, in three month’s time, you will be mine.”