The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0036

Did he get this for me? Why? He doesn’t even know who I am. Does he? Could this be a way for him to stake a claim because Liam did? It could explain his response to Liam yesterday if he felt the need to claim what another Alpha wants.

The gift today is different from the others. It wasn’t brought by a delivery person, but the fae that owed the favor. That, in and of itself, means my gift giver is special. And there is no card, so perhaps this gift is not from the original gift. giver, but a new suitor.

As I watch, Rik inclines his head slightly in my direction, as if to say ‘You’re welcome.”

I don’t know what to do with that, so I collect my things, holding the tome close to my chest. I let Jason know that I have to leave and he can come with me now or catch a ride later. He opts to catch a ride later, and I head home to show dad this amazing gift.

It’s so much more than I ever expected. Someone has shown me that they see me for who I am. A Guardian, who wants to know my history and roots, to understand who I am and where I come from. To be the best that I can be. I feel as if my soul has been made bare to this person, and I don’t even know who it is.

Could it really be Alpha Rik? And if so, when and how did he realize who I am?

When I arrive home, Dad isn’t in the house. I listen in and hear him in the indoor training facility. After dropping my bag in the kitchen, I follow the sounds that he is making, still clutching my book to my chest.

is taking the whole ‘training an Alpha‘ to a new level. It looks like, not only will I be competing against Liam, but we’ll be on the clock to

still looking around when the music cuts out. “Cara? What are you doing home so early?”

at my dad, “What is all

to be training an Alpha and a Guardian, I figured I’d better up my game.”

+15 BONOS

his gaze back to me.

our history. He looks down and goes completely still when he sees the title on the cover. In

man who brought it to me, the statement of the debt repayment, the lack of adornment in decoration and that there was no card.

dumbstruck as he reverently slides his hand over the leather book cover. He then looks up at me. “Do you know what this means?”

possess. It means we can finally learn how the Guardians

But dad?” I pause until he looks at me. “Now I have a serious. problem, because whoever did this for me is

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