The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0149

So much has happened in the two years since Rik and I took over as Alpha and Luna of the Canyon Ridge Pack.

We found my mother’s wolf’s spirit. Or rather, she found us. She and I have become great friends and I’m so glad to have her in my life. The only thing that was better than finding Andra’s Guardian spirit, was the birth of our daughter. We named her Lily after her grandmother, a strong and loving Guardian.

Rik has never let me live it down that he was right from the very beginning that we were having a girl. And, although I know he wants a son to carry on and eventually take over the pack, he’s been scared of what that might mean for me.

My pregnancy and birth of Lily were not easy. I was pregnant during a time of great strife, war and loss. The pain of it almost caused me to lose my precious daughter and both of us nearly died in childbirth. But Rik was there for both of us, and we survived.

Lily is the apple of her father’s eye. He takes her everywhere, carrying her around on his shoulders. And she is definitely a daddy’s girl. Even after she was born, unless she was nursing, she preferred Rik holding her to me.

Lacey and Chase’s little boy is exactly the same. It’s cute to see the dads having play dates and taking the kids to the park or to get ice cream. They are both great fathers.

I was shocked at first that Lacey gave in to Chase, but when she had her birthday a month after mine and realized that he was her mate, it all made sense. He, like Rik, had his birthday first and realized what she was to him. He pursued her relentlessly until her birthday, and then everything fell into place. They had their second child, a girl, a couple months ago.

Rik’s fear of losing me has kept him from wanting to have another baby. Artemis and I were ready a couple months after Lily’s birth to try for another one, but he refused. The fear of losing me or worse, me and our child together was too much for him. But the Moon Goddess has her own plans, and we don’t always get to choose when or how many children we will have.

I’m finishing a shower, putting on a bath robe instead of clothes, anticipating. Rik’s response to finding out we’re going to have another child. I hope he’s ast happy as he was with Lily and wants to go peanut hunting again. That’s what I started calling it, since he called Lily ‘Peanut‘ until she was born. He and Kai would sniff my stomach every night before laying their head next to her and

telling her about their day.

As I’m walking out of the bathroom, towel drying my hair, Rik walks in with Lily in his arms. Rik’s eyes go dark as soon as he sees me in only a bathrobe. My love and desire for this amazing man have only increased with time.

“Mommy, mommy. Guess what?” My daughter squirms until Rik puts her down and she runs over to me. I reach down and scoop her up. “What?” I ask her as I take her over to the love seat sitting under the window in our room.

ride then Daddy showed me

look on his face. I give him the barest

fall off Kai this time?” I ask her. “Nope, I held on tight like Daddy said.”

exaggerated excitement. “Yep! He showed me her nose and

in for her as he sits to take

isn’t he?” She nods her head

what?” I ask my

She asks, bouncing up and down in my

If I tell you then you’ll know too, and

down and whisper in her ear. “Tell Daddy

and looks at me her brow furrowing,

go peanut hunting?” She asks, blowing the entire surprise. Rik’s head whips around to look at me and now it’s my turn to grin at

daughter. “Because Daddy will be really happy to know that it’s time

Rik’s face breaks into my favorite megawatt

Daddy happy, why don’t you tell him that you

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in your tummy?”

at my daughter. “What did

my right side, before looking at Rik. “Daddy, wouldn’t you be happier to know that Mommy has my little

her tummy instead of going peanut hunting?”

love seat with us, putting Lily in his lap. “Princess,