The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0166

“What’s your name?” I ask her.

“Sarah. Now go, your secret is safe with me, Guardian.” She stresses the word. Guardian is the only thing that anyone called me here, so that is what she knows

me as.

I thank her before checking to see if anyone is around. It’s chaos and everyone is running, either hunting vampires or bringing people out to the trucks. I hop out. of the truck and skirt around several others, keeping to the shadows until I get to a forest line. Once I hit the forest, I run.

I’ve been running for days. I’ve found water easily, rinsing off the smell of the vampires and the left over blood from my last night with the vampires. Food, however, has been impossible for me to find. Without Alessia to hunt for me, and in my weakened state, I haven’t been able to catch anything. I’ve found some berries and some other plants that I can eat to keep me alive, but nothing substantial enough to keep up the pace that I need in order to get far away from

my past.

to keep myself safe from large predators or vampires that

us into vampire territory. I don’t know where the coven was in relation to where we were found, but south seemed as good an option as any, and I’ve kept to that direction. Eventually, I’ll get to the

too many days to count since I’ve had a real meal. I’m ready to sit down and rest when I hear the sound that I haven’t

when I hear others taking up the hunt, I begin to run. I know I can’t outrun them, but maybe,

so tired, maybe it’s not worth the fight anymore. I could be with

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hear the pounding of paws closing in on me. I’m running as fast as I can, darting around tress and bushes until I run right into a clearing. I only get a couple of steps when three wolves come out of the woods from the other side. I stop dead in my tracks. I’m about to turn and run in a different direction when I hear another two come