The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0186

“I hope you do. She’s worth waiting for, I’ll tell you that.”

We get to work, going through things that have been sitting, waiting for me. Dustin is an efficient Beta who can stand in as Alpha when I’m away, but he’s made sure to leave information on decisions he made while I was out of pocket. It feels good to get caught up and to know that the pack is still running smoothly. I also fill him in on the updates to the company and new employees I hired while I was in town.

We’re about to stop and have a drink when I hear it. Angel’s blood curdling

scream. I’m through the door and up the three flights of stairs in a second, flying into her room. When she looks at me, I see the haunted look in her eyes. I take a step toward her, and she moves to get away from me. Dammit.

‘Shift. She isn’t afraid of me.‘ Cyran says. I don’t think twice. I shift, ripping my clothes to shreds in the process, and Cyran jumps on the bed. She immediately grabs hold of him in her death grip and he lays down on her like we did last night. Dustin mind links me. “Do you need anything Alpha?”

“No, she had another nightmare. Just keep everyone off my floor.”

“You know you’re going to have to tell them something soon. The rumor mill is going wild.”

my floor for nearly two weeks for the first time in my life and no one has seen her. And now,

can feel her bones jutting into Cyran’s body as he lays on her. He begins purring like he did last night. The sound reverberating through his body into hers, relaxing her. It takes time again, but slowly the shaking subsides and

I know it’s not a rational thought. I never would have searched a vampire coven for my mate. But I still feel like I let her down.

mate’s

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know that they liked the taste of their blood. Hopefully, somewhere in King Ailduin’s chronicles, there is something that

begins licking her face again. ‘I don’t like

like the feeling of her fingers running through his fur as much as he does.

her talking. I’m hoping it works again. I want

She stops and Cyran nuzzles her with his nose. She laughs softly but continues. “There was another girl there, in the coven with me. The vampire I mentioned earlier, Sebastian, who brought me to the prince, he was rewarded with his choice of ‘fresh food‘, that’s what they called the humans that were brought in each day. She was the only other person that they didn’t kill. Sebastian didn’t share her, but he did rape her every

I

someone there cared about them.”

Keenan killed her in my dream. I fought him and he killed her because of it. I watched while they tore her to pieces in front of me.” Her tears have turned into sobs and Cyran is whining, trying to comfort her.

immediately move my weight from her, pulling the blanket that’s not covering her over myself then