The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0248

She begins what I can only describe as a gentle sparring. None of her hits are meant to hurt me, none are strong enough to even knock me back on my heels. I need her to really show me what she’s got. “Angel.” I say and I see Rik looking at me from behind her.

“Piss her off.” He mouths to me.

“Angel,” I say again. “I thought you said your father was a lead warrior.” I say, taking Rik’s advice.

“He was, he was a great fighter.”

“So…what? He didn’t teach you to fight?”

“Of course he did. I know how to fight. I just don’t want to fight you.”

I nod, as if I understand what she’s saying to me. “I think maybe you thought he was higher up in the ranks than you knew. Based on what I’m seeing, he wasn’t that great of a fighter.”

I can see I hit a nerve. Her eyes flashed golden for a moment so I push. “I mean, if he had been any good, he would have taught you, his daughter, how to at least throw a punch. What you’re giving me is a bunch of…”

sternum with

air to

off

is.” I say quietly to

you

father was a good man. He worked hard and I

her know I was trying to get a rise out of her, Rik starts instigating her. “That’s it Angel.

at her in a ‘come get me‘ motion, and

an obvious difference between Cara, who was born a Guardian and Angel, who is a reincarnated Guardian. Angel’s Guardian spirit has experience, knowledge, and pure grit. My girl is a fiend on the battlefield. Once she unleashes on me, it’s all I can do

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incapacitating me. It takes every bit of training and Alpha strength that I have to keep up with her.

miss her head bashing into my nose. When she begins kicking trying to get away from

spar with me. I didn’t mean it. I know he was a strong warrior. He raised an

turn her face to mine and kiss