The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

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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…”

hits me directly in my sternum with so

the air to

off

is.” I say

you

worked hard and I bet he could

to my feet but before I can let her know I was trying to get a rise out of her, Rik starts instigating her. “That’s it Angel. Show

heaving in her anger. I curl my fingers at her in a ‘come get me‘ motion, and holy hell

a fiend on the battlefield. Once she unleashes on me, it’s all I can do to stay on my feet and keep ahead of her. She’s everywhere,

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incapacitating me. It takes every bit of training and

to my front, and holding her in my grasp. I move my head just in time to miss her head bashing into my nose. When she begins kicking

me. I didn’t mean it. I know he was a strong warrior. He raised an amazing and powerful daughter.” I

turn her face to mine and kiss her softly. “You and