The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0263

Telling my story again was difficult. Knowing it would be chronicled for eternity made it even harder. While I wasn’t pleased that Liam needed me in his lap, I was glad to be there, wrapped in his arms while I told my story.

I’m not sure why Ailduin is having the effect on Liam that he is. He has never shown any jealousy with Clint. But, with Ailduin, he’s acting like I’m going to leave him, to choose Ailduin over him.

When he pulls me into our room, I know he needs to reconnect. I don’t want him to ever feel like anyone can take his place in my heart, my soul or my life. There is no one else but him. Those words we say to each other, ‘you and me‘, those words are everything.

As soon as he closes the door, I pull him into my arms. His buries his head in my neck. “Liam.”

“I can’t lose you. Maybe you don’t feel it, but he feels something, and I can’t lose you.”

I pull back, taking his face in my hands. “You won’t, not ever. Don’t you feel it?”

He won’t look me in the eye. I’ve never seen my mate look so vulnerable as he does right now.

“Feel what?”

the bond, then maybe I can push it on him. I take a moment, collecting myself, letting myself feel my love for Liam, my trust, my admiration for this man and then I push it at him. I wrap it around him, enveloping him in a bubble of

else. No one can ever take your place. You are the other half of my soul. You brought me back from a place where I never thought I’d be

me up and moving us to the sitting area in the room. I keep the emotions wrapped around us as I continue. “I know that we’ve both had so much loss in our lives. I know that the people that should have been there to love you weren’t. But

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pulls back, looking at me with tears in

mine and I am yours. I’m not

to reconnect and reaffirm our connection and love. He

off and burying himself inside me. I can only hold on to him

loudly and sinks his canines into my mating mark. My

my hair, rubbing my scalp, the other wrapped tightly around me. I can see from the window

Are you okay?”

quick inventory. I feel

elbow. “But what about you, Liam?

leans up and kisses my nose. “I’m better. I’m sorry about that. I

is my kind of defeat. But

perfect. As