The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0304

When Eli tells me he’s spent most of his life without parents, I’m shocked. I wasn’t expecting that.

“What happened to them?” I ask. If I’m telling my story, he should tell his too.

“My mother died giving birth to me.” He stops, his jaw tightening.

“And your father?” I ask quietly. I can tell that this won’t be as simple as his mother’s death.

The muscle in his jaw twitches before he answers. “The short version is my father challenged our Alpha heir to a duel after he caused the death of my older brother, the future Beta. The Alpha forbade it, but his son agreed. My father in his grief, killed the Alpha heir, the only child of our Alpha.” He stops and takes a sip of his tea before looking back up at me.

“The Alpha forced me to watch as he beheaded my father, blamed him for the death of my brother and the Alpha heir, called him a traitor, then he banished me. I was 12, so I understand your mother’s concern about not surviving alone at that age. I almost died as well.”

I swallow hard trying to get past the lump in my throat. Our stories are very similar, only he didn’t have a mother to help him.

survive?” I ask

Luna of a nearby pack found me after I had been on my own for six months. I was starving, dying really. She brought me clothes, food and would bring stories and read to me. Those few months with

obviously more to the story. “What happened.”

soul. “The Alpha that banished me wanted more power. He wanted another heir. So, he attacked the pack. I heard that he planned to kill the

choking back tears. “I tried to save

drinks his tea, and we sit in silence for a few minutes. “Did your previous Alpha

one that killed Luna Estella, and they hunted me for almost

Liam’s dungeon when I found

took an unexpected turn. “Who is Liam and why were

Estella. When his father passed away, he began hunting me.”

for words, I don’t even know what to say. His life has been worse than mine and I didn’t think that was possible. “How did you escape?”

me some money and put me on a bus that led me to you. “So you see,” he continues, “I know all about shitty Alphas. But I also know that they aren’t all that way. Alpha Liam and the