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.

did you survive?” I

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

to the

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

choking back tears. “I tried

we sit in silence for a few minutes. “Did your previous Alpha defeat the Alpha

thought I was the one that killed Luna Estella, and they hunted me for almost 20 years.

Liam’s dungeon when

“Who is Liam and why were you

is the only child of Alpha Leander and Luna Estella. When his

to say. His life has been worse

to you. “So you see,” he continues, “I know all about shitty Alphas. But I also