The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0310

I hate that I don’t have the money to support Grace. It’s really bothering ine. I realize I’ve spent my life on the run and that I’ve been in one of Liam’s cells for the last six months, but it doesn’t sit right not being able to take care of our mate. What’s worse, she and her mother seem to have stockpiled money over the last six years since they ran from Grace’s father. How can Louis and I prove that we are worthy mates if I can’t even afford a bus ticket and a place to stay for longer than a week?

I’m laying in the dark, staring at the ceiling and contemplating what I will need to do once I have her safely within the borders of Rik’s or Liam’s territories when I hear her voice.

“Are you awake?” She whispers. I was pretty sure she hadn’t fallen asleep. Her breathing hadn’t changed to that deep breathing a person gets when the drift off

to dreamland.

I sit up on my elbow and look over at her bed. Whether she did it intentionally or not, she put herself in the bed farthest from the door, which is where I wanted her. I know she’s a Guardian, but she’s untrained and if anyone breaks through the door, I want them going through me before they get to her.

“Yeah, I’m awake. Is everything alright?” I ask her.

wait, but she

“Grace?”

don’t mean for anything to happen, I just….I just got used to your scent when

keeping myself between her and the door, and pat the bed next to me. “Come

She sits up next to me, looking down at me. I’m not sure what she wants, so I pat my chest in invitation. She immediately curls up beside me and lays her head on my chest. I wrap my arm. around her, holding her close.

peace flows through me. It’s a foreign feeling to me, not something you feel when you are constantly looking over your shoulder for someone who is chasing after you. And while I’m still looking over my

catch me?” She

let

fight an entire pack, and

a deep breath of her cherry blossom scent. “I’ll die before I let anyone forcibly mark you.” I tell her, my voice going deep

head up, looking at me. “I want you

says.