The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0322

I watch Grace go to the shower, listening as she turns on the water. Thank the Goddess she finally woke up. When I called Rik earlier, he assured me that it’s not uncommon for females to be knocked unconscious when they are marked, but neither he nor Liam had that with their Guardians. However, neither of them were on the run, exhausted, half–starved and emotionally distraught at the time they were marked either.

I’m thankful she doesn’t hate me right now. I had some horrible flashbacks to the time when I tried to force the mate mark on Cara. I know the situations were different, but I can’t lose Grace. I wasn’t joking when I said I never thought I’d be given a fated mate. With everything that has happened in my life, I didn’t think I deserved one. It just goes to show that the Goddess has a plan, even if we don’t know what it is.

I clean up while Grace showers. She takes quite awhile and I’m not sure if this is a common thing for her or if she’s avoiding me.

When she finally comes out, I grab my things and head into the bathroom. I didn’t have many clothes to begin with and I’ve lost some on this journey. I’ll need to figure out how to pay for new ones soon, along with everything else.

My plan is to take Grace to my old pack lands, the Silver Dawn Pack. I had started to rebuild it when I planned to take Cara as a mate. It still needs a lot of work, but it has become a place where rogues can go for a second chance, a sanctuary of

sorts.

had called myself their Alpha and they had followed me. Many were killed in the battle against the Canyon Ridge Pack when I kidnapped Cara. Any that acted like true rogues, those that killed indiscriminately or couldn’t abide by the hierarchy of the pack, were banished or

they came from poorly run packs that had overbearing or cruel Alphas. Grace’s story and mine are not isolated incidents. There are so many rogues that are packless. through no fault of their own. I created a pack, a place where all the individuals. and families that wanted safety, wanted a place to call home,

Liam and held as his captive for six months. Now I’ve been on the run with Grace, keeping her safe. But it’s time to

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her is a broken–down pack with a bunch of misfits trying to make their way in the world.

I hope that someday, she will accept me and want to complete the mate bond. I want someone by my side, helping me to

don’t want to presume,

are you doing?”

I say. When I look at her,

“In the chairs?”