The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0364

I decide very quickly that, not only are we sisters through our Guardian bond, but Cara, Angel and I would have been friends regardless of the bond. We are all very different, but very much alike in the ways that matter.

I tell them about our pack and how all of the pack members have come from packs where they were mistreated. They are shocked at our numbers and the separate number of packs where our members come from.

“How can an Alpha and Luna allow their pack members to be treated so poorly? It’s their job to care for their pack.” Cara says.

Angel is nodding. “I agree. I almost lost it when I thought Liam was allowing our omegas to be abused. He had to rein me in because my aura had pushed the pack to their knees and was causing them pain. It’s a partnership. As Alpha and Luna, we have to work together. There will be times when we lose our temper or become frustrated. That’s when the mate bond is so important, not just for each other, but for the health and safety of the pack. I’ll never understand those that don’t value the mate bond.”

“Honestly, I never understood it. Watching my mother suffer for so long, I hated the idea of the mate bond. It felt like chains forcing my mother to feel things that she no longer wanted to feel for a man that didn’t love her and willingly mistreated her. I never wanted it. But then I met Eli and I realized it’s not the bond that is the problem, it’s the person. If you both accept the bond and treat each other with love and respect, then it grows

I say, thinking about how much my belief in the mate bond has

anything more wonderful than the mate bond. My father told me about it all my life.” She lifts her head up and looks at me. “Do you know, he never took another mate. Never even considered it.” She looks thoughtful. “Now, knowing what I have with Rik, I understand. You could never have this feeling with anyone else.

Rik says, walking out and chuckling at his mate before picking her up and putting her in his lap. “How are my mate and my little Peanut doing?” He asks, kissing her

just fine, daddy.” She says as Rik rubs his

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also picks Angel up, sitting her in his lap. I watch as she gives him an exasperated look but doesn’t complain. He just smirks at

me and I turn to Angel. “I’m due about a month later, so I’m about halfway through my

unspoken

you’re having?” I ask, already knowing the

proud of himself for realizing it

Liam says. “And Rik is right, I could smell him before