The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0410

“Amber, you’re a great warrior. Why are you so nervous?” Grace asks and I swear I see Amber’s lip tremble. If it’s this stressful for her to compete, I’ll remove her.

It’s Carlos who answers. “She’s afraid she’ll disappoint both of you.”

“Amber, you’re here. We’re already proud of you. You have nothing to prove to us.” Grace says.

taking her hands.

Amber looks up at her. “You’ve given me so much and I want to prove that I was worth your time and energy. But I’ve never done this before.”

“Amber, I wouldn’t have chosen you if I didn’t think you could handle it. But, if you don’t want to compete, I can pull your name from the competition.” I tell her.

Her head whips up. “Oh no! I’m competing! I just want to make you proud is all.”

“Well, then. No worries, we are already proud.”

After breakfast, we make our way to where Carlos will have his battle. Today, there are only 448 contestants. Any acting Beta, retired Beta or person over 18 with Beta blood can battle today, so some packs, like ours, have two contenders.

on Amber. You stay and watch Carlos.”

I kiss her before she

know how she does.” She

battle

and quiet as he stands, waiting for the fight to begin. As his Alpha, I can feel his nerves, but I can also feel how he pushes them aside

a fantastic

hand, is a show boater. He comes in like this

feet, shadowboxing around the ring, holding his fists up

other Beta comes in hard and

delivers a punch right to his gut, before turning around ready

Beta is still dancing, but it’s slower, catching his breath. The hit has him rethinking his next move. He wasn’t

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the Beta comes in swinging again. Carlos takes a jab to the ribs, but it

side steps him, swinging around to swipe his legs out from under him. When the Beta hits the ground, Carlos swings a fist, slamming it into his solar plexis. You can hear the

brother replaced him with to get back to his feet. Santiago is threatening his Beta that if he doesn’t get up, he’ll lose his position

have stayed down.” This time, Carlos goes on the offensive. He begins punching the Beta mercilessly. He hits his gut, his ribs, his