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.

Amber. You stay and watch Carlos.” Grace says, knowing I need to be

I kiss her before

let me know how she does.” She turns and winks at me before moving

to where her battle will

calm 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 so he can focus. He’s always been this way and while I love having him as my–Beta,

fantastic

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

match, bouncing around on his feet, shadowboxing around the ring, holding his fists up in the air, trying

called, the other Beta comes in hard

a punch right to his gut,

dancing, but it’s slower, catching his breath. The hit has him rethinking his next move. He wasn’t expecting Carlos to be that strong. Carlos gets in a defensive

+15 BONOS

out. It only takes a minute before the Beta comes in swinging again. Carlos takes a jab to the ribs, but it gives him the opportunity to punch the Beta

around to swipe his legs out from

to get back to his feet. Santiago is threatening his Beta that if he doesn’t get up, he’ll lose his position as Beta in the pack. When he stands and turns back to face Carlos, Carlos finally

on the offensive. He begins punching the Beta mercilessly. He hits his gut, his ribs, his kidneys, his