The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0418

“What the—?” Victoria says in awe.

I have to agree. I knew they were forest sprites, but I didn’t know that meant the plants would respond to them like this.

When they return to us, they are looking over the garden happily.

“How did you do that?” Victoria asks them.

“Plants are living things.”

“They work hard, all the time.”

“To grow and to produce food for others.”

“Sometimes, they get tired.”

“Or sad.”

“So, we gave them a little boost with our light.”

“And made them happy again.”

“Well, you’re hired.” I tell them.

They turn to me. “Hired to do what?” They ask excitedly.

“You’re now in charge of keeping our garden happy.”

They both start jumping up and down excitedly, clapping their hands.

“Oh, that’s so great.”

“We’d love to keep the plants happy.”

“Alexander will be so proud of us.”

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the plants.” They say as they go off, presumably

Victoria and I look at each other before we both burst into laughter. “Well, it’s never boring in

that looked this incredible. They might be a bit strange, but you can’t deny that they are

the packhouse, I see part of our flower bed with flowers that are alternating between looking dead and looking beautiful. I step over and see Tula hiding among the flowers. I hear her sniffle and the flower begins to die before she touches it, and

again.

“Tula?”

Luna Grace. Good morning.” She quickly wipes her

up at

doing out here in the flowers?” I ask, sitting down on the edge of the flower

bed.

is this a bad place for me to be?” She says, starting to stand up.

welcome to stay here as long as you want. But

crying.”

you here.

some more before answering.

now

them. This is what they’ve always wanted. What we all want. To be loved forever, to be good

you and

is wonderful. He’s very kind and so sweet to me.” She says,

flower.

what is it?”

broken.” She says and her

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and take her in my hands, sitting her in my lap like a child, wrapping my arm around her.