The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0437

I knew Eli was an Alpha, or at least descended from Alphas before he took over as one. He’s more of a leader than many Alphas I’ve known, my own father included. But it was nice to have confirmation and to be able to show him that he isn’t the fake Alpha to this pack that he sometimes feels he is, even now. He is the real deal. He always has been.

The next day, Eli and I drive north two hours to meet up with Benny. I didn’t want him driving all the way to the pack if he ends up running and screaming after we tell him what we are. Eli found a small town with an even smaller diner where we could meet and have some privacy to talk.

We arrived first and got a table in the corner. I smile at Eli thinking of the time we were on the run and we had breakfast in a diner.

“Why are you looking at me like that, baby?” He asks me.

“You’re sitting the exact same way you were that time we were being chased by the red wolves. You remember, we were eating breakfast and you saw the shifter you’d heard overnight. Even back then, before I accepted you, you were such a good mate to me.”

I watch as Louis pushes forward in Eli’s eyes. “You were ours, from the moment we first saw you. Ours to love and ours to protect. That will never change, little wolf.” Goddess, I love this man with every ounce of my being.

I reach out and cup his cheek, Maia pushing forward. “We love you too.” We say together..

When I hear the bells chime announcing someone coming into the diner, I pull back and look up to see Benny looking at us.

“Benny!” I stand and walk to him, hugging him tightly. As I step back, he holds on to my arms, looking me up and down.

“I know you were all grown up when I last saw you, but hon, you’ve certainly changed since then. You seem all grown up now.”

“A lot has happened since I last saw you, Benny.” I turn, gesturing to Eli who has come over to join us. “You remember Eli.”

“I do.” He says, putting out his hand to shake Eli’s.

“It’s a pleasure to see you again, sir.”

We begin walking over to the table. “I’m glad to see you’ve been taking care of Grace. I was worried at first, but she told me you were, and now I can see that she was right.”

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We sit and order food before Benny asks me what has been going on. “Well, there’s a lot Eli and I want to share with you, but I’m not sure you’re going to be okay with it.”

He looks at us for a minute. “Are ya’ll livin in one of them nudie camps?” He asks.

Eli frowns. “Nudie camps?”

“You know, where people walk around nekkid all the time.”

see Eli’s lips twitching. “No, Benny, we don’t live in a nudist colony.” I say,

see what the problem is. As long as I can wear

do you feel about wildlife?”

country, son. I’m used to wildlife.”

and among the wildlife, Benny.”

can see Benny is thinking about what we’ve said. He puts his silverware down, wipes his mouth with his napkin then looks up at

me?” Benny was always astute. He comes across as an uneducated country bumpkin

ever heard the term shifter, Benny?” Eli asks him.

someone turns into some kind of critter that goes around killing everyone?”

eyes widening. This is not the direction

Eli says.

“Spit it out

Benny. Eli and I and the people we live with, we’re a pack. We can

telling the truth. I don’t look away. He looks at Eli and gets the same resolute expression. I

Chapter 0438

mom didn’t have cancer. Didn’t know what it

type

episodes she had. I’m guessing she was a shifter, too?” He asks, putting the bite of food in his mouth.

I hadn’t realized how much I

had looked after my mother and me when we had

she died. This man, who has been more of

my own had ever been.

“She was.”

where you got it from?” He asks,

shifter that turns into a wolf.

got it from both my parents.”

He knew enough to know that my father had

of it.” He stops, his food halfway to his mouth as he looks at

“Permanently?” He asks.

I nod.

breakfast. “He didn’t deserve either of you

come live with a bunch of wolves in the woods and help a

thing for me is to go forward with you folks. If you’ll

I gave him the full story of my battle with my father.