The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0443

The hunters are coming. We know it, they aren’t even being secretive about it. Every day I become more fearful of losing Grace. I know she thinks she’s the key to us winning this battle, but I can’t lose her. I won’t.

I

When I get the mind link that the hunters are nearly here, we’re ready. We’ve been planning this for weeks. I would never tell Grace this, but I’m glad she’s not pregnant yet. I don’t know if I could focus on the fight today if I knew I was not only fighting for my pack and my mate, but also my unborn child. My fear of losing Grace has made my protectiveness almost unbearable as it is. I know it irritates her that I need to know where she is at all times, so I can’t imagine how much worse it would be if she had gotten pregnant.

The hunters have chosen to attack us near our three borders, so we have an hour’s run to get to them. The sprites had alerted our patrols and they are the ones that sent the mind link. We’ve chosen to stay quiet so the hunters don’t know we’ve seen them. This will help to keep our patrol wolves safe, knowing the hunters won’t attack right away and our packs are on the way.

“Grace, I’m heading over with our warriors. Make sure the groups start their evacuation procedures then join us. Please be safe. I love you.” I mind link her as I shift and order the warriors to head to our meeting place.

“I’m right behind you.” She tells me.

When my pack arrives, we see Rik’s pack is already there and Liam’s is coming in right behind us. Cara and Angel shift, turning to me. “Where is Grace?” They ask in the mind link.

tell them, and honestly, I’m surprised she’s not here yet. Maia is fast and should have

turn our heads at what sounds like an army coming through the forest. I lift my nose in the air, trying to count like Grace does. She’s better at it than I am, but I’m

“Grace?”

mates and me. “I’m nearly there. I’ve counted 5002 hunters. That puts us at nearly 1:5 ratio

wolves in fighting condition with the baby booms we’ve been having in our packs. Five to one are not good odds. A strong warrior can take that many, but our weaker warriors can’t. Unless we can take them out quickly, we’re going to have a hard

battle

out. We need to flank them. We can’t go head–to–head with that many hunters.”

your packs and flank them on either side. Hopefully

wait for Grace.” Cara and

the most protection up front anyway.” Cara

to quietly move around

and her ability to ‘count‘ based on smell but seeing 5000

number. For a moment, I let myself

kill us. They are here to kill my mate. For that, they