The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0499

“Remember, she doesn’t spend as much time with your parents as we do. I just. hope your mom and Naomi don’t scare Calista off tomorrow. I think Lily will be happy if she comes for dinner more often, now that she’s living here.”

I set the guitar aside. “Are you really going to play her a song on that thing?” Anders asks me.

“Yep. I’ve found the song I want to play, I just need to get better, then pick my venue.”

“How are we going to get them to agree to go to Prom with us?”

“That, my friend, is the question of the day.”

After Anders goes to his room, I shower and get into bed. I make sure my phone volume is up, just in case. This time, I hear the ping around 12:30.

Mate: You awake?

Excellent. I grab a thicker blanket, dropping it on the roof before making my way to her window. When I get there, I see she has the window open and is sitting

beside it.

“Waiting for me?” I ask her quietly as I sit on her windowsill.

She smiles shyly. “Maybe.”

“Come on.” I extend my hand and take hers, waiting while she closes the window before we start our crawl to the roof.

you’d want to lay up here again, so I dropped off a couple more blankets so it’s a bit softer to sleep here.” I tell her before getting settled then motioning for her to join me. When she does, I pull another blanket

a great view, but was that the reason?

chest. “If it’s too personal, you

my parents died. I was having a hard time, struggling with

the same.” She

at her. I don’t know if she’s realized

if I’ll ever have a relationship with my parents again. I don’t have any siblings either.” She looks up at me. “How did you get over it.”

I begin rubbing

slow circles. “The hardest and easiest answer is time. It takes time to come to terms with the loss, time to get through the pain,

purring in my chest, and I

purr.‘ Donovan

sound for

too. I can feel her respond as well.‘

often and you can purr to both of their hearts‘ content.‘

laying on my chest, wrapping my fingers around hers before falling into sleep.

Donovan shouts.co

my head.

should be. Damn, even up here, I sleep better with my mate beside me

say, pulling her

head pops up. “Oh,

“Yep, we both fell asleep. Come on, let’s get you back to

away, before making our way back to her window. I quickly check her room before opening the