The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

Chapter 0545

I hate it when Lily walks out of my room. A part of me worries that she wouldn’t come back. I laid all my cards on the table. I have to hope that it’s enough for her to give me a chance to prove that she’s the only

woman for me.

Not long after she leaves. Alpha Patrick comes in.

“Clint, I was happy to hear that you awakened earlier today.”

“Good afternoon, Patrick. It was good to wake up and have Lily at my side.”

“She didn’t leave you. She’s the one that carried you from the battlefield to the hospital.”

That’s news to me. I know she’s strong but I’m nearly a foot taller than her. “How did she manage that?”

“Have you looked at your feet?” He asks, raising an eyebrow.

I pull the sheets off and see that, indeed, my feet look like they’ve been drug through the mud. I chuckle before pulling the sheets back over me and shrugging. I don’t care. I’d get shot with wolfsbane every day if that’s what it takes for Lily to stop pushing me away.

“Have you spoken to her yet?” I ask Patrick.

“Not yet she’s been busy watching over you, and I’ve been busy trying to figure out how Alpha Mahli figured out that she’s a Guardian. I’ve been interviewing Aaron but even under Alpha command, he says

he didn’t say anything.

it came across to Lily. When she gets back, you need to

her.”

room. I hadn’t realized that the tightness in my chest had

smell her scent.

to him. She looks at me and rather than pulling up a chair, she

sits beside me on the bed. I reach out and

to tell Patrick about their conversation by the lake. I can see Patrick processing this

someone.

it was, but I don’t know how they did it.

my command. I’ll have to

to be there.” Says

frown at that. “Why?”

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an uncanny ability to tell if people are lying. I’d like to see if I believe this she–wolf when

me and back again. “In light of recent events. I’m not sure that’s a good idea.”

focusing on Patrick.

she–wolf I think it is. Lily,” he looks back at her. “you

it is?” I ask. There’s only one she–wolf I

my

start to

pull back the blankets. “I’m coming

next to me before standing up. I turn all my