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.

“That’s not how it came across to Lily. When she gets back, you need to talk

her.”

Lily comes back into the room. I hadn’t realized that the tightness in my chest had returned when she left, but it immediately eases when I see

smell her scent.

to him. She looks at

reach out and take her hand, needing her touch.

that Terrance was Alpha Mahli’s Beta then proceeds to tell Patrick about their conversation by the lake. I can see Patrick processing this information and his eyes go unfocused as

someone.

know how they did it. It’s not

order or be able to override my command. I’ll have to talk to

be

at that.

+15 BONUS

“I’ve always had an uncanny ability to tell if people are lying. I’d like to see if I believe this she–wolf when she explains how it

light of recent events. I’m not sure that’s a

up, focusing on

a long moment. “Well, if it’s the she–wolf I think it is. Lily,” he looks back at her.

There’s only one she–wolf I can

my

to

pull back the blankets. “I’m coming

can feel Lily tense next to me before standing up. I turn all my focus on