The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper
Chapter 229

Chapter 0229

“Alpha Jerome was distraught, losing his only child and heir to the Alpha line. He sentenced my father to death. I was forced to watch as Alpha Jerome beheaded my father, telling everyone in the pack that he was a traitor and responsible not only for James‘ death, but also Evan’s. Then as an act of mercy to show his benevolence, I was banished. He sent me off with nothing but the clothes on my back at twelve years old. Some mercy. After he spread the lies about my father, no one would take me in, so I was living as a rogue in the forest, barely surviving.

I stop, running my hands over my filthy and knotted hair. The Guardian has tears in her eyes. Liam’s eyes are hard, but it’s him I look at as I continue.

“I had been on my own for several months when I first ran into Luna Estella. I was at a lake that extended past your borders, trying to catch fish or replace anything to eat. Your mother saw me and she knew who I was. She came over and sat with me, talking to me and asking me how I was surviving. When she realized that I only had the clothes that I was wearing and I was scrounging for food, she told me to meet her back there the next day. I was worried that it was a trap, but I was starving, so I waited a little farther away, until I saw her arrive at the lake. She was carrying a basket of food and clothes.”

“I met with her and she gave me food, clothes, shoes and a knife. Then she asked if there was anything else that I needed. She wanted to know where I was living and if I was safe. After that first day, we started meeting three or four times a week. I would go every day to see if she was there, and when she was, she’d bring me food and clothing and we’d talk, sometimes she would read to me.”

I look at Liam again. “Your mother was the only positive thing in my life during that time. She told me she never believed the stories that Alpha Jerome had told and that she knew my father was a good man. It helped me to heal just a bit from the pain of losing my only family. If it wasn’t for her, I’d probably be dead.”

I looked down again, coming to the end of the story. “I kept tabs on Alpha Jerome. I wanted to some day take my revenge for what he and his son did to my family and that’s how I heard about it. He wanted to take over the Canyon Ridge Pack, but they had two Guardians. They were too strong to overthrow, so he was going to come here, to take over your pack. He knew the best way to take out your father was to kill your mother. Get to Luna Estella, weaken Alpha Leander then kill him and take over the pack and pack lands. He planned to take another mate and have another heir.”

“I waited until the day of the battle, following the pack into your territory and

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when the battle began, I took my opportunity to run to your mother. I wasn’t exactly sure where to replace her and in the time it took me to get to her, one of Alpha Jerome’s warriors had already gotten to her.”

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My voice was getting thick with the memories. “When I reached her, she was still alive. She told me to take care of myself and stay strong, just before she died.” I can still feel Luna Estella reaching up to cup my cheek, before it fell to the ground with her death.

“I don’t remember what I did after that. I think I was hugging her and crying when they found me. The warriors that found me immediately assumed I had killed her, so I ran. And I’ve been running ever since.”

I swallow, trying to relieve the lump in my throat before speaking again. “My own mother died giving birth to me. That time with your mother, Luna Estella, was the only time I’ve ever had a mother figure in my life, and I wasn’t fast enough to save her.”

Cooper

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