The Broken Warrior's Daughter

Over the next few days, Angel inserts herself as Luna of our pack. Her office gets set up, she and Sarah develop a routine and it seems to run like a well-oiled machine. You'd think that they had been friends, planning to be Luna and Beta for years.

While the pack is feeling the tension of the upcoming war, the overall feeling coming from the entire pack is one of peace. I've done the best I could, trying to be everything this pack needed, but at the end of the day, a strong Alpha isn’t enough. A pack can’t flourish without a heart, and that’s what Angel has given to this pack.

| know Angel is worried that we won’t survive this war. But | don’t know how the Moon Goddess could have finally brought us together, given me everything that I've ever wanted in life, everything that this pack has needed for years, only to take it away. It just seems too cruel.

Warrior training continues to go well. We begin running drills for the non- warriors to get to the bunkers and safe rooms. We assign leads to ensure that everyone assigned to the room arrives before the doors are locked. They are also responsible for ensuring that there is enough food and supplies based on any requests received by those assigned to the room.

Rik and I have scouts out, watching to see when vampires are close. So far, we haven't heard anything. In the interim, the Guardians are getting stronger together. Watching them during training, it feels like Cara is the tie that binds the Guardians together. While Angel and Clint are stronger together, she connects the two in a way that they can’t without her. The connection to her, as their daughter, seems to seal the bond.

“Alpha.” | get a mind link from my border patrol.

“Yes.”

“There’s someone at the border that wants to speak to you.”

“Who is it?”

“He says his name is Eli Gunnar.”

What the fuck is Eli dding back here? | put him on a bus over a week ago. “I'll be there in a few minutes. Keep him there.” “Dustin.” | mind link him.

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“Alpha?”

“Meet me at the back door. Something is going on.”

We arrive at the border and | see Eli pacing. As soon as he sees me, he takes a step in my direction. My warriors immediately step in his way, but | lift my hands up, stopping them.

“Eli, | didn’t expect to see you again.”

“They're coming Liam. The vampires. | wasn’t fast enough to save your mother, but I’m here to make sure you are warned.” “How long do we have?”

“A day, two at the most.”

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“No, thank you, Alpha. | have to get back. | found my mate.”

“Congratulations. Be careful, steer clear of the vampires on your way north.”

He nods, turns, shifts and runs off.

| look at Dustin. “Get the warriors set. We need to implement increased patrols starting immediately.”

| pull out my phone and call Rik. | let him know what Eli told me and he will also be increasing his border patrols.

When | get back to the packhouse, | go straight to Angel’s office. Sarah is outside. her office and tries to stop me. | put my hand up, letting her know it’s important. | walk into the office without knocking.

“Liam.” It only takes her a moment to see that something is wrong. “What is it?” | see it’s Samantha that is with her today. “I need to speak with you privately, it's important.”

Samantha excuses herself and | pull Angel into me. “Liam?”

“Eli Gunnar was just here. He said the vampires are coming. We have a day

maybe two.” | needed to feel her against me, to know that she was safe, even if | knew it wouldn’t last. “Do we know how many there are?”

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