The Broken Warrior’s Daughter by Cooper

trying to erase that memory from Lily’s mind and here it is, being rubbed in her face.

Jules is so far beneath my ability that | don’t even have to pay attention to spar with her. Unfortunately for me,

she’s more interested in finding a way for us to roll around on the ground together, rather than learning new

techniques.

After | pinned her to the ground for the second time, face in the dirt, | realized her intentions were not focused on

sparring. As | leaned over her, pinning her to the ground, she lifted her hips and rubbed them against me. While

I'm not attracted to her anymore, my entire focus and mind now on my mate, | can smell Lily's scent from here,

so the friction she provides causesto have a reaction that she mistakes as a response for her.

Jules turns underneath me, running her hands over my abs and biting her lower lip in what is probably a sexy

look, but it just doesn’t appeal toanymore. I've been a very bad girl Big Daddy. Maybe you should taketo

your room. | think | deserve a spanking.” Her hand begins sliding down my gym shorts. Before they reach their

destination, | grab them and without thinking it through I pin her arms by her head. She begins purring and licks

my neck.

Before it goes any further, | jump up, looking quickly to see that Lily wasn’t watching. I'm thankful that Alpha

Patrick is over talking to her and her partner. | look back at Jules. “Actually, you'll have to find someone else for

that spanking. | have to go.” | say before jogging to the forest.

“You okay over there Clint?” Anders laughs atthrough the mind link.

“Fine.” | growl. “Are you dealing with this shit too?”

“Every day my friend. | guess this is the penance we have to pay for being amazing lovers.”

“You mean indiscriminate lovers, don’t you? I'm having a hard enough tgetting Lily to even talk to me. The

last thing | need is for her to see something like what just happened and get the wrong idea.” | say as | get to the

tree line of the forest. | strip and shift, letting Donovan run, trying to work off spent-up energy and

frustration.

“You're lucky our mate didn’t see you.’ Donovan snarls at me. ‘You need to be more careful. | won't have anyone

but our mate."

I'm with you, Donovan, but | need to get her on board.”

“Stop being a douchebag 1 told you years ago that we should wait for our mate, but you wouldn't listen.

Fine, you're right. Is that what you want to heat?!

| wasn’t paying attention, but when Donovan doesn’t respond, | recognize he’s tracking something. | catch the

scent and realize he’s not tracking something, he’s tracking someone, our mate.

This is perfect. | had planned to let Donovan out to see her tonight anyway, and now, maybe we can get her wolf

to spend twith us.

‘Spend twith me, you mean.’ Donovan corrects me.

Donovan starts running faster, catching up to our mate. | see her ahead of us, running playfully through the

forest. She seems to be having fun, enjoying the opportunity to stretch her legs. | take a moment to appreciate

how beautiful Andra is. Her coloring is similar to ours, but she’s a bit smaller than we are.

Donovan growls low in his chest, alerting her to our presence. Her head whips. around, turning to see us. She

gives a quick bark, then starts running faster. | can feel Donovan's excitement at the prospect of chasing our

mate.

Donovan picks up his speed, running to catch Andra. | already know she’s an agile wolf from training. She’s also

a strong, smart fighter like her human. | didn’t realize how fast she is. She begins ducking in and around bushes

and trees, making Donovan work to catch her. He doesn’t mind the competition at all.

“It will make it that much sweeter when | catch her.”

‘No marking her Donovan, she’s still underage.’

‘I know, but it doesn’t mean | can’t enjoy playing with her.”

He's almost caught up to her and is about to nip at her heels, when she turns sharply and goes in a different

direction. Donovan isn’t as nimble as Andra, so it takes him a minute to correct his direction before he’s after her

again.

She’s coming to an open field which will give us the advantage if she runs. through it. Donovan is the fastest

wolf in our pack. Perks of being a Guardian, he can outrun even our Alphas’ wolves. I'm not sure if she wants to

test her speed against Donovan or if she thinks she can outrun us, but when she hits the open land, she pushes

herself hard, running full out.

Donovan doesn’t waste any tmaking up the lost ground. He’s gaining on her although not as quickly as |

would have thought.

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‘She's fast. At least as fast as Zakai.”

‘She’s as fast as Anders’ wolf? Does she have Alpha blood?”

“I don’t know, but it would make sense since she’s our mate.

I'm not sure what that would mean for Donovan and | and our loyalties. Would they change from Anders to Lily,

because she’s our mate?

Donovan gives one last push, kicking off with his back paws and catching Andra’s back end, making her fall. As

she rolls, he jumps up and pounces on her, pinning her to the ground.

She nips at him over her shoulder, only half playfully. That must have cfrom Lily. But Donovan doesn’t seem

bothered. He gently bites down on the back of her neck, forcing her submission. Andra growls softly, but she

submits.

Donovan begins purring, the sound reverberating through his body into hers beneath us. Even | can feel her

body relax. Donovan releases her and begins licking the side of her face, over her eyes and to her muzzle.

Andra turns and licks back, catching Donovan's tongue. She doesn’t seem to mind submitting to us.

‘I told you, you are the idiot. Our mate doesn’t like us because of you, not me.‘ He says rubbing his face against

Andra who is more than receptive to his attention. | hear Andra whimper softly before she begins to shift.

Donovan scrambles to take his weight off as she shifts back into Lily. When she has completed the transition, she

turns, hands on her hips, her glorious body on display for me. “Donovan? What is this about?”

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