The Broken Warrior's Daughter

After Mr. Nelson leaves, | grab breakfast and head upstairs to get ready for

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school. I’ve missed a week, so | know that | will have a lot to catch up on. But that gives me an idea.

When | get to school, 1 head straight to the office. One of the benefits of being an Alpha at an all-werewolf school is that | can pretty much get anything that | need. | don’t pull rank often, but today | will if | need to.

“Mrs. Connors.” | greet the woman who may be the oldest wolf I’ve ever met. My father said she worked at the school when he was here decades ago. “I’m here on behalf of one of my pack members, Cara Nelson. She missed school last week and I’d like to get her schoolwork for her so she can get caught up while she recuperates.”

“Of course, Alpha.” She taps on her keyboard and pulls up Cara’s schedule. “I will get with her teachers today and get her missed assignments. | can have everything for you by the end of the day. Just stop by before you leave and I'll make sure you have everything she needs.”

| smile at Mrs. Connors and thank her before heading out to class.

| get through the day thinking about the possibility of seeing Cara this afternoon. | know Mr. Nelson has forbidden me from seeing her until he agrees, but he can’t disagree with me bringing her homework to her. At least, | hope so.

As Chase and | are heading to the pack house afterschool, | get a mind link from Lacey. Cara is being released tonight. That is great news, but it means that | won’t be seeing her. She'll have to get home, get settled and probably go to bed. early.

As | unload both of our schoolwork, | realize | can see her today, | just can’t talk to her. | grab Chase before he can head to his room.

“Do you mind starting training without me? Cara is getting released and | want to see her.”

“Yeah, go see your girl. We'll be in training when you're done.” | run upstairs to drop off my things and change quickly. | get the mind link from Jason that he’s heading to training because Cara is getting released.

| head downstairs and walk outside. They will have to pass the pack house on their way back home. | find a place in the sun. | want to stand out so she will see me as they pass.This is property © of NôvelDrama.Org.

| see their van heading my way. I’m watching her in the passenger seat when she looks up and locks eyes with me. She waves and | can’t help the smile that

spreads across my face. It’s like everything that has been wrong just righted itself, and the heavy weight I’ve been feeling for the last couple of days lifts. | lift my hand and wave back. a

Once they pass, | head out back to join training. My heart is lighter than it has been in over a week.

After training, | decide to eat dinner in my room. | have a lot of schoolwork | missed and | need to get caught up if | have any chance of spending time with Cara this weekend. | don’t care if she is doing work while I’m sitting in the room with her, as long as | get to be close to her.

I'm in the middle of some difficult math problems when my phone pings. At this point, | don’t care who it is, | couldn’t be happier for the interruption.

I'm a little shocked and a lot excited to see that it’s Cara and she’s initiating a conversation with me, even if it is to say thanks for rescuing her. | tell her how | was surprised that she was released from the hospital and ask her how she’s feeling.

I'm not surprised that she picks up that there is more information on Eli, but | don’t want to ruin our first text chat by discussing him. | decide to try to be flirty by asking her to go head-to-head with me. But it’s also my way of letting her know that I’m keeping tabs on my little guardian.

I'm thrilled when she starts joking back, talking about how she’s going to show me my ass. Oh, my Little Guardian, you have no idea how much | cannot WAIT for that. But of course, | want her healthy. | want our first sparring match to be fair so | can see just how amazing she really is.

As much as | want to talk to her all night, | know she needs her rest. | end our conversation with a heart emoji. Just my little way of showing my love. It’s too early for her to feel the mate bond, but Kai and | are all in.